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The U.S. first family dashed to the Florida Panhandle on Saturday so President Barack Obama could play pitchman and assure residents his government won't abandon them now that the busted well has stopped spewing oil.
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The taekwondo competition of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games will kick off in Singapore on Aug 15 for a five-day run.
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U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday promised Gulf Coast residents that his government won't abandon them once efforts to stop the oil spill are finished.
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AP - The first family dashed to the Florida Panhandle on Saturday so President Barack Obama could play pitchman — Gulf Coast beaches are clean and open for business — and assure residents his government won't abandon them now that the busted well has stopped spewing oil.
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US actress Julia Roberts, star of Hollywood blockbusters, will receive an award for her movie career at next month's film festival in San Sebastian in northern Spain, organisers said Saturday.Roberts will also attend the film fest to promote her latest movie "Eat Pray Love" by US director Ryan Murphy and co-starring Spanish actor Javier Bardem, which is an official entry in the competition.
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Russia claimed three gold medals at the European swimming championships on Saturday to leapfrog France, Britain and hosts Hungary to first place in the overall medals table.Evgeny Korotyshkin won the 100m butterfly and Stanislav Donets the 200m backstroke on a day rounded off by the Russian quartet claiming gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay.It was also a good day for the Italy team which claimed their first two golds of the competition through Fabio Scozzoli in the men's 50m breast-stroke and Federica Pellegrini in the women's 200m freestyle.
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AP - President Barack Obama says the oil may have stopped flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, but the government's job in tackling the environmental disaster is far from done.
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NEW DELHI (AFP) - India's flagship outsourcing industry reacted angrily Saturday to a new US law tightening security at the Mexico border with measures paid for by steep hikes in American work visa fees.
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India's flagship outsourcing industry reacted angrily Saturday to a new US law tightening security at the Mexico border with measures paid for by steep hikes in American work visa fees.The 600-million-dollar legislation, signed into law Friday by US President Barack Obama, will nearly double visa fees for some Indian information technology workers entering the United States.
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Lebanon has opened a bank account for donations to help modernise its poorly-equipped army, the defence minister said Saturday, two weeks after a deadly border clash between Lebanese and Israeli soldiers."I announce the launching of a fund to support and equip the army," the official news agency NNA quoted Elias Murr as saying.It said the minister and his father, former defence minister Michel Murr, had deposited one billion Lebanese pounds (670,000 dollars) into an account at the central bank.
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Interest rates for 30 year fixed-rate mortgages have fallen to record lows, but consumers can get even better deals -- at smaller banks and credit unions. Find out why. Continue reading Want a Cheaper Mortgage? Go to a Smaller Bank Want a Cheaper Mortgage? Go to a Smaller Bank originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:01:00. Filed Under: JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo & Co, CreditPermalink | Tweet this! | Comments
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An abandoned factory in North Ayrshire is to re-open to produce aerosols, with more than 100 new jobs being created.
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Japan Prime Minister Naoto Kan said on Saturday he would monitor closely the strength of the yen and hinted at holding talks with the central bank chief amid the recent rise of the unit, Jiji Press reported."I want to continue to closely watch" currency market moves, Kan was quoted by Jiji as telling reporters after the dollar hit a 15-year low of 84.73 yen before easing earlier this week.
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TOKYO (AFP) - Japan Prime Minister Naoto Kan said on Saturday he would monitor closely the strength of the yen and hinted at holding talks with the central bank chief amid the recent rise of the unit, Jiji Press reported.
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Host of America's Next Top Model praised a contestant with tiny waist.
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Jim White gives David Beckham something to think about.
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The British government has decided to shut down a 50-year-old "UFO-hunting" unit run by the Ministry of Defense, while the employee whose job it was to collect evidence of extraterrestrial activity has been moved to another department.
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Researchers use new tool to gain valuable clues about the nature of mysterious "dark energy."
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British students are to be offered up to two years at universities abroad amid Government warnings that poor language skills are crippling graduates' job prospects.
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