October 12, 2008
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CHILLICOTHE, Ohio - For DeAnna Wiley, reading her local paper is almost unbearably sad these days. A Realtor, she pointed to three full pages in the Chillicothe Gazette detailing the foreclosures in her hometown. “It is just so scary to see that happening in a small town,” Wiley said. “Some of them I know, and it’s real tough.” Eight months ago, Wiley joined many of her neighbors in giving Hillary Rodham Clinton a big win in the Ohio Democratic presidential primary because she thought the New York senator spoke most clearly to working-class people and offered the best policies for bad economic times. CHILLICOTHE FACTS Population: 22,000 (88.7% white, 7.5% black). Voter registration:…
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October 12, 2008
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FEDERAL Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has delivered a searing attack on John Howard accusing him of losing Queensland votes with his hardline stance on climate change. In an exclusive interview, the former merchant banker said the Coalition government made a crucial error by not ratifying the Kyoto…
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October 12, 2008
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17 minutes ago KHARTOUM (AFP) - Rebel commanders in Darfur on Sunday accused Arab militias, which are backed by the Sudan government, of attacking villages in the southern swathe of the region, killing civilians and torching homes. The accusations, on top of fighting in North Darfur said to have displaced thousands of civilians, are likely to increase Western concern over President Omar al-Beshir who is facing a possible arrest warrant for war crimes. The UN-led peacekeeping operation in Darfur confirmed fighting on Saturday south of Muhagiriya, but said the details remained sketchy….
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October 12, 2008
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31 minutes ago SRINAGAR, India (AFP) - Indian troops have shot dead sixsuspected Islamic militants during gunbattles in Kashmir, including along the de facto border between India and Pakistan, police said Sunday….
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October 12, 2008
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WASHINGTON—- President Bush and financial leaders from nations rich and poor pledged Saturday to intensify their efforts to unblock a frozen financial system before it does more damage to an increasingly shaky global economy. While there were no concrete offers of new moves, Bush vowed anew that his administration was doing everything possible to halt the biggest market disruptions since the Great Depression. The finance ministers spoke in unusually somber terms about the need for action. » Bush started the day shortly after daybreak with a Rose Garden appearance with finance ministers from the world’s richest countries and later made an unexpected evening visit to the headquarters…
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October 12, 2008
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WASHINGTON (CNN) — World leaders, warning of a global economic downturn, pledged Saturday to work together to find solutions to what is unfolding as the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression….
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October 12, 2008
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Fresh details about the Ecclestone Affair - New Labour’s first sleaze scandal - have been revealed in Whitehall documents. Previously secret papers showed that Tony Blair personally intervened to secure Formula One’s exemption from a tobacco advertising ban just hours after meeting the sport’s boss, Bernie Ecclestone. The Government has always maintained that the meeting did not influence the final decision over the exemption - even though Mr Ecclestone was a major party donor at the time. The…
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7 minutes ago HONG KONG (AFP) - Almost half of Hong Kong’s aid package to help China’s quake-stricken Sichuan will be used to restore a giant panda reserve, the government said Sunday. Hong Kong’s government said it would spend 863 million of its 2 billion Hong Kong dollar (256 million US) commitment on a 4.5 kilometre road leading to Wolong Nature Reserve in…
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October 12, 2008
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As the world?s financial markets continue to struggle amid huge losses and emergency measures, Malta has been graded as having the world?s 10th soundest banking system, a survey by the World Economic Forum has found. Canada was rated first closely followed by Sweden, Luxembourg and Australia. But Britain, which once ranked in the top five, has slipped to 44th place behind El Salvador and Peru, after a £50…
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