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NEW YORK – Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera" will celebrate its 25th anniversary this weekend with a lavish birthday party that will certainly involve someone swinging from a chandelier.

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Producers will broadcast on Sunday a live performance of the show from London's 5,500-seat Royal Albert Hall to movie houses in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Canada, Japan and Australia. The live performance — one of three shows at the hall — will be followed by rebroadcasts to cinemas on Oct. 5, 6 and 11.

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Ramin Karimloo and Sierra Boggess, who co-starred in the "Phantom" sequel "Love Never Dies" in London, will reunite for the special production. More than 200 original and current cast members, musicians and special guests are expected to make appearances at the Royal Albert Hall.

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'Phantom of the Opera' at 25 offers a special show (AP)

WASHINGTON: The US warned Pakistan that it would act on its own as it did against Osama bin Laden and put on its terrorist list five associates of the Haqqani network branded as a "veritable arm" of the Pakistani spy agency, the ISI.

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WASHINGTON: The US warned Pakistan that it would act on its own as it did against Osama bin Laden and put on its terrorist list five associates of the Haqqani network branded as a "veritable arm" of the Pakistani spy agency, the ISI. "The fact of the matter is we are fighting a war in Afghanistan, and one of the problems we've had, which is where this issue arises from, is with the safe havens that the Haqqani network has in Pakistan," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters here Thursday. The Haqqani network is a militant group that operates on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. WASHINGTON: The US warned Pakistan that it would act on its own as it did against Osama bin Laden and put on its terrorist list five associates of the Haqqani network branded as a "veritable arm" of the Pakistani spy agency, the ISI. "The fact of the matter is we are fighting a war in Afghanistan, and one of the problems we've had, which is where this issue arises from, is with the safe havens that the Haqqani network has in Pakistan," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters here Thursday. The Haqqani network is a militant group that operates on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. "That's an issue that we raised with our Pakistani counterparts, and we continue to have those discussions on a regular basis about the broad range of areas where we have shared interests and cooperation," he said.

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To judge from its first two episodes, it's a robust diversion from the real-life droughts and hurricanes, joblessness and political stalemate that were already giving you the willies. It aspires to be "The Shining"-meets-"Rosemary's Baby," with "Carrie" and "Don't Look Now" tossed in. But more than a dead-on horror show, it's a homage to cinematic spookery. And a good one.

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Alert: Spoilers coming up — which is another way of saying you might just as well apply the time you'd spend reading this to watching the premiere (which airs Wednesday at 10 p.m. EDT), then making up your own mind. You'll find it a memorable experience, at least. From the fertile imaginations of Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk ("Glee," "Nip/Tuck"), "American Horror Story" has a premise that is simple and time-honored: A haunted house is occupied by a likable, remarkably unsuspecting family.

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Robert Ford, the U.S. ambassador in Syria, is seen seated (L) with together with the ambassadors of Britain and France at the wake of 25-year-old Ghayath Mater in the Damascus suburb of Daraya September 11, 2011.

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Ford and his party were not injured, the U.S. State Department said, but several embassy vehicles were damaged and the ambassador had to lock himself in an office to await help from Syrian security.

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Syria, which has been irked by Ford's meetings with opposition figures, accused Washington of inciting violence and meddling in its affairs. Washington demanded that Syria take steps to protect U.S. diplomats.

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LOS ANGELES – The last days of Michael Jackson's life were filled with the adulation of fans, a rehearsal performance onlookers described as amazing and intense preparations for his big comeback in London.

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In good spirits, Jackson chatted with well-wishers outside his home and at the Staples Center where he practiced songs and dance routines before he returned home. Then, things took a tragic turn, according to Michael Amir Williams, who testified Wednesday in the trial of the doctor charged with involuntary manslaughter in the superstar's death.

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Williams, who had gone with him to the rehearsal and had dropped Jackson at home, said he got a frantic call the next day from Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray. "He said, `Get here right away. Mr. Jackson had a bad reaction.' He said, `Get someone up here right away,'" Williams told the jury.

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US accusations that Pakistan is supporting Afghan insurgents have triggered a nationalist backlash and whipped up media fears of an American invasion, drowning out any discussion over the army's long use of jihadi groups as deadly proxies in the region.

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The reaction shows the problem facing the United States as it presses Pakistan for action: Strong statements in Washington provoke a negative public response that makes it more difficult for the army to act against the militants — even if it decided it was in the country's interest to do so. Pakistan's mostly conservative populace is deeply suspicious of US intentions a decade after Washington forged an alliance with Islamabad. Many people here believe the US wants to break up Pakistan and take its arsenal of nuclear weapons, and America is very unpopular throughout the country.

US 'threat' of military action unites Pakistan - Hindustan Times

Admiral Mullen has visited Islamabad 27 times since 2008 in his role as America's top uniformed officer, cultivated a bond with the Pakistani army chief of staff General Asfaq Pervez Kayani and, early in his tenure, said he believed Pakistan was serious about plans to take on militant groups that the US wanted shut down.

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The Wall Street Journal , Admiral Mullen concluded that the partnership approach he long had championed had fallen short and would be difficult to revive. He took that conclusion to Congress last week, where he declared publicly what until then had been confined to private remarks: that Pakistan's military intelligence service is collaborating with a militant group that the US blames for attacks on Americans, including the shelling of the US Embassy in Kabul on September 13.

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It was cursing — not kissing — that got a lesbian actress and her girlfriend escorted off a plane as it sat at a Texas airport, Southwest Airlines said Tuesday.

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Halley's publicist Libby Coffey said the encounter was real and was "absolutely not" done as a publicity stunt for her band's upcoming breast cancer awareness tour. The airline responded that Hailey's display of affection was excessive and drew customer complaints, and that the women cursed after being reprimanded.

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The United States might still be weighing its options about how to deal with Pakistan, but many politicians, retired army generals and popular television talk show hosts here have already made up their minds that America is on the warpath with their country.

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Such is the media frenzy and warmongering that popular talk show hosts have even begun discussing possible scenarios of how Pakistan should react if the United States attacks the country. One television news channel has even aired a war anthem .

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Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has called on a conference of opposition political parties and government’s allies for Thursday to discuss the crisis. The government is also enlisting allies.

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In late April, the network premiered the OMAs, a fan-friendly celebration of digital music. Sharply distinct from regular award shows, it featured interactive, fan-voted awards that culminated in a live, multiplatform webcast on MTV Music Group websites.

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On Tuesday, MTV will announce the O Music Awards 2, to take place Oct. 31. MTV plans for the OMAs to be so atypical that they don't adhere to the calendar, but sprout up twice or maybe even three times a year. In noting how quickly digital music is changing, Shannon Connolly, vice president of digital music strategy for MTV, pointed to Rebecca Black, whose viral hit "Friday" now feels like a century ago.

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US stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.93 per cent, Dow Jones futures up 0.81 per cent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.98 per cent at 0900 GMT.

