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2008-07-24 07:57	AFP	Lanka batsmen thwart India with centuries in first Test COLOMBO (AFP) - Mahela Jayawardene and Malinda Warnapura cracked centuries as Sri Lanka reached a healthy 305-3 in their first innings at tea on the second day of the opening Test against India here on Thursday....
2008-07-24 07:55	Reuters UK	BG's profit soars as prices jump
2008-07-24 07:52	AP Top News	Federal minimum wage rises to $6.55 today WASHINGTON (AP) - About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage hike to consumers. The increase, from $5.85 to $6.55 per hour, is the second of three annual increases required by a 2007 law. Next year's boost will bring the federal minimum to $7.25 an hour....
2008-07-24 07:47	AP International	State highway patrols struggle with big gas bills HELENA, Mont. (AP) - In big, wide-open Montana, a state trooper might have to drive more than 100 miles to answer an emergency call, and routinely puts several hundred miles on the odometer in a day....
2008-07-24 07:47	AP Top News	Obama arrives in Berlin and meets with Merkel BERLIN (AP) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama arrived in Berlin on Thursday, meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel and kicking off the European leg of his overseas trip amid high expectations. The German capital is the first stop on a whirlwind tour that will take the presumptive Democratic nominee to Germany, France and Britain in an effort to burnish his foreign credentials....
2008-07-24 07:47	AP Top News	Ford posts $8.7 billion loss on asset write-downs Ford posts $8.7 billion loss on asset write-downsDEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it lost $8.67 billion in the second quarter largely because of a reduction in the value of assets. The company also announced that it will bring six European small car models to North America by the end of 2012 as it deals with a market shift from trucks to cars brought on by high gasoline prices. The company also will retool two more U.S. truck and sport utility vehicle plants to build small, fuel-efficient vehicles....
2008-07-24 07:47	AP Top News	Scientists recover complete dinosaur skeleton Scientists recover complete dinosaur skeletonTOKYO (AP) - Japanese and Mongolian scientists have successfully recovered the complete skeleton of a 70-million-year-old young dinosaur, a nature museum announced Thursday. The scientists uncovered a Tarbosaurus - related to the giant carnivorous Tyrannosaurus - from a chunk of sandstone they dug up in August, 2006 in the Gobi Desert in Mongolia, said Takuji Yokoyama, a spokesman for the Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences, a co-organizer of the joint research project....
2008-07-24 07:47	AP Top News	Sabathia's 3-hitter leads Brewers past Cardinals ST. LOUIS (AP) - CC Sabathia threw a three-hitter, his third straight complete game for his new team, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 on Wednesday night. Ryan Braun had four hits, lacking a double for the cycle, and J.J. Hardy hit his 14th homer for the Brewers, who have won seven straight. Milwaukee won the first three games of this four-game series behind stingy pitching, limiting the Cardinals to six runs....
2008-07-24 07:47	AFP	Obama in Berlin looks to restore transatlantic ties BERLIN (AFP) - US presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Thursday kicked off a European tour in Berlin, saying he aimed to give a fresh start to transatlantic ties, from the city where the Cold War was won....
2008-07-24 07:45	Reuters UK	China-focused funds raise $12 bln in Q2
2008-07-24 07:45	Reuters UK	Ford posts wider-than-expected loss
2008-07-24 07:32	Reuters, International	"Big divergences" push WTO talks towards crisis GENEVA (Reuters) - Talks to salvage a global trade deal faced a crunch point on Thursday after three days of scant progress and officials said it would be clear soon whether it was worth pressing on....
2008-07-24 07:22	AP International	Obama in Europe; aims to raise European profile BERLIN (AP) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama arrived in Berlin on Thursday, meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel and kicking off the European leg of his overseas trip amid high expectations....
2008-07-24 07:22	AP International	Police call communication key to convention peace MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Borrowing from a European model, Minneapolis and St. Paul police hope to quell any disruptions at this summer's Republican National Convention by exchanging cell phone numbers and offering other olive branches to demonstrators....
2008-07-24 07:22	AP International	Texas levees hold but waters rise in Dolly's rains BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Hurricane Dolly slammed ashore and then loitered over deep south Texas as a tropical storm, dumping as much as a foot of rain in places and ripping roofs off buildings with 100 mph winds....
2008-07-24 07:22	AP International	Thailand, Cambodia to meet over disputed land PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Cambodia has agreed to meet Monday with Thailand to discuss a stretch of disputed land near a historic temple, rather than take the matter to the U.N. officials from both countries said Thursday....
2008-07-24 07:22	AP International	Motor racing boss Mosley wins British privacy suit LONDON (AP) - Motor racing boss Max Mosley won a closely watched privacy-invasion lawsuit Thursday over a British tabloid's claims he took part in a Nazi-themed orgy, and the judge ordered the newspaper to pay over $1 million....
2008-07-24 07:22	AP International	Call for IAEA to verify N. Korea nuclear programs SINGAPORE (AP) - The U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency should play a leading role in verifying North Korea's declaration of its nuclear programs, according to a draft of a statement to be issued Thursday by Asia-Pacific nations....
2008-07-24 07:20	Reuters UK	EasyJet sees year profit down on soaring fuel
2008-07-24 07:12	AP Top News	Texas levees hold but waters rise in Dolly's rains Texas levees hold but waters rise in Dolly's rainsBROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Hurricane Dolly slammed ashore and then loitered over deep south Texas as a tropical storm, dumping as much as a foot of rain in places and ripping roofs off buildings with 100 mph winds. Emergency managers waited for Dolly to move on late into the night Wednesday and hoped to begin assessing the storm's damage Thursday even as they began to rescue people from flooded or damaged homes....
