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Pressure Mounts on Strauss-Kahn to Resign
Bloomberg
By Sandrine Rastello - Wed May 18 04:05:41 GMT 2011 Dominique Strauss-Kahn,
managing director of the International Monetary Fund. Photographer: Richard
Drew/Pool via Bloomberg May 17 (Bloomberg) -- Uwe Parpart, chief economist
and strategist for Asia ...
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Brown hedges on Medicare overhaul
Boston Globe
By Theo Emery WASHINGTON — Senator Scott Brown will not disclose whether
he supports a GOP budget plan that includes sweeping changes to Medicare,
despite saying to a business group last week that he will vote for the
measure when it comes up in the US ...
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Tunisia Threatens Libya Over Rocket Attacks
Sky News
Tunisia has threatened to report Libya to the UN Security Council if it
fires on border areas again amid claims rockets were fired by Colonel
Gaddafi's forces. To view this content you need Flash and Javascript
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Senate blocks bill to end tax breaks for Big Oil
San Francisco Chronicle
Democrats' bid to raise $21 billion over the next 10 years by hiking taxes
for the nation's five biggest oil companies failed a key procedural vote in
the Senate on Tuesday - but the issue isn't going away anytime soon. The
subject is already fodder ...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger's plans terminated? Not likely
Los Angeles Times
Few strategists believe that the disclosure about his out-of-wedlock child
will permanently derail Arnold Schwarzenegger's political or entertainment
pursuits. Maria Shriver looks on as her husband is sworn in for his second
term as California's ...
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State tax revenue grows as rich get richer
San Francisco Chronicle
Thanks to a projected jump in tax revenue, California's budget hole is not
as big as expected. Nor will covering it require the amount of sacrifice as
first thought, according to Gov. Jerry Brown's revised budget. And,
apparently, we have the ...
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Usher Closes Oprah's Chicago Farewell Show
Hollywood Reporter
Maria Shriver, Tom Hanks, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith among the
celebrities who appeared during the four-hour taping Tuesday. More than
20000 people packed Chicago's United Center to watch the celebrity-packed
live taping of Oprah Winfrey's ...
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Fresh Tales of Chaos Emerge From Early in Nuclear Crisis
Wall Street Journal
By YUKA HAYASHI And PHRED DVORAK This DigitalGlobe handout image shows the
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on March 14, three days after the quake and
tsunami. FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE, Japan—The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant
deteriorated in the crucial ...
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Al-Qaida in the midst of fierce succession battle
The Guardian
Saif al-Adel is pictured in an undated file handout photo from the FBI. It
is thought he is acting leader of al-Qaida in the wake of Osama bin Laden's
death. Photograph: Ho/REUTERS A fierce succession battle appears to be
gripping the senior ranks of ...
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Wash. state trooper missing for 3 days found alive
The Associated Press
SEATTLE (AP) — Officials say an off-duty Washington State Patrol trooper
who had gone missing in the remote and avalanche-prone North Cascade
mountains has been found alive and in good condition. Snohomish County
sheriff's office spokeswoman Rebecca ...
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