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European stocks were up more than 2 per cent in morning trade, with banking stocks such as Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas surging around 8 per cent, on mounting expectation of more action from euro zone policymakers to stem the Greek debt crisis and help the European banks. Shares of Apple Inc suppliers rebounded on Tuesday after heavy losses in the previous session as investors remain confident of continued demand for the fast-selling devices of the California-based company. Apple shares traded in Frankfurt were up 2.3 per cent.

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NEW YORK – U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican and tea party favorite seen as a rising political star, said Monday that he will be writing a memoir.

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Rubio will be represented by Washington attorney Robert Barnett, whose clients include President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush. A proposal has just begun circulating among publishers, and meetings are expected to be held over the next few weeks. Barnett said a portion of the author's net proceeds would be donated to Florida charities.

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Rubio, the 40-year-old son of Cuban exiles, was virtually unknown outside of his own state a year ago, but now is widely regarded — despite his repeated denials — as a possible contender for vice president in 2012. Party officials cite his youth, conservative views and potential appeal to Latinos. Books are a virtual requirement for politicians seeking a national profile, but Rubio said in a telephone interview Monday with The Associated Press that his memoir is not a platform for higher office.

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WASHINGTON: A leading US Senator has indicated Congress would support American military action against Pakistan amid growing clamor in Washington for a punitive response against a two-timing ally even as ties between the two countries grow more toxic by the hour.

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While a television journalist openly described Pakistan's allegedly proxy attack on the US embassy in Kabul as an "act of war" to foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar's face, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham told a Sunday talk show that "The sovereign nation of Pakistan is engaging in hostile acts against the United States and our ally Afghanistan that must cease." "I will leave it up to the experts, but if the experts believe that we need to elevate our response, they will have a lot of bipartisan support on Capitol Hill," Graham, a South Carolina senator who serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee , told "Fox News Sunday" in remarks that were seen as a call for military strikes against Pakistan. The sharp escalation of US rhetoric came even as Pakistan defiantly said it would not take any action against the so-called Haqqani group, which was described as a "veritable fighting arm" of the Pakistani spy agency ISI by a top US general, and has been held responsible for the several terrorist attacks on US and its allies in Afghanistan. Following a meeting of Pakistani army core commanders over the weekend, Pakistan indicated that acting against the Haqqani group would be against its national interests which involved establishing a foothold in Afghanistan after the US withdrawal as part of its "strategic depth" strategy, mainly to forestall Indian influence.

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ANKARA, Turkey – The Boston Museum of Fine Arts returned a piece of a Hercules statue to Turkey after two decades of negotiations, the country's prime minister said Sunday.

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Turkey claimed the top of the Weary Heracles, Greek for Hercules, was stolen from an archaeological site in the Mediterranean and smuggled into the U.S. The bottom half of the statue has been displayed in Turkey.

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The upper half was held jointly by the Museum of Fine Arts and husband-and-wife collectors Leon Levy and Shelby White of New York. The lower half is in the Antalya Museum in Turkey, along with photos of the Boston section and copies of articles about it from Turkish and American newspapers.

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Amid a diplomatic row over links between ISI and the Haqqani group, Pakistan's military will defy US and not take action against the militant network and foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar will continue with her Washington visit.

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The premier on Sunday asked Khar to cut short her visit to the US and return to Pakistan to brief a meeting of the top political leadership that he intends to convene this week.

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Despite the crisis, Pakistan's military will not take action against the Haqqani network which Washington blames for an attack against its embassy in Kabul, despite mounting American pressure to do so, a Pakistani newspaper reported on Monday.

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LOS ANGELES – Michael Jackson was physically exhausted from a day of grueling rehearsals for his marathon 50-night comeback tour. But his nightly battle with insomnia had just begun. After showering and getting into bed, he called for his "milk," a powerful drug he had been using to escape into unconsciousness.

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How he overdosed in his mansion on a drug intended for hospital use is at the center of the manslaughter trial this week of the doctor he hired to be his highly paid personal physician for the "This is It" tour.

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday called back foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar from the US amid strained ties with Washington following an accusation that Pakistan was supporting the Haqqani terror network .

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Khar was called back for consultations over the strained relationship between Pakistan and the US, Online news agency quoted sources as saying. US military commanders have accused Pakistan's spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence, of supporting the Haqqani network for carrying out two attacks on the US embassy in Kabul and US military base in Afghanistan's Wadak province this month.

US-Pak face-off worsens, Gilani recalls Khar from America - Times of India

VILNIUS, Lithuania – John Malkovich says his latest acting role, an aging Siberian mobster trying to raise his grandson to be an honorable crook, proved to be a "delightful" experience.

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The movie, "Siberian Education," is set in Trans-Dniester, now a separatist republic between Moldova and Ukraine, though filming of the U.S.-Italian production took place in Lithuania and wrapped up this week. Malkovich plays Kuzja, an old recividist exiled to Trans-Dniester along with numerous other ex-convicts by Soviet authorities in the waning years of the Soviet Union. Kuzja tries to teach his grandson Kolyma — the film's main protagonist, played by Lithuanian actor Arnas Fedaravicius — the arcane rules of "criminal morals." "It is an interesting story about the way of life that most of audience would not know about," Malkovich said Friday before leaving Lithuania. "Things are so much global and Americanized. It's interesting to think of that kind of (criminal) culture that the film addresses is kind of becoming extinct." "I found this experience delightful," he added.

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WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD: Brushing aside Islamabad's rebuttal, the US has fired fresh salvos charging Pakistan's military-run ISI of not only supporting the Haqqani terror network but also 'encouraging' it to launch more brazen strikes on American installations in Afghanistan.

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Demanding a "strong and immediate action" against the outfit, US officials said Haqqani group's activities have become "more brazen, more aggressive and more lethal". Captain John Kirby , spokesperson of Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mullen, told Pentagon reporters last evening that there has been a long-standing historical relationship between the ISI and extremist groups.

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So there were genuine screams of adulation at New York City Ballet's fall gala Thursday, not just at the red-carpet arrivals, but also from some of the designer gown-clad patrons in the theater, who craned their necks to get a good view of the ballet's composer: Sir Paul himself.

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Each season, City Ballet puts on a gala fundraiser, and the aim is always to create a little buzz — with a new work, or an interesting honoree. This year's gala, featuring McCartney's "Ocean's Kingdom," surely had more buzz than all past galas combined.

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The United States authorities expected either the finance minister Pranab Mukherjee or the defence minister AK Antony to replace the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on health grounds following his heart surgery before the 2009 general elections. In a confidential cable sent to Washington and its other major missions across the world, by the US embassy in New Delhi on January 23, 2009, it was widely anticipated that Singh would not take part in the campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections.

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According to the cable, now put in public domain by the Wikileaks, commerce minister Anand Sharma and senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh had confirmed to the US embassy, the news about Singh being admitted to the hospital for the heart bypass surgery.

