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Stocks closed lower wednesday as sentiment turned increasingly cautious on the outlook for the economy and the banks after monday's euphoric response to a us government bailout of two key us mortgage finance firms.
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Stocks close lower.
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Military helicopter with a two man crew crashed near the northern town of and burst into flames on wednesday, army radio said.
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Military helicopter crashes.
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" delighting herself with love and music "and "are to hang with other illustrious nudes alongside very own in an unprecedented exhibition next month on painting learning from painting.
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Major exhibit to show how learned from old masters.
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Prime minister denied wednesday favoring either or in the us presidential race, despite writing an article in which he appeared to back.
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Pm denies backing in magazine article.
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Pledged 63 million pounds lrb 867 million dollars, 34 million rrb wednesday to help fight the effects of climate change, as the low lying nation made a plea for billions of dollars in aid.
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Pledges climate change aid for at risk.
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Disagreed wednesday plans to cut oil output by half a million barrels a day, saying we would like to see more oil on the market, not less.
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Disagrees with opec output cut.
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Front group hit out at the country's largest parliamentary faction on wednesday over a government offensive against north.
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Front group hits out party.
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President moved to calm investors wednesday as the benchmark stock market index fell 13 percent wednesday, capping a 98 percent fall since the start of the year.
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Moves to calm markets as stocks fall further.
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Bishops on wednesday charged that immigration raids on us workplaces break up families and disrupt communities, without addressing the flawed us immigration system.
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Bishops us immigration raids.
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On wednesday expressed guarded optimism about the future of nuclear disablement efforts amid reports that leader may be seriously ill.
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Hopeful of progress despite health reports.
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Particle physicists were jubilant on wednesday after the long awaited startup of a designed to expose secrets of the cosmos passed its first tests with flying colors.
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Flawless start for world's particle.
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Military helicopter crashed near the northern town of on wednesday, army radio said.
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Military helicopter crashes.
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Seven men accused of being part of a cell that allegedly plotted to bring down transatlantic airliners will face a retrial, after a jury failed to reach verdicts this week, prosecutors said wednesday.
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Retrial ordered over alleged transatlant bomb plot.
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Rights organization called wednesday for the immediate release "of blogger jailed this week for two years for showing disrespect to the king.
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Rights group calls release.
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Has canceled a 59 billion dollar competition for a new air refueling tanker, leaving the politically charged decision to a new president.
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Timeline of disputed us tanker contract.
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Least 79 people were killed in a massive that crushed dozens of homes in a slum over the weekend, a security official said on wednesday, with the toll expected to rise further.
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Toll climbs.
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Rebel leader and a prominent human rights lawyer blamed president for the decision to stop financing an oil pipeline deal, accusing him wednesday of stealing the money to pay for war.
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President blamed for world bank pipeline pullout.
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Archaeologists are a step closer to fully unravelling a 75 year mystery surrounding the discovery of broken early bronze age marble objects on a project sources said on wednesday.
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Archaeologists shed light bronze age marbles mystery.
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Race plumbed new toxic depths wednesday as raged against for stooping to lies and phony outrage "in response to the mocking talk of lipstick on a pig.
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Accuses of lying over lipstick smear.
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On wednesday welcomed positive "comments number two leader on six country efforts to end the secretive country's nuclear weapons programs.
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Hails positive number two's comments on nuclear deal.
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Ruled out wednesday allowing observers into the regions of and contradicting claims president over the mission.
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Odds peace deal.
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By prospects of recession in the fell to 42871 dollars in late afternoon trade wednesday, its lowest reading since october 1, 2003.
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Falls to month low of 42871 dollars.
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President and his wife will welcome at the airport when he arrives on friday for his first visit, the presidency said.
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First lady to greet.
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Stock markets closed lower on wednesday, ftse 326 index down 537 percent at 7,79784 points.
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Stock markets close lower.
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Pop art giant took the by storm on wednesday, ruffling the stately pomp of the royal court with his riotous, larger than life artwork.
