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A 767-300ER of Air Canada, one of the earliest transatlantic operators of the 767 Air Canada dispute with pilots goes to arbitrator
| Air Canada pilots have failed to negotiate a new agreement with the airline. | "To say we are disappointed would be a vast understatement," Jean-Marc Belanger... (photo: Creative Commons / Altair) Toronto Sun
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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen addresses the media at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, March 24, 2011. NATO announced on Thursday that it is taking control of the military operation to enforce the no-fly zone over Libya. NATO chief sees financial aid for Afghan forces
| WASHINGTON — NATO's secretary general says he's optimistic that the international community will continue to finance the Afghan security forces. | Anders Fogh Ras... (photo: AP / Yves Logghe) Austin American Statesman
Afghanistan   Finance   Nato   Photos   Wikipedia: Anders Fogh Rasmussen  
British Prime Minister David Cameron answers a question during his and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, not in photo, news conference after their talks in Kabul, Afghanistan UK's Cameron calls for euro contingency plans
British Prime Minister David Cameron urged countries on Saturday to put in place strong contingency plans to deal with fallout from the euro zone debt crisis as fears gro... (photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko) Independent online
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In this file photo taken Sunday, April 19, 2009, Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, center, is led away after declaring he planned to challenge then Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad about his views on the Holocaust and Israel Dershowitz demolishes Zimmerman prosecution
| After writing in the New York Daily News that murder charges should be dropped against George Zimmerman in the slaying of Trayvon Martin, liberal law professor and auth... (photo: AP / Anja Niedringhaus) The Examiner
Lawmaker   Legal   Photos   Police   Wikipedia: Alan Dershowitz  
Barack Obama G-8 leaders hope Greece remains in eurozone
The United States and other members of the Group of Eight industrial nations agree that Europe's financial crisis must be addressed with a mix of growth and austerity mea... (photo: Creative Commons / jvh33) Independent online
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Cigar from Cuba Iconic Cuban cigar goes un-smoked at home
Email Print Order Reprint Share This Share Text tool name | tool goes here By MARIA RECIO - McClatchy Newspapers By MARIA RECIO | PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba -- The elderly cigar... (photo: Creative Commons / Chmee2) The News & Observer
Agriculture   Cuba   Culture   Photos   Wikipedia: Tobacco  
President Barack Obama and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron stand together on stage after a joint news conference at Lancaster House in London, Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Cameron and Obama talk euro crisis over workout as Tories at home plot £7bn welfare ...
| David Cameron and Barack Obama yesterday staged a 35-minute ‘treadmill summit’ side by side at a G8 gathering dominated by the Euro crisis. | Their crunch t... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster) The Daily Mail
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French fries - Junk food Healthy eating can cost less than junk food, study finds
| WASHINGTON - Is it really more expensive to eat healthy? | An Agriculture Department study released last week found that most fruits, vegetables and other healthy foods... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) The State
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President Barack Obama speaks during a joint news conference with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and Mexican President Felipe Calderon, not seen, in the Rose Garden at the White House, Monday, April 2, 2012, in Washington. Obama: Eurozone 'must focus on jobs and growth'
US President Barack Obama has said there is an "emerging consensus" that European countries must now focus on jobs and growth. | Speaking after the G8 summit of... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster) BBC News
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US President Barack Obama is pictured in the oval office at the white House at the end of his meeting with France's new President Francois Hollande on May 18, 2012 in Washington DC prior to attend the G8 summit in Camp David. Obama weighs in on Euro economic crisis
Camp David - Leaders of the world's most powerful nations were to focus their attention on Europe's economic woes on Saturday after President Barack Obama threw his weigh... (photo: AP) Independent online
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US Dollar - Currency US Dollar Makes A Break To 16-Month Highs As Fear Creeps In
| US Dollar Makes a Break to 16-Month Highs as Fear Creeps In | Fundamental Forecast for the US Dollar: Bullish CPI and retail sales do little to alter the outlook for ra... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) The Street
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Motorola Dext Motorola smartphones face US import ban
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweetSome Motorola Mobility smartphones infringe on a Microsoft patent and will be barred from importation to the United States, a US trade panel sai... (photo: Creative Commons / File Upload Bot) The Times Of India
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New French President Francois Hollande and British Prime Minister David Cameron shake hands in Washington, Friday, May, 18. 2012 David Cameron threatens veto on French plan for bankers tax
David Cameron held his first meeting with Francois Hollande and threatened to veto the new French president’s plan for a European tax on financial transactions. | D... (photo: AP / Christophe Ena) The Daily Telegraph
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President Barack Obama is briefed on his upcoming trip to the Republic of Korea during a meeting in the Situation Room of the White House, March 23, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Obama's cash edge dwindling
| WASHINGTON • President Barack Obama holds a cash advantage of more than 2-to-1 over Republican challenger Mitt Romney, but the president's money advantage is beginnin... (photo: White House / Pete Souza) STL Today
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Central Park People In The Park,New York. Virginia's jobless rate remains the same in April
| Virginia's unemployment rate held steady at 5.6 percent in April as job growth slowed during the month, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Friday. | The jobles... (photo: WN / Periasamy) Richmond Times Dispatch
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An Afghan villager unlocks the door of a suspected homemade explosives factory for U.S. Army Spc. Timothy Rodgers in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, May 4, 2012. The NATO Afghan summit: Reality and illusion
| Everything has been moving forward, step by step. At the beginning of May, after months of negotiation, US President Barack Obama made a triumphal appearance at the Afg... (photo: US Army / Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod) Al Jazeera
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Mitsubishi Motors - Vehicle - Car - Automaker World stock markets sink on US, Europe worries
| BANGKOK-World stocks fell Friday after credit downgrades slapped on Spanish banks unnerved investors already worried about the stability of the 17-country euro currency... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) The Boston Globe
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File - Drought and Rising Food Prices in Niger: A local man takes advantage of the World Food Programme (WFP)s food-and-cash for work programme in the village of Dan Kada, Maradai Region, Niger. US to announce food security plan for Africa
US President Barack Obama is set to announce a $3bn (£1.9bn) plan to boost food security and farm productivity in Africa, US officials say. | They say the initiative is ... (photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan) BBC News
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US US Dollar - Currency U.S. stock index futures point to modest rebound
| * U.S. stock index futures pointed to a slightly higher open on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones up 0.2 percent and Nasdaq futures ... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) Reuters
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George Zimmerman takes the witness stand, Friday, April 20, 2012, during a bond hearing in Sanford, Fla. Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester says Zimmerman can be released on $150,000 bail as he awaits trial for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Documents shed more light on Trayvon Martin shooting
ATLANTA — On the night George Zimmerman fatally shot unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida, a witness said he saw some of the scuffle — and describ... (photo: AP / Orlando Sentinel, Gary W. Green, Pool) The Los Angeles Times
Crime   Florida   Justice   Photos   Wikipedia: Shooting of Trayvon Martin