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Even with limited screen time on the character-packed, actor-rich "Boardwalk" (whose ensemble includes Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Gretchen Mol, Dabney Coleman and many more), Harrow last year had a similarly wrenching effect on viewers, haunting them as a combat-maimed conscience in his post-war America and as the ghoulish psychopath a war creates.

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Now, as the series returns for its new season on Sunday at 9 p.m. EDT, Huston has been upgraded from recurring player to a regular cast member, while his character promises to be even more galvanizing as a figure of both pathos and dread. Harrow made his entry into the "Empire" saga midway through last season, when he crossed paths with Jimmy Darmody (played by series star Michael Pitt), a burgeoning crime boss in 1920s, prohibition-era Atlantic City, N.J.

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Rattled by US' assertion that ISI was acting in tandem with the Haqqani network in Afghanistan, Pakistan's civil and military leadership Friday collectively hit back at Washington, contending that its accusations were "not based on facts" and could estrange an ally.

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The charge was led by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani who said that the Americans could not effectively fight the ongoing war in Afghanistan without Pakistan's assistance. The charge was led by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani who said that the Americans could not effectively fight the ongoing war in Afghanistan without Pakistan's assistance. "They can't live with us. They can't live without us," Gilani told reporters in Karachi, hours after his Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar warned the US that it could lose an ally by such comments that alienated the people of Pakistan.

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The 35-year-old Monaco says she took the job because she knows it's important to bring attention to the troubled soap opera genre. "The daytime community is in such dire need and in such trouble that they need a show like this," she said. One way General Hospital" has gotten more attention is by having actor James Franco take on a recurring role of a demented artist named Franco. He's had four different short stints on the show.

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WASHINGTON: A US Senate panel on Wednesday slapped partial sanctions on Pakistan on account of its support to terrorism even as American officials made the stunning charge that the ISI has been encouraging terror outfits to attack US targets.

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In a move reflecting Congressional anger at Pakistan's dodgy role in using what Washington has come to regard as "proxy terrorism", the Senate appropriations committee declined to specify amounts of US aid to Pakistan, leaving it to the discretion of the Obama administration to provide aid depending on Pakistan's actions against terror groups. "If the administration wants to provide zero, that'd be OK with us," Republican Senator Mark Kirk, one of the more vocal critics of Pakistan, said. The foreign operations appropriation bill for 2012 provides $161.4 million for the department of state's Pakistan operations. It does not specify amounts for aid but provides $1 billion for the counter-insurgency capability fund (money reimbursed to Pakistan for its expenses) which is $100 million below Obama's request. "The bill includes strengthened restrictions on aid by conditioning all funds to Pakistan on its cooperation against the Haqqani network, al-Qaida , and other terror outfits," the panel said.

US Senate panel reels back aid to Pak over terror links - Times of India

Why not? Handily adjacent to Brooklyn's Steiner Studios lot is a cavernous storage shed now used for housing a key component of ABC's new series, "Pan Am": the jet plane.

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That is, the life-size mock-up of a jet plane's passenger compartment. Mounted on a platform 5 feet off the concrete floor is the "fuselage" (no wings or tail) of the show's proud Boeing 707 whose interior, in contrast to the raw shell of this plane-length tube, is designed in period-perfect detail that harkens back to the early 1960s — the dawning era of commercial jet flight when the luxury airline Pan American World Airways flourished and when "Pan Am" takes place.

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FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stock futures slumped Thursday as global markets tumbled on doubts over whether the Federal Reserve's latest move to prop up the struggling American economy will be effective.

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Asian markets closed with sharp losses overnight and European stocks sank in morning trading, with Germany's DAX 30 index down 4%. Gold and oil futures also dropped heavily, while the U.S. dollar rallied against rivals, as investors sought a safe haven.

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She co-created and co-produces the show "2 Broke Girls," which premiered Monday to 19.2 million CBS viewers. What could make this season her best ever is if her eponymous NBC sitcom, of which she is also executive producer, does well, too.

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The 29-year-old comedian said she doesn't feel like she's competing with herself so far — especially because they're on different nights, with the CBS show airing Mondays and "Whitney" showing on Thursdays.

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WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve on Wednesday dialed up its aid to the beleaguered US economy, launching an effort to put more downward pressure on long-term interest rates over time and help the battered housing sector.

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The Fed said it would launch a new $400 billion program that will tilt its $2.85 trillion balance sheet more heavily to longer-term securities by selling shorter-term notes and using those funds to purchase longer-dated Treasuries. It will now also reinvest proceeds from maturing mortgage and agency bonds back into the mortgage market, an acknowledgement of just how weak conditions in the sector have remained.

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The basketball star formerly known as Ron Artest was the first celebrity ejected Tuesday from the 13th edition of the ABC dancing competition. The show's judges gave World Peace the lowest score on Monday's premiere: 14 out of a possible 30.

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The outgoing Los Angeles Lakers forward was locked out after viewer votes were combined with the judges' scores. "All I want to know is who's coming with me?" he joyfully shouted after his dismissal.

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TOKYO, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday expressed concern about recent cyber attacks on defence contractors in Japan, which build U.S.-designed missiles, warships and military aircraft, calling for the attacks to be taken seriously.

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Experts speculated that the cyber assaults announced this week, the first on Japan's defence industry, may have included the Stuxnet computer virus which has been described as a guided cyber missile which targets industrial control systems. Experts speculated that the cyber assaults announced this week, the first on Japan's defence industry, may have included the Stuxnet computer virus which has been described as a guided cyber missile which targets industrial control systems. "Cyber security must be a public-sector priority," U.S. embassy spokeswoman Karen Kelley said.

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The Young Turks, led by Uygur, are a group of progressive journalists and commentators who draw millions of Web viewers and claim to be the Internet's most-watched news show. Like the online original, the new Current version will cover politics, pop culture and lifestyle, and will be produced from Los Angeles.

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Uygur's show will precede "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" at 7 p.m. Eastern each weeknight. Like Olbermann, Uygur was formerly a presence on cable-news network MSNBC. Olbermann left MSNBC last January and soon afterward joined Current, where "Countdown" resumed in June as the centerpiece of a planned full night of talk programing. Uygur had held MSNBC's 6 p.m. hour for some months before abruptly exiting the network in July, saying his bosses had told him he was too combative toward the Washington power elite. (The network countered that no effort was made to leash Uygur, and insisted other time slots had been offered him.) Soon afterward, civil rights leader Al Sharpton was named the permanent host of the 6 p.m. slot.

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Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks rose, erasing an earlier drop for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, amid speculation the Federal Reserve will act to stimulate growth and Greece may satisfy requirements for international aid.

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Banks had the biggest gain in the S&P 500 within 24 industry groups, rallying 2.5 percent. Apple Inc., the world's most valuable technology company, jumped 2.1 percent, rising for a seventh straight day to a record. PulteGroup Inc., the largest U.S. homebuilder by revenue, and Travelers Cos., the lone insurer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, added more than 2.7 percent after analysts raised their recommendations.

