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1/138 New Michael Jackson single hits the airwaves
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Reuters - Michael Jackson's new single 'This Is It' began streaming online and playing across the radio airwaves Monday, nearly four months after the 'king of pop' died of a prescription drug overdose aged 50.
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2/138 Former flight attendant sues Oprah over sex claim
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Reuters - Oprah Winfrey has had pretty good luck in litigation during her career.
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3/138 Michael Jackson's new song released
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AFP - A previously unreleased song by Michael Jackson entitled 'This Is It' was unveiled to the world on Monday almost four months after the star's death.
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4/138 Boyzone star Gately dies on holiday in Spain
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AFP - Boyzone star Stephen Gately has died while on holiday in Majorca off the coast of Spain, the Irish band said on its website. He was 33.
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5/138 Fans check in for 'Couples Retreat' with $35.3M
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AP - 'Swingers' co-stars Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau buddied up for the weekend's top movie as 'Couples Retreat' debuted with $35.3 million, while the micro-budgeted fright flick 'Paranormal Activity' leaped into the top 10.
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6/138 Some Polanski support 'counter-productive': director's lawyer
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AFP - Roman Polanski realises that some of the support he got in his battle against US child sex charges was 'counter-productive', his lawyer said Sunday, adding he was worried about the detained director's health.
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7/138 Boyzone singer Gately, 33, dies in Mallorca
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Reuters - Boyzone singer Stephen Gately, 33, who caused a sensation in the pop world 10 years ago by announcing he was gay, died while on holiday in Mallorca, Spain, the Irish pop group's official website said on Sunday.
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8/138 Bowie's son sweeps Spanish festival for 'Moon' film
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AFP - British director Duncan Jones, the son of rock legend David Bowie, won several prizes on Sunday at the Sitges film festival in Spain for the science-fiction thriller 'Moon', his first feature film.
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9/138 Lohan's celebrity catwalk dismays fashion world
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AFP - Lindsay Lohan's widely panned appearance on Paris catwalks for luxury label Ungaro could signal a shift away from high end brands seeking creative input from celebrities, analysts say.
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10/138 Josh Hartnett overshadowed by ex-boyband actor Kimura
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AFP - Josh Hartnett isn't having things all his own way at Asia's largest film festival. Every time the Hollywood star appears in public, the loudest screams are being directed at his co-star.
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11/138 Director Polanski feels depressed in jail: lawyer
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Reuters - Director Roman Polanski is feeling depressed two weeks after his arrest in Switzerland to face U.S. extradition for a 1977 case involving the rape of a 13-year-old girl, his lawyer was quoted as saying on Sunday.
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12/138 Singer says he may make another 'X-Men' movie
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AP - Bryan Singer said Sunday he's interested in making another 'X-Men' movie and has discussed the possibility with Twentieth Century Fox.
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13/138 Gately, of Irish boy band Boyzone, dies in Spain
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AP - Stephen Gately, a singer with the Irish boy band Boyzone who made headlines when he came out as gay a decade ago, has died while on vacation in Spain, the group said on its Web site. He was 33.
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14/138 T.I. wins BET awards from prison; Kanye a no-show
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AP - T.I. didn't need to attend the BET Hip-Hop Awards to win two trophies on Saturday.
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15/138 Tokio Hotel aims to translate Euro success to U.S
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Reuters - Sometimes, much weirder things happen at the MTV Video Music Awards than Kanye West interrupting an acceptance speech.
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16/138 Sigourney Weaver still committed to gorilla rescue
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AP - Actress Sigourney Weaver said Saturday that orphaned gorillas desperately need a permanent rescue and rehabilitation center that's currently being built in the Congo.
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17/138 Director says adaptation of Murakami book faithful
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AP - The director of the anticipated adaptation of Japanese writer Haruki Murakami's hit novel 'Norwegian Wood' says the movie will be loyal to the original story.
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18/138 Lucy Liu drawn to Mexican 'Nomads'
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Reuters - Lucy Liu is starring in the Mexican-produced 'Nomads,' an English-language drama.
