| World News  | Deal to save India's cheap car plant
The Australian
TATA Motors can go ahead with making the world's cheapest car at a factory in eastern India after talks yielded a compromise ending violent protests against the plant, officials said today. West Bengal state's opposition Trinamool Congress party, which has been spearheading opposition to the plant, said it had reached a deal with the state government that would see some of the land for the...
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|  | U.S. announces takeover of Fannie and Freddie
International Herald Tribune
: The U.S. Treasury Department on Sunday seized control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the giant quasi-public mortgage finance companies, and announced a four-part rescue plan that includes an open-ended guarantee to provide as much capital as they need to stave off insolvency. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Jr. also announced Sunday morning that he had dismissed the chief executives of both companies and replaced them with two long-time...
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|  | Rivals divided on mortgage giants
The Australian
THE gloomy US economy became the focus of the presidential campaign yesterday as Republican candidate John McCain backed a government takeover of two failing mortgage giants while his Democratic rival warned taxpayers should not bail out their shareholders. The historic takeover of government-chartered, shareholder-owned lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which underwrite millions of US mortgages, was tipped to happen as early as overnight with...
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|  | Hindu fanatics in wave of violence against Christians
The Australian
THE mob appeared an hour after sunset, armed with axes, clubs and paraffin. The carnage that followed would have been much worse if the Christians of Gadragaon, a remote village in northeast India, had not been warned by text message: "The Hindus are coming to kill you." The alert gave most enough time to flee to the jungle, where 114 of them would hide for a week, drinking rainwater and foraging for food. But the warning did not come early...
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|  | Grab for power divides Bhutto clan
The Australian
IN its short history of coups, wars and heads of state being toppled by everything from execution to a mysterious air crash, Pakistan has learned to expect the unexpected. But among all the myriad scenarios discussed when Benazir Bhutto flew home last year after eight years in exile, nobody predicted the one where the inconvenient husband ends up running the country. Under a deal hatched in Washington and Whitehall, Bhutto was supposed to become...
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|  | Democrats face key test as Hong Kong votes
The Manila Times
HONG KONG: Hong Kong voters headed to the polls Sunday, with the city's pro-democracy parties scrambling to avoid heavy losses and several high-profile politicians facing potential defeat. The polls opened at 7:30 a.m. across the southern Chinese city with all 60 legislature seats up for grabs. The vote was expected to provide a barometer for the state of the pro-democracy parties in Hong Kong in the face of growing Chinese patriotism. In the...
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|  | Oprah compromised as she refuses to interview Palin
NZ Herald
Oprah Winfrey, America's favourite daytime television star, has refused to have Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin as a guest on her talk show. Winfrey, a prominent supporter of Democratic nominee Barack Obama, has faced pressure from conservative commentators and pundits who say Palin would be a perfect interview for her female-heavy audience. Such an appearance would be a huge coup for the John McCain campaign. Palin, the...
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|  | 8 dead, 10 missing in Compostela Valley slides
Sun Star
DAVAO CITY -- Eight people were killed and nine were injured while 10 others are still missing when two landslides hit a village in Maco, Compostela Valley in a span of 12 hours. Office of Civil Defense (OCD)-Southern Mindanao Director Liza Mazo said that as of their latest account, 18 houses were damaged and 70 families were displaced by the twin landslides that hit the mountain barangay of Masara. What's your take on the Mindanao crisis?...
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|  | Hamilton stripped of Belgian win
London Evening Standard
07.09.08 Lewis Hamilton was stripped of victory following Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix after stewards imposed a 25-second penalty on the McLaren driver. Hamilton had taken the chequered flag after a dramatic conclusion to the race but a stewards' inquiry was launched into an incident on lap 42 of the 44-lap...
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| Business News  | Somalia piracy has reached crisis point
Gulf News
There is broad agreement that the rising poverty levels in Somalia are fuelling the rampant instances of piracy against merchant shipping in the Horn of Africa region. The situation is now self-stimulating with seaborne supplies of aid being badly disrupted, thus exacerbating the needs of many starving people and facilitating further instances of offshore lawlessness. The situation is now so dire that some observers believe that piracy and its...
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|  | UAE stocks crash led by real estate firms
Gulf News
Dubai: The Dubai Financial Market plunged 4.64 per cent to close at 4,471.71 and the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange slid 3.74 per cent to end at 4,149.57 on Sunday. Real estate stocks continue to be battered in both the markets with Emaar Properties, Union Properties, Aldar Properties and Sorouh Real Estate falling substantially. Regional and international factors, more immediate, along with the prevailing negative sentiment led to the sudden...
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|  | Boeing workers go on strike after rejecting contract
Gulf News
New York/Everett : Boeing's 27,000-strong machinists' union walked off the job on Saturday after the plane-maker failed to improve its contract offer following two days of emergency talks. "Despite meeting late into the night and throughout the day, continued contract talks...
