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Gates backs Ukraine's NATO hopes, yet unrest grows

Defense Secretary Robert Gates and his Ukrainian counterpart acknowledged Wednesday that there is much work to do to overcome the political unrest in Ukraine and its limited public support for the...

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Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, left, is escorted by Macedonia Minister of Defense Zoran Konjanovski through an honor cordon, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008, after arriving in Ohrid, Macedonia. (AP Photo/Pool, Haraz N. Ghanbari)
Home searched in UK investigation of 7/7 bombings

Police say they are searching an apartment in the northern English city of Leeds as part of the investigation into the London bombings on July 7, 2005.

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Volvo Cars to slash more than 3,000 jobs

Ford-owned carmaker Volvo Cars said Wednesday it will slash more than 13 percent of its work force because of falling global demand.

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St. Louis homeless center opens business incubator

A homeless shelter here is going way beyond providing hot meals and a bed for the night. The St. Patrick Center this week opened a new small business incubator and trades training center with a goal...

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Mauritanian protesters beaten back by police

Police fired tear gas and used batons to beat back union activists demanding the reinstatement of Mauritania's deposed president.

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British government steps in to help banks

The British government said Wednesday it would partly nationalize major banks, with taxpayers taking a share stake in a bid to shore up a financial sector that many investors feared could not survive...

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McCain would buy bad homeowner mortgages

John McCain's proposal to buy up bad home mortgages would use nearly half the $700 billion from the recent Wall Street bailout package to assist Americans directly, instead of indirectly by rescuing...

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Iraqi police: Suicide bomber kills 7 in Baqouba

Iraqi police say a suicide bomber has detonated an explosives vest in a city northeast of Baghdad, killing seven people and injuring 20.

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Asian stocks plunge on fears of global recession

A meltdown in confidence strangled Asian stock markets Wednesday on accelerating fears that the widening financial crisis could spawn a global recession.

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Official: Malaysian leader to step down in March

A party official says Malaysia's embattled prime minister will step down in March, four years before his term ends.

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