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Accused 'underwear bomber' pleads guilty in US

Booking photograph of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab from the US Marshals Service
The Nigerian man accused of trying to use a bomb in his underwear to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day 2009 pleaded guilty on Wednesday to all charges against him and warned the United States could face a great calamity.
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Dr. Conrad Murray listens as his attorney Ed Chernoff question a witness in his trial in the death of pop star Michael Jackson in Los Angeles

Jackson's mother wept when told of singer's death

Michael Jackson's mother broke down in tears when she was told that her pop star son had died, and the singer's daughter Paris said she did not want to be an orphan, a Los Angeles court heard on Tuesday.
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Head of Anglican church confronts Mugabe

The head of the worldwide Anglican Church met Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Monday to hand him a dossier of abuses against the church and its priests in Zimbabwe and demand an end to a campaign of persecution.
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Corrected: Insight: New bankruptcy ripples may emerge

Three years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers touched off a tidal wave of bankruptcy filings, corporate failures may be about to pick up again, with some big-name companies among those struggling for survival.
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Google Asked to Hand Over WikiLeaks Data

The U.S. government has asked Google and Sonic to give up any WikiLeaks-related information and data, following with an order for them to turn over Appelbaum's e-mail contact list -- without a warrant.
WORKER ENTERS KODAK CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS IN ROCHESTER NEW YORK.

New Bankruptcy Ripples may Emerge in Tough Economy

Three years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers touched off a tidal wave of bankruptcy filings, corporate failures may be about to pick up again, with some big-name companies among those struggling for survival.

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