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Reuters: Top News
Reuters.com is your source for breaking news, business, financial and investing news, including personal finance and stocks. Reuters is the leading global provider of news, financial information and technology solutions to the world's media, financial institutions, businesses and individuals.
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McCain defends Palin selection process
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ST. PAUL, Minnesota (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain defended on Tuesday his choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate after she admitted that her teenage, unmarried daughter is pregnant.
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Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:48:41 -0400
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New Orleans mops up after Gustav close encounter
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NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Workers armed with rakes and brooms fanned out across New Orleans to clean up after Hurricane Gustav on Tuesday while officials eyed the city's levees warily and told hundreds of thousands of evacuees to stay away a bit longer.
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Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:45:33 -0400
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Russia says EU right to avoid sanctions
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SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Russia on Tuesday praised the European Union's "responsible" decision to avoid imposing sanctions on Moscow over its conflict with Georgia, but said the bloc had failed to understand why it had intervened.
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Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:39:21 -0400
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Thai army chief balks at protest crackdown
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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai soldiers would not use force to evict protesters occupying the prime minister's office, army chief Anupong Paochinda said on Tuesday despite a state of emergency giving him the power to do so.
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Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:02:12 -0400
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Ex-U.S. law chief mishandled secret papers: probe
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales mishandled top-secret notes on a domestic spying program and on the interrogation of terrorism suspects but will not be prosecuted, a Justice Department report said on Tuesday.
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Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:40:00 -0400
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U.S. says probe finds lower Afghan civilian toll
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KABUL (Reuters) - The U.S. military disputed on Tuesday the toll of 96 civilians the Afghan government and United Nations said were killed in an air strike in western Afghanistan last month, saying five to seven civilians had been killed.
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Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:06:26 -0400
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Google browser takes advantage of Apple software
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - Google Inc's new browser software is designed to work "invisibly" and will run any application that runs on Apple Inc's Safari Web browser, company officials said on Tuesday.
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Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:51:09 -0400
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Japan's Aso leads race for next prime minister
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Former foreign minister Taro Aso leads the race to become Japanese prime minister, analysts and media said on Tuesday, after unpopular Yasuo Fukuda became the second leader to abruptly resign in less than a year.
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Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:30:51 -0400
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Storms swirl in Atlantic, floods strike Haiti
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NASSAU (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Hanna drenched the Bahamas and triggered deadly flooding in Haiti on Tuesday, as it headed for expected landfall in the southeastern United States later this week.
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Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:15:07 -0400
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Iraq begins campaign to evict Baghdad squatters
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces began a push on Tuesday to evict people squatting in Baghdad homes that were abandoned by residents fleeing sectarian violence, a military spokesman said.
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Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:07:18 -0400
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