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July U.S. auto sales up; Ford, General Motors in focus

The sales increase for Ford was lower than than some of the more bullish analysts had forecast and the automaker’s shares dropped as much as 2.9 …
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Ex-top cop in South Africa gets 15 years in prison

Jackie Selebi, 60, was convicted in July after a nation beset by violent crime heard months of testimony about its top cop going on designer shopping …
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Number of Americans drinking hits 25 year high

People who imbibe tend to be more educated and wealthier than those who abstain, the Gallup telephone survey showed. Sixty-seven percent of the 1,020 …
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Update: Protesters in Poland block cross from being moved

About 20 demonstrators stood in front of the wooden cross, pleading with priests who were supposed to move it to the nearby St. Anne’s Church. They …
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German car exports up 6 percent in July

German automakers exported 312,400 cars last month, a 6 percent increase compared with July 2009, the VDA group said. For the first seven months of …
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Rebel lawmakers set to abstain from Italy vote

MPs loyal to parliament speaker Gianfranco Fini, who broke with Berlusconi last week, said after talks with centrist opposition parties that they …
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Christmas comes but once a year – in August

Selfridge’s in Oxford Street has opened its Christmas shop, displaying a seasonal array of baubles, festive ornaments, Christmas trees and tinsel — …
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Deadly flooding spreads to Pakistan’s heartland

Relief work for some 3.2 million people has been delayed by swamped roads, washed-out bridges and downed communication lines, and survivors have …
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Some Belgians criticize World Cup bid

The leader of the LDD party and a top socialist politician both questioned whether FIFA should be granted tax-free status during the World Cup and be …
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Bulgarian 3.4 million euro lottery goes unclaimed

They say there will be no pay out after a 45-day deadline to claim the cash prize expired Tuesday. Lottery chief Ivo Tonev says half the money will …
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Democrats declare swamp of corruption drained

"Drain the swamp we did, because this was a terrible place," Speaker Nancy Pelosi said last week of the Republican rule in the House that ended in …
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Clashes in Pakistan’s Karachi kill at least 34

The southern city of more than 16 million has a history of political, ethnic and religious violence, and has long been a hide-out for al-Qaida and …
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China setting milestone as economy passes Japan’s

By some measures it has already moved to second place after the U.S. in total economic output — a milestone that would underline a pre-eminence not …
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The Christian Science Monitor: Experts say monkeys hate flying squirrels

This riled-up response is probably just a false alarm, with the monkeys mistaking the squirrel for a predatory bird. On the other hand, male …
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Space station breakdown has engineers scrambling

The weekend malfunction knocked out half of the space station’s cooling system, forcing the crew of six to turn off unnecessary equipment and halt …
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Surge in wheat prices continues in August

Wheat prices soared 42 percent in July, the biggest monthly gain in at least 51 years, as a severe Russian drought destroyed one-fifth of Russia’s …
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European Union decides not to renew Guinea-Bissau mission

The existing mission was launched in June 2008 to try and bring stability to a nation that has endured years of political turmoil and is now riddled …
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Troops kill 7 protesters in Indian-ruled Kashmir

More than 60 protesters and almost 70 government forces were injured on one of the worst days in nearly two months of violent clashes between troops …
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