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The S&P 500 rose 1.1 percent to 1,217.78 at 2:28 p.m. New York time, after falling as much as 0.2 percent earlier today. The Dow added 138.73 points, or 1.2 percent, to 11,539.74.

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LOS ANGELES – "Dancing With the Stars" unveiled its new ballroom and new cast Monday, and when all the dancing was done, singer Chynna Phillips and actor J.R. Martinez topped the judges' leaderboard.

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Artest, who recently changed his name to Metta World Peace, had the Hebrew words for "world peace" shaved into his hair for his "Dancing" debut. Despite his low score, he said he had fun performing and felt the judges were fair.

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Scoring one point better than Artest was Italian actress Elisabetta Canalis, who is better known in the United States for being George Clooney's ex-girlfriend. She said her nerves got the better of her in the ballroom and she left the episode worried about Tuesday's show, when the first celebrity contestant of the season will be dismissed.

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NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--U.S. stocks fell in volatile trading Monday, snapping a five-day winning streak, as another round of worry over Greece's sovereign debt battered the market.

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NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--U.S. stocks fell in volatile trading Monday, snapping a five-day winning streak, as another round of worry over Greece's sovereign debt battered the market. Securities regulators have sent subpoenas to hedge funds, specialized trading shops and other firms as part of a growing probe of possible insider trading before the U.S. government's credit rating was cut.

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The NBC News veteran will keep his job as co-anchor of the "Weekend Today" show. Curry, who is now co-anchor with Matt Lauer of the first half of the weekday "Today" show, was judged too busy for both jobs.

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Holt has been a valued utility player at NBC News, doing multiple reporting and anchoring jobs at the network and sister station MSNBC, and he said people often come up to him wondering when he takes time off. Holt has been a valued utility player at NBC News, doing multiple reporting and anchoring jobs at the network and sister station MSNBC, and he said people often come up to him wondering when he takes time off. "Sometimes, I'll be flipping the channel at home and think, `Wow, there's a lot of me on TV,'" said Holt, who said his weekends are busy but he has a lot of schedule flexibility otherwise.

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LOS ANGELES – "The Amazing Race" has returned to the winner's podium at the Emmy Awards, reclaiming the crown for best reality-competition program.

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In other honors Sunday, "The Big Bang Theory" star Jim Parsons won his second Emmy in a row as best lead actor in a comedy. Melissa McCarthy of "Mike & Molly" won the award for lead actress. In other honors Sunday, "The Big Bang Theory" star Jim Parsons won his second Emmy in a row as best lead actor in a comedy. Melissa McCarthy of "Mike & Molly" won the award for lead actress. "Modern Family" won the first four Emmys: Julie Bowen was named best supporting actress in a comedy and Ty Burrell, who plays her husband, won as best actor in the category. The show also won for best comedy writing and best direction.

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WASHINGTON—U.S. officials, heading into another round of discussions this week on Europe's debt crisis, are meeting resistance to their efforts to help contain the turmoil.

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Greece is facing urgent pressure to get its affairs in order to prevent a debt default that could light a financial fire across the euro zone. Later this week, U.S. and European finance ministers will gather with others from the Group of 20 industrial and developing nations in Washington to discuss ways to ensure European government-debt woes don't escalate into a wider crisis for banks and financial markets on the Continent and beyond.

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European officials, struggling to pass unpopular bailout measures at home, are increasingly sensitive to being seen as swayed by outside influence. And U.S. officials, facing resistance at home to supporting a European bailout, have little leverage to force tougher action as the euro-zone crisis weighs increasingly on U.S. markets and business confidence.

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AP - The mayor of Munich has tapped the first keg to kick off the 178th traditional German folk festival Oktoberfest.

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A military helicopter belonging to coalition forces flies around a building during a gun battle with Taliban militants in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday Sept. 14,2011.

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U.S. officials are looking for evidence that directly links elements of Pakistan's powerful spy agency to this week's assault on the U.S. Embassy and coalition headquarters in Kabul, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. The U.S. suspicions are a sign of just how rancorous relations have become between the two allies in the fight against Al Qaeda and the Taliban .

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Robertson won the Oscar in 1968 for his performance in "Charly." He played a mentally disabled man who undergoes medical treatment that makes him a genius. Robertson died Saturday of natural causes, one day after his 88th birthday.

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Besides Friday's funeral at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in East Hampton, N.Y., memorial services are being planned for later dates in New York City and Los Angeles.

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CHICAGO: The coordinator of a major new US report on India says there is no "contention, speculation or projection" in it that directly suggests that the 2014 parliamentary election would be a battle between Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi.

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Dr. K. Alan Kronstadt, a South Asian affairs specialist and coordinator of the report of the Congressional Research Service (CRS), an independent research arm of the US Congress, said the report is a "scholarly compendium of information from various sources that does not in any way reflect the judgment of the US Congress or government of any kind". Brief and separate references made to Gandhi and Nehru in the CRS's 98-page report titled "India: Domestic Issues, Strategic Dynamics, and U.S. Relations" have been used by sections of the Indian media to suggest as if some elements of the US official establishment expect the 2014 elections in the country to be a direct battle between the two politicians.

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After being locked away from the outside world for 75 days, the weepy "Big Brother" veteran emerged Wednesday as the winner of CBS' voyeuristic reality TV competition. The show's six-person jury selected the 26-year-old cocktail waitress from Los Angeles to win the $500,000 grand prize over 23-year-old newbie contestant Porsche Briggs from Miami.

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At the beginning of the 13th season, Reilly entered the "Big Brother" house with fiance Brendon Villegas, a 31-year-old graduate student. The pair met last summer as competitors on the show's 12th edition. The ups and downs of their relationship and the game often resulted in emotional outbursts from Reilly.

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BJP spokesman Rajiv Pratap Rudy on Wednesday cited the 90-page CRS report “to prove” that Mr. Modi was the best Chief Minister in the country, having “streamlined the economy, removed red tape, ended corruption and built up infrastructure.” Further, referring to the refusal of a U.S. visa to Mr. Modi in 2005, Mr. Rudy suggested that America's official opinion about him had come a long way since then.

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In fact, CRS reports do not reflect the opinion of the U.S. Congress or administration and are, at best, background briefs for Congressmen with much of their source material derived from the region itself — newspaper reports, speeches at seminars and so on.

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Yet another reference to Mr. Modi in the CRS is: “Perhaps India's best example of effective governance is found in Gujarat (pop. 60 million), where controversial Chief Minister Narendra Modi has streamlined economic processes, removing red tape and curtailing corruption …” This, the CRS acknowledges, is based on a write-up in The Wall Street Journal of January 14, 2011.

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BURBANK, Calif. – The stars of CBS' "Two and a Half Men" are scrutinizing a publicity photo depicting them as a tuxedo-clad trio sharing a vintage microphone.

