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Car industry urges bold action over euro debt

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Car industry executives from around the globe urged Europe's politicians to take bolder steps to solve the bloc's two-year-old debt crisis, warning its single currency could be derailed without more decisive action.

U.S. Investors Concerned Europe Debt Crisis Will Worsen

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U.S. investors remained concerned that Europe's leaders are not getting ahead of the Greek crisis, which could result in a full-fledged Europe bank crisis, even as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, while not committing more German funds to possible intervention, again dismissed talk of a Greek default.
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Is Osama Bin Laden Really Dead? Some Don't Think So

Is Osama bin Laden really dead? That's what the young lady asked me.She knew I am a journalist, not quick to buy suspicious facts peddled as such, but not quick to buy into conspiracy theories, either -- like the one that Osama bin Laden's death at the hands of U.S. military was faked.
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Russia’s Deadliest Plane Crashes in Last 10 Years – A Report

Russia's recent plane crash took 43 lives. Although the country has been suffering from criticism for poor aviation facility, not much effort has been taken by the government. 10 most shocking and deadliest plane crashes that happened in Russia are discussed in this report.
Thomas Hammarberg

No CIA Black Sites Here, Says Romania

[Romania] has no information whatsoever showing that there existed secret CIA detention centers on its territory, the Foreign Ministry stated, responding to allegations that the country hosted secret black sites, where terror suspects were tortured.
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HSBC to cut 3,000 jobs in Hong Kong

HSBC <0005.HK> , Europe's biggest bank, is to cut 3,000 jobs in Hong Kong over the next three years as it targets its first wave of an aggressive cost-cutting plan on five countries.
Madonna arrives at the Venice airport during the 68th Venice Film Festival

Madonna, Polanski Films Vie for Venice Limelight

The Venice film festival promises a pop superstar and a whiff of scandal Thursday, with Madonna presenting her second feature and Roman Polanski notable by his absence at the world premiere of his new picture.
Newborn babies

U.S. Newborn Death Rate Trails Behind 40 Other Nations

The United States could be worse than 40 other countries when it comes to infant mortality. New research done by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that babies under four weeks old account for 41 percent of child deaths worldwide.
Worker carries a part of carpet in front of the Cinema Palace in Venice

Red Carpet out for Star-studded Venice Film Festival

The red carpet is out and builders are putting the finishing touches to the Venice film festival venue ahead of Wednesday's glitzy opening, when George Clooney's political drama The Ides of March has its world premiere.
An Oscar statue is seen beneath plastic sheeting during preparations for the 83rd Academy Awards in Hollywood, California

First countries enter Oscar foreign-language race

The Academy's often controversial and always interesting foreign-language race is picking up a little steam, with Romania, Morocco and Venezuela submitting their entries to join Greece and Poland this year.
Song writers Mike Stoller (L) and Jerry Leiber arrive at the 25th Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards at the Kodak theatre in Hollywood, California

Hound Dog songwriter Jerry Leiber dies at 78

Celebrated lyricist Jerry Leiber, who partnered with composer Mike Stoller to write such iconic hits as Hound Dog and Jailhouse Rock and played a key role in the birth of rock 'n' roll, died on Monday at age 78.
Oil's Price

Oil Prices: The U.S. Economy?s Albatross

Institutional investors, turned off by a slow-growth economy that?s led to low-return stocks, piled in to oil, driving up its price, worsening the economic conditions that led them to invest in oil in the first place.
Williams celebrates a point against Safarova at the Rogers Cup women&#039;s tennis tournament in Toronto

Serena crushes Azarenka to reach Toronto Cup final

Serena Williams advanced to her second straight final by beating fourth-seed Victoria Azarenka 6-3 6-3 on Saturday at the Toronto Cup and declared her game was approaching its grand-slam winning best.

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