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/ 15 October 2008
Republican John McCain has a third and final chance to debate his way back into contention when he faces Barack Obama in New York later on Wednesday.
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/ 15 October 2008
The ongoing financial crisis could imperil United States aid available to Africa after 2010 and could deter private investment in the continent.
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/ 15 October 2008
Apple on Tuesday cut the price on its entry-level notebook computer to and introduced a line of aluminium-clad machines starting at 299.
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/ 15 October 2008
United States pop superstar Madonna is to divorce her British film director husband Guy Ritchie, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.
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/ 15 October 2008
Omar hit hurricane strength on Tuesday as it headed toward Puerto Rico and the small islands of the north-eastern Caribbean,
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/ 15 October 2008
Democrat Barack Obama has a four-point national lead over Republican John McCain as the White House rivals head into their final debate.
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/ 15 October 2008
MySpace on Tuesday launched an overhauled karaoke channel that lets amateur crooners post online video of themselves in all their vocal glory.
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/ 15 October 2008
George W Bush’s presidency is losing international influence, but it would be foolish to write obituaries for American power.
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/ 15 October 2008
Experts have long known it is easier to lie in writing than in real life, where deception is made more difficult by physical prompts.
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/ 14 October 2008
The United States pledged on Tuesday to pump -billion into its banks, following similar action in Europe, though a threat of recession remained.
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/ 14 October 2008
Apple is expected to unveil new notebook computers, perhaps even one priced for those with tight budgets.
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/ 14 October 2008
One person was killed and thousands were evacuated on Monday as a series of wind-driven wildfires swept across California.
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/ 14 October 2008
In a career littered with comebacks, Republican John McCain is now vowing one more effort to overhaul Barack Obama’s commanding poll lead.
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/ 14 October 2008
Having sabotaged eco-innovations, the motor industry is now demanding billions, writes George Monbiot.
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/ 13 October 2008
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has bought a 21% stake in Wall Street bank Morgan Stanley for $9-billion, the companies said on Monday.
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/ 13 October 2008
Chowdown champ Joey Chestnut has done it again, this time proving he’s a pizza powerhouse.
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/ 13 October 2008
Republican hopeful John McCain has bowed to a growing chorus of condemnation over his personal attacks in the US election campaign.
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/ 13 October 2008
Markets internationally have been poisoned. But who is responsible?
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/ 13 October 2008
American voters have lost faith in the Republican party amid the economic meltdown, says a Republican strategist.
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/ 12 October 2008
Nothing typifies the plight of John McCain’s campaign more than the roller-coaster ride of his vice-presidential pick, Sarah Palin.
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/ 12 October 2008
Sarah Palin may be making all the headlines but in Canton, Ohio, it has always been about the economy.
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/ 12 October 2008
The world’s largest insurance company spent $440 000 on a corporate retreat days after accepting a $85-billion emergency government loan.
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/ 11 October 2008
Jimmy Smits, a proven TV star in L.A. Law and NYPD Blue, is looking like the go-to guy when a drama’s juicy guest role demands heft.
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/ 11 October 2008
The US government plans to invest directly in US banks for the first time since the Great Depression, says Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.
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/ 11 October 2008
Eileen Herlie, a stage and TV actor who appeared on All My Children for more than three decades as the motherly Myrtle Fargate, has died at 90.
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/ 11 October 2008
A sharply divided Connecticut Supreme Court ruled on Friday that gay couples have the right to get married.
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/ 11 October 2008
While they have been fighting wars in Asia and the Middle East, it seems that United States troops have allowed a counter-invasion of their country.
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/ 11 October 2008
John McCain’s election campaign on Friday night suffered the body blow for which Republicans had been bracing themselves.
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/ 10 October 2008
Global finance chiefs gathered in Washington for crisis talks on Friday as panic spread in global financial markets.
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/ 10 October 2008
Pushy, ambitious, bold, Michael Bloomberg’s bid to remain mayor for another four years marks him out as the archetypal New Yorker.
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/ 10 October 2008
Democrat Barack Obama has opened a five-point lead over Republican rival John McCain in the White House race, and expanded his support among women.
Though domestic concerns and the country’s future in Iraq will most likely decide the 2008 US election, something greater rests on the outcome.