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19/138 Studio shake-up reflects changing Hollywood
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AFP - Management shake-ups at movie giants Universal and Disney reflect the industry's difficulty in adjusting to the digital age and failure to halt sliding DVD sales, analysts say.
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20/138 Kristen Bell steps into 'Burlesque'
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Reuters - Kristen Bell will star as Christina Aguilera's rival in 'Burlesque,' a musical drama being directed by Steve Antin.
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21/138 Movies from Down Under at film fest in St Tropez
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AFP - The French resort of St Tropez hosts the Antipodes film fest this week, featuring some 50 movies from Australia and New Zealand, with actor Anthony LaPaglia as head of the jury.
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22/138 Buddies Damon, Affleck are also distant relatives
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AP - It seems Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are more than childhood pals and Hollywood collaborators.
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23/138 Donny Osmond: I'm Going to Kiss Carrie Ann Next!
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Donny Osmond knows the 7 Bruno Tonioli gave him on Monday's Dancing with the Stars was not the score for their make-out session. 'That was just for the rumba,' Osmond tells TVGuide.com. 'When I walked out at the beginning of Tuesday's show, he waved his hand at me and I waved right back.' Hand-waving may be all Tonioli gets these days since the 51-year-old entertainer has his eyes on another judge. Learn why Osmond's gunning for Carrie Ann Inaba, whether sister Marie — with whom he headlines a Las Vegas show— has given him advice, and more.
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24/138 Castle: Is a Beckett-Castle Kiss in the Cards?
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Nathan Fillion's character on Castle doesn't take many things seriously, something that perhaps has rubbed off on the actor.When asked what he thinks will lure viewers into the ABC procedural dramedy's second season, the 38-year-old former Firefly and Desperate Housewives star cracks jokes. 'This season we decided to go with no hooks, no hooks at all,' Fillion tells TVGuide.com. 'That's become our mantra: no hooks, let's just coast. One episode, we actually take an episode from the first season and just changed everybody's names and filmed it again.'Fall TV: Get scoop on your favorite new and returning showsCo-stars Stana Katic and Seamus Dever, who join Fillion on the other end of the line for a telephone interview during a break from shooting, laugh at most of Fillion's jokes. All the actors say...
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25/138 Oprah Winfrey Sued by Flight Attendant
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Corrine Gehrls claims false allegations that she had sex on the star's private jet got her fired
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26/138 Miley Cyrus Explains Twitter Exit; Courtney Love Leaves Too
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Miley Cyrus isn't the only singer to call it quits with Twitter. Courtney Love's Twitter page, @courtneylover79, where the former Hole frontwoman had offered streams of difficult-to-interpret rants that landed her in legal trouble recently, had been closed as of Sunday. A second account, @clcobain, was also closed.So why did she and Miley leave?
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27/138 Lady Gaga Performs 'Imagine' For Gay Rights
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Lady Gaga took a break from 'The Fame' on Saturday night to 'Imagine' a different tomorrow. 'I'm not going to play one of my songs tonight. Tonight is not about me. It's about you,' she said in a video available on YouTube before launching into John Lennon's classic song at the Human Rights Campaign's dinner the night before the National Equality March in Washington, D.C.
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28/138 Fans check in for 'Couples Retreat' with $35.3M
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AP - 'Swingers' co-stars Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau buddied up for the weekend's top movie as 'Couples Retreat' debuted with $35.3 million, while the micro-budgeted fright flick 'Paranormal Activity' leaped into the top 10.
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29/138 Mischa Barton's Next Move: 'I Just Started Looking At Films'
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NEW YORK, New York -- Mischa Barton's 'The Beautiful Life: TBL' may be over, but the star said she's already looking at new projects following the cancellation of The CW freshman series. 'There's a bunch of projects I always wanted to make, so I'm going back to thinking about things again,' she told the New York Post. 'I just started looking at films.'
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30/138 John Galliano: Hollywood Divas Wake Up
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Fashion Wire Daily - John Galliano went west to Hollywood in a retro flash Spring 2010 collection of great individual pieces, where his romanticism and wit were very much to the fore.
