Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was due in New Delhi on Wednesday as part of intense U.S. efforts to ease tension between India and Pakistan that has surged over the Mumbai attacks. The top US military commander was also visiting the nuclear-armed south Asian rivals and India's senior-most ...
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WASHINGTON -President-elect Barack Obama plans to announce longtime advisers and political foes alike as his picks for top administration jobs at a Monday news conference, nominating one-time political nemesis Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state. Obama's announcements include members of his ...
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PHILADELPHIA -- Promising quick action to relieve building pressure on state budgets, President-elect Barack Obama told the nation's governors yesterday he wants their help in designing and enacting a recovery plan that would stimulate the economy "from the bottom up." "If we're listening to our ...
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Here comes the end of the Georgia Senate Runoff. The results are almost final as the polls and analysts point to Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia to win a Senate runoff bringing about the end of the race. MSNBC and CNN project that Saxby Chambliss has emerged the winner of the runoff of the Senate ...
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When CEO's Bob Nardelli (Chrysler), Alan Mullaly (Ford), and Rick Wagoner (GM) appeared before Congress late last month in search of a bailout, they were basically told, "Get the hell out of here until you have detailed plans to get your industry in order." Well, here they are: Three business plans ...
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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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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency has signed off on making it easier to dump mountaintop waste near rivers and streams. The decision comes despite ojections from environmental groups and the governors of Kentucky and Tennessee. The rule, already approved by the White House, would ...
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