Deadly Israeli raids on schools take Gaza toll to 660
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Israeli tanks and troops blazed into towns across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday striking Hamas targets, but hits on three UN-run schools killed at least 48 people and sparked urgent new ceasefire calls...
2009-01-06T20:31+00:00
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Gas shortages spread as Russian-Ukraine row flares
BRUSSELS (AFP) - Gas shortages spread across Europe reaching France and Italy on Tuesday as cuts in Russian supplies through Ukrainian pipelines escalated an increasingly bitter crisis in the depths of winter...
2009-01-06T20:38+00:00
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Sheikh Hasina sworn in as Bangladesh PM, democracy restored
DHAKA (AFP) - Sheikh Hasina Wajed was sworn in for her second spell as Bangladesh's prime minister Tuesday, restoring democracy to the impoverished country after almost two years of rule by an army-backed regime...
2009-01-06T19:08+00:00
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Nkunda rebel dissident committed 'treason': spokesman
GOMA, DR Congo (AFP) - Laurent Nkunda is still in charge of DR Congo's rebel movement and a rival who challenged his authority will be charged with "high treason", a spokesman said Tuesday as splits emerged in the movement...
2009-01-06T21:19+00:00
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Democrat vying to replace Obama turned away from Senate
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Top Democrats symbolically barred the Senate door Tuesday to the man chosen by Illinois's scandal-tainted governor to take president-elect Barack Obama's seat, in the latest twist of a bizarre political sideshow...
2009-01-06T21:24+00:00
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Alcoa to cut 13,500 jobs, reduce output
NEW YORK (AFP) - US aluminum giant Alcoa said Tuesday it would slash some 13,500 jobs or 13 percent or its global workforce and reduce output to cope with the global economic downturn...
2009-01-06T21:31+00:00
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2008 slump wipes out 17 trillion dollars in stock value: S&P
NEW YORK (AFP) - The nightmarish stock market performance in 2008 erased some 17 trillion dollars in share value worldwide, a Standard & Poor's report said Tuesday...
2009-01-06T17:50+00:00
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