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31/138 Tough choices for feds giving out broadband money
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AP - The federal government will soon start handing out the first $4 billion from a pot of stimulus funds intended to spread high-speed Internet connections to more rural communities, poor neighborhoods and other pockets of the country clamoring for better access. The challenge is that the government has received $28 billion in requests.
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32/138 Zappos-inspired startup is all about men's pants
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AP - Brian Spaly's quest for the perfect pair of pants led him and former roommate Andy Dunn to start a Web-only clothing company that wants to sell men's trousers that fit — without the need for fitting rooms.
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33/138 Justice Dept probing IBM's computer market conduct
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AP - The Justice Department is looking into allegations that IBM Corp. has abused its dominant position in the market for mainframe computers, the data-crunching heavy lifters of the computing world that IBM introduced in the 1960s and which are now used to process some of the most sensitive data in banking, government and health care.
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34/138 India set to be global leader in tech services: Forbes chief
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Reuters - India is set to become a global leader in technology services as software companies move up in the value chain, while the weak dollar has hurt the U.S. economic recovery, the Chairman and CEO of business publisher Forbes said on Saturday.
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35/138 Cisco shines light on dark corners of the Web
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AFP - Cisco launched software that shines light on potentially troublesome websites hidden in what the US computer security firm dubbed the 'Dark Web.'
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36/138 Phase 1 of PCB removal on Hudson wrapping up
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AP - Crews dredging a polluted stretch of the upper Hudson River this year battled high water, old logging debris and unexpected levels of PCB contamination that slowed progress.
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37/138 Russian spacecraft with circus tycoon lands safely
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AP - The Russian Soyuz capsule carrying Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte and two other space travelers landed safely in Kazakhstan on Sunday, ending the entertainment tycoon's mirthful space odyssey.
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38/138 Circus billionaire hosts show aboard space station
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AP - Canadian space tourist and circus billionaire Guy Laliberte mixed star power, science lectures, music and poetry in hosting a show from the International Space Station that was broadcast on television and the Internet.
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39/138 Parliament rooftop protesters arrested in London
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Reuters - British police arrested 20 environmental protesters who climbed onto the roof of the Houses of Parliament, the latest in a series of security breaches at the London landmark.
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40/138 French arrest physicist suspected of al-Qaida link
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AP - A physicist working at the world's largest atom smasher has been arrested on suspicion of links to al-Qaida, adding to the woes of the $10 billion project that ceased operation a year ago — just days after its celebrated start up.
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41/138 Woman wins RSPCA inheritance battle
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AFP - A woman who contested her parents' decision to leave their two million pound estate to the RSPCA has won her legal battle and will now inherit the farm, a court ruled on Friday.
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42/138 Chinese fossil find gives clue to ear's evolution
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AFP - Researchers digging in north eastern China say they have discovered the fossil of a previously unknown chipmunk-sized mammal that could help explain how human hearing evolved.
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43/138 Green campaigners occupy parliament's roof
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AFP - Twenty-three people who climbed on to the roof of Houses of Parliament for a protest to urge ministers to overhaul climate change policies have been arrested, police said on Monday.
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44/138 The nation's weather
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AP - Most of the nation will experience a chilly Columbus Day with areas of scattered, mixed precipitation throughout Monday afternoon. A very cold high pressure area in the northern Midwest will advance eastward, spreading into the Northeast during the day.
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45/138 Philippines orders rice imports as typhoon costs mount
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Reuters - The Philippines ordered imports of 250,000 tons of rice on Monday and lawmakers rushed to approve funding for immediate rebuilding of farms and roads badly damaged by two typhoons that killed over 650 people.
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46/138 Canadian trucker fined for smoking on the job
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Reuters - A Canadian truck driver has been fined for smoking in his vehicle because it is considered his workplace, a police spokeswoman said on Friday.
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47/138 Marge Simpson makes cover of Playboy
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Reuters - 'D'oh!' doesn't even start to cover it. Marge Simpson -- the blue beehived matriarch of America's most loved dysfunctional family - is Playboy magazine's November cover, the magazine said on Friday.
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48/138 Donkeys get dye-job, take on zebra role
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Reuters - Two white donkeys dyed with black stripes delighted Palestinian kids at a small Gaza zoo on Thursday who had never seen a zebra in the flesh.
