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new polls give obama economic edge | Generate a short summary: a flurry of new polls in vital white house battlegrounds tuesday showed democrat barack obama getting a clear boost from the financial crisis as voters blame republicans for the meltdown . | giga |
brazil s top court orders prominent financier released from jail | Generate a short summary: a prominent financier netted in a crackdown on financial crimes must be released from jail , brazil 's supreme court ruled on thursday . | giga |
swiss abb ekran to sign bakun dam deal next week | Generate a short summary: malaysia 's ekran bhd. is sign a major contract with swiss-based abb asea brown boveri ag for construction of the massive bakun dam next week after a one month delay due to legal problems , officials said wednesday . | giga |
european aerospace boss says drone shows europe us can work together | Generate a short summary: the example of the pilotless drone aircraft UNK shows europe and the united states can work together , a senior european aerospace executive said in an interview to be published saturday in the french newspaper le figaro . | giga |
survivor 's amber learns from error | Generate a short summary: amber UNK admitted her biggest mistake on `` survivor : the australian outback '' was making friends with her competitors . | giga |
chad cameroon presidents inaugurate atlantic oil pipeline terminal | Generate a short summary: cameroon president paul biya and his chadian counterpart idriss deby were set to inaugurate here saturday the offshore terminal of an oil pipeline linking southern chad to the atlantic . | giga |
with india-pakistan south asian countries to combat trafficking in women children | Generate a short summary: leaders of the seven south asian countries pledged saturday to join forces and fight cross border trafficking of women who end up in brothels as far away as the middle east . | giga |
eritrea to get comesa 's road transport | Generate a short summary: eritrea is to obtain yellow card and road transport facilitation within the common market for eastern and southern africa -lrb- comesa -rrb- . | giga |
sweden wins carlsberg cup hk lunar new year soccer meet | Generate a short summary: sweden won a hard-fought battle against japan to take the ##,### u.s. dollars carlsberg cup lunar new year soccer tournament here tonight . | giga |
helicopter crashes in tajikistan # killed | Generate a short summary: a mi-# helicopter crashed in tajikistan friday , killing four of its passengers , the itar-tass news agency reported . | giga |
georgian hammers away at global housing problems | Generate a short summary: the founder of the georgia-based habitat for humanity housing organization urged global experts on cities thursday to adapt the `` theology of the hammer '' to provide housing for people . | giga |
nigeria to prioritize technical education | Generate a short summary: the nigerian government is to lay emphasis on technical education to reduce the number of unemployed college and university graduates in the country , said education minister UNK UNK in abuja on friday . | giga |
south korea claimed of bias for banning four thai referees before asiad | Generate a short summary: the angry thai delegation claimed that bias by the host country emerged again after the thai team arrived in busan for the asian games to discover four thai referees had been banned from the competition , the nation newspaper reported friday . | giga |
french media giant takes over us film monthly | Generate a short summary: france 's UNK presse company , part of the hachette media giant , on monday took control of the us cinema monthly premiere , the company said here . | giga |
german canadian to head nato mission in afghanistan | Generate a short summary: a german commander , lieutenant-general goetz UNK , has been appointed to head a peacekeeping mission in afghanistan when nato takes over in august , military officials said wednesday . | giga |
china targets web sites internet cafes in crackdown on juvenile crime | Generate a short summary: china has targeted illegal web sites , computer markets and internet cafes as part of a wide-ranging crackdown on juvenile crime , state media reported tuesday . | giga |
philly to study police discipline | Generate a short summary: the mayor launched an investigation tuesday into police discipline in the wake of allegations of a cover-up of a commander 's alcohol-related traffic accident . | giga |
brazilian government roche reach drug price-cut agreement | Generate a short summary: brazilian authorities and the swiss pharmaceuticals firm roche reached an agreement on reducing the price of the company 's anti-aids drug , brazilian health minister jose serra said friday . | giga |
giants play giveaway with big lead | Generate a short summary: barry bonds thought his only job wednesday night was watching the san francisco giants blow a five-run lead in a #-# loss to the dodgers . | giga |
copyright piracy a concern as china trade opens up | Generate a short summary: the chinese government has promised long and loud to protect intellectual property rights as a member of the global trade world . | giga |
more evangelicals endorsing miers for the supreme court | Generate a short summary: though divisions remain , a growing number of influential evangelical christian leaders seem willing to give president bush the benefit of the doubt in his nomination of harriet miers to the supreme court and take a chance on a woman who lacks a judicial track record on UNK issues but shares their faith . | giga |
