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- Blasts kill at least 3 in Iraq's Kerbala
- Clooney to launch film festival
- 'Magnetic electricity' discovered
- Alarming rise in world hunger
- Palestinians, in Reversal, Press U.N. Gaza Report
- On Gulf Coast, Praise for Obama, Criticism of Visit
- Clinton, Putin Appear at Odds Over Iran
- Violent Robbery Underscores Iraqis' Distrust of Security Forces
- Pakistani jets again strike Taliban targets
- Iraq-Syria Tensions Remain
- PA: Punish Israel for Gaza crimes
- The Mayor Who Added Jobs, and Lost Some, Too
- Dow Jones breaks through 10,000
- Live - Wednesday's football
- Complete retirement 'bad for you'
- Gene tweak boosts fly sex appeal
- For the Dow, a Toe-Touch Above 10,000 Points
- Iraq says 85,000 violently killed
- For Insurers, a Question of Trust (and Antitrust)
- Gaza Report Stirs U.N. Debate
| Blasts kill at least 3 in Iraq's Kerbala Posted: 14 Oct 2009 12:24 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three explosions killed at least three people and wounded 40 in Iraq's Kerbala on Wednesday, security and health officials said, in a rare attack in one of the holiest cities for Shi'ite Muslims.
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| Clooney to launch film festival Posted: 14 Oct 2009 09:47 AM PDT George Clooney is due on the red carpet to launch the London Film Festival - but his Fantastic Mr Fox co-star Meryl Streep has flu.
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| 'Magnetic electricity' discovered Posted: 14 Oct 2009 12:53 PM PDT Researchers discover a magnetic equivalent to electricity: single magnetic "charges" that behave and interact like electrical ones.
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| Posted: 14 Oct 2009 12:35 PM PDT New UN report blames high prices and global economic crisis for worsening situation.
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| Palestinians, in Reversal, Press U.N. Gaza Report Posted: 14 Oct 2009 12:28 PM PDT The Palestinian leadership tried to regain credibility by pressing forward a report on the Gaza war. 
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| On Gulf Coast, Praise for Obama, Criticism of Visit Posted: 14 Oct 2009 12:29 PM PDT Some residents are unhappy with President Obama's plans to spend only a few hours in New Orleans Thursday.
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| Clinton, Putin Appear at Odds Over Iran Posted: 14 Oct 2009 12:23 PM PDT As Clinton played down differences with Moscow over tougher moves against Iran, Putin highlighted the contrasts, saying it is "premature" to threaten sanctions against Tehran.
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| Violent Robbery Underscores Iraqis' Distrust of Security Forces Posted: 14 Oct 2009 11:25 AM PDT BAGHDAD, Oct. 14 -- Armed Iraqi men killed at least eight people and wounded nine others Wednesday during a robbery of three jewelry stores in Baghdad, a brazen, daytime crime that residents blamed on security forces. 
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| Pakistani jets again strike Taliban targets Posted: 14 Oct 2009 11:18 AM PDT Pakistani fighter jets bombed a village in South Waziristan on Wednesday, killing at least eight people, said military officials and a local Taliban leader.
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| Posted: 14 Oct 2009 11:19 AM PDT Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said he didn't believe there would be a quick resolution in the dispute that led to severed ties between Iraq and Syria and, for now, he saw no purpose in having more talks with Damascus.
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| PA: Punish Israel for Gaza crimes Posted: 14 Oct 2009 12:10 PM PDT Palestinian Authority minister demands UN action over last winter's offensive.
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| The Mayor Who Added Jobs, and Lost Some, Too Posted: 14 Oct 2009 12:28 PM PDT In the midst of a downturn, New York City has 131,000 more jobs than it had when Michael R. Bloomberg became mayor. But many of them pay less than jobs that have been lost.
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| Dow Jones breaks through 10,000 Posted: 14 Oct 2009 12:39 PM PDT The Dow Jones index tops the 10,000 mark for the first time in a year, boosted by better-than-expected results from JP Morgan.
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| Posted: 14 Oct 2009 09:59 AM PDT England, Northern Ireland and Wales are in World Cup qualifying action, with the vital Uruguay v Argentina match to come at 2300 BST.
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| Complete retirement 'bad for you' Posted: 14 Oct 2009 10:43 AM PDT Giving up work completely on retirement could be bad for your health, US research suggests.
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| Gene tweak boosts fly sex appeal Posted: 14 Oct 2009 10:47 AM PDT Removing chemical signals can make fruitflies 'irresistible' to other flies - regardless of gender or species, scientists find.
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| For the Dow, a Toe-Touch Above 10,000 Points Posted: 14 Oct 2009 12:28 PM PDT The milestone, last seen in October 2008, was a sign of the market's recovery from the depths of the crisis, but the index is still more than 4,000 points off its high.
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| Iraq says 85,000 violently killed Posted: 14 Oct 2009 10:24 AM PDT More than 85,000 Iraqis were killed between 2004 and 2008, says Iraq's first official estimate since the conflict began.
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| For Insurers, a Question of Trust (and Antitrust) Posted: 13 Oct 2009 09:00 PM PDT Senate majority leader Harry Reid calls for an end to the insurance industry's limited exemption from antitrust law.
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| Posted: 14 Oct 2009 10:09 AM PDT Israel and the Palestinian Authority clashed during a debate in the United Nations Security Council over a U.N. report that accuses Israel and Hamas of committing war crimes in last winter's war in Gaza.
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