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World News
From The Financial Times
- Obama seeks to tackle doubters
- The move from the left seems to be working but policy refinements may just look like flip-flops, reports Andrew Ward
- McCain turns to man who made 'The Governator'
- Steve Schmidt, the combative Republican given the job of revamping John McCain's faltering presidential campaign, has a Democrat to thank for catapulting him into the big league of US political strategists
- Bush to attend Olympics opening
- The president and the first lady will go to the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in China as human rights activists call for world leaders to boycott the event
- Philanthropy goes to the dogs
- Generosity often means relinquishing power. It does not mean assigning armies of the less wealthy to tasks of one's own devising, writes Christopher Caldwell
- IRS to seek accountants' help on evasion
- The US tax service is to solicit the help of top accounting firms in finding foreign banks that fail to identify US clients with investments or income in offshore accounts
- US jobs fall for sixth straight month
- The US lost jobs in June for the sixth month in a row while jobless numbers remained at an elevated level, signalling an ongoing deterioration in the labour market and helping to push back thoughts of a hike in interest rates
- Sharp fall in US private sector jobs
- The US suffered the largest drop in employment in nearly six years in June in a sign of the deteriorating economic environment, says the monthly ADP survey
- McCain vows anti-drug projects with Mexico
- John McCain, the Republican US presidential candidate, ended a 24-hour visit to Mexico promising that as president he would ensure greater co-operation with the US's neighbour in its war against drugs
- LA Confrontational
- Actors and studios should beware: they cannot assume consumers deprived of films will remain loyal. This episode of Star Wars needs a happy ending soon
- Threat of disruption hangs over US ports
- Vital west coast ports in the US could face significant disruption after a key contract between workers and employers expired and unions refused to allow a temporary extension
- Tentative deal for US missile base in Poland
- The agreement, still subject to final approval, removes a big obstacle to a defence system that is controversial within Washington and viewed with suspicion by Russia
- Colombian troops rescue Betancourt
- Álvaro Uribe, Colombia's president, secured one of the most significant triumphs of his political career when troops freed Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages held by the leftwing Farc guerrillas
- EU fears of 'fishing trips' for bank data
- US authorities could launch vast trawls of EU citizens' bank records, spending habits, travel history and other personal data under a draft agreement being negotiated...
- Quebec reflects on its anniversary
- It is unlikely that French explorer Samuel de Champlain knew he would today play a role in an angst-ridden debate over nationhood when he founded Quebec City exactly...
- S Korea PM takes steak in beef dispute
- Han Seung-soo yesterday attempted to allay public fears by buying 12kg of US sirloin steak. The South Korean prime minister's well-publicised gesture took place as...
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