Reuters: Sports News:
LAUDERHILL, Florida (Reuters) - The United States qualified for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand with a 27-6 victory over Uruguay on Saturday.
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Stop Global Warming:
If left unchecked, global climate change has the potential to drastically affect our access to fresh water, adequate food, and ample landspace for housing and agriculture. Many experts point to the rapid growth of the world's population in the last hu... (Read More)
Reuters:
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Sixty-five world leaders have confirmed they will attend a U.N. conference in Copenhagen in December that will try to clinch a new global climate deal, and many more are considering, Danish officials said on Sunday.
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Reuters: Science News:
OSLO (Reuters) - The permanent darkness of the ocean depths is home to a far greater range of animals, from luminous jellyfish to tubeworms that live off oil seeping from the seabed, than previously thought, scientists said on Sunday.
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Reuters: Environment:
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark said on Sunday 65 world leaders had agreed to attend a U.N. conference in Copenhagen in December that will try to clinch a new global climate deal.
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Reuters:
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan children returned to school wearing medical face masks on Sunday after a three-week closure ordered by the government to prevent the spread of the H1N1 virus.
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Reuters: Sports News:
MONTE CARLO (Reuters) - Jamaican triple Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt and main sprint rival Tyson Gay have praised the new Diamond League series while declining to say where they would clash in 2010 on the 14-meeting series.
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Reuters:
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's famous white glove sold for $350,000 at a memorabilia auction on Saturday, soaring far past pre-sale estimates, while a black jacket he wore during a 1989 world tour fetched $225,000.
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CNN:
Tens of thousands of people, government protesters and supporters alike, demonstrated Saturday in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua.
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Reuters: Mergers News:
SEOUL, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Hana Financial Group ,
South Korea's No. 4 banking group, expects its 2009 net profit
at 300 billion-350 billion won ($259 million-$302 million) and
will grow aggressively in China and Indonesia, its executives
said.
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Reuters: Mergers News:
MUMBAI, Nov 22 (Reuters) - India's Reliance Industries
is offering about $12 billion to buy a controlling
interest in bankrupt chemical company LyondellBasell Industries
[ACCEIN.UL] to create one of the largest petrochemical firm in
the world, two sources with direct knowledge of the deal said.
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Reuters:
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka president Mahinda Rajapaksa will announce a date for early national elections on Monday, a senior government official said.
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Reuters:
KARACHI, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)
chairman Ejaz Butt wants to see troubled former captain Younus
Khan return to international cricket for the next month's tour
of Australia.
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Reuters:
KABUL (Reuters) - A rocket hit the outside wall of the luxury Serena hotel in Kabul on Saturday, wounding four people, including two boys, a health ministry official said.
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Reuters:
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Two Pakistan cabinet ministers could face prosecution on corruption charges after a graft amnesty introduced in 2007 expires next week, a government list of possible defendants showed on Saturday.
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