un chief to visit uae south asia next week | Generate a short summary: un chief ban ki-moon is to pay official visits to the united arab emirates and pakistan next week before attending a development conference in india , his press office said thursday . | giga |
in bingo thrall drug running and jail time | Generate a short summary: playing bingo might seem a more likely pastime for a grandmother than running drugs , but a jury found that leticia UNK did one so she could afford to do the other . | giga |
uae malawi to establish diplomatic relations | Generate a short summary: the united arab emirates -lrb- uae -rrb- and malawi will establish ambassadorial-level diplomatic relations wednesday . | giga |
russia 's economics chief blasts loans-for-shares deals | Generate a short summary: russia 's newly appointed economic policy chief on friday blasted last year 's controversial UNK privatization deals for failing to help the struggling companies involved . | giga |
sweden s volvo says it will see a one-time gain of ### million kronor | Generate a short summary: swedish truckmaker volvo ab said friday it expects to see a one-time gain of ### million kronor -lrb- us$ ##.# million ; euro## million -rrb- in the third quarter after reevaluating the tax liabilities of its mack trucks business . | giga |
thousands protest in greece in new anti-austerity general strike | Generate a short summary: tens of thousands of greeks demonstrated in athens and other cities on thursday in the second general strike this month against a debt-dictated pension reform and government spending cuts . | giga |
perry looking forward to woods return | Generate a short summary: kenny perry will give tiger woods a warm welcome when he returns from his self-imposed absence from golf . | giga |
rising oil emission costs dent greek public utility profit | Generate a short summary: greece 's state-run public power corporation -lrb- ppc -rrb- on tuesday reported a ##.#-percent fall in net income in the first half of #### despite posting a #.#-percent increase in revenue . | giga |
supreme court justice to retire obama gets new pick | Generate a short summary: us supreme court justice john paul stevens said friday he will retire in june , giving president barack obama a chance to make his second pick in two years to the key nine-member bench . | giga |
chief ramos aide meets moslem rebel chief | Generate a short summary: president fidel ramos ' chief aide held unannounced talks with the top leader of the moslem insurgency in the southern philippines last weekend in an attempt to speed up peace negotiations , government officials said monday . | giga |
top colts pick makes impression | Generate a short summary: first-round draft pick reggie wayne made a quick impression on peyton manning during the indianapolis colts ' three-day minicamp . | giga |
un official says bosnian serbs should drop charges against muslims | Generate a short summary: a senior u.n. official said tuesday that bosnian serb authorities should drop charges against three muslim survivors of the alleged srebrenica massacre who were sentenced to a total of ## years in prison for murder . | giga |
sri lankan ruling party suspends membership of five members | Generate a short summary: the working committee of sri lanka ruling united national party -lrb- unp -rrb- led by prime minister ranil wickremesinghe on monday unanimously decided to suspend five of their members from the party membership temporarily for indulging in unlawful activities , the daily news said on tuesday . | giga |
who team in guangdong as sars toll mounts | Generate a short summary: as the death toll from the sars virus mounted , a team of un infectious disease experts began an investigation on thursday into the original outbreak of the mysterious illness in southern china . | giga |
u.n. council hopes talks with iraq successful | Generate a short summary: the u.n. security council hopes that the talks between the u.n. and iraq on oil-for-food plan will be serious and successful , council president madeleine albright said here today . | giga |
british fans without tickets again urged to stay home | Generate a short summary: britain 's home secretary jack straw has again urged ticketless scottish and english fans to stay away from this summer 's world cup in france . | giga |
shootout kills # wounds # in cancun mexico | Generate a short summary: a shootout between heavily armed gunmen and police in downtown cancun killed one person and wounded four , officials said . | giga |
malaysia 's key stock index closes #.# percent up | Generate a short summary: malaysia 's key stock index ended friday #.# percent higher as investors nibbled at telekom malaysia bhd. and selected blue chips , brokers said . | giga |
research firm optimistic about philippine economy | Generate a short summary: merrill lynch , an international research firm , today expressed optimism about the philippines ' economic growth in the coming years thanks to expanding exports and investments . | giga |
paraguay venezuela win world cup qualifiers | Generate a short summary: paraguay jumped into first place in the south american world cup qualifying group after beating chile #-# while venezuela came back with two late goals to top bolivia #-# . | giga |