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49/138 Birth control pill could put women off macho men?
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Reuters - Why do some women's hearts race over the feminine features of Orlando Bloom while others are more attracted to macho men like Daniel Craig?
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50/138 Michael Jackson skit sparks racism calls
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Reuters - An Australian talent show skit based around late pop star Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 has backfired after U.S. guest star Harry Connick Jr called for an apology and viewers accused the program of racism.
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51/138 Man faces prison, flogging over TV sex revelations
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Reuters - A Saudi court has sentenced a man to five years in jail and 1,000 lashes for boasting about his sexual exploits on television, in a case that has divided public opinion in the conservative Islamic kingdom.
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52/138 Threat to sue athlete for fund-raising brothel
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Reuters - The New Zealand Olympic Committee has threatened to sue a local taekwondo athlete who plans to finance his 2012 London Games bid with the proceeds from a brothel.
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53/138 Plane delayed by bird on board
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Reuters - A South Korean passenger jet was grounded just before taking off so that crew members could catch a sparrow that was flying around in the cabin, airline officials said on Wednesday.
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54/138 College issues dress guidelines -- for teachers
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Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) It is normally students who are sent home for inappropriate attire, but one English college is threatening to send lecturers home for violating a dress code, which includes a ban on jeans.
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55/138 Racing fans 'limited' to 24 beers a day
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Reuters - Adult fans at one of Australia's most popular motor sport races, the Bathurst 1000, will be limited to one 'slab' of beer a day -- or 24 375 ml cans -- as police focus on reducing alcohol-related crime.
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56/138 Tiger attacks intruder in zoo
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Reuters - A man suffered injuries to his arms after he and a friend hopped the fence at a Canadian zoo early on Monday and stuck his hands into the tiger exhibit, zoo officials said.
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57/138 Air India says mid-air scuffle no threat to safety
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Reuters - A mid-air scuffle between pilots and crew of an Air India flight at the weekend did not endanger the 106 passengers on board, said a spokesman for the airline which has ordered an inquiry.
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58/138 Britain's new healthy eating guru - Homer Simpson
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Reuters - Forget all the pizza and doughnuts -- the British government wants fans of 'The Simpsons' to ditch junk food and eat more healthily.
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59/138 In parkour, the city is the gym
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Reuters - A Zen saying goes: the obstacle is the path.
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60/138 Schwarzenegger asked to close prostitute Website
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Reuters - A British government minister asked California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday to shut down a U.S. website that allows men to rate prostitutes, including many working in London.
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61/138 North American pro sports leagues in a twitter over tweeting
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Reuters - North America's professional sports leagues are all a twitter over tweeting and have pushed through guidelines to ban player access to social networking sites during games.
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62/138 Girls warned not to hide boyfriends' guns
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Reuters - A campaign warning girls not to stash or carry guns for their boyfriends was launched by London police Wednesday.
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63/138 Fernando Gonzalez of Chile plays a shot to Mischa Zverev of ...
