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Officials Vow to Act Amid Forecasts of Long Recession
As economists said that the U.S. officially sank into a recession last December, the Fed chairman and the Treasury secretary said they would use all the tools at their disposal to restore normalcy to the economy.
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:18:21 GMT
Pardon Is Back in Focus for the Justice Nominee
Eric H. Holder Jr., Barack Obama’s choice to be attorney general, was more deeply involved in the 2001 pardon of Marc Rich than his supporters acknowledge.
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:10:39 GMT
Barack Obama’s National Security Team, Media’s Role in Mumbai, President Bush’s ABC Interview
Obama announced his national security team, and Bush admits he was unprepared for the Iraq war.
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:34:00 -0500
Music Industry Decline Accelerates
Fourth-quarter sales suffer worst drop ever as retailers reduce shelf space
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:30:00 -0500
Celtics aren't sorry to be repetitive
The Celtics outclassed the Magic for their ninth straight victory Monday. Charley Rosen says they're looking like champs again.
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:22:02 GMT
President Bush Discusses World AIDS Day
President Bush on Monday said, "Today is World AIDS Day, a day we reaffirm our commitment to fight HIV/AIDS at home and abroad. Thirty-three million people around the world are living with HIV, including more than one million Americans. Once again this year, to observe World AIDS Day, there is a red ribbon on the North Portico of the White House. The ribbon is a symbol of our resolve to confront HIV/AIDS and to affirm the matchless value of every life."
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500
Somali pirates fail to hijack US cruise liner
Pirates near Somalia chased and shot at a U.S. cruise liner with more than 1,000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel, a maritime official said Tuesday.
2008-12-02T09:10:03Z

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Somali pirates fail to hijack US cruise liner
Pirates near Somalia chased and shot at a U.S. cruise liner with more than 1,000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel, a maritime official said Tuesday.
2008-12-02T09:10:03Z

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Israel buries victims of India attack (AP)

Mourners pray over the bodies of Rabbi Gavriel Noach Holtzberg, 29, and his wife Rivkah, 28, killed in the Mumbai Jewish center attack, during their funeral procession in Kfar Chabad near Tel Aviv, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Israelis on Tuesday began burying the six Jews killed in the murder spree in the Indian city of Mumbai, the grimness of the occasion deepened by the conviction that the victims were targeted because of their religion. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)AP - Throngs of mourners on Tuesday packed the funerals of the six Jews killed in the 60-hour terror rampage in the Indian city of Mumbai, a grim occasion deepened by the conviction that the victims were targeted because of their religion.


Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:26:45 GMT

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