Global finance leaders are pledging cooperation between rich and poor nations to deal with a severe credit crisis after President Bush discussed the seriousness of the current situation. The Group of 20 nations, which includes the world's wealthiest nations and the largest developing countries such ...
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Hurricane Norbert has weakened to a Category 1 storm after it swept across Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula, tearing off roofs and forcing hundreds of people to flee flooded homes. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says Norbert has top sustained winds of 90 mph (150 kph) and is ...
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VICE-PRESIDENTIAL hopeful Sarah Palin denied wrongdoing today after a probe found she had abused voters' trust as Alaska governor, in a new blow to John McCain's trailing White House campaign. Republican Mr McCain was also embroiled in turmoil of his own, after he was booed late yesterday by ...
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Sarah Palin is hoping John McCain's campaign isn't on ice, but that's exactly where the GOP vice presidential nominee was Saturday in Philadelphia. Palin was booed when she first stepped on the ice before the Flyers' home opener against the New York Rangers to drop the ceremonial first puck. Palin ...
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It kept getting worse all week. Again on Friday a McCain-Palin supporter called Barack Obama a “traitor,” and John McCain said nothing. He used to challenge racist hecklers on the trail; he used to say he wanted to run an honorable campaign. But lately he and pit bull Sarah Palin are attacking ...
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Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush , meeting with ministers from the world's richest nations, said the U.S. has an obligation to help coordinate a global solution to the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression. ``The United States has a special role to play in leading the ...
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SANTA CLAUS, Ind. (AP) _ The grandsons of Santa Claus are coming to town. The descendants of two of the more famous men to don Santa Claus suits plan to meet Sunday in Santa Claus, Ind., to sign a new oath for other jolly gift-givers. Charles Bergeman is the grandson of Charles Howard, a famous ...
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