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British hostage death unconfirmed
One of the five British hostages held captive by militants in Iraq has killed himself, a video obtained by the Sunday Times has claimed.
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Merlot latest investment property market firm to crash
Another property investment group has struck trouble as the property market turns sour.
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Conn. candidates line up for public financing
About 70 percent of the Nutmeg State's candidates for General Assembly this year are expected to sign on to a new public financing election program.
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GOP Candidate spending more than he raises as part of strategy
John McCain is facing a spending cap this fall, so he's going on a campaign spending spree this summer.
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The World's Shifting Balance
Is the global economic crisis just a turn in the traditional cycle? BBC Radio 4's Analysis: The World's Shifting Balance will be broadcast on Thursday, 17th July 2008 at 20:30 and repeated on Sunday 20th July ...
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Regional rights body mooted
THE legal fraternity yesterday expressed support for the establishment of a regional human rights commission, persuaded by an existing need to protect, respect and promote human rights in the region.
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Congressman favors aerial spraying for poppy eradication
" The hot issue today is a possible surge of troops to Afghanistan. I will sound a note of caution that without aerial spraying and other counterdrug programs that worked in Colombia , such an Afghan move will ...
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Personnel
Danette LaScelle of Komatsu was elected president of the Peoria Area Charter Chapter of the American Business Women's Association.
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This week's top stories from the UK
Courts: It was a week in which Anne Darwin must have wished she could set out to sea in a canoe and never come back.
AHS teacher is 'Teacher of the Year'
Anette Terry Less than two months after being named Teacher of the Month in March, Annette Terry was announced as the 97.5 KLAK Teacher of the Year May 21 at McKinney Fellowship Bible Church.
Alistair Darling begins the great island getaway
Alistair Darling, the chancellor, is to seek shelter from Britain's economic storm by going on holiday to one of Scotland's most remote islands.
100th annual Race to Mackinac
Sailors are a hearty bunch. That's according to Celeste Johnson, spokeswoman for the Chicago Yacht Club's Race to Mackinac, who says Saturday's rain didn't put a damper on the race's start.
Usain Bolt may spoil Gay-Powell showdown
NEW FORCE: Usain Bolt would be keen on upstaging the big names in 100m at Beijing.
Call to Action: March on the 2008 RNC 4 Palestine
Call to Action: March on the 2008 RNC in Solidarity with the People of Palestine The Coalition for Palestinian Rights, a Minnesota-based group of organizations and activists in solidarity with the people of ...
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