"More than 7,000 health-care workers will receive an average $9,500 each before Christmas as compensation for being laid off after the B.C. government contracted out their jobs. The payments are part of a $75-million settlement negotiated among the government and health...
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The top U.S. general in Iraq is recommending nearly 8,000 troop cuts in Iraq because of the improving situation there, a source close to the process has told CNN. ...
"Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama gave their opinions today on the current conflict between Russia and Georgia, both expressing their hopes for a cease-fire and a negotiated settlement. "McCain … believes NATO’s North Atlantic Council should convene an...
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Canadians who have a any notion that we are some sort of bastion of civil rights need to stop kidding themselves. Uncer the current Harper regime, Canadians have seen the erosion of civil risghts and core democratic principles. Well we really have no one to blame but...
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"The matriarch of one of Hong Kong's richest corporate dynasties sat down with the city's most notorious crime bosses and negotiated the payment of a HK$600 million ransom for the release of her eldest son, The...
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To meet the power deficit in the country Pakistani government is negotiating for a credit facility to set up the power projects. Government is hoping to eradicated the power woes with new facilities. ...
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There is secret political deal happening in Zimbabwe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai could join Mugabe government as Prime Minister. A plan worked out by South African President Thabo Mbeki has...
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Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai have ruled out any kind of reconcilation with Mugabe government. He also rejected any mediation conducted solely by South Africa's president, Thabo Mbeki, who the...
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I will be accused of damaging the Irish Tourist Industry by including this information on an international web site but I suspect that many tourists have noticed that they are being robbed when they visit the...
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"MANILA, Philippines -- (UPDATE 3) Kidnap for ransom charges will be filed against a town mayor in Sulu and his son who negotiated for the release of a television news team over circumstantial evidence that the two had connived with the Abu Sayyaf group, police officials said...
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"Gordon Brown has negotiated a loophole for Britain to continueusing cluster bombs, despite his declaration of a full ban. The prime minister appeared to reinforce his humanitariancredentials when he dramatically overruled the Ministry of Defence(MoD) in talks at a 109-nation...
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"Digital consumer rights
Sean Whelan, Europe Correspondent, reports that the plea for digital consumer rights is pretty much Jim Murray's last act after 17 years as director of the European Consumer Organisation.
'Do we have to accept that when we take the shrink wrap off a...
"Former Beatle Paul McCartney has offered his estranged wife Heather Mills a divorce settlement of £25 million ($57 million), the Daily Mirror reported today.
Quoting unnamed sources, the tabloid said that McCartney initially offered Mills between £3 million and £5...
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Google is never one to be left behind!"Associated Press
Google Begins Hosting News on Its Site
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE 08.31.07, 5:22 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO -
Internet search leader Google Inc. on Friday began hosting material produced by The Associated Press and three other news...