eu court rules illegal a german law that shields volkswagen from takeovers | Generate a short summary: the eu 's highest court on tuesday struck down a german law shielding car maker volkswagen ag from foreign takeovers , saying it violated the european union 's UNK principles . | giga |
china unexpectedly frees tibetan music scholar jailed for spying | Generate a short summary: a jailed tibetan music scholar whose case attracted wide attention in the west has arrived in the united states after being unexpectedly released by chinese authorities , a human rights activist said on monday . | giga |
us is toughening scrutiny of deepwater drilling | Generate a short summary: the government said monday it is toughening environmental reviews for all new deepwater oil drilling , ending an easy path to oil riches that allowed bp to drill its blown-out well in the gulf of mexico with little federal scrutiny . | giga |
five girls killed in delhi school stampede | Generate a short summary: five girls were killed and at least ## other students injured on thursday in a stampede at a secondary school in the indian capital new delhi , sparking angry protests from distraught parents . | giga |
poland believes iraq will have functioning security force within six months | Generate a short summary: poland 's defense minister said thursday that he expects iraq will have functioning security forces within six months which will need only occasionally to call on coalition forces for help . | giga |
myanmar agrees to let aid workers but not military ships into cyclone-ravaged delta | Generate a short summary: myanmar 's ruling junta has said it will allow emergency workers and civilian vessels into the cyclone-ravaged irrawaddy delta but refuses to relent on letting aid-laden u.s. , french and british warships dock . | giga |
german jobless rate surprisingly drops in march | Generate a short summary: german unemployment rate unexpectedly dipped to #.# percent in march , marking its largest decline since august #### , the federal labor agency said wednesday , confirming the country 's gradual recovery . | giga |
suspects arrested after bank standoff involved in recent robbery venezuela police say | Generate a short summary: four gunmen arrested following a tense daylong hostage standoff at a venezuelan bank are leaders of a gang that allegedly stole us$ ##,### -lrb- euro## ,### -rrb- from another bank two weeks ago , a federal police commissioner said wednesday . | giga |
panamanian leaders attach importance to roc ties says roc premier | Generate a short summary: republic of china premier vincent siew said on monday that new panamanian president mireya moscoso and her government attach much importance to the close relationship between the roc and panama . | giga |
haiti examines claim it was aids stepping stone | Generate a short summary: as the world marks aids day on saturday , haitian scientists are assessing a claim that the impoverished country was a stepping stone in the global spread of the deadly disease . | giga |
students stage anti-government protests in khartoum | Generate a short summary: sudanese police opened fire with live ammunition and tear gas on some #,### students holding anti-government demonstrations in the main streets of khartoum on monday , injuring ## , an egyptian newspaper said . | giga |
new yangtze river bridge planned near UNK mountains | Generate a short summary: a new bridge will soon be built spanning the yangtze river in the south of the dabie mountains , an old red army base bordering central china 's hubei and anhui provinces . | giga |
israeli terror victims to seek say at world court barrier hearing | Generate a short summary: relatives of israelis killed in palestinian attacks are to travel to the netherlands to demonstrate when the world court starts a hearing about the legality of an israeli barrier around and in the west bank , their representatives said wednesday . | giga |
parent of victim in oj simpson murder trial loses bid for image rights | Generate a short summary: the father of one of the victims in the oj simpson murder trial on thursday lost a legal bid to win control of the disgraced former american football star 's image rights . | giga |
fugitive banker says gave dlrs ## million to political campaigns | Generate a short summary: a fugitive mexican banker fighting extradition from australia says he contributed dlrs ## million to governing party political campaigns in mexico in #### , the miami herald reported saturday . | giga |
ec proposes tougher anti-pollution rules for paints diesel engines | Generate a short summary: the european commission -lrb- ec -rrb- , the executive arm of the european union -lrb- eu -rrb- , on tuesday presented new regulations to reduce pollution from paints and varnishes and from diesel engines . | giga |
world bank supports fiscal reform in brazil | Generate a short summary: the world bank approved a loan of ###.## million u.s. dollars thursday to support brazil 's new and far-reaching program of fiscal reform covering fiscal sustainability , expenditure management and debt management . | giga |
republican fred thompson quits us presidential race | Generate a short summary: republican fred thompson , the actor-politician who attracted more attention as a potential u.s. presidential candidate than as a real one , quit the race for the white house on tuesday after a string of poor finishes in early-voting primary and caucus states . | giga |
