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Wednesday, 07 January 2009 |
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Police in Hungary say a masked gunman has shot to death the principal and a teacher at a school in Budapest.
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Wednesday, 07 January 2009 |
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Another Canadian soldier died and three more were wounded Wednesday, the latest victims of a rare winter campaign the Taliban says is aimed at littering the roads of Kandahar province with deadly makeshift bombs and the bodies of coalition troops.
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Wednesday, 07 January 2009 |
WASHINGTON - The embattled Illinois governor's pick to replace Barack Obama in the Senate said Wednesday he should be able to take the seat "very shortly," ending a showdown over whether he should be sworn in.
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Wednesday, 07 January 2009 |
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton is on her way to becoming the top U.S. diplomat, with Democrats expecting a favourable Senate committee vote on her nomination next week and even Republicans singing her praises.
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Wednesday, 07 January 2009 |
WASHINGTON - A Democratic official says president-elect Barack Obama and the Senate's top Democrat discussed the need to resolve the dispute over naming Roland Burris to the Senate.
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Wednesday, 07 January 2009 |
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Another Canadian soldier died and three more were wounded Wednesday, the latest victims of a rare winter campaign the Taliban says is aimed at littering the roads of Kandahar province with deadly makeshift bombs and the bodies of coalition troops.
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Wednesday, 07 January 2009 |
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Another Canadian soldier died and three more were wounded Wednesday as the Taliban pressed on with an aggressive winter campaign to litter the roads of Kandahar province with improvised explosive devices.
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Wednesday, 07 January 2009 |
WASHINGTON - Confronting a grim economy and a Middle East on fire, Barack Obama turned Wednesday to perhaps the only people on the planet who understand what he's in for: the four living members of the U.S. presidents' club.
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Wednesday, 07 January 2009 |
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - The Sri Lankan government officially outlawed the Tamil Tiger rebel group Wednesday, ruling out the possibility of restarting peace talks any time soon to end a quarter-century of civil war.
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Wednesday, 07 January 2009 |
KYIV, Ukraine - Russia shut off all gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine on Wednesday, forcing countries to scramble for alternative sources of energy during a winter cold snap.
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Wednesday, 07 January 2009 |
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A Canadian soldier was killed and three others wounded Wednesday when a roadside bomb exploded near their armoured vehicle in southern Afghanistan.
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Wednesday, 07 January 2009 |
WASHINGTON - Roland Burris said Wednesday he should be able to join the U.S. Senate "very shortly," after talking to newly supportive Democratic leaders and working on lingering legal obstacles.
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Wednesday, 07 January 2009 |
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A Canadian soldier was killed and three others wounded Wednesday when a roadside bomb exploded near their armoured vehicle in southern Afghanistan.
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Wednesday, 07 January 2009 |
MILAN, Italy - Freezing temperatures and exceptional snowfall caused travel delays Wednesday across Europe and were blamed for at least 12 deaths, including that of a man in Milan who was crushed when a canopy collapsed under the weight of snow.
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