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In this April 15, 2008 file photo, a Northwest plane is seen parked as travelers wait for their flight at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Detroit. Northwest Airlines said its first-quarter loss deepened to $4.14 billion, mostly because of a big accounting charge, but high fuel prices still caused an operating los
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 The Daily Mail 
Thousands of flights held up at dozens of U.S. airports following 'computer glitch'
| Air traffic at some major U.S. airports was returning to normal on Tuesday after many planes were delayed due to a glitch in the computer system for filing flight plans, the Federal Aviation Adminis... (photo: AP / Kiichiro Sato, file)
A boy carries his belongings next to the rubble of his home which was destroyed in a U.S. airstrike in the villiage of Azizabad in the Shindand district of Herat province, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug 23, 2008.
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 International Herald Tribune 
60 children among Afghan dead, UN finds
| : A United Nations human rights team has found "convincing evidence" that some 90 civilians - among them 60 children - were killed in air strikes on a village in western Afghanistan on Thursday nigh... (photo: AP / Fraidoon Pooyaa)
Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during a town hall-style meeting in Dayton, Ohio, Friday, July 11, 200  The Australian 
Authorities have no evidence of plot to shoot Obama
| US authorities have found no evidence of a plot to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Three men were arrested and a weapons cache seized this week amid claims the men planne... (photo: AP / Jae C. Hong)
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Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard during curfew in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 26, Aug, 2008.  Dawn 
Protesters in Kashmir defy curfew
| SRINAGAR, Aug 26: Indian police beat Kashmiri protesters who defied a curfew on Tuesday and troops searched for separatist leaders as the biggest anti-India protests in two decades showed no sign of... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
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 Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.   (js1) Gulf Daily News
Clinton bid to heal wounds
| DENVER: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama sought to heal the wounds of their bruising nominating battle yesterday and unite the Democratic party behind Obama's bid to se... (photo: AP / Jose Luis Magana)
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 Zimbabwe´s President Robert Mugabe , right, is escorted by a guard of honour, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007 as he arrive at Bolle international airport in Addis Ababa ahead of the 8th African Union summit that start on Monday in the Ethiopian capital.(AP P Taipei Times
Mugabe booed at opening of parliament in Harare
| Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was heckled by the opposition yesterday as he opened parliament and declared that ˇ§landmark agreementsˇ¨ were expected to be signed ... (photo: AP/Karel Prinsloo)
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Trader Vincent Quinones, foreground right, gathers with other traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday March 18, 2008. Omaha World-Herald
Oil, inflation worries keep markets mixed
| NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street ended mixed Tuesday as concerns about the path of Hurricane Gustav sent oil prices higher and offset a better-than-expected reading on consu... (photo: AP / Richard Drew)
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One of the newer Barbie dolls from Mattel sits on a shelf inside Gregory's Toys in the Encino area of Los Angeles, December 24, 2003, For the first time in Ken Grow's 27 years as a toy retailer, Barbie lost ground to a rival fashion doll during the holiday season. "The best doll this year ... has been the Bratz doll," said Grow, owner of Gregory's TVNZ
Mattel gets $NZ144m in Bratz case
Aug 27, 2008 11:26 AM | A California jury awarded Mattel Inc $100 million ($NZ144 million) in damages in the copyright infringement case it brought against MGA Entertainm... (photo: AP / Stefano Palter)
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Bertrand Delanoe, mayor of Paris, gestures during a campaign rally in Paris, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008. The Independent
Paris mayor to challenge Royal for leadership of divided Socialist Party
| The mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë, has revealed that he will run for the leadership of the French Socialist Party, setting the stage for a showdown with former presi... (photo: AP Photo / Thibault Camus)
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 Motorway in Manchester, July 2004 The Independent
Fuel prices drive cars off the roads
| The credit crunch and the rising cost of running a car has caused traffic on Britain's major roads to drop for the first time since congestion was measured, a report ha... (photo: WN)