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Ashton Kutcher is in the center of the shot, flanked by Jon Cryer and Angus T. Jones on the other. Charlie Sheen, of course, is out of the picture. Ashton Kutcher is in the center of the shot, flanked by Jon Cryer and Angus T. Jones on the other. Charlie Sheen, of course, is out of the picture. "It's nice," offered Cryer, adding a query to Jones: "But that's not your hand, is it? I believe they had too big a black spot there and they photoshopped in a hand." "That's not my head, is it?" said Kutcher.

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India by the Congressional Research Service (CRS), a bipartisan and independent research wing of the US Congress, finds Modi a strong prime ministerial candidate for the opposition BJP in 2014, while at the same time discussing the prospect of the Congress putting up Rahul Gandhi for the position.

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However, the report which gives a detailed account of international political dimensions of India, does not clearly state it would be a Modi vs Gandhi affair in 2014. US Congressional report says India might be looking at a Rahul vs Modi affair in 2014 polls. "The 2009 polls may have represented a coming out party of sorts for the younger Gandhi, who many expect to be put forward as Congress' prime ministerial candidate in scheduled 2014 elections," said the report dated September 1, which was made public yesterday by the Federation of American Scientists.

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LOS ANGELES – Alex Schaefer is the hot Los Angeles artist of the moment, thanks to a couple of oil-on-canvas works showing banks burning down.

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Although his work has been displayed at several galleries over the years, Schaefer was mostly an obscure figure in the art world whose pieces rarely fetched more than $1,000.

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With flames leaping through the bank's roof, the work began to take on a look similar to Ed Ruscha's acclaimed 1966 "Burning Gas Station." Schaefer says several passers-by stopped to give him a thumb's up.

LA painter's bank on fire work heats up art world (AP)

The Iranian regime signalled yesterday that it was granting bail to two American hikers at the centre of a diplomatic dispute since they were seized while trekking around a popular waterfall in northern Iraq more than two years ago and accused of spying for the United States.

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Word that the two friends, Shane Bauer and Joshua Fattal, both 29 and graduates of the University of California, Berkeley, were at last on the brink of regaining their freedom tantalised their families back in the US, whose efforts to have them released until now have met one agonising setback after another, thanks in part to the tangled nature of the US-Iranian relationship and the often opaque judicial process in Tehran. The Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is preparing to launch his annual international media blitz ahead of the September UN General Assembly in New York, told NBC News last night that he expected the pair to be set free "in a couple of days". The bail offer, coming two months after the men were each sentenced to eight years in prison, was meant as a "humanitarian gesture", he said.

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That's why it's the producers who typically accept the Emmy Award for outstanding drama or comedy series, and why the producers of this year's Emmy-nominated shows were honored Monday by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

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Weiner, who has won six Emmys for writing and producing "Mad Men," said producers shepherd the show along and are responsible for "wrangling all the creative people." "If you like the product, they're as responsible as anyone else," he said. TV academy chairman John Shaffner thanked the crowd for being "the creative people who keep the rest of us employed" and "Glee" producer Dante Di Loreto "for sharing Jane Lynch to host the event." "She's going to be absolutely wonderful!" Shaffner said.

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The Indian rupee rose by 13 paise to Rs. 47.09 per dollar in opening trade on the Interbank Foreign Exchange on Tuesday as the American currency weakened against the euro and other rivals amid a rally in the domestic equity market.

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On Monday, the rupee tumbled by 66 paise to close at nearly a 14-month low of Rs. 47.22/23 against the U.S. currency amid a steep fall in the stock market and a surge in the dollar value against other major currency rivals.

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Forex dealers said dollar weakness against the euro and other Asian currencies overseas and a higher opening in the domestic stock market helped the rupee’s rise today following six consecutive sessions of decline.

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SUECA, Spain — With more than 3,000 fans cheering, a hulking, black-and-white fighting bull named "Mouse" chased one daredevil runner after another, trying to flip them airborne and skewer them as he did a month ago in a fatal goring that enshrined his reputation as Spain's most feared and famous beast.

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Mouse was greeted in the southeastern farm town of Sueca like a rock star: Everyone stood up at 2 a.m. Sunday in the bull ring's grandstands as he charged across the sand after loudspeakers introduced him with the eerie strains of the soundtrack to "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly," the 1960s spaghetti western starring a young Clint Eastwood. The 550-kilogram (1,213-pound) bull didn't claim any more victims this time, but tried his hardest to gore runners. And he captured intense media coverage in what could be his last appearance before retirement amid the controversy he has generated about Spain's summertime tradition of bull versus human runs, a pastime that plays out in rings, narrow streets and plazas across the nation.

Spain killer bull named 'Mouse' wins fame, infamy (AP)

Overview • Asian markets down on rising global economic concerns. • ECB executive board member Juergen Stark resigns. • The US Dollar Index appreciates sharply in the last week.

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Overview • Asian markets down on rising global economic concerns. • ECB executive board member Juergen Stark resigns. • The US Dollar Index appreciates sharply in the last week. • Euro posts biggest weekly loss since mid-August 2010. Asian markets open on a negative note today mainly due to escalating concerns with respect to Euro Zone debt crisis which led rise in risk aversion in the markets globally. Wholesale Inventories in the US increased as expected by 0.8 percent in July as against a rise of 0.6 percent in the previous month. The inventories rose as the warehouses are filled by automobiles and computer equipments as sales decline in July. Fall in demand gives distributors less reason to build up stockpiles which is a sign that the country’s production may cool and contribute less to the recovery.

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Kennedy met with historian and former White House aide Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. in her 18th century Washington house in the spring and early summer of 1964. At home and at ease, as if receiving a guest for afternoon tea, she chatted about her husband and their time in the White House. The young Kennedy children, Caroline and John Jr., occasionally pop in. On the accompanying audio discs, you can hear the shake of ice inside a drinking glass. The tapes were to be sealed for decades and were among the last documents of her private thoughts. She never wrote a memoir and became a legend in part because of what we didn't know.

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The book is coming out Wednesday as part of an ongoing celebration of the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy's first year in office. Jacqueline Kennedy died in 1994, and Schlesinger in 2007.

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KABUL: A suicide bomber driving a truck of firewood attacked a Nato base in central Afghanistan, killing five civilians and injuring 77 US troops on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks, Nato and Afghan officials said.

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The Taliban claimed responsibility for Saturday's bombing, which created one of the highest injury tolls of the decade-long war and came just hours after the insurgent group slammed the United States for dragging Afghanistan into war. An 8-year-old boy was among those killed in the bombing at a combat outpost in Wardak province, about 50 km south of the capital Kabul , the governor's office said in a statement. Fourteen civilians were also wounded.

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NEW YORK – Live coverage of somber ceremonies memorializing the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks is dominating television networks at the climax of two weeks of attention paid to the 10th anniversary.

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A ceremony attended by President Barack Obama to honor nearly 3,000 people killed on September 11, 2001, began in New York on Sunday with a procession of bagpipers and singing of the national anthem.

