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Monday, March 2, 2009

A Peugeot Citroen car sits outside a factory in Montbelliard, eastern France in early December. EU leaders struggled to overcome divisions over the increasingly dire economic crisis as protectionism fears and appeals of help from poorer members prompted a warning of a

EU leaders hold economic crisis summit

AFP - 2 hours 43 minutes ago

BRUSSELS (AFP) - - EU leaders struggled on Sunday to overcome divisions over the economic crisis as protectionism fears and appeals of help from poorer members prompted a warning of a "new iron curtain" in Europe. More »

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New UBS chief signals flexibility on tax evasion: reportAFP - Monday, March 2
Hariri tribunal gets underway in The HagueAFP - Monday, March 2
O'Driscoll fights shy of rugby Slam talkAFP - Monday, March 2
Clinton leaves for Mideast, Europe to soothe alliesAFP - Monday, March 2
Medvedev sees no 'dramatic' change in Russia from crisisAFP - Monday, March 2
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Singapore
Zainul Abidin Rasheed to attend conference on Gaza reconstruction
Channel NewsAsia - 1 hour 7 minutes ago
SINGAPORE : Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Zainul Abidin Rasheed will be in Sharm el—Sheikh, Egypt on Monday, to participate in the International Conference in Support of the Palestinian Economy for the Reconstruction of Gaza. More »
- S’porean Sophia Pang selected for expedition to South Pole Channel NewsAsia - Monday, March 2
- Tiger Airways commences flights to Kota Kinabalu Channel NewsAsia - Monday, March 2
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Asia Pacific
Suspected US missiles kill 7 in northwest Pakistan
AP - 1 hour 39 minutes ago
Suspected U.S. missiles killed seven people in a Pakistani Taliban stronghold Sunday, officials said, while an attack on a military convoy and a cleric's two-week deadline for the creation of Islamic courts rattled peace talks with militants elsewhere in the country's northwest. More »
- Official: Artillery kills 10 Sri Lanka civilians AP - 2 hours 2 minutes ago
- Former Indian PM Vajpayee discharged from hospital AP - Monday, March 2
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World
Somali hardliners reject truce offer
AFP - 53 minutes ago
Hardline Islamists in Somalia rejected on Sunday a ceasefire offer which had been accepted by new President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, and vowed to keep up their attacks on government forces. More »
- Falling oil prices stymie Iraq's security spending AP - 1 hour 1 minute ago
- Defense chief says Obama more analytical than Bush AP - 1 hour 9 minutes ago
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Business
Iran says OPEC has no plan to cut production
AP - 1 hour 4 minutes ago
Iran's official news agency says the Iranian Oil Ministry said OPEC would not make any decision to cut production in its March meeting. More »
- Strike averted at Sunoco PA refineries Reuters - 1 hour 13 minutes ago
- Banks, economy to keep bears' grip on stock Reuters - 1 hour 23 minutes ago
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Entertainment
Cinema chain cancels movie over Sydney violence
AP - Monday, March 2
A major Australian cinema chain said Sunday that it would no longer show a critically acclaimed movie about ethnic-Lebanese gangs at its theaters in Sydney after fighting twice broke out during screenings. More »
- Siegfried and Roy in farewell appearance AFP - Monday, March 2
- Famed U.S. broadcaster Paul Harvey dies at age 90 Reuters - Sunday, March 1
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Sports
Football: Stoke fightback stuns Villa as City slackers slump
AFP - 1 hour 8 minutes ago
Aston Villa handed Arsenal a lifeline in their bid to bag a Champions League place as free-spending Manchester City's away day blues worsened in the English Premier League on Sunday. More »
- South Africa make solid start in record bid Reuters - 1 hour 22 minutes ago
- Tennis great Boris Becker to wed girlfriend AP - 1 hour 32 minutes ago
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