India on Monday formally accused "elements" in Pakistan of being behind the Islamic militant attacks in Mumbai and demanded that Islamabad take "strong action", the foreign ministry said. "The High Commissioner of Pakistan was called to the Ministry of External Affairs this evening. He was informed ...
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CHICAGO – When Sen. Hillary Clinton joins President-elect Barack Obama in Chicago today for the rollout of his foreign policy team, with her as secretary of State, it will mark the latest evolution in a fast-changing relationship that began just four years ago, when she was the junior senator from ...
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Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress surrendered to police this morning to face a criminal charge of handgun possession that might send him to jail. Burress turned himself in at the 17th Precinct in midtown Manhattan, three days after a gun he was allegedly carrying ...
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NEW YORK - Wall Street appeared ready Monday to give back some of last week's big gains as investors, uneasy about the holiday shopping season, awaited some key economic reports. Initial reports about the start of holiday shopping pointed to sales that were better than some retailers and analysts ...
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Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil fell more than $3 a barrel after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries deferred a decision to reduce output until its next meeting on Dec. 17. OPEC said it will use the time to gauge the impact of a 1.5 million-barrel reduction agreed to in October. The ...
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DETROIT (AP) - The ex-chief of staff for former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has pleaded guilty in their text-messaging sex scandal case and will serve 120 days in jail. A tearful Christine Beatty offered the guilty pleas to a pair of felony obstruction of justice counts Monday morning in a ...
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NORMAN, Oklahoma : The screams of joy could be heard across the campus at the University of Oklahoma, from dormitory balconies to the white Cadillac Escalade of the Sooners sophomore Gerald McCoy. "We in there!" McCoy said. "We in there, baby!" The Oklahoma football program's most significant ...
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