Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in New Delhi Wednesday as part of intense U.S. efforts to ease tension between India and Pakistan that has surged over the Mumbai attacks. The top U.S. military commander was also visiting the nuclear-armed South Asian rivals and India's senior-most ...
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert congratulated U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton on Monday on her appointment to the important position of Secretary of State in the administration of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama. "Sen. Clinton is a friend of the State of Israel and the Jewish People and I am sure that in ...
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TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei average pared gains to 1 per cent on Wednesday, with optimism after a Wall Street rally fading as the dollar briefly flirted with the 92-yen level, weighing on exporters such as Sony Corp. Automakers suffered, with Honda Motor Co down 5.5 per cent in the face of a sharp drop in ...
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President-elect Barack Obama met with governors Tuesday to discuss an economic stimulus plan. According to Gov. Jim Doyle, the plan will help relieve some of the state’s deficit, but will not solve the problem. Gov. Jim Doyle was among the governors President-elect Barack Obama met with in ...
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SANTA ANA, Calif. -- A judge has ruled that the mistress of a former Southern California sheriff will be tried separately for an alleged scheme to exploit his power of office for money. U.S. District Judge Andrew Guilford declared a mistrial for Debra Hoffman on Tuesday. He says she will no longer ...
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DETROIT -- Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano has had little trouble appealing to voters and is hoping his skills of persuasion extend to Congress. Ficano, along with Detroit area business and union leaders, a number of Michigan mayors and Gov. Jennifer Granholm are supporting General Motors Corp ...
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Reporting from Washington and Atlanta -- Democrats' dream of a filibuster-proof majority in the U.S. Senate ended Tuesday when Georgia Republican Saxby Chambliss held on to his seat in a closely watched runoff election. With 96% of the precincts reporting, Chambliss was leading Democratic challenger ...
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