Analysis: Another Afghan vote masks US predicament
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President Barack Obama's relief at the agreement that could quiet the political crisis over Afghanistan's spoiled election masks his predicament as he weighs an expansion of the unpopular Afghanistan war.
Crown Castle Prices $500 Million Debt Offering
New York Times
Crown Castle International , which owns and operates cell phone towers, said Tuesday it has priced its public offering of $500 million in senior notes due 2019 with an annual interest rate of 7.125 percent.
India, China leaders to meet amid war of words
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India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to meet his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao on Saturday, hoping to douse an escalating verbal duel between the Asian giants centered around their decades-old border dispute.
BNP TV invite stirs race debate
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An appearance by the leader of the British National Party (BNP) on the BBC's top current affairs panel show on Thursday has sparked a fierce debate about how media should cover the rise of the far-right.
Fiat reports 3rd straight quarterly loss
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The Italian automaker Fiat Group SpA has posted its third straight quarterly loss due largely to falling sales of trucks and construction and farm equipment.
Dolphin-hunting film gets mixed reaction in Tokyo
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Viewers expressed mixed reactions Wednesday to "The Cove," a covertly filmed documentary about a Japanese fishing village that hunts dolphins that was shown to the Japanese public for the first time at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
Dems eye insurance industry's antitrust protection
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Top Senate Democrats intend to try to strip the health insurance industry of its exemption from federal antitrust laws as part of the debate over health care, according to congressional officials, the latest evidence of a deepening struggle...
Cadbury Results Put Pressure on Kraft
New York Times
Cadbury beat sales forecasts and raised targets in a bumper third-quarter trading report, pushing up its shares and pressuring suitor Kraft to come up with a bigger bid to win its takeover battle.