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It was the first of six moments of silence to be observed at the ceremony at Ground Zero: one for each of the towers hit, one each for the Pentagon and the crash of Flight 93 in Pennsylvania and one each for the collapse of two towers.

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NEW YORK – Cliff Robertson, the handsome movie actor who played John F. Kennedy in "PT-109," won an Oscar for "Charly" and was famously victimized in a 1977 Hollywood forgery scandal, died Saturday. He was 88.

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M.S. Dhoni said poor starts, in batting as well as bowling, affected India's chances of winning the third ODI of the NatWest Series at the Oval on Friday.

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M.S. Dhoni said poor starts, in batting as well as bowling, affected India's chances of winning the third ODI of the NatWest Series at the Oval on Friday. “In the first 10 overs we gave away too many runs and it is an area of concern. We also did not have a good start as the English bowlers did well and then after that to score 234 was a good task. I think we were short by nearly 30 runs. The biggest positive was that it looked as though we got five bowlers,” Dhoni said. The Indian captain lavished praise on Ravindra Jadeja and R. Ashwin. “Jadeja batted brilliantly. His bowling was always up to the mark and may be earlier it was the batting, which was a concern. He has shown improvement right from the IPL.

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SANTA ANA, Calif. – A bit actor who appeared in the first "Austin Powers" movie was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the violent 1990 gang rape of a Southern California woman.

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Joseph Son, 40, was found guilty of one felony count of torture Aug. 25 after being linked to the crime through DNA evidence, said Farrah Emami, spokeswoman for the Orange County district attorney. Son and co-defendant Santiago Lopez Gaitan, 40, abducted the then-19-year-old victim as she was walking her dog by her apartment on Christmas Eve.

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WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Saturday the United States was stronger 10 years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and Americans would "carry on" despite continued threats against their safety.

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LOS ANGELES – Mel Gibson, who reportedly made anti-Semitic remarks during a drunken driving arrest five years ago, is now producing a film about the life of Jewish hero Judah Maccabee.

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Gibson's publicist, Alan Nierob, told The Associated Press Friday that Gibson is working on a deal with Warner Bros. to develop the film through his company, Icon Productions. What Gibson's exact role will be — whether he might direct or even star in the film — hasn't been determined.

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Joe Eszterhas of "Basic Instinct" and "Flashdance" fame is writing the script. No timetable is in place for it to be completed and for production to begin.

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Tata said Carl-Peter Forster resigned due to "unavoidable personal circumstances," but will remain a non-executive member of the Tata Motors board.

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By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The one component of President Barack Obama's jobs plan most likely to win approval in Congress -- payroll tax cuts -- will produce only a modest incremental lift to the U.S. economy and may barely...

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NEW YORK – Oprah Winfrey got plenty of `likes' on Facebook Thursday from fans who tuned in to watch a live online chat with the social networking site.

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The TV personality gave a one-hour interview to Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg at the company's Palo Alto, Calif., headquarters. The chat took place in front of an audience of Facebook employees who cheered and took photos on camera phones when she walked out. Winfrey is now focused on developing her OWN television network. She serves as its chairman, CEO and chief creative officer. "It's a lot harder than I ever imagined. If anybody asks you if you want a network think about that," she joked.

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NEW YORK: Serena Williams shrugged off a shaky start to book a semifinal berth at the US Open on Thursday, while Samantha Stosur ended Vera Zvonareva's bid to reach the final for a second straight year.

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Williams, whose 13 Grand Slam titles include three US Open triumphs, struggled early with her serve but looked her usual overpowering self by the time when wrapped up a 7-5, 6-1 victory over 20-year-old Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova . Their match was moved from the water-logged Louis Armstrong Stadium, where the legacy of days of heavy rain was water seeping up through the court surface behind one baseline.

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LOS ANGELES – The doctor charged in Michael Jackson's death returned to court Thursday to meet the first batch of potential jurors who may eventually decide whether to convict him of involuntary manslaughter.

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It will be the second time this year that a judge, prosecutors and attorneys for Dr. Conrad Murray try to pick a panel to hear the case, which is expected to last four to six weeks and will put the spotlight on the King of Pop's final moments once again. Roughly 160 people are expected to undergo an initial screening Thursday to see whether they're available to serve during the lengthy criminal trial. Those who are able will then fill out a 30-page questionnaire aimed at determining their level of knowledge of the case and any strong opinions about Jackson or Murray.

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Nationwide protests erupted last month after it acted tough and briefly arrested activist Anna Hazare.  Following a 13-day hunger strike by Hazare , the government finally conceded to his demand to consider tough anti-corruption legislation. But it lost considerable support as it failed to gauge the deep public anger with public graft in India.

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While Sonia Gandhi was away, her son, Rahul Gandhi, was expected to play a more prominent role in national politics.  It is widely believed that he will become prime minister if the Congress Party is returned to power, and Sonia Gandhi had named him a member of a joint committee handling party affairs. However, Rahul Gandhi adopted a low profile during his mother's absence and critics say he failed to make a mark politically during the anti-corruption protests.

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SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Actress Reese Witherspoon was struck by a car while jogging near Los Angeles on Wednesday morning and suffered minor injuries.

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In a statement expressing condolences and support, the State Department made the familiar observation about the ''remarkable resiliency and courage (of the people of India) in the face of horrific violence.'' Repeated reference to Indian resilience irks a growing constituency in India seeking hard-line response to terrorism.

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Although there was no reference to the origins of the attack and no assignation of blame, some western analysts have suggested that every attack on India puts the focus on Pakistan as long as the latter continues to foster terrorist groups on its soil as part of its ''strategic depth'' policy.

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While some Wikileaks cables show growing cooperation on terrorism between US and India, increasingly, many experts, including some US lawmakers, are calling for punitive action against Pakistan for its refusal to act against terrorist groups, some of which are openly regrouping in that country. Although the Obama administration has shown greater sense of purpose and urgency acting against terrorist supporters and sympathizers in the U.S, some interlocutors want Washington to wield its financial lever on Islamabad to force a course correction in Pakistan.

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TORONTO – There's a broader vibe than the usual Hollywood A-listers this year at the Toronto International Film Festival, one of the world's top cinema showcases and a prelude for contenders at the Academy Awards.

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Stars such as George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, Glenn Close, Robert De Niro and Viggo Mortensen are on the guest list for the 11-day festival that opens Thursday with an unusually heavy emphasis on music and documentaries.

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Pitt is on hand for the premiere of "Moneyball," a film he has been trying to bring to the screen for years as both star and producer. Directed by Bennett Miller ("Capote"), "Moneyball" casts Pitt as Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane, who rebuilt his team on a shoestring budget applying a fresh statistical approach to find under-appreciated players.

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The volume of mortgage applications filed in the U.S. last week fell a seasonally adjusted 4.9% from the previous week, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday, as refinancing continued to retreat after driving volume higher earlier last ...

