Rice urges global response to Mumbai attacks in Pakistan talks - Hindustan Times

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Pakistani leaders on Thursday that a global response was needed to defeat terrorism as she visited Islamabad in a bid to defuse tension with India. Rice held a series of meetings here after her hastily arranged trip in the wake of last week's attacks in ...

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Obama names Gov. Richardson to head Commerce - AOL

CHICAGO -President-elect Barack Obama selected New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as his commerce secretary Wednesday, naming a prominent Hispanic to his new Cabinet and calling him a leading "economic diplomat for America" in troubled times. Richardson's nomination brings to three the number of former ...

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Martinez found not guilty of killing soldiers - Troy Record

FORT BRAGG - A military jury has acquitted a New York Army National Guard soldier in the 2005 bombing deaths of two officers in Iraq. Staff Sgt. Alberto Martinez was found not guilty Thursday after a six-week trial at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. He has been in military custody since his arrest in ...

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Nuñez, three cohorts plead not guilty to murder charges - San Diego Union-Tribune

Esteban Nunez appears in court Thursday to be arraigned. SAN DIEGO – The teenage son of former state Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez and three friends, all from Sacramento, pleaded not guilty Thursday afternoon in San Diego Superior Court to charges of murder and assault with a deadly weapon ...

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Senators grill auto CEOs, eye GM-Chrysler deal - Washington Post

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The CEOs of General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC said they would consider restarting talks about a merger during a nearly six-hour congressional grilling on the industry's pleas for $34 billion in government aid. The CEOs of GM, Chrysler and Ford Motor Co all promised to ...

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Calif couple charged with torturing, abusing teen - San Francisco Examiner

» 31 mins ago: Calif couple charged with torturing, abusing teen « 59 mins ago: Calif. couple charged with torturing, abusing teen 1 hr 13 ago: Tracy couple charged with torturing, abusing teen 2 hrs 58 ago: Tracy couple accused of torture to appear in court 21 hrs ago: Police: Shackled Calif. boy ...

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AT&T, DuPont, Viacom Slash Jobs as U.S. Slump Worsens (Update3) - Bloomberg

Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- AT&T Inc. , DuPont Co. and three other U.S. companies announced plans to fire more than 16,000 people, buckling under the strain of a recession that may already have pushed the U.S. jobless rate to the highest level in 15 years. AT&T, the biggest U.S. phone company, said today ...

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