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(Reuters) - Fernando Gonzalez of Chile plays a shot to Mischa Zverev of Germany during the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament October 12, 2009. REUTERS/Nir Elias
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(Reuters) - England's David Beckham acknowledges the crowd after their World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer match against Croatia at Wembley Stadium in London September 9, 2009. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh
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(AP) - In this Oct. 9, 2009 photo made available by the Randolph County, Ind., Sheriff's office, Andrew Seth Ward is seen. Ward, an ex-Marine who served in Iraq, has been charged with three counts of attempted murder of a police officer after firing on police Friday night. (AP Photo/Randolph County, Ind., Sheriff's office)
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(AFP/Graphic) - List showing winners of the Nobel Prize for Economics by country. Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson of the United States have won the 2009 Nobel Economics Prize for their work on the organisation of cooperation in economic governance.(AFP/Graphic)
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(AFP/HO) - An undated handout picture from the University of California Berkeley shows Oliver Williamson. Williamson and Elinor Ostrom of the United States have won the 2009 Nobel Economics Prize for their work on the organisation of cooperation in economic governance.(AFP/HO)
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(AFP/HO) - An undated handout image from the US National Academy of Sciences shows Elinor Ostrom. Ostrom and Oliver Williamson of the United States have won the 2009 Nobel Economics Prize for their work on the organisation of cooperation in economic governance.(AFP/HO)
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(AP) - This June 8, 2007 photo released by the American Kennel Club shows a Rottweiler,Esatto's Alpha Artificer,owned by Frank & Diana Costanzo, jumping an obstacle during the Rally Excellent class at the Greenwich Kennel Club Dog Show and Obedience trial in Norwalk,Conn.(AP Photo/American Kennel Club)
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(AP) - This June 8,2007 photo released by the American Kennel Club shows Spinone Italiano, Siena Castellana DiMorghengo, owned by Christopher L Sweetwood and Lauren Friedman, with Sweetwood taking him through the Rally Excellent class at the Greenwich Kennel Club Dog Show and Obedience Trial in Norwalk, Conn. (AP Photo/American Kennel Club)
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(AP) - This June 2007 photo released by the American Kennel Club shows OTCH Rushmore's Excaliber Can Do owned and handled by Dorita Slate going through the Rally Excellent class at the Greenwich Kennel Club Dog Show and Obedience Trial in Norwalk, Conn.(AP Photo/American Kennel Club)
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(AP) - HopeLine, Verizon Wireless' phone recycling and reuse program, donated its 80,000th refurbished phone with service to the 30th Judicial District Domestic Violence-Sexual Assault Alliance, Inc., a coalition of North Carolina agencies serving victims of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking and sexual assault. The phone will be used by a victim of abuse rebuilding her life. Victim Advocate Karen Arias is pictured as she prepares a HopeLine phone for use by a domestic violence victim. (PRNewsFoto/Verizon Wireless)
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(Reuters) - A doctor prepares a syringe in a municipal vaccination centre in Nice, southeastern France, September 9, 2009. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
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(Reuters) - An Indonesian student stands beside her classroom damaged by last week's earthquake in Padang, Indonesia's West Sumatra province October 12, 2009. REUTERS/Crack Palinggi
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(Reuters) - Election workers audit and recount ballots, at a warehouse in Kabul October 5, 2009. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
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(Reuters) - Gunnar Oquist, Permanent Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, announces The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2009 to Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson of the U.S., at the Royal Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, October 12, 2009. REUTERS/Scanpix/Bertil Ericson
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(Reuters) - Armed soldiers stand guard outside Pakistan's army headquarters in Rawalpindi October 11, 2009. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood
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78/138 Polish artist Miroslaw Balka poses in front of his artwork "How ...
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(Reuters) - Polish artist Miroslaw Balka poses in front of his artwork "How It Is" at the Tate Modern in London October 12, 2009. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
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79/138 This undated photo made available Monday, Oct. 12, 2009 by Indiana ...
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(AP) - This undated photo made available Monday, Oct. 12, 2009 by Indiana University shows Elinor Ostrom. Ostrom and Oliver Williamson won the Nobel economics prize on Monday for their analyses of economic governance — the way authority is exercised in companies and economic systems. (AP Photo/Indiana University, Jacob Kriese) NO SALES MANDATORY CREDIT
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80/138 A Tudor chest is seen in this undated handout photo. REUTERS/Mary ...
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(Reuters) - A Tudor chest is seen in this undated handout photo. REUTERS/Mary Rose Trust/Handout
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81/138 A previously unreleased song by Michael Jackson entitled "This ...
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(AFPTV/Pool/Sony) - A previously unreleased song by Michael Jackson entitled "This Is It" was unveiled to the world on Monday almost four months after the star's death. Excerpt of the song with images overlaid. Duration: 01:01(AFPTV/Pool/Sony)
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82/138 File photo of American pop star Michael Jackson. A previously ...
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(AFP/File) - File photo of American pop star Michael Jackson. A previously unreleased song by Jackson entitled "This Is It" has been unveiled to the world almost four months after the star's death.(AFP/File/Vincent Amalvy)
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83/138 Police officers search for evidence after a bomb attack at the ...