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The volume of mortgage applications filed in the U.S. last week fell a seasonally adjusted 4.9% from the previous week, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday, as refinancing continued to retreat after driving volume higher earlier last ... U.S. securities regulators are looking into whether turbocharged exchange-traded funds amplified August's topsy-turvy swings in the stock market.

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NEW YORK – Just weeks after Fox dropped "America's Most Wanted" after more than two decades, its creator-host, John Walsh, has a new home for the show on the Lifetime network.

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NEW DELHI: The Indian sports bodies slammed the International Hockey Federation's (FIH) decision to shift the men's Champion's Trophy out of India.

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The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) called the decision 'unfortunate and uncalled for' and the two factions - Hockey India (HI) and Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) - were 'shocked and dismayed'. HI secretary general Narinder Batra said since Negre was scheduled to meet the sports minister Ajay Maken next week, the decision has left them shocked.

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The acclaimed drama about Southern black maids speaking out during the civil-rights movement took in $19 million over the long holiday weekend, according to studio estimates Monday.

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That raised the film's domestic total to $123.4 million. "The Help" also has begun rolling out overseas, pulling in $1.7 million in its first international market, Australia. A DreamWorks Pictures release distributed by Disney, "The Help" has been a triumph amid a rush of late-summer duds that ended Hollywood's busiest season. Another batch of new movies this weekend packed in modest to small crowds.

'The Help' puts in overtime at No. 1 with $19M (AP)

LUCKNOW: Slamming the WikiLeaks report about her, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today alleged that its owner was either playing in the hands of her political opponents or had gone "mad".

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LUCKNOW: Slamming the WikiLeaks report about her, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today alleged that its owner was either playing in the hands of her political opponents or had gone "mad". "I would request the government of his country to send him to a mental asylum and if they have no place for him in his country we can put him in our Agra mental hospital", Mayawati told reporters here.

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Terming the allegations against her, her government, its officials and partymen as "baseless", she said, "They are wrong, mischievous and derogatory and an effort to damage the image of the government and condemned them".

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ROME – Salvatore Licitra, a tenor known in his Italian homeland as the "new Pavarotti" for his potent voice and considerable stamina, died Monday at age 43 after spending nine days in a coma following a motorscooter accident in Sicily.

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Catania's Garibaldi Hospital, announcing the death, said Licitra never regained consciousness after suffering severe head and chest injuries in the Aug. 27 accident. Doctors had said Licitra crashed his scooter into a wall near the town of Ragusa, apparently after suffering an interruption of blood to the brain while driving.

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The hospital said Licitra's family agreed to make his organs available for transplant. "So very sad to say goodbye to Salvatore Licitra. I will miss you," soprano Deborah Voigt, a frequent onstage partner, wrote on her Facebook page.

Italian tenor Salvatore Licitra dies in Sicily (AP)

New Delhi: In the latest series of ‘secret’ US diplomatic cables released by the whistle blower website WikiLeaks, it has been revealed that the US is dismissive of the young guns of the Congress party.

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According to reports, the young turks, who belonging to Rahul Gandhi’s team may be suave, articulate or sophisticated, but they don’t have the USP to impress Americans, a confidential diplomatic cable said. The cable sees them as “mere scions” of powerful political families. "They could represent a continuation of the 'old guard' Indian political establishment rather than any substantive change," the cable is reported to have said.

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LAS VEGAS – "American Idol" executive producer Nigel Lythgoe says he's sorry that comedian Jerry Lewis didn't participate in this year's Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon, but the organization needs to move on to ensure the fundraiser continues.

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The hosts of this year's Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon said Sunday that Jerry Lewis retired from the organization and its yearly fundraiser as they solicited donations and trotted out as much celebrity punch as organizers could muster in the annual program's first year without the beloved icon. The comments about Lewis, whose name was synonymous with the telethon since it started in 1966, were the charity's first since announcing his split from the organization last month.

Lythgoe: Lewis welcome on MDA telethon anytime (AP)

The benchmark indices have opened on a weak note as global sentiments worsened on dismal US jobs report. Asian stocks were down, affecting sentiments on the Dalal Street. At 1015 hours, the Sensex was trading 214 points lower at 16,607 and the Nifty declined 61 points to slip below the crucial 5,000 mark.

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Asian markets were down after US failed to add jobs in August. Economists were expecting 93,000 jobs to be added making it the worst employment report in 11 months. South Korea's Kospi was down nearly 3 per cent while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong was trading over 2 per cent lower. Japan's benchmark Nikkei was down 1.5 per cent. However, analysts were cautiously optimistic about the domestic markets. Deven Choksey, MD, K R Choksey Securities said the markets are likely to fall 70-80 points because of global factors but Nifty could attract buying between 4,950-4,900 levels after which 5,150-5,200 was likely." Mr Choksey asked investors to adopt a buy on dips and sell on rise strategy.

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ROME – Italian police say a man has vandalized a fountain in the city's famed Piazza Navona, detaching two big chunks off a marble statue.

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The damaged statue was a 19th-century copy. A Rome culture official, Umberto Broccoli, said the pieces were recovered and can be reattached to the Moor Fountain. Security camera footage on Italian TV stations and websites Sunday shows a man climbing in the fountain and repeatedly attacking the statue — one of four large faces at the edge of the fountain_ with a large rock. The man acted Saturday morning, when the favorite tourist spot was still relatively quiet.

Fountain in Rome's Piazza Navona vandalized (AP)

THE Obama administration has initiated a last-ditch diplomatic campaign to avert a confrontation over a Palestinian plan to seek recognition as a state at the United Nations, but it may be too late, according to senior US officials and foreign diplomats.

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The administration has proposed renewed peace talks with the Israelis, hoping to persuade Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas to abandon the bid at the annual UN General Assembly world leaders' gathering beginning on September 20.

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The administration has made it clear to Mr Abbas that it will veto any request to the UN Security Council to make a Palestinian state a new member outright. But the US does not have enough support to block a General Assembly vote to elevate the status of the Palestinians' non-voting observer ''entity'' to that of a non-voting observer state. The change would allow the Palestinians to join UN bodies and conventions, and could strengthen their ability to pursue cases against Israel at the International Criminal Court.

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LOS ANGELES – Lawyers for Michael Jackson's doctor filed an emergency 11th hour appeal Friday seeking to overturn a judge's refusal to sequester jurors in Dr. Conrad Murray's upcoming trial.

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News that the economy added zero jobs in August raises the chances that the Federal Reserve will announce another round of stimulus when it meets in two weeks, Fed-watchers say, most likely by pushing down long-term interest rates.

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Cheaper credit could give the economy a boost - and prompt more hiring - by encouraging more borrowing, so companies and consumers have more money to spend. But with interest rates already low, it isn't certain how much this might help the economy, though proponents of more action by the Fed argue that this is better than not trying. The central bank has already undertaken a spate of unprecedented measures to reinvigorate growth, including two large rounds of asset purchases. At its August meeting, many Fed policymakers expressed interest in engaging in further easing measures but could not agree what to do.

