Reuters - At a modern factory in a city whose main claim to fame is an image of the Virgin Mary revered for granting miracles, Mexican pharmaceuticals firm Grupo Collins churns out antibiotics and other medicines.

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At least 12 people are killed in a suspected suicide car bomb near the Indian embassy in the Afghan capital, Kabul.

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AP - The Obama administration is holding off major decisions that could put its military forces on a firmer war footing in Afghanistan even as doubts grow about whether the United States can win there.

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AP - The interrogator politely apologized for grilling the prisoner about her role in the mass protests over Iran’s disputed presidential election.

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AP - Wall Street looked to plunge at the opening of trading Monday as investors around the world feared that consumers are too anxious to help lift the economy into recovery.

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AP - Hundreds of Beatles fans swarmed Abbey Road on Saturday, singing songs and snarling traffic to mark 40 years since John, Paul, George and Ringo strode across the leafy north London street and into the history books on iconic pop photos.

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BBC News Microsoft to cut prices on Windows 7 system Washington Post By Bill Rigby SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp will sell the standard home-user version of its new Windows 7 operating system for 8 percent less than the comparable version of its Vista system, as the global downturn hits spending on technology.

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Straits Times Fed Trims Two Emergency-Lending Programs, Lets One Expire as … Bloomberg By Michael McKee June 25 (Bloomberg) — The Federal Reserve will let one of its emergency programs expire and trim two others in a sign that improving financial markets allow a first step toward ending its unprecedented interventions.

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CBC.ca Stanford Pleads Not Guilty in Fraud Case New York Times By MAURICIO GUERRERO HOUSTON - R. Allen Stanford, the Texas billionaire accused of running a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, told a federal magistrate on Thursday that he was not guilty of fraud and conspiracy charges

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BBC News Supreme Court Says Child's Rights Violated by Strip Search New York Times By DAVID STOUT WASHINGTON - In a ruling of interest to educators, parents and students across the country, the Supreme Court ruled, 8 to 1, on Thursday that the strip search of a 13-year-old Arizona girl by school officials who were looking for … Supreme Court Rules School's Strip Search of Girl Was Illegal Washington Post Strip search of teen was unconstitutional, Supreme Court rules Los Angeles Times Reuters - CNN - Wall Street Journal - MiamiHerald.com all 494 news articles

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