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|  | Li & Fung share sale to Temasek unit raises $3.9b
Hong Kong Standard
Li & Fung (0494), a Hong Kong-based consumer goods exporter, said it will raise HK$3.9 billion to finance acquisitions by selling 168 million new shares at HK$23.09 each to a subsidiary of Temasek Holdings. //--> Alfred Liu Monday, September 08, 2008 ADVERTISEMENT Li & Fung (0494), a Hong Kong-based consumer goods exporter,...
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|  | Acceptable formula found on Singur issue
Gulf News
Kolkata: The Tata Nano will roll out from Singur, after all. West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee met for nearly two hours at Raj Bhavan, Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi's official residence, to cobble together "an acceptable formula" on the Singur imbroglio. "An acceptable formula has been found, but some more discussions are still needed," Communist Party...
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|  | Outsourcing manpower helps
Gulf News
Gulf News: How many years have you been in the market? D'Souza: Dulsco started its operation in the UAE in 1935; that's seven decades back. We commenced our operations by outsourcing manpower in the stevedoring business. From then on, we have moved to manpower outsourcing in various other industries. Gulf News: What was the reason for starting a manpower service company? D'Souza: The primary...
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|  | European soccer powers look flat
Globe and Mail
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| Entertainment News  | Panic At The Disco, Plain White T's Help Launch 'Rock Band 2' At Pre-VMA Party
MTV
HOLLYWOOD - It was difficult to say who drew the most applause on Saturday night at the House of Blues on Sunset Strip: Panic at the Disco's dueling pretty boys (Ryan Ross and Brendon Urie), Plain White T's apple-cheeked, aw-shucks frontman (Tom Higgenson) or the shaggy-haired dude who totally wailed on Jet's "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" (nameless, bizarrely pumped Harmonix employee). So let's just call it a three-way tie. There was a whole lot of...
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|  | 'Rent' to bring down the curtain on Broadway run
Philadelphia Daily News
MICHAEL KUCHWARA The Associated Press NEW YORK - Broadway prepared to say goodbye Sunday to "Rent," 12 years and 5,124 performances after it first became a rock musical with a message for theatergoers of all ages. "There's mixed emotions, but it's time," said Allan S. Gordon, one of its producers. The show, book, music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson, was born off-Broadway in triumph and tragedy. Larson died of an aortic aneurism after its final...
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|  | Spiritual salvation
The Times of India
8 Sep 2008, 0000 hrs IST, V LAKSHMI ,TNN Stars turn to spiritualism to keep themselves sane in their otherwise high-pressured lives. Last week Bollywood bombshells Shilpa Shetty, Shamita Shetty and Manisha Koirala visited the Oneness University...
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|  | Britney Spears Returns to Video Music Awards
Fox News
LOS ANGELES - Another year, another attempted comeback for Britney Spears at the MTV Video Music Awards. The rebounding pop queen is hoping to complete a do-over of sorts as she kicks off Sunday's awards ceremony, not with a performance, but with an appearance MTV Networks Music Group President Van Toffler has described as "fun and unexpected." If she manages to pull it off, Spears - who is up for three awards, including video of the year for...
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|  | NEWSWEEK: Emmy Roundtable
The Examiner
Distributed by Press Release EMAIL ARTICLE PRINT ARTICLE NEW YORK (Map) - NEW YORK, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- To help prepare for his character, "Dexter," star Michael C. Hall stalked people in New York City, "The Office's" Rainn Wilson deliberately designed himself "the worst, least flattering haircut" possible, and "Mad Men's" John Slattery learned to make a drink while smoking. During this Emmy Roundtable, which appears in the September 15 issue...
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|  | Is Classical Music Dead?
Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines - It was the first day of classes at the UP College of Music when our music literature professor asked us the question no one else in the entire college would have dared to ask: 'Are you still in a relevant course? You can play Beethoven sonatas all day, but does it contribute anything to society? Is it still possible to revive classical music, or is it about time to accept the fact that it is dead and that you are now part of...
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|  | Liver disease plagues obese adolescents
Boston Herald
TRENTON, N.J. - In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat, and a handful have needed liver transplants. Many more may need a new liver by their 30s or 40s, say experts warning that pediatricians need to be more vigilant. The condition, which can lead to cirrhosis and liver failure or liver cancer, is being seen in kids in the United States, Europe,...
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|  | Spears and Brand set for MTV show
BBC News
Troubled singer Britney Spears will join British comic Russell Brand to kick off the MTV Video Music Awards show in Los Angeles later. The 26-year-old, whose comeback performance at last year's show was widely panned, will not sing at this year's event. Instead, she has promised something "fun and unexpected". Brand is making his first major US live appearance on the...
