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Kazakhstan's president sworn in for new term
Friday Apr 8, 2011
Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev was sworn in for a new five-year term Friday after securing a devastating victory in an election critic...
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Nepal reviews Christian demands for burial land
Friday Apr 8, 2011Officials say Nepal's government has formed a committee to review demands by Christians who want designated burial grounds. read entire article
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Australia rejects Singapore's stock exchange bid
Friday Apr 8, 2011Australia rejected the Singapore stock exchange's $8.3 billion takeover bid for the Australian stock market operator on Friday, with the federal tr... read entire article
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Mexico finds 72 bodies in hunt for bus passengers
Friday Apr 8, 2011
Investigators have uncovered 13 more bodies in mass graves in the violent northern state of Tamaulipas, where 59 dead were exhumed earlier this wee...
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EU says Portugal needs about $114 billion in aid
Friday Apr 8, 2011Europe's top financial officials said Friday that Portugal will need around euro80 billion ($114 billion) in rescue loans, but a tense election cam... read entire article
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Drug treatment program showing positive results
Friday Apr 8, 2011It's not all red ink and bad news in these parts. The Drug Treatment Court program for adults in Merced County has saved the county 154,290 days in... read entire article
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US rig count up by 6 this week
Friday Apr 8, 2011The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by six this week to 1,782. read entire article
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Electric-vehicle technology accelerates toward tipping point
Friday Apr 8, 2011When oil hit a record price of $147 a barrel in July 2008, it was a game-changing moment that sparked a serious push to create electric cars and hy... read entire article
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Navy seaman from Niles killed in Afghanistan
Friday Apr 8, 2011The Department of Defense says a 23-year-old sailor from Niles has been killed in Afghanistan. read entire article
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Man threatens road crew at California landslide
Friday Apr 8, 2011Road crews clearing a landslide that had cut off a Northern California community for several days hit an unexpected snag - and it wasn't weather-re... read entire article
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A look at economic developments around the globe
Friday Apr 8, 2011A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Friday: read entire article
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Trail Blazers topple Jazz 98-87
Friday Apr 8, 2011
Gerald Wallace scored 29 points and Nicolas Batum added 21 to lead the Portland Trail Blazers over the Utah Jazz 98-87 on Thursday night.
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Nitrite, perhaps in milk, kills 3 Chinese children
Friday Apr 8, 2011Official media say three children have died from nitrite poisoning after drinking milk from two dairies in northwestern China. Thirty-five others, ... read entire article
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Markets relieved new Japan quake has small impact
Friday Apr 8, 2011
Global stocks recovered Friday despite a fresh 30-month high in oil prices, as investors breathed a sigh of relief that a strong aftershock in Japa...
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Earnings Preview: Alcoa Inc.
Friday Apr 8, 2011Alcoa Inc. starts the quarterly earnings season when it reports first-quarter results Monday after the markets close. read entire article
