Sen. Kennedy to have cancer surgery
June 02, 2008 08:12 AM ET
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sen. Edward Kennedy, a leading Democrat
and patriarch of a prominent U.S. political dynasty, said he
would undergo surgery on Monday for treatment of a brain tumor
diagnosed last month.
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Wachovia ousts CEO Thompson after losses mount
June 02, 2008 09:11 AM ET
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BANGALORE (Reuters) - Wachovia Corp said on Monday it ousted
Ken Thompson as chief executive of the fourth-largest U.S. bank,
in the wake of mounting legal and regulatory troubles and an
ill-fated purchase of a big mortgage lender as the nation's
housing boom was about to go bust.
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Clinton wins, but Obama closer to nomination
June 02, 2008 08:56 AM ET
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton won the Democratic nominating
contest in Puerto Rico on Sunday, but still badly trails front-runner
Barack Obama as he draws closer to clinching the party's presidential
race.
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IAEA to visit Syria to probe atom reactor claim
June 02, 2008 08:20 AM ET
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VIENNA (Reuters) - A U.N. nuclear watchdog team will visit Syria
from June 22-24 to pursue an investigation into U.S. intelligence
alleging that Damascus secretly built an atomic reactor, the
agency's chief said on Monday.
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Car bomb kills 6 at Danish embassy in Pakistan
June 02, 2008 09:07 AM ET
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A suspected suicide bomber blew up a car
outside the Danish embassy in the Pakistani capital on Monday,
killing six people and wounding 25, government officials said.
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Soaring prices compound Myanmar's cyclone misery
June 02, 2008 08:40 AM ET
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YANGON (Reuters) - A large "Happy World" sign hangs above a dilapidated
food market in Yangon, but on the streets shoppers are far from
content.
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"Confident" China rules out post-quake epidemics
June 02, 2008 06:45 AM ET
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YONGAN, China (Reuters) - Chin said on Monday it could guarantee
there would be no epidemics in the earthquake zone, while some
survivors complained their farmland was being bulldozed to make
way for temporary housing.
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Actress Tatum O'Neal arrested on drug charge
June 02, 2008 09:32 AM ET
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oscar-winner Tatum O'Neal, the former child
actress who chronicled her struggles with addiction in a 2004
memoir, was arrested on suspicion of buying drugs on the streets
of New York City on Sunday, police said on Monday.
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French fashion king Yves Saint Laurent dies
June 02, 2008 09:21 AM ET
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PARIS (Reuters) - French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent
has died at the age of 71, hailed as a 20th century cultural
innovator who revolutionized the way women dressed.
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Fire destroys buildings at Universal Studios in LA
June 02, 2008 08:21 AM ET
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A fire roared through part of Universal
Studios film and TV studio on Sunday, damaging well-known movie
sets and a popular "King Kong" attraction before being brought
largely under control after 12 hours, fire officials said.
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