Zero job growth in US: Federal Reserve may announce another round of stimulus - Economic Times

NEW YORK – A New York court says Prince should pay almost $4 million to a perfume company that claimed he hobbled its efforts to market a perfume named for one of his albums.

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Prince's lawyer hasn't responded to phone and email messages left Friday. He told the New York Law Journal the "Purple Rain" singer and songwriter would fight to keep the suggested award from being confirmed.

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Revelations Perfume and Cosmetics Inc. says it licensed the Minneapolis musician's name and likeness and the album title "3121" to market its fragrance in 2006. The Huntingdon Valley, Pa.-based company says Prince broke promises to help promote the scent after its July 2007 launch.

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The US has issued a worldwide travel alert for American nationals ahead of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. The warning - issued by the state department - said no specific threats had been identified, but terrorist groups had a tendency to launch attacks on significant dates in the past, Xinhua reported.

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The state department urged Americans overseas to take precautions, encouraging them to register with the state department website to receive the latest security information. America remains at heightened vigilance against possible threats, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano said on Friday. "As we approach the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the safety and security of the American public remains our highest priority," Napolitano said in a statement.

US issues travel alert ahead of 9/11 anniversary - Hindustan Times

LOS ANGELES – Comedians who think Jerry Lewis was unceremoniously dumped from his post as chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association and face of its annual telethon are holding a Web-athon of their own.

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Laugh Factory owner Jamie Masada says his club will hold a fundraiser on Monday featuring comedians such as Norm Crosby and Dave Chappelle. Fans can watch the performances online and make donations.

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Comedy club announces Jerry Lewis Award, Web-athon (AP)

NEW YORK, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Wall Street stocks dropped more than 2 percent on Friday as Labor Department data showed jobs growth flatlined in August, intensifying worries the economy is staggering.

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Financial, manufacturer and energy stocks suffered the biggest losses as declining issues far outweighed winners on a light-volume day ahead of the long U.S. Labor Day holiday weekend.

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Stocks had risen recently on hopes the Fed would introduce new stimulus after data reflected a weak economy, recouping 50 percent of the down move from a July high. However, analysts said the Fed may be running out of options in its fight to stimulate the economy.

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LOS ANGELES – ""Dancing With the Stars" executive producer Conrad Green says despite controversy over the casting of its first transgender contestant, "Dancing" remains a family show and viewers should check out the new season before passing judgment.

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Chaz Bono, who was born female but underwent surgery to become a man, is among the cast of 12 celebrities set to appear on the ABC hit when it premieres later this month — a decision that's drawn ire from some "Dancing" fans and conservative media groups. Dan Gainor of the Culture and Media Institute calls Bono's casting "a ridiculous, agenda-driven move by `Dancing With the Stars.'" "This is the latest example of the networks trying to push a sexual agenda on American families," he said Thursday.

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Executives at AT&T attend a news conference where it was announced that AT&T Inc. will be buying its wireless rival T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom AG for $39 billion in cash and stock on March 21, 2011 in New York City.

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AT&T Inc. (T) Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson said in a television interview that he expected his company’s bid for T-Mobile USA Inc. to get government approval by the first quarter of 2012. An hour later, his lawyers received a call from the U.S. Justice Department, according to a person familiar with the matter. The attorneys were told the government was suing to block the $39 billion transaction, the person said. The suit halted the biggest deal of the year and drew a line in the sand on antitrust policy that may affect other acquisitions in the pipeline.

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LONDON – Protesters disrupted a performance by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in one of Britain's most venerable concert series and forced the BBC to pull the concert off the air, the broadcaster said Thursday.

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Pro-Palestinian group The Palestine Solidarity Campaign had called for the BBC to cancel the concert and urged people to boycott the event in protest.

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The orchestra was due to perform at London's Royal Albert Hall on Thursday as part of BBC Proms, an annual summer concert series dating back to 1941 broadcast live on the radio.

Anti-Israel protest disrupts UK concert series (AP)

The United States has asked for a collaborative diplomatic process on resolving the disputes related to the South China Sea, amid reports of the Chinese Navy confronting an Indian Navy vessel off the coast of Vietnam in late July.

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The United States has asked for a collaborative diplomatic process on resolving the disputes related to the South China Sea, amid reports of the Chinese Navy confronting an Indian Navy vessel off the coast of Vietnam in late July. "We support a collaborative diplomatic process by all claimants to resolve their disputes. I would just stress that we want a collaborative diplomatic process there," State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters. The US is certainly aware of the media reports on an alleged encounter between Indian and Chinese naval vessels, he said. "You know, obviously refer to the relevant Indian or Chinese officials for details. I would just note that the government of India has publicly denied that there was any sort of confrontation," Toner said.

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ATHENS, Greece – Greek police recovered a 17th century painting by Flemish master Pieter Paul Rubens stolen from a museum in Belgium a decade ago, authorities said Thursday.

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Two people, both Greeks, were arrested in the operation, he said. Neither the police nor the Culture Ministry would give further information on the raid, the painting or which Belgian museum it was stolen from, saying investigations were still ongoing into the case. The artwork, dating from 1618 and stolen in 2001, was "a particularly important painting," the ministry said. The artwork had been examined by experts from the ministry and determined to be genuine and "of priceless value," Greek police spokesman Panagiotis Papapetropoulos said.

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NEW YORK: US stocks edged lower on Thursday in what looked set to be another low-volume, volatile session as investors sought direction after a recent snap-back rally and economic data gave little reason to buy.

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The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 8.48 points, or 0.07 percent, to 11,605.05. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped 1.88 points, or 0.15 percent, to 1,217.01. The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 1.42 points, or 0.06 percent, to 2,578.04.

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Stocks jumped in early trading after a key report indicated that the country's manufacturing sector fared better in August than economists had expected.

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The superstar posted several tweets Wednesday defending his participation on the upcoming season of "Dancing With the Stars." Bono is the first transgender competitor on the hit ABC show.

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Cher says her son, who was born female and underwent surgery to become a man, is being "viciously attacked" on blogs and message boards since the new cast was announced Monday. Cher says her son, who was born female and underwent surgery to become a man, is being "viciously attacked" on blogs and message boards since the new cast was announced Monday. "This is Still America right? It took guts 2 do it," Cher wrote, adding that she supports him no matter what he chooses to do.

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WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was to leave Wednesday for international talks in Paris aimed at sounding out Libyan rebels on what US officials call their "enormous" needs in establishing a new government.

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What is at stake, US officials say, is how well the rebels bring security to the capital Tripoli and other war-torn areas, restore services like water, deal with fallen but fugitive strongman Moamer Kadhafi, and prepare for democratic rule. The "credibility" of the National Transitional Council (NTC), the political umbrella for the rebels, rests on such achievements, a senior US official told reporters on the condition of anonymity.

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