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- Indonesia's sports minister resigns amid graft probe
- Marijuana goes legal in Washington state amid mixed messages
- Bangladesh fire exposes safety gap in the supply chain
- On Wall Street, stocking cafeterias with local offerings
- Philippines starts to bury dead as typhoon toll hits 418
- Beneath the burqa: Afghan women opt for cosmetic surgery
- Private firm plans 'affordable' lunar mission for $1.5 billion
- Barack Obama expresses concern over Egypt deaths to Mohamed Morsi
- Emboldened Hamas leader to visit Gaza for first time in 45 years
- UAE makes world's largest ID card
- Controversies dog Walmart's global retail success
- Egypt demonstrators reject Mohamed Mursi's call for dialogue
- Doha climate talks threatened over funding
- US President Barack Obama lights National Christmas Tree
- Francois Hollande defends ArcelorMittal deal as unions seethe
- $2 billion price tag for US presidential election
- Deportation looms for tech guru John McAfee after heart drama
- John McAfee denied asylum; expected in Belize
- Software guru John McAfee blogs from detention
- Long-term relationship with India is priority: US commander
- ArcelorMittal pulls French bid for European Union steel project
- Poor countries demand action at UN climate talks
- 11 dead in South African military plane crash
- Washington gives marriage licenses to same-sex couples
- Maldives wins airport dispute with GMR
| Indonesia's sports minister resigns amid graft probe Posted: 06 Dec 2012 09:55 PM PST Indonesia's Sports Minister stepped down on Friday after being named a suspect in a multi-million-dollar corruption case, in the latest scandal to hit the president's ruling party ahead of 2014 electi... 
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| Marijuana goes legal in Washington state amid mixed messages Posted: 06 Dec 2012 09:14 PM PST Hundreds of marijuana enthusiasts huddled near Seattle's famed Space Needle tower on Thursday night with pipes, bongs and hand-rolled joints to celebrate Washington's new status as the first state in ... 
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| Bangladesh fire exposes safety gap in the supply chain Posted: 06 Dec 2012 09:09 PM PST Smoke was filtering up through the three staircases. Screams rose from below. The two managers had vanished. Power suddenly went out throughout the eight-story building. There was nowhere to escape. T... 
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| On Wall Street, stocking cafeterias with local offerings Posted: 06 Dec 2012 08:58 PM PST After leaving Wall Street more than four years ago, David Kostman recently returned. But Kostman, a former banker at Lehman Bros., wasn't doling out deal advice. He was dishing up lunch at Goldman ... 
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| Philippines starts to bury dead as typhoon toll hits 418 Posted: 06 Dec 2012 08:37 PM PST Residents in the southern Philippines began to bury their dead on Friday even as rescue workers continued scouring remote areas for possible survivors of Typhoon Bopha, the country's strongest storm t... 
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| Beneath the burqa: Afghan women opt for cosmetic surgery Posted: 06 Dec 2012 08:13 PM PST Despite living much of their lives behind a veil, some Afghan women are feeling pressure to conform to ideals of female beauty and are lining up for cosmetic surgery at a handful of clinics in Kabul. 
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| Private firm plans 'affordable' lunar mission for $1.5 billion Posted: 06 Dec 2012 07:49 PM PST A Colorado start-up run by former NASA managers plans to conduct missions to the moon for about $1.5 billion per expedition, a fraction of what a similar government-run operation would cost, company o... 
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| Barack Obama expresses concern over Egypt deaths to Mohamed Morsi Posted: 06 Dec 2012 07:20 PM PST US President Barack Obama expressed "deep concern" on Thursday over the recent deadly political protests in Egypt, in a call to his counterpart Mohamed Morsi, the White House said. 
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| Emboldened Hamas leader to visit Gaza for first time in 45 years Posted: 06 Dec 2012 07:14 PM PST Hamas's exiled leader will step onto Palestinian land for the first time in 45 years on Friday for a "victory rally" in the Gaza Strip, displaying his newfound confidence after last month's conflict w... 