two political neophytes take top jobs in colombia 's government during cabinet shakeup | Generate a short summary: two businessmen with little political experience took top jobs monday in president alvaro uribe 's cabinet , replacing one member who clashed with congress and another who was abruptly ousted without explanation . | giga |
us says full effort underway to get iraqi water power up and running | Generate a short summary: the us administration running post-war iraq said saturday it was working hard to restore the nation 's infrastructure amid mounting anger over the slow progress so far . | giga |
indian shares fell #.## pct | Generate a short summary: indian shares fell #.## percent on friday as investors locked in gains ahead of the release of an economic stimulus package expected from india 's government and central bank this weekend , dealers said . | giga |
cardinals outfielder ray UNK named nl player of the week | Generate a short summary: st. louis cardinals center fielder ray lankford was named national league player of the week . | giga |
uganda to get UNK bus assembly plant | Generate a short summary: the ugandan local authorities in conjunction with a bus manufacturer will soon launch a vehicle assembly plant worth four million u.s. dollars . | giga |
aol withdraws takeover bid for swedish online marketer tradedoubler | Generate a short summary: aol inc. said thursday it has withdrawn its cash offer for swedish online marketing specialist tradedoubler ab because it had not acquired enough shares by the bid deadline . | giga |
ancient greek temple to cat goddess found in alexandria | Generate a short summary: egyptian archaeologists have unearthed the remains of an ancient greek temple dedicated to egyptian cat goddess UNK in the mediterranean city of alexandria , the antiquities department said tuesday . | giga |
former u.s. deputy secretary of state to visit taiwan | Generate a short summary: former u.s. deputy secretary of state richard armitage is scheduled to arrive in taiwan march # to visit various officials , including president chen shui-bian and former president lee teng-hui , republic of china representative to the united states david lee said sunday . | giga |
ioc allows aussie kangaroo flag to stay in village | Generate a short summary: australia wo n't have to take down its giant `` boxing kangaroo flag '' from the athletes ' village for the vancouver olympics . | giga |
pope john paul ii prays for peace in wake of attacks on afghanistan | Generate a short summary: pope john paul ii offered a prayer for peace on monday , the day after u.s. and british forces attacked afghanistan . | giga |
# candidates with # plans but one deficit | Generate a short summary: the republican and democratic presidential candidates differ strikingly in their approaches to taxes and spending , but their fiscal plans have at least one thing in common : each could significantly swell the budget deficit and increase the national debt by trillions of dollars , according to tax and budget experts . | giga |
citing interference from government forces head of italian state tv board steps down | Generate a short summary: the head of italian state tv 's board of directors quit her post tuesday , alleging that forces loyal to premier silvio berlusconi 's government were trying to control the broadcaster . | giga |
man sets himself alight in front of presidential office | Generate a short summary: a man who immolated himself in front of the presidential office tuesday was rushed to hospital and later declared in satisfactory condition , the public affairs department of the presidential office said . | giga |
vivendi 's chairman defends himself after outrage over remarks on french cinema | Generate a short summary: the plot is classic : hollywood blockbusters vs. french cinema . | giga |
forensic examination of smolensk victims completed | Generate a short summary: russia has concluded all forensic examination procedures of the victims killed in the air catastrophe near smolensk , said health and social development minister tatyana golikova on monday . | giga |
nigeria earmarks $ ## million for vaccines to | Generate a short summary: the nigerian government has earmarked four billion naira -lrb- about ## million u.s. dollars -rrb- for the local production of vaccine to eradicate childhood diseases in the country . | giga |
hong kong share prices mixed as profit-taking trims early gains | Generate a short summary: share prices closed mixed on the hong kong stock exchange wednesday amid uncertainty following the overnight decision to hold u.s. interest rates at current levels . | giga |
virginia henderson pioneer in nursing ## | Generate a short summary: virginia henderson , who took a temporary job caring for world war i wounded and ended up helping to elevate nursing into a respected independent profession as a renowned researcher , teacher and scholar , died tuesday at a hospice in branford , conn. . | giga |
suddenly glimmers of hope for '## senate democrats | Generate a short summary: it 's an article of faith that democrats face disaster in next year 's senate races . | giga |
autopsy results expected on yale grad student | Generate a short summary: officials say they will release later tuesday the results of an autopsy of a yale university graduate student whose body was found in a laboratory building , amid indications that police were preparing to make an arrest in her killing . | giga |
