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Planned layoffs at U.S. firms eased in December from the previous month’s seven-year high but they were up an astounding 275 percent annually, according to a new report. More

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How MI5 keeps shedding some light on its work More

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Prices of fruit and vegetables start to rise in some Indian cities as a nationwide strike by lorry drivers enters a third day. More

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Charting President Bush's approval ratings More

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Attention voters for both the Oscars and the SAG awards: did you know you don't have to vote for actors in the categories for which studios advertise them? More

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Women can stop worrying about pear-shaped figures — fat bottoms have been scientifically proven to be a sign of good health. More

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The European Union must put all hopes of building a closer relationship with Israel on hold until the fighting in the Gaza Strip ends, a group of leading aid agencies said Wednesday, Jan. 7. More

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Analysts predict that the environmental credentials of technology products will become a significant factor in their success, provided the public believes in them. More

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German unemployment levels rose for the first time in nearly three years in December, according to government figures. More

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In central Havana, many people hope that President-elect Barack Obama will do something — almost anything — to help end the official hostilities between Cuba and the U.S. More

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If you're a NASCAR driver, you can't afford to be leaking fuel on the track. You won't be able to get the power you need. You won't be able to drive as far. You'll have to keep pulling over for more gas while your competitors accelerate around the track. More

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An announcement that Newfoundland and Labrador will increase its minimum wage to $10 an hour over the next 18 months is putting pressure on other governments in the region to respond. More

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Germany's unemployment rate rose more than expected in December, data released Wednesday showed, bringing to an end a long run of monthly falls and adding to signs of the tough year ahead for Europe's biggest economy. More

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PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Thousands of Cambodian survivors of the Khmer Rouge "Killing Fields" marked 30 years Wednesday since the fall of Pol Pot's ultra-Maoist regime, blamed for the deaths of 1.7 million people. More

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President Bush leaves office as one of the least popular presidents ever, but he says it's up to history to judge him. Bush likes to recall that Harry Truman was widely reviled when he left the White House 56 years ago but decades later became an icon of strength in adversity. More

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Belgrade is part of a fierce struggle between Russia and the West over the future of energy supplies to Europe. Russia has taken control of Serbia's state oil and gas industry, while the Serbian capital hopes to be a hub for a major Russian gas pipeline. More

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Two weeks after one of the nation's worst coal waste accidents, officials in eastern Tennessee are trying to ease public health concerns. About 300 acres of land and water were inundated with coal ash — sludgy residue that spilled from a holding pond at a Tennessee Valley Authority power plant More

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News from at at 4:10 AM on Wednesday 1/7

President-elect Barack Obama and Congress are working on a stimulus plan to prop up the ailing U.S. economy. It's expected to cost about $775 billion. Rep. David Obey of Wisconsin, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, tells Ari Shapiro he worried the stimulus package won't be big enough. More

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On the opening day of the 111th Congress, Roland Burris showed up as promised to claim Barack Obama's seat as junior senator from Illinois. And as promised, he was rejected. Burris and his attorneys left the Capitol to consider their options, and the Senate carried on with the day's ceremonies. A Se More

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News from at at 4:10 AM on Wednesday 1/7

President-elect Barack Obama is looking for a surgeon general. And CNN says its chief medical correspondent is under consideration for the job. Should the offer come, CNN says Dr. Sanjay Gupta has indicated he's likely to take it. The 39-year-old Gupta is a practicing neurosurgeon. More

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