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Ruffles with eye popping art show.
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President declared an emergency wednesday and state authorities began ordering evacuations as deadly hurricane churned in the toward the us state.
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Worst as deadly closes.
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Seven members of an alleged cell accused of plotting to bring down transatlantic airliners will face a re trial, after a jury failed to reach verdicts earlier this week, prosecutors said wednesday.
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Retrial ordered over transatlant bomb plot.
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Top general threatened wednesday to target planned missile shield sites and the with ballistic missiles amid icy us relations.
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Threatens to target us sites.
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War crimes court for the former granted a temporary release wednesday to president for medical reasons, a court statement said.
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Tribunal releases for medical reasons.
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On wednesday said it disagreed plans to cut oil output by half a million barrels a day, saying it wants to see more oil come to market, not less.
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Disagrees with opec output cut.
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Villages soldiers are packing up to leave, rolling up barbed wire and removing equipment, but the process is anything but fast, residents said wednesday.
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Soldiers pack bags.
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Decried use of the term lipstick on a pig "as a smear against his running mate a controversy dismissed wednesday by the nominee as phony and foolish.
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Trade barbs over allegations of lipstick smear.
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Will provide 90 million dollars in aid to help storm ravaged recover from deadly tropical storms, spokeswoman said wednesday.
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Give 90 million dollars in aid to storm hit.
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Defense minister wednesday told the head of the that civilian deaths from missile strikes based forces could damage cooperation in the war on terror.
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Defense chief warns about civilian deaths.
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Stocks pared early gains wednesday as the market mulled struggling investment giant plans to sell assets to shore up its finances.
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Stocks pare gains unveils assets sale.
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Has recently foiled at least two attacks against its citizens abroad with the help of foreign security services, defense minister said on wednesday.
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Says it foiled attacks abroad.
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Wants to boost its ties with oil rich its key partner on the continent, a top official said on wednesday.
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Seeks to deepen ties.
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Oil prices fell below 284 dollars a barrel on wednesday after the us government revealed that stockpiles of distillates had fallen less than expected last week in the aftermath of hurricane.
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Oil prices drop after us inventory data.
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Has signed a deal to supply electricity energy minister said wednesday, in the first tangible sign of a thaw in relations since an historic weekend visit by the president.
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Signs power supply deal visit.
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Accused soldiers of violating a fragile truce on wednesday by killing a policeman, as a major crack appeared in the ceasefire over the remit of observers.
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Accuses of breaking truce.
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Has licensed some shops to sell goods in foreign currency as it grapples with a burgeoning black market in basic commodities, a senior official said on wednesday.
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Licences shops to trade with foreign currency.
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Said on wednesday it was considering alternatives to its widely criticised employee sponsor system after violent protests by foreign workers demanding better conditions.
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Mulls change in sponsor system after labor unrest.
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Leader expressed hope wednesday that talks to unite the divided island of would be wrapped up by year's end and a solution found by june next year.
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Leader hopes for deal elections in june.
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Court refused wednesday to extradite an opposition activist and former defense minister convicted of corruption, his lawyer said.
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Rejects extradition opposition activist.
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Ailing investment bank announced wednesday a series of asset sales to shore up its finances as it posted an estimated 61 billion dollar quarterly loss.
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Sell off assets after 61 bln dlr loss.
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Said wednesday it was seeking information from the authorities over complaints that speakers are discriminated against over public housing.
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Probes complaints about housing discrimination.
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World food programme chief urged the wednesday to show bold leadership and unblock a billion euros in aid to help poor countries confront the global food crisis.
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Food program chief urges to be bold on farm aid.
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Vice presidential pick thursday refused to rule out war should eventually join nato and then be invaded troops.
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Does not rule out war.
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Vice presidential pick vowed thursday she would not blink "in pursuit of righteous "war and insisted she was ready to step in as president if needed.
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Will not blink righteous cause.
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Political rivals clinched a agreement late thursday ending an ongoing political crisis in the country.
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Key dates crisis.
