Archive for the October 26, 2005
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Rosa Parks, the black seamstress whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man sparked a revolution in American race relations 50 years ago, died on Monday. Parks, 92, died in her
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The European Commission warned Bulgaria and Romania on Tuesday that their entry into the European Union could be put off by a year until 2008 unless they step up the fight against corruption and speed
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Indonesia confirmed on Tuesday that a fourth person in the country had died of bird flu, while China said hundreds of farm geese had died, the latest outbreak of a disease that seems to defy
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A "non-specific, non-credible" bomb threat has delayed flights at the Long Beach Airport in California, and a separate bomb threat at Orange County airport has been resolved, security officials said on Tuesday. Both airports are
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The European Commission stepped up its war on bureaucratic red tape on Tuesday, pledging to simplify or even scrap hundreds of EU laws. Starting with the heavily regulated car, waste and construction sectors, the 25-member
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The spread of HIV-AIDS threatens to wipe out some South Pacific nations, the head of the UN Children's Fund New Zealand office warned Tuesday. While a great deal of discussion focused on the impact of
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The rupee gained on Tuesday helped by a rise in India's key short-term interest rate and buoyed by the euro's rebound overseas against the dollar on stronger than expected German business sentiment. The partially convertible
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Sterling hit a one-month high against the dollar on Tuesday but ticked lower versus the euro, driven by the rallying single currency in the absence of major UK news. In European afternoon trading the euro
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The euro erased early losses and gained new ground against the dollar on Tuesday after stronger than expected German business sentiment data fanned talk of interest rate rises in Europe sooner than forecast. Germany's Ifo
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The cost of credit protection on Dutch market research company VNU rose sharply on Tuesday on talk that private equity firms were considering a bid for the company. GMAC ended its recent rally, as investors
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