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 52 documents First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 20 mins ago
Judge orders release of 5 Guantanamo prisoners
Reporting from Washington A federal judge ruled here for the first time Thursday that the Bush administration had no basis for holding several of its long-term prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and he ordered that five of the Algerian natives go free.The ... [42 mins ago - Los Angeles Times]
Entities: Sarajevo, District Judge
 14 documents First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 36 mins ago
U.S. power will decline, council advises
A government report released Thursday paints an alarming picture of an unstable future for international relations defined by waning American influence, a fragmentation of political power and intensifying struggles for increasingly scarce natural resources. ... [36 mins ago - CNN]
Entities: Intelligence Report, Nuclear Weapon
 24 documents First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 47 mins ago
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Henry Waxman
Democrats Oust Longtime Leader of House Panel
WASHINGTON - Representative Henry A. Waxman wrested the chairmanship of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee from Representative John D. Dingell on Thursday in a coup that is expected to accelerate passage of energy, climate and health legislation ... [47 mins ago - New York Times]
Entities: John Dingell, Henry Waxman
 35 documents First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago
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George W Bush
US unemployment soars
AFP.WASHINGTON. United States unemployment claims surged to a 16-year high, government data showed yesterday, adding to growing alarm as companies worldwide shed workers in the global economic downturn.Initial jobless claims soared to a seasonally adjusted ... [1 hour ago - Zimbabwe Herald]
Entities: Unemployment, George W Bush, Dana Perino, Unemployment Insurance
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Science & Technology

 18 documents First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 31 mins ago
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Concealed Glaciers Discovered On Mars At Mid-latitudes
ScienceDaily (Nov. 21, 2008) Vast Martian glaciers of water ice under protective blankets of rocky debris persist today at much lower latitudes than any ice previously identified on Mars, says new research using ground-penetrating radar on NASA's Mars ... [1 hour ago - Science Daily]
Entities: John Holt, Jeffrey Plaut, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Los Angeles
 14 documents First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago
Bay Area mayors want to electrify their commuters
The three major cities in the San Francisco Bay Area want to lead the nation in electric autos. Today they took another big step in that direction. The private firm leading the project is Better Place. They already have similar deals in Denmark, Israel ... [1 hour ago - ZDNet]
Entities: Chuck Reed, Layoffs
 55 documents First reported 11/19/2008 - Updated 9 hours ago
Ice Age a reality: Mammoth genome mapped
AgenciesWashington, Nov 20: Scientists have sequenced the genome of the woolly mammoth of the Ice Age, bringing to reality the possibility of an Ice Age park in the lines of the fictional Jurassic Park of Michael Crichton.With four billlion DNA bases, ... [9 hours ago - Central Chronicle]
Entities: Genome, DNA
 43 documents First reported 11/19/2008 - Updated 8 hours ago
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John Dingell
US Rep Waxman: Pelosi Likely To Renew Global Warming Panel
By Ian Talley and Fawn Johnson, Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRESWASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., said Thursday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., will likely renew the special select committee on global warming.Pelosi created the ... [8 hours ago - Nasdaq]
Entities: John Dingell, Henry Waxman
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Business

 19 documents First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago
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Dell Inc
Dell profit tops Street view, shares rise
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc, the world's No. 2 PC maker, posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday as cost cuts offset lower revenue, sending its shares up about 6 percent. ... [3 hours ago - Reuters: Technology News]
Entities: Dell Inc, Wachovia Corporation
 64 documents First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago
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Citigroup Inc
Citigroup weighing sale
NEW YORK - Citigroup Inc., the second-largest U.S. bank by assets, is weighing a sale of all or part of the company, including the Smith Barney brokerage, the credit card unit and the transaction services unit, after its stock lost 50 per cent this week, ... [1 hour ago - CTV.ca]
Entities: Citigroup Inc, Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud
 93 documents First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 20 mins ago
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OPEC
Oil falls on more demand distress
By Annika BreidthardtOil tumbled to a three-and-a-half year low below $49 a barrel on Friday, nearing a $100 drop from its July record high, as more distress for the global economy threatened to eat further into demand for fuels.Asian stock markets dropped ... [1 hour ago - International Herald Tribune]
Entities: OPEC, Brent Crude Oil, London, Royal Dutch Shell Plc
 51 documents First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 52 mins ago
Blackberry makers launch iPhone assault
The BlackBerry, a phone and e-mail device that just a few years ago could be found mostly clipped to the belts of high-powered professionals, isn't just for workaholics anymore.Research in Motion Ltd. today is launching its first major counterattack at ... [52 mins ago - Los Angeles Times]
Entities: BlackBerry Storm, iPhone, BlackBerry
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Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud - updated: 03/24/2007
Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud - Click to view image in its original context
Title: Entrepreneur, investor
Organization: Saudi Royal Family
Date of Birth: 07/03/1955
Place of Birth: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Nationality: Saudi Arabia
Fact Sheet: Biography for Alwaleed Bin Talal

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Title: Former CEO
Company: AIG Financial Products Corp
Nationality: United States
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