01/08/2009
Israel's election outcome crucial for United States (UPI)
By WILLIAM S. LIND WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- While the world's eyes are fixed on the U.S. presidential election, another election with equal importance for the future of the United States appeared on the calendar over the past weekend. Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni gave up her efforts to form a new Israeli government and called for elections. Her move may be a last negotiating gambit. ...
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01/08/2009
Mississippi has highest teen birth rate in the United States, CDC says (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
ATLANTA - Mississippi now has the highest teen birth rate in the United States, displacing Texas and New Mexico for that lamentable title, a new federal report says.
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01/08/2009
United States: FILM: 1982 Massacre Rendered Through Dark, Distorted Lens (Sin Chew Jit Poh)
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES: Recently opened in wide release in the United States, Ari Folman's new animated documentary detailing Israeli involvement in the Sabra and Shatila massacre sheds new light on the Israeli side of that conflict, as well as the one unfolding Thursday (8 Jan).
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01/08/2009
New jobless claims in the United States drop unexpectedly (Canadian Business)
WASHINGTON - New claims for unemployment benefits in the United States dropped unexpectedly last week while the number of people continuing to
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01/08/2009
United States: Media Eyeless In Gaza At Key Moment (Sin Chew Jit Poh)
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES: Consumed by coverage of the 4 Nov presidential election, U.S. mainstream media ignored a key Israeli military attack on a Hamas target that some Palestinians claim marked the effective end of the ceasefire between the two sides and set the stage for the current round of bloodletting.
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01/08/2009
New jobless claims in the United States drop unexpectedly (MSN Money Canada)
WASHINGTON - New claims for unemployment benefits in the United States dropped unexpectedly last week while the number of people continuing to seek aid rose sharply.
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01/08/2009
United States: Pakistan Border Area Threat To World: US (Sin Chew Jit Poh)
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES: The biggest foreign-policy challenge awaiting President-elect Barack Obama isn’t Iraq or Afghanistan but Pakistan, President George W Bush’s national-security adviser Stephen Hadley has said.
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01/08/2009
Tennis: United States defence of Hopman Cup is ended by defeat to Germany (icWales)
THE United States saw their defence of the Hopman Cup ended by Germany as they fell to a 2-1 defeat.
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01/08/2009
Research and Markets: Commodity Chemicals in the United States Includes Detailed Data on Market Size and Segmentation (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Commodity Chemicals in the United States" report to their offering.
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01/08/2009
United States preterm birth rate continues to rise (News-Medical-Net)
New government statistics confirm that the decades-long rise in the United States preterm birth rate continues, putting more infants than ever at increased risk of death and disability.
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