israel to ease west bank movement restrictions | Generate a short summary: israel 's military announced monday it plans to further ease restrictions on palestinian travel in the west bank , delivering what appeared to be a first in a series of gestures requested by the u.s. as part of renewed peace talks . | giga |
chilean judge says pinochet is fit for trial | Generate a short summary: a chilean judge ruled on monday that gen. augusto pinochet was competent to stand trial for human rights abuses that occurred during his nearly ## years as chile 's ruler and immediately charged him with nine counts of kidnapping and one of murder . | giga |
niners owens breaks collarbone against eagles | Generate a short summary: terrell owens may have played his last game with the san francisco ##ers . | giga |
china moves to ratify rights pact | Generate a short summary: chinese leaders told u.n. secretary-general kofi annan that china aims to ratify a key international human rights pact in the next # #\/# months , annan 's spokeswoman said monday . | giga |
u.s. official asked to probe marine delays in delivering blast-resistant trucks lasers | Generate a short summary: an investigation into allegations the u.s. marine corps delayed sending blast-resistant trucks to iraq also will examine whether the marines were negligent in delivering a laser to divert drivers and people from checkpoints and convoys , according to a memo obtained by the associated press . | giga |
dr. kevorkian acquitted for the fifth time | Generate a short summary: a michigan jury acquitted dr. jack kevorkian of criminal charges last week for his role in helping two chronically ill women take their lives in october #### . | giga |
foreign exchange rates in hong kong may ## | Generate a short summary: hong kong 's overall consumer prices rose #.# percent in april over the same month last year , the census & statistics department announced on thursday . | giga |
facts and figures about beijing olympics opening ceremony | Generate a short summary: the ##th summer olympic games opened in beijing on friday night . | giga |
as obama toughens campaign persona clinton softens hers | Generate a short summary: des moines - in their last-minute efforts to reach out to voters , hillary clinton and barack obama have reversed their appeals . | giga |
indians beat atlanta in ## innings cut deficit to #-# | Generate a short summary: it all came back to the cleveland indians tuesday night , just in time to make the world series a contest . | giga |
military continues push into tamil rebel territory | Generate a short summary: thousands of government soldiers , supported by warplanes , tanks and artillery , continued their drive friday into tamil rebel territory in northern sri lanka , military officials said . | giga |
italian parliament split over contested election | Generate a short summary: several italian deputies got into a fistfight wednesday after parliament overwhelmingly voted to uphold the election results of a contested race involving a deputy from the far-left reformed communist party . | giga |
insurance program against pig death to be expanded | Generate a short summary: the council of agriculture -lrb- coa -rrb- will expand an insurance program against pig death this year in a bid to reduce the possibility of pig farmers selling pigs dying of illness for human consumption , officials said tuesday . | giga |
forensics team may erase doubt in '## strangler case | Generate a short summary: relatives of the self-confessed boston strangler and the woman called his last victim may finally see decades of doubt disappear thursday when a team of forensic scientists details the results of its examination into the #### murder of mary sullivan . | giga |
oil prices slump to fresh four-year low in london | Generate a short summary: world oil prices tumbled on wednesday to strike a four-year low point in london in volatile pre-christmas trade as economic gloom weighed on the market , analysts said . | giga |
kuwait exchange signs supply deal with nasdaq omx | Generate a short summary: stock exchange operator nasdaq omx group says it has signed a deal to supply trading technology and advise the kuwait stock exchange as it tries to boost its profile in a wealthy region crowded with rival stock markets . | giga |
thai stock market edges down #.## percent | Generate a short summary: the thai stock market fell #.## percent monday as investors took profits in light trade following generally positive banking sector second quarter results , dealers said . | giga |
rams tickets begging for takers | Generate a short summary: flowery branch , ga. - falcons coach dan reeves , begging fans to come to sunday 's game against the nfc west-leading st. louis rams , said monday , `` i 'll get down on my knees if you want me to . | giga |
consensus grows but questions remain on how to deal with iran | Generate a short summary: a growing number of countries are backing moves to contain iran 's nuclear ambitions . | giga |
german first division soccer league standings | Generate a short summary: china 's two flagship oil companies have begun reforms to consolidate their hold on the domestic sales market , and by doing so will cast the first oil safety line to fend off risks brought about by the opening-up of china 's oil market . | giga |
nancy reagan 's second act | Generate a short summary: nancy reagan has aged , but she 's also grown . | giga |