2008-07-24 07:10	Reuters UK	Batman fans get chance to fight with their hero
2008-07-24 07:02	AP International	Australian leader wants Aborigines recognized CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australia's prime minister, who has won applause for apologizing to Aborigines for past wrongs, has revived plans for a constitutional revision to recognize the country's indigenous people....
2008-07-24 07:02	AP International	Judge: Girl's name, Talula Does The Hula, won't do WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A family court judge in New Zealand has had enough with parents giving their children bizarre names here, and did something about it....
2008-07-24 06:57	AP Top News	Obama in Europe; aims to raise European profile BERLIN (AP) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama landed in Berlin on Thursday, meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel and kicking off the European leg of his overseas trip amid high expectations. The German capital is the first stop on a whirlwind tour that will take the presumptive Democratic nominee to Germany, France and Britain in an effort to burnish his foreign credentials....
2008-07-24 06:55	Reuters UK	Max Mosley wins sex privacy case
2008-07-24 06:55	Reuters UK	Retail sales slump in June
2008-07-24 06:42	AP International	Police see communication key to convention peace MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Borrowing from a European model, Minneapolis and St. Paul police hope to quell any disruptions at this summer's Republican National Convention by exchanging cell phone numbers and offering other olive branches to demonstrators....
2008-07-24 06:42	AP International	Aftershocks kill 1, injure 10 in China BEIJING (AP) - Three aftershocks jolted parts of China on Thursday, the official Xinhua News Agency said, killing one person and injuring more than 10....
2008-07-24 06:32	Reuters, International	"Big divergences" hamper progress in WTO talks GENEVA (Reuters) - Negotiators struggling to salvage a global deal on liberalizing trade tried for a fourth day on Thursday to bridge major differences on how to open up markets and spur a flagging world economy....
2008-07-24 06:30	Reuters UK	Mosley wins orgy privacy case
2008-07-24 06:22	AP Top News	N.M. cavers chart unique `snowy' river of crystals FORT STANTON CAVE, N.M. (AP) - Hundreds of feet beneath Earth's surface, a few seasoned cave explorers venture where no human has set foot. Their headlamps illuminate mud-covered walls, gypsum crystals and mineral deposits. The real attraction, though, is under their shoes....
2008-07-24 06:15	Reuters UK	Safety of cloned animal products uncertain: EU agency
2008-07-24 06:15	Reuters UK	Zimbabwe rivals may reach final deal soon
2008-07-24 06:12	AP International	Thailand, Cambodia disagree on border PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - The Cambodian government said Thursday it will not back down from a demand that hundreds of Thai troops leave disputed land near a historic temple, contending that its Southeast Asian neighbor is trying to "permanently occupy" the site....
2008-07-24 06:10	Reuters UK	Max Mosley wins orgy privacy case
2008-07-24 06:10	Reuters UK	Just A Minute With: Gillian Anderson on "X-Files"
2008-07-24 06:10	Reuters UK	Wall St futures mixed; eyes on results, home sales
2008-07-24 06:07	AP Top News	Motor racing boss Mosley wins British privacy suit Motor racing boss Mosley wins British privacy suitLONDON (AP) - Motor racing boss Max Mosley won a landmark privacy-invasion lawsuit Thursday against a tabloid newspaper's claims he took part in a "Nazi" orgy. High Court judge David Eady ruled the News of the World must pay Mosley $120,000 in damages for the story claiming Mosley participated in a sadomasochistic sex romp with a Third Reich theme....
2008-07-24 06:00	Reuters UK	Centuries help Sri Lanka build foundation
2008-07-24 05:57	AP International	Obama in Europe in effort to burnish foreign cache BERLIN (AP) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama landed in Berlin Thursday, kicking off the European leg of his overseas trip amid high expectations....
2008-07-24 05:57	AP International	Aftershock injures 5 in China BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese news agency says an aftershock has jolted parts of China, injuring at least five people....
2008-07-24 05:55	Reuters UK	...and trash the dress
2008-07-24 05:55	Reuters UK	Gas producer BG's profit soars as prices jump
2008-07-24 05:52	AFP	Obama starts European tour in Berlin BERLIN (AFP) - US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama arrived in Germany from Israel on Thursday at the start of the European leg of his week-long international tour....
2008-07-24 05:52	AFP	Karazdic caught, attention turns to Mladic BELGRADE (AFP) - With war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic finally in custody, Serbia came under increased pressure Thursday to capture his fugitive wartime military chief Ratko Mladic, also wanted for genocide....
2008-07-24 05:42	AP International	Palestinians: Jewish settlers smash village NABLUS, West Bank (AP) - Palestinian security says more than 20 Jewish settlers have attacked a Palestinian village in the West Bank, smashing cars and windows and cutting electricity wires....
2008-07-24 05:42	AP International	Feds to release report on Utah mine disaster SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Even before the release of a federal report into what went wrong at a deadly Utah mine cave-in last summer, critics were already finding fault....
2008-07-24 05:42	AP International	Schwarzenegger threatens minimum wage for workers SACRAMENTO (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is threatening to pay thousands of state employees the federal minimum wage of $6.55 an hour until lawmakers reach a deal on California's overdue state budget....
2008-07-24 05:42	AP International	Who was Dragan Dabic? Karadzic's fake ID probed BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Authorities are investigating who helped ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic assume the false identity that helped him elude capture for more than a decade....
2008-07-24 05:42	AP Top News	Obama in Europe in effort to burnish foreign cache BERLIN (AP) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama landed in Berlin Thursday, kicking off the European leg of his overseas trip amid high expectations. The German capital is the first stop on a whirlwind tour that will take the presumptive Democratic nominee to Germany, France and Britain in an effort to burnish his foreign credentials....


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