News Selected By World News Trust Editors
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Israel Said To Fear War Crimes Charges (Matti Friedman)
By MATTI FRIEDMAN -- Associated Press Sept. 4, 2006 -- Three weeks after a cease-fire ended Israel's monthlong war against Hezbollah guerrillas, Israel is increasingly concerned that government ...
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Nightmare Mortgages (Mara Der Hovanesian)
Mara Der Hovanesian -- Business Week Sept. 1, 2006 -- For cash-strapped homeowners, it was a pitch they couldn't refuse: Refinance your mortgage at a bargain rate and cut your payments in half. New ...
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Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin Dead (News.com.au)
News.com.au Sept. 3, 2006 -- The Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin, is dead. He was killed in a freak accident in Cairns, Australia, police sources said Sunday. It is understood he was killed by a ...
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Fears of 'extreme' TB strain (Robin McKie)
New drug-resistant infection is 'nightmare' say health experts Robin McKie, science editor -- The Observer Sept 2, 2006 -- Health experts are to hold an emergency meeting in Johannesburg this week, ...
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Mitofsky, 'Father Of Exit Polling,' Dies At 72 (Keating Holland)
Keating Holland WASHINGT0N (CNN) -- Warren Mitofsky, considered by many to be the "father of exit polling," died of heart failure in New York Friday. He was 72. Mitofsky changed the way the media ...
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New Orleans Banks, Brokers Thrive on Insurance Checks | Will Edwards & Bradley Keoun
Will Edwards and Bradley Keoun Sept. 1, 2006 (Bloomberg) -- Banks and brokerage firms in New Orleans say they're faring better than before Hurricane Katrina caused a record $80 billion of damages ...
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Mexico Leftist To Create Parallel Government | Mark Stevenson
Aug. 30, 2006 -- MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, convinced he won't be awarded the presidency, has vowed to create a parallel leftist government and is urging Mexicans not to ...
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110-Building Site in N.Y. Is Put Up for Sale | Charles V. Bagli & Janny Scott
CHARLES V. BAGLI and JANNY SCOTT -- New York Times Aug. 20, 2006 -- Metropolitan Life is putting Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village -- a stretch of 110 apartment buildings along the East River ...
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Treasury Official Henry Due 20 Percent Of Gleacher Fund Profits | Robert Schmidt
Robert Schmidt -- Bloomberg Aug. 24, 2006 -- The U.S. Treasury official leading a government inquiry into the hedge-fund industry is owed up to $2.5 million in payments keyed in part to hedge-fund ...
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Bush White House To Be Subpoenaed By Wiretap Lawyers | Raw Story
Aug 29, 2006 (Raw Story) -- Two attorneys representing claimants in a lawsuit over wiretapping by the National Security Agency will subpoena the White House today. Bruce Afran and Carl Mayer, who ...
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