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(Reuters) - Police officers search for evidence after a bomb attack at the Santa Barbara military barracks in Milan October 12, 2009. A Libyan man threw a bomb at an Italian army barracks in Milan early on Monday and was injured in the explosion, losing one of his hands, police said. An Italian soldier was slightly hurt in the attack at the Santa Barbara barracks near San Siro soccer stadium. REUTERS/Paolo Bona
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84/138 Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi speaks ...
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(Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi speaks with journalists during his weekly news conference in Tehran August 24, 2009. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl
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85/138 Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman stands during the Yale CEO ...
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(Reuters) - Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman stands during the Yale CEO Summit in New York December 11, 2008. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
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(Reuters) - The administration building of China's Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co. Ltd is pictured in Chengdu, Sichuan province October 10, 2009. General Motors Co signed a deal on Friday to sell its iconic but tarnished Hummer brand to an investment partnership headed by an obscure Chinese machinery maker in an agreement that underscores the fast rise and global ambition of the Chinese auto industry. REUTERS/Stringer
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87/138 Villagers carry food aid from U.S. marines in the village of ...
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(Reuters) - Villagers carry food aid from U.S. marines in the village of Kepalakoto after earthquake-triggered landslides in Padang Pariaman, in Indonesia's West Sumatra province, October 10, 2009. REUTERS/Andry Prasetyo
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88/138 Rodriguez and Posada power Yanks back to ALCS
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AP - After so many October misses, Alex Rodriguez delivered the playoff performance his talent demanded. Rodriguez and Jorge Posada hit seventh-inning home runs to spoil Carl Pavano's opportunity to frustrate New Yorkers one more time, and the Yankees advanced to their first AL championship series in five years with a 4-1 victory and sweep of Minnesota on Sunday night.
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89/138 Angels rally off Papelbon in 9th to sweep Red Sox
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AP - Torii Hunter emerged from the visitors' clubhouse at Fenway Park to spray champagne over the fans and family gathered there. Erick Aybar did him one better, handing over bottles of bubbly to those who came from California to see the Los Angeles Angels go for the sweep.
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90/138 Lidge closes out Phillies' 6-5 win over Rockies
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AP - Between frosty breaths on the mound, Brad Lidge warmed to the challenge.
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91/138 Colts remain perfect, down winless Titans 31-9
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AP - Trying to match field goals against Peyton Manning's touchdown passes never works. Now the Indianapolis Colts' perfect start continues.
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92/138 SEC rules: Florida, Alabama are 1 and 2
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AP - Alabama's steady rise in the rankings has left the Crimson Tide with a clear view of No. 1 Florida.
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93/138 A tough US team, an easy Presidents Cup victory
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AP - Fred Couples had his best week in golf without ever swinging a club.
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94/138 Broncos, Cowboys earn wins in overtime
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AP - The Denver Broncos are reminding their fans of Super Bowl seasons past with their 5-0 start. The Dallas Cowboys are just relieved their season hasn't completely fallen apart heading into their bye week.
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95/138 Yankees, Angels complete playoff sweeps
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Reuters - The New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 4-1 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep of their division series and set up an AL Championship Series against the Los Angeles Angels.
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96/138 Terry leads Mavericks past Grizzlies
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AP - Jason Terry scored 23 points, including a pair of 3-pointers on consecutive possessions down the stretch, and the Dallas Mavericks went on to a 114-107 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday night.
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97/138 Road test passed at UCLA, No. 13 Ducks look ahead
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AP - Oregon got through the first three games of its Pac-10 schedule as the only unbeaten team left in conference play thanks to three overwhelming defensive performances.
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98/138 AC Milan likely to take Beckham in January
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AFP - AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani admitted on Monday that former England captain David Beckham would probably return to the Italian giants in January's transfer window.
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99/138 Belgian cyclist Gilbert wins Paris-Tours
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AFP - Belgian Philippe Gilbert, riding for Silence, on Sunday won the Paris-Tours semi classic race over 230km for the second straight year.
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100/138 Canucks beat Stars 4-3 in shootout
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AP - Kyle Wellwood and Ryan Kesler scored in the shootout, and the Vancouver Canucks overcame a tying goal late in regulation to beat the Dallas Stars 4-3 on Sunday night.