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| UAE makes world's largest ID card Posted: 06 Dec 2012 07:07 PM PST UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has set a new Guinness World Record with the largest identity card, which is 20 times the size of the actual National ID card in the country. 
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| Controversies dog Walmart's global retail success Posted: 06 Dec 2012 07:01 PM PST WalMart is one of the world's most successful companies and also one of its most controversial. Its model of global sourcing at a very large scale helps ensure that prices are low for customers. Howe... 
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| Egypt demonstrators reject Mohamed Mursi's call for dialogue Posted: 06 Dec 2012 06:52 PM PST Demonstrators rejected a call from Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Mursi for a national dialogue after deadly clashes around his palace, demanding the "downfall of the regime" - the chant that brou... 
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| Doha climate talks threatened over funding Posted: 06 Dec 2012 06:47 PM PST A row over who will pay for dealing with the accelerating impact of climate change soured UN debate in Doha, where a final day of haggling was expected to do nothing to curb greenhouse gas pollution. 
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| US President Barack Obama lights National Christmas Tree Posted: 06 Dec 2012 06:35 PM PST President Barack Obama and his family have flipped the switch for the 90th annual lighting of the National Christmas Tree. 
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| Francois Hollande defends ArcelorMittal deal as unions seethe Posted: 06 Dec 2012 06:22 PM PST French President Francois Hollande said he would personally guarantee that steel multinational ArcelorMittal stood by a commitment to keep jobs at a plant threatened with closure as angry trade union... 
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| $2 billion price tag for US presidential election Posted: 06 Dec 2012 06:14 PM PST Campaign finance filings with the government now show that the cost of the 2012 US presidential race has surpassed $2 billion, a new record. 
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| Deportation looms for tech guru John McAfee after heart drama Posted: 06 Dec 2012 06:09 PM PST Software guru John McAfee, fighting deportation to Belize, was rushed to a hospital in Guatemala on Thursday shortly after his asylum request was rejected, but a suspected heart attack turned out to b... 
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| John McAfee denied asylum; expected in Belize Posted: 06 Dec 2012 10:18 AM PST Software company founder John McAfee was denied political asylum in Guatemala on Thursday and police in Belize said they expected him to be flown back soon for questioning about the killing of a fello... 
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| Software guru John McAfee blogs from detention Posted: 06 Dec 2012 09:47 AM PST Software company founder John McAfee was updating his blog from a Guatemalan immigration detention center on Thursday after his arrest for illegally entering the country ended a bizarre weekslong jour... 
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| Long-term relationship with India is priority: US commander Posted: 06 Dec 2012 09:42 AM PST US President Barack Obama has directed all wings of the government to seek long-term relationship with India, a top US commander said on Thursday. 
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| ArcelorMittal pulls French bid for European Union steel project Posted: 06 Dec 2012 09:00 AM PST A politically charged deal between the French government and ArcelorMittal to preserve jobs at an ailing steelworks looked at risk of unravelling on Thursday after the global steel giant ditched a bid... 
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| Poor countries demand action at UN climate talks Posted: 06 Dec 2012 08:30 AM PST A delegate from typhoon-hit Philippines demanded on Thursday that ministers at the United Nations climate talks put aside their political differences and take bold steps to combat global warming. 
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| 11 dead in South African military plane crash Posted: 06 Dec 2012 07:41 AM PST A military plane has crashed in South Africa's mountainous east, killing 11 officers, the air force said on Thursday. 
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| Washington gives marriage licenses to same-sex couples Posted: 06 Dec 2012 07:32 AM PST Two by two, dozens of same-sex couples obtained their marriage licenses in Washington State early on Thursday; just hours after Gov. Chris Gregoire signed a voter-approved law legalizing gay marriage. 
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| Maldives wins airport dispute with GMR Posted: 06 Dec 2012 06:39 AM PST The Maldives has won a court case allowing it to cancel a $511 million airport development contract with GMR Infrastructure, clearing the way for it to take over its main airport. 
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