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Soaring gas prices shock the economy
feature The sharp rise in gas prices threatens to slow economic activity and force changes in Americans' habits.
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Big Oil’s return to Iraq
feature The Iraqi Ministry has awarded two-year, no bid contracts to ExxonMobil, Chevron, Royal Dutch Shell, Total, and BP for oil-field repair and technical support, and also given them an advantage in securing licenses for oil drilling in the future.&l
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The mounting pressure on Democratic superdelegates
feature Concerned that the bitter primary battle is doing permanent damage, Democratic Party leaders this week warned undecided superdelegates that they
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Alarm mounts as Myanmar’s misery deepens
feature Nearly two weeks after a massive cyclone devastated southern Myanmar, claiming tens of thousands of lives, the country’s secretive military junta this week continued to block relief efforts. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned of
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The G-8 takes a long view on climate
feature At the G-8 meeting in Hokkaido, Japan, the industrialized Western nations, China, and India agreed to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50%, but not until 2050.
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The push for offshore oil
feature With oil and gas prices at an all-time high, offshore oil and gas drilling has once again become a contentious issue.
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Floods devastate the Midwest
feature Storm-driven floodwaters surged over large portions of the Midwest this week, inundating communities along the region
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The uneasy truce in Gaza
feature Palestinian militants violated the truce between Israel and Hamas by launching four rockets into southern Israel. Will the truce survive?
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Turkey calls Iraq invasion ‘imminent’
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California in flames
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Desperate Palestinians pour into Egypt
feature Thousands of Palestinians desperate for food and fuel stormed into Egypt last week, after Hamas militants blew holes in a Gaza border wall. The crisis began after Israel cut off supplies to Gaza in retaliation for a barrage of Hamas rocket fire that hit I
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Edwards changes the equation
feature The battle for the Democratic nomination officially became a two-person race this week, when former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards announced he was ending his candidacy. Having come in third place in most of the early contests, Edwards
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Signs of recession are mounting
feature With evidence mounting that the nation is headed for a recession, Republicans and Democrats this week battled over the best way to boost the ailing economy. The issue took on new urgency in the wake of several reports pointing to sharp economic decline. T
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A giant merger amid airline woes
feature With the airline industry confronting mounting fuel prices and new safety concerns, Delta Air Lines and Northwest this week approved a $3 billion merger that would create the world
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