M&S boss: 'I won't take pay rise'
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Marks and Spencer chief executive Sir Stuart Rose has said he does not intend to take a pay rise this year. And he also believes it unlikely that he will be receiving a bonus.
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Obama to engage immediately on Mideast as president
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama, who has avoided commenting on foreign policy matters, said on Wednesday he will "engage immediately" in the situation in the Middle East when he becomes president.
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Rice presses Israel on Gaza ceasefire proposal
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By Sue Pleming UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Israel on Wednesday to seriously consider an Egyptian cease-fire proposal as the UN Security Council weighed action to end Israel's attack on Gaza.
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Sarkozy to Scrap Two-Centuries-Old Investigating Judge Role
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
By Helene Fouquet Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy plans to scrap the investigating judge’s key role driving cases in the nation’s legal system, ending a two-centuries-old practice drawn from the Napoleonic code.
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The road to terror leads through Pakistan
United Press International - 2 hours ago
By MD NALAPAT, UPI Outside View Commentator MANIPAL, India, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- The 1989 defeat of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan was a tactical victory but a strategic defeat for the Western alliance.
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Venezuela, consumers facing a troubled 2009
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By CARMEN GENTILE, UPI Energy Correspondent MIAMI, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Lower oil prices could make for a tough road ahead for Latin America's petroleum-rich countries like Venezuela and those in the region -- as well as in the United States -- that depend ...
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Ritual Ashura bloodletting divides Iraqi Shi'ites
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By Mohammed Abbas BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Shi'ite men hit the heads of boys with daggers, spilling blood onto Baghdad streets on Wednesday in an annual ritual that has grown ever bigger -- and more controversial -- since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
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Sri Lanka Army Advances; LTTE Vows to Meet Challenges
Bloomberg - 2 hours ago
By Jay Shankar and Paul Tighe Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka’s army drove Tamil Tiger rebels from defense lines in the northeast as the group said it will overcome the setback of losing control of its political headquarters last week.
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Many Islanders Expect Better Relationship With US Under New President
Washington Post - 3 hours ago
By William Booth HAVANA -- Vicente González says that although Barack Obama is no Karl Marx -- "he is a capitalist and likely an imperialist" -- he has high hopes that the new president could begin to warm the relationship between Cuba and the United ...
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Tony Blair prepares to receive Congressional Gold Medal
Times Online - 3 hours ago
Tony Blair is at last ready to receive the highest honour that the American Congress can bestow on a foreign leader. The former British Prime Minister will next week be given the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Bush for his unswerving ...
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Anti-Semitic attack on teenage girl in Paris
Times Online - 3 hours ago
Fears that the conflict in Gaza could spark violence between Jews and Muslims in France have been heightened as three teenagers were arrested today for an alleged anti-Semitic attack on a 15-year-old girl.
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Japan whalers reject enviros' search help
United Press International - 4 hours ago
SYDNEY, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A Japanese whaling fleet says it will not accept the help of anti-whaling protesters in searching for a crewman believed to have fallen overboard.
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Top UK spy says credit crunch a security threat
CNN International - 5 hours ago
LONDON, England (CNN) -- The global economic crisis could lead to a growth in terrorism, the head of Britain's internal security service says.
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For Israel, 2006 Lessons but Old Pitfalls
New York Times - 6 hours ago
By STEVEN ERLANGER JERUSALEM - This time, Israeli military commanders are leading from the front, not trying to direct the infantry from television screens.
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Somali pirates free Turkish cargo ship, ransom paid
Reuters - 7 hours ago
ISTANBUL, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Somali pirates released a Turkish cargo ship hijacked in October after its owners paid a ransom, Turkey's Anatolian news agency said on Wednesday.
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Pakistani, Afghan Leaders Vow Joint Terrorism Fight
Washington Post - 12 hours ago
By Pamela Constable KABUL, Jan. 6 -- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, whose government has been accused by India of supporting a major terrorist attack there, vowed Tuesday to work closely with Afghan President Hamid Karzai to combat terrorism, ...
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Former Blackwater guards plead not guilty
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Five former Blackwater Worldwide security guards pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal manslaughter and gun charges resulting from a 2007 shooting in a crowded Baghdad square that killed 17 Iraqi civilians and injured dozens of others ...
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NATO-led soldier killed in Afghanistan
CNN International - 35 minutes ago
KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A member of the NATO-led force in Afghanistan has been killed in the country's volatile south, the International Security Assistance Force said.
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Turkish basketball fans stop Israeli team playing
guardian.co.uk - 42 minutes ago
ANKARA, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Turkish basketball fans chanting "Israel, killers" stopped the start of a game against an Israeli team on Tuesday by throwing objects onto the court in protest against Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip.
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Israel Puts Media Clamp on Gaza
New York Times - 46 minutes ago
By ETHAN BRONNER JERUSALEM - Three times in recent days, a small group of foreign correspondents was told to appear at the border crossing to Gaza.
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