President-elect Barack Obama leaves a news conference with Secretary of State-designate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., in Chicago on Monday. They are followed by, from left, Attorney General-designate Eric Holder; Homeland Security Secretary-designate, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano; Defense ...
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Boeing Co. engineers and technical workers have voted to ratify new contracts, ensuring four years of labor peace at the company's commercial airplane operations. Seventy-nine percent of members in the professional unit of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace voted for the ...
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The militant group blamed for the Mumbai attacks has roots in the disputed Kashmir region where Pakistan's military has faced off against India for decades. There have long been suspicions that Pakistan's military and intelligence services helped create, arm and train ...
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Bangkok: One anti-government protester was killed and 22 were injured in a bomb blast at one of Bangkok’s two blockaded airports on Monday night. A grenade was fired at the Don Muang domestic airport, which has been occupied since Thursday by royalist demonstrators from the People’s Alliance for ...
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TOKYO, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei stock average extended its fall to 6 percent on Tuesday, dragged down by exporters such as Honda Motor Co (7267.T: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) on a stronger yen as fears grew about the global economy in the wake of dismal data. As of 0549 GMT the ...
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The New York Giants might make a decision on Plaxico Burress' immediate football future before the justice system or the NFL hands down rulings. In the wake of an accidental shooting that led to weapons possession charges against the Super Bowl hero Monday, the Giants ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — A man stabbed a city bus driver to death over being denied a free ride, then escaped on foot Monday in the first killing of an on-duty New York City bus driver in more than a quarter-century, authorities said. The man got on the bus in Brooklyn shortly after noon, swiped an invalid ...
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