Lady Liberty's crown to be reopened after nearly eight years
Washington - Lady Liberty, who has greeted millions of immigrants to the US as they entered New York Harbour, will fling open her skirts again on Saturday after spending more than seven years in limbo after the 2001 terrorist attacks. The re-opening ...
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Palin to step down as Alaska governor - Summary
Washington - Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, who was catapulted to national prominence as the Republican vice presidential candidate last year, will resign later this month, she said Friday. In a televised press conference from her home in Wasilla, Alas...
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Palin to step down as Alaska governor - Update
Washington - Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, who was catapulted to national prominence as the Republican vice presidential candidate last year, will resign later this month, she said Friday. In a televised press conference from her hometown of Wasilla, ...
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Obama hopes for nuclear arms breakthrough with Russia
Moscow - US President Barack Obama plans to discuss concrete steps towards nuclear arms control during his visit to Moscow next week, he said in an interview released Friday My goal is that both countries reduce their nuclear stockpiles in a way that...
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US pushes ahead with Afghan offensive, reports first casualties
Kabul - The US military said Friday that it was pushing further into a Taliban bastion in southern Afghanistan after it had reported its first casualties in the offensive, the first under the US government's new strategy in the Central Asian country....
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Obama heading to Russia to 'reset' relations - Feature
Washington - US President Barack Obama heads to Russia next week seeking to reset relations by finding ways to cooperate on a host of challenges, including confronting Iranian and North Korean nuclear ambitions. Obama is due to arrive Monday in Mos...
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Obama laments June's 'sobering' unemployment data - Summary
Washington - The US economy shed a surprising 467,000 jobs in June and the jobless rate climbed to 9.5 per cent, in what President Barack Obama called a sobering sign that the country's deep recession is far from over. The Labour Department's repor...
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EXTRA: Obama calls job losses 'sobering'
Washington - The unexpectedly high US job losses in June offered sobering news that the United States is still stuck in a deep recession, US President Barack Obama said Thursday. Our economy is still having a tough time getting moving, Obama said...
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US criticizes North Korean missile tests
Washington - The United States criticized North Korea's launching of four short-range missiles on Thursday as dangerous and urged Pyongyang to return to nuclear disarmament negotiations. These kinds of launches are nothing new. We have seen them man...
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Madoff's Manhattan penthouse seized by US authorities
Washington - US authorities on Thursday seized the Manhattan penthouse of disgraced Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff, who was sentenced to 150 years in prison earlier this week. US marshals entered the apartment, worth an estimated 7 million doll...
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