Car   Fuel   Photos   Transport   UK  
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, right, and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, left, appear before the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008, to discuss the state of the economy. The Australian
Federal Reserve cuts forecasts, US rates on hold
| US Federal Reserve officials downgraded their economic forecast at their last policy-setting gathering. They also expected inflation to fall in coming months, showed. |... (photo: AP / Dennis Cook)
Economy   Federal Reserve   Inflation   Photos   US  
The book market,Delhi gate, India, September 2007, 092007 The Times of India
We don't import inflation from Mars
|                 Indians tend to analyse economic events as though India was a case by itself. Yet the most causal look at o... (photo: WN / Guillaume Poulet-Mathis)
Economy   India   Inflation   Market   Photos  
An armed member of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front shows off a "Baby Barret" a rebel made scoped sniper rifle as they guard a press conference where their chairman Al-Haj Murad speaks Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008 in Camp Darapanan, Maguindanao province in southern Philippines. Inquirer
Kauswagan, MILF raids and Querubin
| Kauswagan will be forever etched in my mind. Upon learning of the recent attacks by the so-called 'MILF Lost Command,' my recollections went back eight years ago. | Tha... (photo: AP / Pat Roque)
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- Don't pick a fight you can't finish, Mr Miliband
- Let's talk about World War III
- U.S. stocks slide sharply
- Russian parliament votes to recognise Georgia breakaway regi
- Protestors tell Tata - 'give us back our land'
- Obama still faces one complication: Clinton
Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband speaks to the media after his meeting with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, not seen, in Tbilisi, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008.
Don't pick a fight you can't finish, Mr Miliband
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- Reporter's log: Venice 2008
- French insurers Scor, CNP post higher profits
- Fitch sees Poland 2008 growth easing to 5.2 pct-paper
- Fitch sees Poland's 2008 growth at 5.2 pct -paper
- Lifting the Lido
- A Feast for the palate
Phone Booth
Pay phone use plummets as cellphones surge
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Asia Middle East
- Dissidents demand resignation of Malaysia prime minister aft
- South Korea's Buddhists march against President Lee Myun
- South Korean emotions run high over tiny islets also claimed
- Rebels seize hostages in Kashmir
- 30 Taliban fighters killed in Afghanistan
- India's shooting champion urges greater professionalism
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (Malaysian Prime Minister) at Malaysian Flower Show
Dissidents demand resignation of Malaysia prime minister after opposition Anwar's election win
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- Libyan media: Hijackers of Darfur plane refuse to negotiate
- 30 Taliban fighters killed in Afghanistan
- Talks on US troops in Iraq
- 30 suspected Taliban killed in Afghanistan
- 18 suspected Taliban killed
- U.S. officers executed Iraqis, statements say
Landfill - soil
Pricey oil may turn dumps into plastic mines
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South America Africa
- Venezuela's National Assembly to vote on nationalizing f
- Brazil set for Indian land ruling
- Wednesday's gossip column
- 1,300-year-old mummy unearthed
- Archaeologists unearth 1,300-year-old mummy in Peru capital
- Champions Nadal, Dementieva shake off Beijing Games hangover
Burmese Python (sl1)
Python kills zoo keeper, tries to eat him
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- Libyan media: Hijackers of Darfur plane refuse to negotiate
- Hijacked plane arrives in Libya
- Police warn of Nigerian online dating scam
- South Africa urged to block India's nuclear fuel bid
- S Africa land reform bill shelved
- Sudanese hijackers want to fly to Paris
Landfill - soil
Pricey oil may turn dumps into plastic mines
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Australia Caribbean
- Australia mulls granting Visa to Snoop Dogg
- Woodside posts 67 pc interim profit hike
- Jaspan fired as Fairfax shed 550 jobs
- Police warn of Nigerian online dating scam
- Oil prices near $117 on Hurricane Gustav
- GE's Australia sale deadline extended-source
Sitiveni Rabuka
Former Fiji coup leader in frame to manage Islanders
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- Gustav hits Haiti, drives up oil prices
- Gustav weakens to tropical storm over Haiti
- Hurricane Gustav kills five in Haiti, aims at Cuba
- Hurricane Gustav hits Haiti, drives up oil prices
- Triesman trip to tip 2018 Cup in England's favour
- Dissident files criminal complaint against Cuba
Banana
Africa and Caribbean fear EU Latam banana tariff cuts
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