» Wal-Mart sacks technician for unauthorized phone tapping
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Caron Armande | Published on :
07:27:01EST
Tue, 06 Mar 2007
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. revealed Monday it has sacked a systems technician and his supervisor for intercepting text messages of people who were not its employees and for recording telephone conversations between the company's public relations executives and a reporter of the New York Times without authorization.
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» Columnist's remarks bring ire from both Democrats and Republicans
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Kavindra Rani | Published on :
04:33:00EST
Tue, 06 Mar 2007
U.S. conservative columnist Ann Coulter, who drew ire from both the Republicans and Democrats for her use of a derogatory term to refer to Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards, hit back at critics claiming the word ''faggot'' which she used does not constitute anything offensive to the gay community.
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» 6.3 quake jolts western Indonesia; shock waves felt in Malaysia, Singapore
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Kavindra Rani | Published on :
04:09:01EST
Tue, 06 Mar 2007
JAKARTA: A powerful quake rocked western parts of Indonesia today sending people running out of their homes and buildings. The quake measured 6.3 on the Richter scale at its epicenter and the authorities said some structures in southern Sumatra were damaged killing at least 50 people,a local TV station reported.
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» East Timor continues to be tense after violent demonstrations
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Archibald Freeman | Published on :
02:45:00EST
Tue, 06 Mar 2007
East Timor's capital of Dili is tense Tuesday following demonstrations by the supporters of rebel leader Alfredo Reinado, who went on a rampage in protest against a raid by the troops belonging to an international force maintaining law and order in the country at a hideout of their leader.
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» Rats make merry at Taco Bell outlet in New York
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Caron Armande | Published on :
13:45:00EST
Sat, 24 Feb 2007
NEW YORK - First E.coli and now rats. Just when it looked that things were returning to normal at the various KFC-Taco Bell restaurants, a TV crew has filmed rats running amok at one of the outlets in Greenwich Village.
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» The New Orleans spirit is missing from this year's Mardi Gras celebrations
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Jun Shen | Published on :
09:42:00EST
Tue, 20 Feb 2007
The traditional Mardi Gras celebrations were a mute affair this year in New Orleans, still reeling under the impact of Hurricane Katrina that devastated the city in August 2005, killing nearly 1,800 people. There were beads, bacchanalia and The Sopranos but the enthusiasm was clearly missing, according to many participants in the festival celebrations.
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» North Korea agrees to disarmament
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Waddah Yaman | Published on :
09:18:00EST
Tue, 13 Feb 2007
BEIJING - In a massive breakthrough in the nuclear impasse between North Korea and her neighbors, it was announced that the former had agreed in principle to freeze the work on a nuclear reactor and also allow inspections on the site.
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» Blair's rigid stand on resignation irks several Labour leaders
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Kavindra Rani | Published on :
07:33:01EST
Mon, 05 Feb 2007
Prime minister Tony Blair's insistence that he does not intend to announce a date of his stepping down in the wake of the heightened inquiry into the cash-for-honors scam, has irked several Labour Party leaders.
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» Concern over birds as oil pumping is hindered
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Paul Robinson | Published on :
07:18:00EST
Tue, 23 Jan 2007
LONDON - Around 300 birds are believed to be in danger as the oil slick off the stricken cargo ship MSC Napoli is believed to have completely covered them. Scientists as well as environmentalists have expressed concern as many dead birds were found along the coastline.
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