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Chinese police have begun questioning writers, artists and intellectuals who
dared to sign a new charter demanding political reforms. It is a move that
sets the mood for the year in which the Communist Party will mark the 60th
anniversary of its rule.
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Fighting intensified on the northern outskirts of Gaza City yesterday as a
Hamas leader warned that the Islamists would kill Jewish children anywhere
in the world in revenge for Israel’s devastating assault.
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Militants engage Israeli forces near Gaza City as "friendly fire" kills three soldiers on the third night of the ground offensive.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China faces surging protests and riots in 2009 as rising unemployment stokes discontent among migrant workers and university graduates, a state-run magazine said in a blunt warning about unrest in this sensitive year.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bob McCann, head of brokerage at Merrill Lynch & Co, announced his plans to leave the securities firm, just days after its acquisition by Bank of America was completed.
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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Toys are associated with thousands of
injuries every year, mostly because of misuse or because the toys are too
advanced for the children playing with them.
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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of CenterWatch:
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HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Obese postmenopausal women who
have never used hormone replacement therapy may face an increased risk of
ovarian cancer, compared to normal-weight women, a new study suggests.
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HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 5 (HealthDay News) --
Tests in mouse hearts show that sildenafil, the key ingredient in Viagra,
may shield hearts from damage caused by high blood pressure, a new study
suggests.
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AP - Kenyon Martin had 25 points and Chauncey Billups scored 13 of his 24 points in the final quarter, lifting the Denver Nuggets to a 135-115 win over the Indiana Pacers on Monday night.
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AP - An attorney for fugitive movie director Roman Polanski is seeking to have the Los Angeles County Superior Court removed from his notorious sex case, accusing the court on Monday of bias and prejudice against Polanski.
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AP - An attorney for fugitive movie director Roman Polanski is seeking to have the Los Angeles County Superior Court removed from his notorious sex case, accusing the court on Monday of bias and prejudice against Polanski.
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GAZA (Reuters) - Israel pressed on with its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip for a fourth day on Tuesday despite new international calls for a ceasefire in a conflict in which more than 540 Palestinians have been killed.
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Tens of thousands of North Koreans hold a New Year rally celebrating leader Kim Jong-il, who did not appear in footage of the event.
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The government said Monday it had supplied another $15 billion to seven U.S. banks in the latest round of payments from the $700 billion rescue fund.
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Carl Pohlad, a billionaire banker whose Minnesota Twins won two World Series titles during nearly his nearly quarter-century as owner, died Monday. He was 93.
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AP - Drake Reed scored 31 points to lead Austin Peay to an 82-79 victory over Eastern Kentucky on Monday night.
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Adolescents aren't just big kids, and too many start falling through cracks in the health care system - what a major new report calls missed opportunities to shape the next generation's well-being.
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The Met Office issues severe weather warnings as temperatures in the UK plummet as low as -10C (14F) overnight.
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The Met Office issues severe weather warnings as temperatures in the UK plummet as low as -10C (14F) overnight.
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AP - GAZA CITY, Gaza — Israel ignored mounting international calls for a cease-fire Monday and said it won't stop its crippling 10-day assault until "peace and tranquility" are achieved in southern Israeli towns in the line of Palestinian rocket fire.
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Russia's Gazprom cuts gas transiting Ukraine by a fifth, accusing Kiev of stealing gas intended for EU states.
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