US President-elect Barack Obama says he will welcome strong opinions and differing viewpoints from his national security team, saying he appointed his "team of rivals" because they shared his broad vision, but would not necessarily agree on tactics or strategies to deal with world issues. Announcing ...
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New Delhi/Islamabad: India on Monday made it clear that the bloody terror strikes in Mumbai were carried out by Pakistan-based militants and asked Islamabad to take “strong action” against the “elements responsible for this outrage” - a sign that ties between the two countries are headed for ...
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CHICAGO — Police arrested the estranged brother-in-law of Jennifer Hudson on Monday in the deaths of the entertainer's mother, brother and young nephew, taking him from a prison where he had been held on a suspected parole violation. William Balfour was arrested at Stateville Correctional Center ...
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The Finnish news agency STT says passengers on a Finnish ferry in the Baltic Sea have been evacuated by rescue helicopters after a fire broke out in the engine room. STT says all 11 passengers were flown to the port of Mariehamn in the Aland Islands. The 28 crew members remained on board to put out ...
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HOUSTON (AP) -- Mario Williams, Steve Slaton and the Houston Texans put on quite a show in their Monday Night Football debut. Williams had a season-high three sacks and forced a fumble and Slaton ran for a pair of touchdowns to lead the Texans to a 30-17 win over the slumping Jacksonville Jaguars ...
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New York Giants star receiver Plaxico Burress was arrested overnight on charges of illegal firearms possession after accidentally shooting himself at a nightclub. "Plaxico Burress was arrested on charges of criminal possession of a weapon," a spokeswoman for the New York Police Department said ...
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WASHINGTON -- Ford Motor Co.'s board of directors is meeting today to consider the Dearborn automaker's plan it will submit to Congress on Tuesday, a person familiar with the matter said. The automaker is crafting a roughly 20-page document to submit to Congress that doesn't seek immediate aid, but ...
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