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Saturday, March 12, 2011
Stocks end higher for the day, lower for the week
NEW YORK --CNNe.ws -- Despite posting decent gains during Friday's session, stocks finished a choppy week of trading lower, as investors remained on edge in the wake of a massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan that have added to concerns over conflict in North Africa and the Middle East.
The Dow and S&P 500 fell mo...
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Ho family ends fight over gambling fortune
CNNe.ws -- A bitter tussle over Stanley Ho's fortune appeared to draw to a close on Thursday when the office of the Macao casino billionaire issued a statement saying that all members of his family had reached "a full and final agreeme...
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Queen and Prince Andrew discuss prince's controversial friend
London --CNNe.ws -- Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Andrew have met to discuss concerns that more revelations could surface about the prince's friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, a U.S. financier who was sentenced to 18 months in prison in 2008 for soliciting a minor for prostitution, according to a royal source who spoke on the condition of ano...
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U.S. mobilizes to get assistance to quake-ravaged Japan
Washington --CNNe.ws -- Humanitarian assistance from the United States began its journey to Japan Friday, as President Barack Obama extended a helping hand to the nation after it was hit by a devastating 8.9-magnitude earthquake and ensuing tsunami.
There are eight warships either near Japan or headed for it. All are attached to the U.S. 7th Fle...
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Japan struggles with nuclear reactors in wake of quake
Tokyo --CNNe.ws -- Crews at a nuclear plant struck by an earthquake, then a tsunami and then an explosion in the span of 36 hours resorted Saturday to flooding a feverish nuclear reactor with sea water in hopes of preventing a meltdown of its core.
An explosion that sent white smoke rising above the Fukushima Daiichi plant Saturday afternoo...
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Christians in Egypt stage protest
Cairo, Egypt --CNNe.ws -- Thousands of Christian Copts in Cairo protested outside the offices of the Egyptian state broadcaster, witnesses said on Friday.
It was the seventh day of protests over what they're calling the "marginalization and lack of represen....
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Wildfires in Oklahoma, Colorado force hundreds to evacuate
(CNNe.ws) -- A series of large grass fires destroyed more than 30 homes Friday in at least three towns in Oklahoma, local and state officials reported, while another blaze raged outside the Colorado city of Boulder.
More than two dozen fires have been reported in several cities across the state, said Michelann Ooten, a spo...
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Rejected Florida rail dollars offered up in bidding process
(CNNe.ws) -- Days after Florida rejected $2.4 billion in federal money for a high-speed rail system, the money is now being offered up to other states in a "merit-driven" competitive bidding process.
U.S. Transportation chief Ray LaHood announced Friday that he is making the money available to states eager to develop high-speed rail corridors, according to an age...
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After 7 years, memory of Madrid train bombings remains powerful
Madrid, Spain (CNNe.ws) -- In advance of the seventh anniversary of the Madrid train bombings, ambulance technician Esther Lopez went back for the first time to the scene where she aided the wounded and transported the bodies of the dead.
There was a feeling of "powerlessness because Madrid's emergency services were overwhel...
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What the Dalai Lama's 'retirement' means
(CNNe.ws) -- The Dalai Lama has announced his intention to relinquish his political responsibilities as head of Tibet's government-in-exile.
He made the announcement during a speech to mark the 52nd anniversary of the failed 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule -- an event which forced him to flee into exile in neighbouring India, where he has lived ever sinc...
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