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- Alleged drug cartel chief killed in battle with Mexican forces
- Bank shares dip on new rule fears
- Executives Cleared of Insider Trading at EADS
- Movie Review | 'Avatar': A New Eden, Both Cosmic and Cinematic
- Updated: The Senate's Game Changer
- Projections Put Whites in Minority in U.S. by 2050
- Serra closer to Brazil candidacy as rival quits
- One U.S. Battalion’s Trials in Afghanistan
- American Engineer Detained for Year in China
- Dozens missing as ship sinks near Lebanon
- French launch major Afghan attack
- Minister repays expenses on flat
- Spain's Catalonia to debate ban on bullfighting
- Al Qaeda wife sends childcare message
- Air France jet 'black box' call
- Fossil find is 2009's top breakthrough
- Climate summit solves key issues
- Climate summit solves key issues
- Living 'off-grid' may help climate
- Clinton: U.S. aims to help poor nations adapt to climate change
| Alleged drug cartel chief killed in battle with Mexican forces Posted: 17 Dec 2009 11:38 AM PST CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO -- Arturo Beltrán Leyva, the alleged leader of one of this country's top drug cartels, was killed Wednesday night in a two-hour gun and grenade battle with federal forces, ending the reign of a man who liked to describe himself as the "boss of bosses" in Mexico's criminal un... 
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| Bank shares dip on new rule fears Posted: 17 Dec 2009 12:47 PM PST Global banking stocks fall on concerns that banks will have to maintain significantly more funds in reserve from 2012.
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| Executives Cleared of Insider Trading at EADS Posted: 17 Dec 2009 12:25 PM PST The decision followed an investigation into assertions that managers knew of manufacturing problems with the A380 jet when they sold shares. 
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| Movie Review | 'Avatar': A New Eden, Both Cosmic and Cinematic Posted: 17 Dec 2009 12:44 PM PST With "Avatar" James Cameron has turned one man's dream of the movies into a trippy joy ride about the end of life — our moviegoing life included — as we know it.
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| Updated: The Senate's Game Changer Posted: 17 Dec 2009 11:06 AM PST Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska may be the last Democratic holdout.
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| Projections Put Whites in Minority in U.S. by 2050 Posted: 17 Dec 2009 11:15 AM PST The Census Bureau estimate is based on a scenario in which immigration slows down but does not stop.
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| Serra closer to Brazil candidacy as rival quits Posted: 17 Dec 2009 12:10 PM PST BRASILIA (Reuters) - Sao Paulo state Governor Jose Serra is almost certain to clinch the main opposition party's presidential candidacy for next year's Brazilian election after his main rival dropped out on Thursday.
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| One U.S. Battalion’s Trials in Afghanistan Posted: 17 Dec 2009 11:45 AM PST The story of an 800-soldier Stryker brigade battalion offers a snapshot into the American military's strategy to carry out President Obama's revamped strategy for Afghanistan.
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| American Engineer Detained for Year in China Posted: 17 Dec 2009 12:12 PM PST An American automotive engineer has been detained by the Chinese police for more than a year on charges of violating trade secrets, according to United States officials.
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| Dozens missing as ship sinks near Lebanon Posted: 17 Dec 2009 12:01 PM PST A ship with 83 people aboard sunk off the coast of northern Lebanon on Thursday , a military spokesman said.
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| French launch major Afghan attack Posted: 17 Dec 2009 12:41 PM PST More than 1,100 troops - 800 of them French - have launched a major operation in Afghanistan, the AFP news agency reports.
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| Minister repays expenses on flat Posted: 17 Dec 2009 12:03 PM PST Junior culture minister Sion Simon promises to repay about £20,000 in expenses after renting a second home from his sister.
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| Spain's Catalonia to debate ban on bullfighting Posted: 17 Dec 2009 11:47 AM PST MADRID (Reuters) - The parliament of Catalonia opens a debate on Friday on whether to abolish bullfighting, the first Spanish region to consider such a move against a spectacle that has come to symbolize Spain.
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| Al Qaeda wife sends childcare message Posted: 17 Dec 2009 11:49 AM PST The wife of al Qaeda's second-in-command has purportedly issued a message urging women to raise their children to love holy war and defend Muslim lands.
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| Air France jet 'black box' call Posted: 17 Dec 2009 11:40 AM PST Experts probing June's Air France disaster over the Atlantic recommend flight recorders emit signals for longer.
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| Fossil find is 2009's top breakthrough Posted: 17 Dec 2009 11:44 AM PST The discovery a "central character in the story of human evolution" is named the scientific breakthrough of 2009.
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| Climate summit solves key issues Posted: 17 Dec 2009 11:35 AM PST A deal at the UN climate summit looks more likely after a frantic day of diplomacy, as China offers to make concessions.
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| Climate summit solves key issues Posted: 17 Dec 2009 11:35 AM PST A deal at the UN climate summit looks more likely after a frantic day of diplomacy, as China offers to make concessions.
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| Living 'off-grid' may help climate Posted: 17 Dec 2009 08:05 AM PST Living "off-grid" -- beyond the water and power lines that intersect much of the modern world -- could hold a solution to some of the planet's worst environmental woes.
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| Clinton: U.S. aims to help poor nations adapt to climate change Posted: 17 Dec 2009 12:22 PM PST U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Copenhagen early Thursday morning amid concerns that time is running out at the climate change summit for world leaders to agree a deal to combat global warming.
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