Russian news agencies state Pres Putin visits military unit in violence
MSN UK News - President Vladimir Putin on Monday visited a military unit in an area where fighting in 1999 led to the Chechnya war that first propelled him to popularity, Russian news agencies reported. Putin’s surprise trip to the mountains of the violence

The hour’s top Asian news from The Associated Press
MSN UK News - Asian markets jump: Japan’s Nikkei up 2.7 pct, Shanghai surges 8.1 pct, India’s Sensex up 2.29 percent, The civil war that tore through the West African nation for more than a decade left a brutal legacy in its wake. MSN UK News meets some of the

PBS airs true story of enslaved nobility
Detroit News - PBS airs true story of enslaved nobility Mekeisha Madden Toby / Detroit News Television Writer The year is 1788 and a slave ship is setting sail from Gambia, West Africa, its berth laden with profitable but highly perishable human cargo — hundreds

Md. Scout Held Without Bail in Killings
Forbes - Nicholas had not been getting along with his father, police said in a news release, but investigators offered no other details. There was no sign of a confrontation Friday at the house, police stated. Silverman said he’d been retained by the teen, who

News Corp. Might Post Higher Sales on Cable, MySpace (Update1)
Bloomberg - Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) — News Corp., the media company controlled by Rupert Murdoch, may report higher second-quarter sales this day, helped by the Fox News cable-television channel, the MySpace Web site and Sky Italia satellite TV. Sales probably

Thomas S. Monson named 16th president of Mormon church; succeeds
Chicago Sun-Times - It’s not difficult because he blazed the trail,” Monson said at a news conference. ”I worked with him for so long — 44 years. We knew each other so well. I knew and testify afresh that he was the Lord’s prophet.” Monson named as his two top

News Analysis: What’s behind Chad crisis
Xinhua News Agency - YAOUNDE, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) — Thousands of civilians fled Chad’s capital N’Djamena on Monday after armed rebels pulled back from the city, following two days of fierce fighting in an attempt to overthrow President Idriss Deby. The heavy fighting broke

IN THE NEWS / Ex-cameraman telling long story of immigrants
Daily Yomiuri On-Line - KOFU–Rakushi Hojo is putting the finishing touches on a long story–610.5 meters long, to be precise. The former motion picture cameraman has almost completed 33 picture scrolls, measuring 56 centimeters tall and stretch end to end for 610.5 meters, that

FOREX-Dollar mixed ahead of central bank meetings
Forbes - Unless we see really negative news or stocks plunging, people will still favor carry trades.” EURO BEARS AWAKENING? Since the credit crisis flared up last summer, European Central Bank officials have kept their focus on containing inflation and played

Karl Rove Joins FOX News
Forbes - Karl Rove, Senior Advisor and former Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush, has joined FOX News as a contributor. Rove will make his debut during Fox News Channel’s (FNC) live primetime coverage of Super Tuesday on February 5th. At the

Far-Left Attack on FOX News Fails
FOX News - Take a good look at this man. He’s Hollywood director Robert Greenwald, a fanatical leftist who is obsessed with FOX News. Greenwald directed the absurdly dishonest “Outfoxed” documentary. A few days ago, Greenwald announced that he would assemble

Candela Announces Breaking News at AAD
Forbes - Candela Corporation (NASDAQ: CLZR) reports findings of six recently published, peer-reviewed studies in which Candela’s Vbeam(R) Perfecta and GentleLASE(R) were highlighted. The studies for the Vbeam Perfecta tested the effectiveness and safety for

News Blog: Posts by Dawn Kawamoto
CNET News - since we talked to you this morning, there’s been a lot of media coverage and industry chatter about microsoft’s unsolicited proposal to acquire yahoo!. we know you’ve been hearing and reading a lot about this. that’s why we wanted to reach out to

UPDATE 4-Olivant quits N.Rock race to leave 2 rescue bids
Forbes - Northern Rock’s shares turned sharply lower after the news of Olivant’s withdrawal. The shares shut down 8 percent at 88 pence, having been up over 10 percent earlier in the day, valuing the bank’s equity at just over 370 million pounds. BROWN’S

Ten-Year Treasuries Decline as Rate Cuts Erode Demand for Debt
Bloomberg - market had priced in continued aggressive rate cuts,” said Michael Cloherty, an interest-rate strategist in New York at Banc of America Securities LLC, another primary dealer. “When you price in this much, you need a steady drip of negative news on

AP Top News at 1:57 p.m. EST
Newsday - WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush sent the nation’s first-ever $3 trillion budget proposal to Congress on Monday, contending that the spending blueprint will fulfill his chief responsibility to keep America safe. The $3.1 trillion proposed budget

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