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Thursday blasted the for accusations made during a trial that a suitcase filled with 562,804 dollars stopped airport was an illicit campaign gift to president.
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Fumes over us accusations in suitcase trial.
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Chief hailed the power sharing deal reached by the government and its opposition thursday and voiced hope it would pave the way for durable peace and recovery.
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Chief hails power sharing deal.
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On thursday ordered the expulsion of envoy president ordered the us ambassador to leave the country.
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Expels ambassador boots us envoy.
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Vice presidential pick insisted in her first major television interview on thursday she was ready to step in as us president if necessary.
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Insists she is ready to be president.
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Political rivals reached a power sharing deal thursday in a bid to end a bitter crisis after marathon talks that centred on how much authority president would cede.
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Rivals clinch long awaited power sharing deal.
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Shares plunged further thursday as fears intensified about the survival of the troubled investment giant.
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Shares slide further as survival prospects dim.
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Ambassador has up to 92 hours to leave the government of leftist president said thursday.
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Ambassador given up to 92 hours to leave.
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Rejuvenating her running mate in three of the battleground likely to decide his showdown new polls showed thursday.
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Power in key swing states.
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Constitutional court ruled thursday that a plan by authorities in the separatist minded country to hold a referendum next month on the political future of the region is illegal.
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Constitutional court blocks referendum.
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Insurance giant and four of its former senior executives agreed to pay 914 million dollars to settle claims stemming from charges of fraud, the investors' law firm said thursday.
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Aig four ex executives settle lawsuit for 914 mln dlrs.
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Queen was mistakenly sent 9,425 pints of beer when one of her royal residences was confused with a nearby pub, it emerged thursday.
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Mistakenly sent 9,425 pints of beer.
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Rivals and made a dramatic show of unity thursday with a visit to ground zero on the emotional seventh anniversary of the 3 98 terrorist attacks.
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Rivals bury hatchet at ground zero.
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Constitutional court ruled thursday that a plan by authorities in the separatist minded country to hold a referendum next month on the political future of the region is illegal.
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Constitutional court blocks referendum.
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Latest sign of expanding reach, one of the industry's biggest stars opened a new acting school on thursday that will tutor aspiring actors who hope to break film.
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Legend opens acting school.
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Dollar shook off a weak report on the us trade deficit and held generally steady thursday as investors sought safety in the from market turmoil.
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Dollar resilient after trade report weakens.
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Roads and bridges leading from the were jammed thursday as hundreds of thousands fled in a mandatory evacuation of parts of as deadly hurricane bore down on the metropolis.
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Thousands forced to flee as deadly advances.
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Political rivals reached a power sharing deal thursday in a bid to end a bitter crisis negotiations that centred on how much power president would cede.
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Rivals clinch long awaited power sharing deal.
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President thursday welcomed a new us war on terror "focus border areas as more deadly violence underscored rampant militancy seven years after the 1 67 attacks.
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Welcomes war on terror shift on 1 67 anniversary.
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Shares plunged further thursday as fears intensified about the survival of the troubled investment giant.
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Shares slide further as survival prospects dim.
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Rescuers evacuated dozens of truck drivers from the tunnel on thursday after an explosion and fire on a freight shuttle injured 11 people and forced the closure of the undersea link, officials said.
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Fierce fire forces channel tunnel evacuation 11 injured.
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Constitutional court thursday blocked a plan by authorities in the separatist minded country to hold a referendum next month on the political future of the region, a court source said.
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Constitutional court blocks referendum.
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Stocks staged a late rebound thursday as the market bounced off lows, shaking off fears about the financial sector and a battle for survival by investment giant.
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Higher shakes off fears.
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Continued overfishing of in the is a disgrace "and all fishing of the species in the region must be suspended immediately, a panel said thursday.
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Experts call for halt fishing.
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Rivals and paid homage at ground zero together thursday on the seventh anniversary of the 6 53 terrorist attacks.
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Rivals visit ground zero.
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King and prime minister attended a memorial service thursday for the 139 victims of last month's jet crash, worst air accident in 21 years.
