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US home sales fall to 12-year low
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Sales of new US homes declined much more in November than many analysts had expected, raising concerns about the state of the world's largest economy, says BBC News.
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29-12-2007 16:20 / "
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High-fat, high-carb meals more harmful to obese
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Eating a high-fat, high-carb fast food meal produces damaging cellular changes that are greater and longer-lasting in obese people than in normal-weight people, a new study shows, says Reuters.
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29-12-2007 16:18 / "
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Ilsur Metshin: "Frosts will put municipal property to reliability test"
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"The frosts will put the municipal property to reliability test. Let us put our minds to well-coordinated work in the coming holidays. Holidays for us mean mainly harder work and more work," instructed the Kazan Executive Committee the Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin at a staff meeting today.
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29-12-2007 14:15 / "
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Ex-First Republic investors sue Merrill Lynch
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Former First Republic Bank shareholders sued Merrill Lynch & Co on Friday accusing the Wall Street investment bank and brokerage of hiding billions of dollars of losses related to subprime mortgages while the companies' merger was pending.
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29-12-2007 14:11 / "
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Hong Kong to elect leader by 2017
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Hong Kong's chief executive has said Beijing will allow the special region's people to directly elect their leader by 2017 and their legislators by 2020, reports BBC News.
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29-12-2007 14:07 / "
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Kenyan voters oust president
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Challenger Raila Odinga was running almost 20 points ahead of Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki in preliminary election results released Friday, reports UPI.
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29-12-2007 13:49 / "
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Japan`s Fukuda on charm offensive in China
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Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda played a friendly game of catch on his visit to China on Saturday, a symbol of warming ties between the North Asian rivals despite an intractable row over gas resources in disputed waters, reports Reuters.
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29-12-2007 13:33 / "
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Gas pipeline gets 16 bln yuan boost
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PetroChina Co Ltd, the listed arm of China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), and another CNPC subsidiary will invest a combined 16 billion yuan to build a gas pipeline from China to Turkmenistan, says China's Xinhua.
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29-12-2007 13:29 / "
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Interior Ministry: Bhutto killed by sunroof lever
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Interior ministry spokesman Brigadier Javed Cheema said in a news briefing here that Benazir Bhutto was hit by sunroof lever on her right side, which caused her death.
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29-12-2007 13:20 / "
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Milan may bid for Ronaldinho and Zambrotta
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Spanish sports daily Marca believes that AC Milan are weighing up the prospect of a double winter bid for Ronaldinho and Gianluca Zambrotta.
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29-12-2007 13:18 / "
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China to elect new State leaders during meeting scheduled for March 2008
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China is scheduled to elect new State leaders, including the top legislator, the president and vice-president of China, the premier and vice premier, and ministers, at the First Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC), which begins on March 5, 2008, says Xinhua.
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29-12-2007 13:16 / "
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US stocks see red flags heading into new year
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US stocks enter a new year next week on a cautious note, as investors face rising concerns about the economy and a raft of economic data, including the important monthly employment report. Wall Street rapidly pulled the plug on the traditional year-end market rally, AFP.com reports.
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29-12-2007 13:16 / "
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China Central Television to launch Olympic Channel
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China Central Television (CCTV), the country's largest TV network, will change the name of the sports channel from CCTV-5 to the Olympic Channel from January 1 to September 30 next year.
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29-12-2007 13:14 / "
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Pakistan`s Bhutto laid to rest at home town
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Hundreds of thousands of people Friday attended the funeral of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, reports Xinhua.
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29-12-2007 12:54 / "
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RF Agriculture Minister congratulated heads of regions on successful realization of national project
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The Republic of Tatarstan, Dagestan, Bashkortostan, Belgorod, Orenburg, Saratov, Chelyabinsk provinces and also Chuvashia achieved the best results in realization of all target indices of the national project in agro-industrial complex.
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29-12-2007 12:35 / "
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Three Russian athletes may face bans
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Three Russian female athletes could be in hot water after missing a drug's test, Russia Today informs about it. Olesya Bufalova, Tatyana Veshkurova, a European Gold and Silver Medalist, as well as middle distance runner Svetlana Cherkasova were at a Portuguese disco when the officials arrived at their training camp.
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29-12-2007 12:18 / "
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Spanish centre of Kazan State University celebrates its 10th anniversary
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Spanish centre of education and Culture at Kazan State University celebrated it 10th anniversary on December 27.
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29-12-2007 11:28 / "
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Prisoners want stylish pajamas, survey says
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Japanese prisoners dislike their unstylish pajamas, feel their cells are too small and want better meals, a government survey has found. According to Reuters, in a survey of inmates who left prison in the year to March, almost 70 percent of respondents who shared cells with others said they had too little space, while 44 percent of those in solitary confinement said their cells were too small, the justice ministry said in a report issued Wednesday.
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29-12-2007 10:12 / "
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Mitsubishi signs contract to build plant in Kaluga
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Japan's Mitsubishi Motors signed a contract with Russia's economics ministry to invest $200 million in building a plant in the Kaluga Region, rian.ru reported referring to a senior ministry official.
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29-12-2007 09:59 / "
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Alexei Gordeyev congratulated Mintimer Shaimiev on high indices of Tatarstan in agriculture
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RF Minister of Agriculture Alexei Gordeyev congratulated Tatarstan president Mintimer Shaimiev on achieving high indices in the field of agriculture in 2007.
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