India has “proof” that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Directorate was involved in plotting the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attack, sources said on Thursday. New Delhi had names of ISI operatives who trained the 10 Mumbai attackers as well as details of the internet protocol addresses ...
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CHICAGO, Dec 2 – US president-elect Barack Obama pledged on Tuesday to help state governors cope with a deepening recession and asked for their help in crafting a huge stimulus package to create jobs and tackle the crumbling economy. As governors petitioned the federal government for billions of ...
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Embattled auto company chief executives scored some points with Congress by driving, instead of flying, to the hearings on a possible U.S. government assistance package. Executives of the Big Three U.S. automakers renewed their appeals today for as much as $38 billion in federal loans to help them ...
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STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) ― A couple accused of kidnapping and torturing a 17-year-old boy in a Tracy home appeared in court Thursday afternoon to face child abuse charges. Prosecutors say Kelly Layne Lau and her husband, Michael Schumacher, abused the teen with baseball bats, belts and knives. A ...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street withstood another stream of bad economic readings Wednesday, closing sharply higher as investors shuttled between pessimism about the recession and hopes that the nation might start seeing relief soon. The major indexes saw big swings throughout the day, but all closed ...
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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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In this March 31, 2004 file photo, the entrance to the Blackwater Security Consulting Firearms Training Center is seen in Moyock, N.C. Blackwater Worldwide guards involved in the deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting of Iraqi civilians could face mandatory 30-year prison sentences under an aggressive anti ...
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