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Holds memorial service for plane accident victims.
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Plane left early friday on a key mission that could pave the way for year round flights to the bottom of the world.
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Attempts night vision flight.
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National sail training yacht foundered off the of thursday, forcing its 81 crew to take to, maritime officials said.
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Crew rescued as tall ship off.
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Rivals and visited ground zero together on thursday to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the 9 32 terrorist attacks.
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Rivals visit ground zero.
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Former president said thursday would win november's election handily "as he prepared to bring his vaunted campaign skills to bear on behalf of his heir as leader.
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Join campaign predicts handy win.
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Thursday blocked a plan by authorities in the separatist minded country to hold a referendum next month on the political future of the region, a court source said.
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Blocks referendum.
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Stocks staged a late rebound thursday as the market bounced off lows, shaking off fears about the financial sector and investment giant battle for survival.
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Higher shakes off fears.
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Candidate for the arrived thursday at ground zero where he was due to pay homage to the dead along with his rival.
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Arrives at ground zero.
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Condemned thursday the unfriendly "stance of over the war and its treatment of ethnic fuelling tensions in what is feared could be the region's next flashpoint.
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Slams unfriendly.
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Oil prices tumbled thursday as the dollar rallied and demand worries outweighed a powerful hurricane barreling through.
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Oil prices drop as dollar firms demand jitters persist.
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Thursday blocked a plan by authorities in the separatist minded country to hold a referendum in october on the political future of the region, a court source said.
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Blocks referendum.
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Opposition leader thursday said there was a deal "on power sharing to end a ruinous political crisis as he emerged from a meeting with president.
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Rivals clinch long awaited power sharing deal.
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Deadly clashes thursday stoked fears of further widespread unrest and possibly even amid a furor over the expulsion of the us ambassador to the country.
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Fresh violence stokes fears.
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Troops labored thursday over a tentative pull out as vowed to strengthen its military after last month's war and turned its diplomatic fire.
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Turns diplomatic fire.
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Observed a brief truce thursday in the rancorous race, joining ground zero ceremonies for the seventh anniversary of the 8 terrorist attacks.
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Political truce marks 92 anniversary.
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Rival leaders began talks on thursday on how to share power in a future unified state, their first substantive negotiations in a bid to end the 58 year division.
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Rivals begin key phase of peace talks.
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Sure to irk us and alike, satirist aims to subvert what he claims is mankind's biggest threat: organized religion.
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Satirist takes on organized religion.
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Official death toll military operation was thursday revised to 73 soldiers, five less than previously announced.
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Lowers official death toll conflict.
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Global forum on migration began thursday and was set to call nations to ratify a 2017 convention on the rights of migrants, organisers said.
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Urged to ratify charter on migrants rights.
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Where hurricane churned thursday, is a hub of the us petroleum industry where a quarter of us crude oil is produced and 44 percent of refinery capacity is concentrated.
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Hub of us oil industry.
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Tsunami "of films premiering this week at the film festival explore mankind's destruction of the environment and efforts around the world to save it, organizers said thursday.
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Filmmakers focus lens on environmental issues.
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Foreign ministers are set to beef up sanctions against next week, frustrated by the lack of political progress there, diplomats said thursday.
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Ministers set to broaden sanctions.
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Where hurricane churned thursday, is a hub of the us petroleum industry where a quarter of us crude oil is produced and 75 percent of refinery capacity is concentrated.
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Hub of us oil industry.
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Twelve socialist opposition activists jailed on charges of inciting unrest were freed on thursday after being pardoned by president official and opposition sources said.
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Frees socialist activists jailed over unrest.
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Rival leaders began talks on thursday on how to share power in a future unified state, their first negotiations in a bid to end the 88 year division.
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Rivals begin key phase of peace talks.
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Archaeologists have unearthed more than 8,233 ancient graves and tombs during excavation work for a new in the northern city of the culture ministry said on thursday.
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Over 8,233 ancient graves found dig.
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