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101/138 ATP schedule too taxing, warns Roddick
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AFP - Frustrated Andy Roddick said Monday the ATP was wearing out its top players, warning that a men's tennis schedule without a proper off-season was asking for trouble.
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102/138 Mickelson gets surprise visit from his wife
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AP - This was the 15th time Phil Mickelson has played in the Presidents Cup or the Ryder Cup, and the first time he came alone. His wife, Amy, is recovering from breast cancer and stayed home in San Diego.
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103/138 Former running back Walker signs up for martial arts
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Reuters - Former Heisman trophy winner and twice NFL Pro Bowl running back Herschel Walker has signed a multi-fight contract to compete in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), promoter Strikeforce said on Monday.
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104/138 Johnson rolls to victory in California
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AP - Jimmie Johnson insists NASCAR's Chase for the championship isn't over. That his dominating victory in Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Auto Club Speedway doesn't mean his fourth straight title is in the bag.
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105/138 FTSE 100 hits year-high, pound slides
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AFP - The leading stock exchange struck its highest level for more than a year on Monday while the pound slumped to multi-month lows versus rivals as investors assessed the economic outlook.
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106/138 Brown on back foot as election looms
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AFP - MPs return to work on Monday after a month of political meetings that set out the battle lines for the next election -- and the huge challenge Prime Minister Gordon Brown faces to keep his job.
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107/138 Katona escapes charges over alleged assault
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AFP - Former Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona will face no charges following an alleged assault on her accountant, police said on Monday.
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108/138 UK places trade restictions on two Iranian firms
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AFP - The government has ordered financial companies to stop trade with two Iranian firms, Bank Mellat and the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, amid alleged nuclear links, a minister said on Monday.
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109/138 Britain announces massive assets sale to cut debt
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AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced on Monday a massive 16-billion-pound sale of state assets including the Channel Tunnel rail link, to cut soaring debt caused by economic crisis.
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110/138 Interest rates to stay at 0.5% until 2011: study
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AFP - The Bank of England will keep its key lending rate at a record-low 0.50 percent until at least 2011 as the economy recovers from a deep recession, an independent economics consultancy forecast on Monday.
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111/138 Barclays to spin off credit assets: report
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AFP - Barclays plans to spin off complex credit assets worth four billion pounds as the bank looks to further clean up its balance sheet, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
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112/138 Recession-hit Britain to sell off state assets
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AFP - The British government is to sell off 16 billion pounds (25.4 billion dollars, 17.2 billion euros) worth of state assets, Prime Minister Gordon Brown was to say on Monday in an attempt to reduce the national debt.
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113/138 ITV appoints interim CEO
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AFP - Struggling commercial television network ITV on Monday said it had appointed a temporary chief executive officer.
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114/138 Streisand pulls off US, British charts double
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AFP - American entertainer Barbra Streisand achieved the feat of topping the US and British album charts simultaneously as her record 'Love Is The Answer' went to number one Sunday.
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115/138 Clinton vows to help defuse N. Ireland stand-off
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AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton threw America's weight Sunday behind efforts to stop Northern Ireland slipping back towards conflict, as a paramilitary group ended its decades-old armed struggle.
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116/138 Clinton insists US-Britain ties strong
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AFP - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stressed on Sunday that the so-called 'special relationship' between the United States and Britain was strong, despite recent signs of a chill.
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117/138 Climate-change protesters scale UK Parliament
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AP - Several dozen environmental activists scaled Britain's Parliament building Sunday to draw attention to climate change.
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118/138 Spanish PM to meet Obama at White House
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AP - Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero was to fly to Washington on Monday to meet President Barack Obama, a visit that comes after years of strained relations with George W. Bush's administration over the Iraq war.
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119/138 Philips posts surprise profit as cost cuts help
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AFP - Dutch electronics giant Philips reported on Monday a surprise profit for the third quarter as a series of cost cutting measures to cope with the global slump helped the bottomline.
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120/138 Clinton vows help to solve N. Ireland deadlock
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AFP - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday pledged US help for Northern Ireland as its leaders battle to resolve a political stand-off threatening the peace process.
