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 Worldwide Protests On Eve of China Olympics
| PARIS - Police banned demonstrations outside the Chinese embassy in Paris on Thursday but critics of China's human rights record stepped up protests elsewhere in the world to mark the start of the B... (photo: AP / Michel Euler) Common Dreams
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 Georgia says Russian tanks mean 'war' in South Ossetia
| Video: Russia-Georgia standoff | Russia sent troops and dozens of tanks into the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia today, throwing the two former Soviet neighbours into a sudden yet undec... (photo: AP/ORT Russian Channel 1 television) The Times
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 Turkish lira falls 2 pct in emerging mkts sell off
(Adds quote, details, background) By Daren Butler ISTANBUL, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Turkey's lira weakened more than two percent on Friday in line with global dollar strength a... (photo: WN / fa0) The Guardian
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 Dollar highest in 5 months vs. euro as European economies suffer
| NEW YORK - The dollar soared against the euro early Friday as euro zone economies fret about rising inflation and slowing growth. | The euro sank to $1.5048 early in Ne... (photo: WN / Denise Yong) Star Tribune
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 Oil drops as economic woes overcome supply worries
| VIENNA, Austria - Oil prices sagged today as a strengthening dollar and worries about economic growth offset supply concerns over pipeline sabotage in Turkey that was c... (photo: WN / Denise Yong) Houston Chronicle
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 Oil dips on stronger dollar
By GEORGE JAHN | Associated Press Writer | VIENNA, Austria -- | Oil prices sagged Friday as a strengthening dollar and worries about economic growth offset supply concern... (photo: AP / Paul Sakuma) The Tribune San Luis Obispo
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 Wizz Air opens its 10th base in Timisoara
Wizz Air, the largest low-fare low-cost airline based in Central and Eastern Europe announced at a press conference yesterday that it would open its 10th operating base i... (photo: Creative Commons / Bluescan sv.wiki) TravelDailyNews
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 Spain's Sporting Supremacy
| During the European basketball championships last October, Spaniards exiting Madrid metro stations encountered Nike ads featuring and his Spanish teammates with the cap... (photo: AP / Daniel Ochoa de Olza) Time Magazine
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 'Pants 2' fits a bit better this time
Too, too long, these traveling pants. They're dragging on the ground, wearing out and wearing out their welcome. | But that's the only big hole in "The Sisterhood of the ... (photo: Creative Commons ) The News Tribune
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 High cocoa price slows growth at Nestlé
| By Thomas Mulier | Vevey, Switzerland - Nestlé, the world's largest food company, reported the slowest profit growth in four years in its first half after higher cocoa ... (photo: WN / patricia) Business Report
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 Bush dedicates new massive US embassy in Beijing
By PAUL ALEXANDER | Associated Press Writer | BEIJING (AP) - President Bush took another swipe at China's human rights record Friday, the latest tit-for-tat salvo with Be... (photo: AP Photo / Darko Vojinovic) Wtop
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