High & Low Finance: Why So Glum? History Suggests a Strong Recovery Posted: 08 Apr 2010 12:45 PM PDT The signs are that the U.S. economic recovery is growing stronger. So why do so many seem not to believe it?  
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Kyrgyz president claims control Posted: 08 Apr 2010 01:06 PM PDT Kurmanbek Bakiyev talks exclusively to Al Jazeera after opposition 'seizes leadership' after clashes.  
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Greeks protest over cut backs Posted: 08 Apr 2010 12:57 PM PDT Rally comes rising borrowing costs raises further fears over debt repayment.  
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Rights group says Caracas attacks judicial freedom Posted: 08 Apr 2010 12:55 PM PDT CARACAS (Reuters) - The jailing of a judge in Venezuela threatens the independence of her colleagues and the rule of law in the Latin American OPEC member, U.S.-based Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.  
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Child bride dies of internal bleeding in Yemen Posted: 08 Apr 2010 12:18 PM PDT SANAA (Reuters) - A 13-year-old Yemeni girl died three days after marrying a man twice her age, due to internal bleeding following intercourse, a Yemeni human rights group and UNICEF said.  
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Iran: Jailed Americans Tied to Spy Groups Posted: 08 Apr 2010 11:15 AM PDT Iranian state television says the intelligence minister has accused three jailed Americans of links to U.S. intelligence services.  
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Bank Liquidity Fears Spark a Greek Selloff Posted: 08 Apr 2010 11:35 AM PDT Concern over a potential liquidity shortage at Greece's private-sector banks fueled a sharp selloff in Greek debt and equity markets, suggesting that the European Union's efforts to defuse the crisis with a rescue promise have all but failed.  
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Medvedev warns of limits to Russia's backing of Iran sanctions Posted: 08 Apr 2010 11:56 AM PDT PRAGUE -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told President Obama privately on Thursday that there remain limits to his country's support for sanctions on Iran, even as the move for united action to restrain Iran's nuclear ambition accelerates.  
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As investors purge Greek stocks, Athens may need formal bailout Posted: 08 Apr 2010 11:44 AM PDT |
Conjoined twins separated in 14-hour operation Posted: 08 Apr 2010 10:13 AM PDT Surgeons in London successfully separated four-month-old conjoined twins after a 14-hour operation Thursday, the hospital announced.  
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Mexican police: 'Survivor' producer detained in wife's death Posted: 08 Apr 2010 12:20 PM PDT The body of the wife of an American reality TV show producer was found at a Cancun, Mexico, hotel Thursday morning, a Mexican police spokesman said.  
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Sudan polls to start despite fraud claims, boycotts Posted: 08 Apr 2010 12:23 PM PDT KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's first multi-party polls in almost quarter of a century are on track to begin on Sunday despite boycotts and fraud allegations that have marred preparations, and few people expect any rerun.  
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Polaroid ex-owner gets 50 years Posted: 08 Apr 2010 12:07 PM PDT US businessman Tom Petters is sentenced by a federal judge to 50 years in prison for his role in a $3.7bn fraud.  
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Teenager Charged in Patchogue Hate Crime Testifies Posted: 08 Apr 2010 11:44 AM PDT Jeffrey Conroy said that one of the teenagers he was with stabbed the victim, and asked him to take the knife.  
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HP shows 'memory of the future' Posted: 08 Apr 2010 11:49 AM PDT Scientists at Hewlett Packard show off a class of computing devices that could allow faster, more efficient machines.  
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Military trial of 79-year-old Syrian lawyer begins Posted: 08 Apr 2010 11:45 AM PDT DAMASCUS (Reuters) - A 79-year-old Syrian lawyer went on trial in a military court Thursday charged with "weakening national morale," despite international appeals to release him.  
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F.D.A. Toughens Approval Process for Radiotherapy Equipment Posted: 08 Apr 2010 11:29 AM PDT The agency is taking steps to reduce overdoses after reviewing 1,000 error reports over the last 10 years.  
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Egypt frees top Muslim Brotherhood members Posted: 08 Apr 2010 11:27 AM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian authorities have freed 16 Muslim Brotherhood members, including senior members, who were arrested in February after a court ordered their release last week, the group's lawyer said Thursday.  
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Sex Pistols manager McLaren dies Posted: 08 Apr 2010 12:46 PM PDT Malcolm McLaren, the former manager of British punk group the Sex Pistols, has died in New York aged 64.  
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Live - Thursday football Posted: 08 Apr 2010 11:15 AM PDT Liverpool must overturn a 2-1 deficit to beat Benfica in their Europa League quarter-final second leg, while Fulham take a 2-1 advantage to Wolfsburg.  
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