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SAS share price plunges after Spanair crash
Posted on Aug 20, 2008 - 12:25 pm - AFP
AFP - Shares in Scandinavian carrier SAS plunged 6.41 percent on the Stockholm stock exchange on Wednesday after an airplane owned by its Spanish subsidiary Spanair crashed at Madrid's airport.

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Sony says to launch new version of PSP handheld
Posted on Aug 20, 2008 - 11:53 am - Reuters
Reuters - Consumer electronics giant Sony Corp (6758.T) announced a new version of its Playstation Portable handheld games console that can be used as a telephone on Wednesday, to go on sale in Europe on October 15.

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Sri Lankan troops break through rebel defenses
Posted on Aug 20, 2008 - 11:47 am - AP
AP - The Sri Lankan military says it has broken through the Tamil Tigers' defenses in recent weeks, ending a prolonged stalemate and stirring predictions of an imminent rebel defeat after 25 years of civil war.

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Sudan condemns 12 Darfur rebels to death
Posted on Aug 20, 2008 - 11:08 am - AFP
AFP - A Sudanese court sentenced to death 12 alleged Darfur rebels on Wednesday, bringing to 50 the number condemned to hang over an attack on Khartoum and defying criticism from Amnesty International.

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Search suspended for plane with Alaska official
Posted on Aug 20, 2008 - 10:38 am - AP
AP - The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a small plane carrying an Alaska state official and his son.

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Scores killed in crash at Madrid airport: officials
Posted on Aug 20, 2008 - 10:23 am - AFP
AFP - At least 45 people were killed and 40 injured when a Spanish airliner crashed at Madrid's airport on Wednesday, regional authorities said.

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Spanair crash in Madrid kills at least seven
Posted on Aug 20, 2008 - 9:25 am - Reuters
Reuters - At least seven people were killed when a Spanish Spanair passenger jet crashed on takeoff at Madrid airport on Wednesday, a spokesman for Madrid's emergency services said.

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Sen. Joe Lieberman to speak at GOP convention
Posted on Aug 20, 2008 - 8:57 am - AP
AP - A Republican official tells The Associated Press that Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman will be speaking at the Republican National Convention.

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Singapore PM calls for speedy ratification of ASEAN charter
Posted on Aug 20, 2008 - 8:54 am - AFP
AFP - Singapore on Wednesday called for speedy ratification of an ASEAN charter, which requires the bloc to uphold ideals of democracy and human rights and to make legally binding commitments.

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Spanish plane skids off Madrid airport runway
Posted on Aug 20, 2008 - 8:54 am - AFP
AFP - A Spanish jet skidded off the runway and crashed at Madrid airport Wednesday and billowing smoke came from the wreckage, television images showed.

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STMicro, Ericsson in tie-up for semi-conductors, mobile platforms
Posted on Aug 20, 2008 - 7:56 am - AFP
AFP - French-Italian group STMicroelectronics and Sweden's Ericsson announced Wednesday a 50-50 joint venture merging their semi-conductor and mobile telephone platform activities.

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Sri Lanka drops scantily clad cheerleaders
Posted on Aug 20, 2008 - 7:18 am - AFP
AFP - Sri Lanka's cricket authorities withdrew a squad of foreign cheerleaders from Wednesday's second one-day cricket match against India after protests over the scantily-clad women.

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States push laws to require paid sick days
Posted on Aug 20, 2008 - 7:03 am - AP
AP - For school bus driver Jamille Aine, a cold is more than an inconvenience. His employer does not offer paid sick days, so if he can't shake the bug, he may not be able to pay his bills.

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Sudan's president: Darfur genocide 'nonexistent'
Posted on Aug 20, 2008 - 6:01 am - AP
AP - Sudan's indicted president denied Wednesday that his regime is orchestrating genocide in the troubled western region of Darfur — and offered hope for an end to the violence and the dawn of reconciliation by promising free and fair elections next year.

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Shevchenko set for AC Milan return
Posted on Aug 20, 2008 - 5:42 am - AFP
AFP - Ukrainian striker Andrei Shevchenko, who has endured a miserable two years at Chelsea, is set to be loaned to his former club AC Milan, the Gazzetta dello Sport reported on Wednesday.

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Situation still 'fragile' in Grand Canyon village
Posted on Aug 20, 2008 - 5:22 am - AP
AP - Crews were waiting for floodwaters to recede so they can begin restoring washed-out trails and footbridges to a remote village near the Grand Canyon hit by flooding, authorities said.

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Study: Cost often not factor when picking college
Posted on Aug 20, 2008 - 5:22 am - AP
AP - Even if a student plans on a major where the financial rewards aren't so obvious, such as art history or philosophy, most American families don't factor in their child's expected earning power when considering the potential debt load for college.

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Sarkozy visits Kabul after French soldiers killed
Posted on Aug 20, 2008 - 3:26 am - AP
AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited a military chapel in Kabul on Wednesday where the bodies of 10 French soldiers killed in battle lay before they were to be flown home.

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Sarkozy tells French troops in Afghanistan to keep fighting
Posted on Aug 20, 2008 - 3:13 am - AFP
AFP - President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday told French soldiers mourning 10 comrades killed by the Taliban that their work in Afghanistan was essential for the "freedom of the world" and must continue.

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Sun eyes former BEA customers with special offer
Posted on Aug 20, 2008 - 2:21 am - InfoWorld
InfoWorld - Sun Microsystems is eyeing the SOA-related business of Oracle Fusion and former BEA middleware customers with a special offer to those adopting Sun's Java CAPS (Composite Application Platform Suite) for SOA.

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Some eBay sellers frustrated with rule changes
Posted on Aug 20, 2008 - 1:23 am - AP
AP - Some people who sell things on eBay are fed up with new rules the company has been imposing in hopes of making the auction site more attractive to online shoppers. Now even more changes are coming in the next few weeks, but this time eBay Inc. hopes it can cool tempers.

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Stewart leads Rockies past Dodgers 8-3
Posted on Aug 20, 2008 - 12:44 am - AP
AP - Rookie Ian Stewart homered and drove in a career-high five runs and the Colorado Rockies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-3 on Tuesday night for their fourth straight victory.

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