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| Health News  | Health Highlights: Sept. 7 2008 -
Yahoo Daily News
6 minutes ago Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of Salmonella Cases Prompt Alfalfa Sprout Recall in Northwest On the heels of the huge nationwide salmonella outbreak that caused more than 1,400 illnesses from Mexican peppers, a regional Oregon alfalfa sprout distributor has recalled its product in Oregon and Washington state after the sprouts were linked to 13 cases of salmonellosis ....
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|  | Chocolate cake better than sex? A piece for me, please
Hong Kong Standard
Chocolate fudge cake is actually a significant health food, readers tell me. Simply make it with dark chocolate and abandon all other treats on your diet. //--> Wednesday, September 03, 2008 ADVERTISEMENT Chocolate fudge cake is actually a significant health food, readers tell me. Simply make it with dark chocolate and abandon all other treats on your diet. "It might just have the antitoxins to increase longevity," said reader Ryan Hunter,...
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|  | Obese more likely to develop cancer
The Times of India
8 Sep 2008, 0051 hrs IST,PTI LONDON: Here's yet another reason why you should cut the flab -obesity could give you cancer. A new research, published in the British Journal of Cancer, has found that overweight people are at a significantly higher risk of developing a range of common cancers. In fact, according to researchers, an individual's risk of contracting at least seven...
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|  | Toxic drinking water at hundreds of schools
The Australian
292 schools found to have unsafe drinking water High lead levels Parents not aware of problem BOTTLED water and filtering costing $150,000 a month is being provided to hundreds of public schools across New South Wales after tests found lead levels at nearly 12 times safe maximum levels in their water supplies. The Daily Telegraph can reveal recorded lead contamination levels were worse than those...
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|  | 'Hundreds' die because of hospital crowding
NZ Herald
Dr Tim Parke estimates preventable deaths equal NZ's annual road toll of 400. Photo / Brett Phibbs Related nzherald links: A shortage of hospital beds is killing as many as the national road toll - about 400 a year - say emergency doctors. They are calling for a 15 per cent increase in the number of beds after research that indicates hundreds die every year. Their Australasian college is holding a conference in Melbourne...
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|  | AP IMPACT: Liver disease plagues obese adolescents -
Yahoo Daily News
By LINDA A. JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer 25 minutes ago TRENTON, N.J. - In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat, and a handful have needed liver transplants. Many more may need a new liver by their 30s or 40s, say experts warning that pediatricians need to be more vigilant. The condition, which can lead to cirrhosis and liver failure or liver cancer,...
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| Politics News  | Iranian MP touts cooperation in Sadr investigation
Daily Star Lebanon
Compiled by Daily Star staff Monday, September 08, 2008 Iranian MP Gholamreza Mesbahi-Moqaddam said on Saturday that Iran and Lebanon will jointly pursue the disappearance of Imam Musa Sadr. Mesbahi-Moqaddam made a visit to Lebanon last week at the head of an Iranian parliamentary delegation. "In this visit it was agreed to have a joint cooperation to pursue the case to determine the fate of Imam Musa Sadr," he told Mehr News Agency. "We traveled...
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|  | Pakistan opts for a strong president
Gulf News
Since 1965, September 6 has been commemorated as the day when Pakistani forces fought desperately to blunt a major Indian offensive aimed at the city of Lahore in a war that should never have taken place. Henceforth, the day will also mark Asif Zardari's election as the 12th president of Pakistan, the culminating event in yet another full democratic restoration in the country. Several dates stand out in his triumphal march to the citadel of...
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|  | New election urged by Tsvangirai
TVNZ
Sep 8, 2008 8:23 AM Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Sunday his party would rather quit power-sharing talks than sign an unsatisfactory deal and challenged President Robert Mugabe to call a new election. "We are saying to him you can call another election under international supervision and let's see who is going to win that race," he told a rally to celebrate the ninth anniversary of his Movement for Democratic Change...
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|  | Obama's stump speech plays to fears, hopes
Houston Chronicle
DUBLIN, Ohio - As Barack Obama paces before 15,000 people with a hand-held microphone, it's easy to assume his 30-minute talk is more or less a free-associating string of talking points and applause lines. In fact, it's a carefully organized four-part argument. Obama delivers it without notes or changes from week to week. A campaign centerpiece for 19 months, the full-blown stump speech probably has done more than anything to rocket him to fame...
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|  | McCain takes on Bush, GOP along with Obama
Houston Chronicle
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Barack Obama isn't John McCain's only opponent. Sometimes McCain sounds like he's running almost as hard against President Bush and the Republican Party as he is against Obama, his Democratic rival for the White House. The GOP is guilty of indulging in a spending spree of taxpayers' money, McCain laments. They haven't solved huge problems such as the looming insolvency of Social Security and Medicare, passing on huge IOUs and...
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