India picked up intelligence in recent months that Pakistan-based terrorists were plotting attacks against Mumbai targets, an official said Tuesday, as the government demanded that Islamabad hand over suspected terrorists believed living in Pakistan. A list of about 20 people - including India's ...
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The anti-government protesters who have paralysed Thailand’s international airport for the past week promised today to abandon their demonstrations, after the country’s Prime Minister was forced from power by the country’s highest court. The announcement promises relief for a quarter of a ...
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Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Corp. , Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC, running out of money to operate, must convince a divided Congress that their plans to shrink are severe enough to ensure repayment of $25 billion in proposed U.S. loans. GM will offer to cut debt, combine U.S. brands and ...
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Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is speaking out on President-elect Barack Obama's nomination of Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano as secretary of Homeland Security. Collins is the ranking minority member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee and spoke with Napolitano after Obama announced her nomination ...
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LONDON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - British Airways Plc said on Tuesday it was in talks about a potential merger with Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd via a dual-listed company structure. BA also said in a statement that merger talks between it and Iberia were continuing. BA shares were up 15 percent at 161 ...
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NEW YORK (CNN) -- A New York hospital worker was suspended for failing to report the gunshot wound of NFL star Plaxico Burress, a hospital spokeswoman told CNN Monday. New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress arrives at the 17th police precinct in Manhattan on Monday. The spokeswoman, Kathy Robinson ...
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An armored truck guard was shot to death at a suburban Miami mall Monday while making a cash pickup at a clothing store, and police were searching for two gunmen. The suspects fired shots while attempting to rob the guard inside the Express store at the Dadeland Mall around 11 a.m., authorities said ...
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