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121/138 Philips profit boosts European markets
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AP - European stock markets rose strongly Monday as investor sentiment was buoyed by better than expected third-quarter profits from Royal Philips Electronics NV at the start of a week when earnings statements around the world will be the main focus of attention.
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122/138 Pro-Kremlin party sweeps Moscow elections
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AP - The pro-Kremlin party dominated an election for Moscow city council as well as other local elections across Russia, results released Monday showed.
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123/138 Americans Ostrom, Williamson win Nobel economics
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AP - Americans Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson won the Nobel economics prize on Monday for their work in economic governance.
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124/138 Turkey: Armenia must pull out of Nagorno-Karabakh
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AP - One day after Turkey signed a deal the U.S. helped salvage to end a century of enmity with Armenia, Turkey's leader set a tough condition for normalizing ties on Sunday: Armenia must withdraw from the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh.
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125/138 Priest who lived with leprosy now a saint
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AP - A 19th-century priest whose courageous work with leprosy patients in Hawaii has been likened to the efforts of those battling the stigma of AIDS was elevated to sainthood Sunday by Pope Benedict XVI, along with four other Catholics he hailed as heroes of holiness.
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126/138 Pakistan says 41 killed in market bombing
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AP - A suicide car bombing targeting Pakistani troops killed 41 people Monday, the fourth grisly militant attack in just over a week, as the Taliban pledged to mobilize fighters across the country for more strikes.
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127/138 China court sentences 6 to death in Xinjiang riots
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AP - A court in China's far western Xinjiang region sentenced six men to death Monday for murder and other crimes committed during ethnic riots that killed nearly 200 people. A seventh man was given life imprisonment.
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128/138 Brazil: Intense blaze burns Sao Paulo slum
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AP - An intense fire broke out Sunday in a slum in South America's largest city, sending residents running across rooftops to escape the flames.
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129/138 Zimbabwe finance minister issues currency ultimatum
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AFP - Zimbabwe's finance minister Tendai Biti vowed on Monday that he would quit if he is asked to return the local dollar which was abandoned as the country fought a losing battle with hyperinflation.
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130/138 Extra coffins shipped to storm-hit Philippine area
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AP - Authorities sent more than 200 coffins Monday to the typhoon-battered northern Philippines for the grim task of burying the storm's victims, including a family of eight whose house was buried under a torrent of mud.
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131/138 ETimor lawmakers attack govt on militia leader
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AFP - Lawmakers in East Timor shouted jibes at each other Monday in a fiery censure debate over a government decision to free an Indonesian militia leader accused of crimes against humanity.
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132/138 CDC official downplays risk from swine flu vaccine
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AP - A top U.S. health official says the risks from not getting the swine flu vaccine are greater than any potential risks associated with the vaccine.
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133/138 New US law helps ill students keep health coverage
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AP - A federal law inspired by a New Hampshire woman's courage and enacted through her mother's determination took effect Friday, sparing seriously ill or injured college students from having to choose between taking time off and keeping their health insurance.
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134/138 W.Va. town offers wary welcome to celebrity chef
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AP - Weary of being stuck with what they call the false label of America's unhealthiest city, Huntington residents are offering a wary welcome to a celebrity TV chef who hopes to help them shape up.
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135/138 Swine flu put many hospitalized patients into ICU
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AP - One quarter of Americans sick enough to be hospitalized with swine flu last spring wound up needing intensive care and 7 percent of them died, the first such study of the early months of the global epidemic suggests. That's a little higher than with ordinary seasonal flu, several experts said.
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136/138 Discreet sex education breaks Indian taboo
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AFP - In a Delhi classroom, 40 sheepish girls and boys stare silently at a sketch of a couple making love.
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137/138 'Good' dietary fats trim body fat in diabetic women
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Reuters - Eating certain kinds of fats may actually help obese women with diabetes trim some body fat, a small study suggests.
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138/138 Tengzhong seeks approval for Hummer buy
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Reuters - Tengzhong, the Chinese buyer of General Motor's Hummer brand, aims to close the deal by early 2010, with regulatory approval looming as the first of what will likely be multiple hurdles on the road ahead.
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