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Stocks gain as Europe moves closer to budget pact (AP)

December 9th, 2011 | Author: admin

Specialist Michael Gagliano, foreground right, works at a post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during the IPO of Rose Rock Midstream, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. U.S. stock indexes rose in early trading Friday after 26 European nations agreed to consider tying their economies together more closely in hopes of preventing another debt crisis. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP – A deal to forge stronger ties between most of Europe’s economies sent stocks sharply higher Friday afternoon as hopes grew that the region is close to resolving its debt crisis. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 178 points.


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Tentative deal moves the NBA lockout closer to end (AP)

November 26th, 2011 | Author: admin

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2011 file photo, NBA commissioner David Stern speaks during a news conference in New York. NBA owners and players reached a tentative agreement early Saturday morning Nov. 26, 2011 to end the 149-day lockout. The league plans a 66-game season and aims to open camps Dec. 9. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)AP – NBA Commissioner David Stern accepted some congratulations, headed for another short night of sleep, then planned to brief his owners on a deal that could change the way they do business.


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Floods inch closer to heart of Thailand’s capital (AP)

October 27th, 2011 | Author: admin

A Thai monk walks through a flooded street outside the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011. Residents poured out of the Thai capital by bus, plane and train Thursday, heeding government warnings to use a special five-day holiday to evacuate parts of the flood-threatened metropolis before a weekend deluge rushes through the city. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP – Clamoring aboard bamboo rafts and army trucks, residents living on the heavily inundated outskirts of Bangkok fled waterlogged homes Thursday as floodwaters inched closer to the heart of the threatened Thai capital and foreign governments urged their citizens to avoid all but essential travel.


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Rebels moving closer to Gadhafi bastion: official (AP)

September 3rd, 2011 | Author: admin

Freedom fighters climb on a tank for a lookout at a defensive outpost, some 30 kilometers outside Misrata, Libya, Thursday, Sep. 01, 2011. A ring of outposts along the outer perimeter of Misrata have been created to defend the city as well as to provide backup troops and supplies to the fighters heading to the frontline.(AP Photo/Gaia Anderson)AP – Rebel fighters have started closing in on one of Moammar Gadhafi’s last strongholds, the town of Bani Walid, without encountering resistance.


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Libyan rebels push front line closer to Tripoli (AP)

August 21st, 2011 | Author: admin

People celebrate the recent news of uprising in Tripoli against Moammar Gadhafi's regime at the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Libya, early Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011. Libyan rebels said they launched their first attack on Tripoli in coordination with NATO late Saturday, and Associated Press reporters heard unusually heavy gunfire and explosions in the capital. The fighting erupted just hours after opposition fighters captured the key city of Zawiya nearby. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP – Libyan rebels said they were less than 20 miles (30 kilometers) from Moammar Gadhafi’s main stronghold of Tripoli on Sunday, a day after opposition fighters launched their first attack on the capital itself.


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Jeter closer ‘two’ history in 9-2 win

July 5th, 2011 | Author: admin

Two down, four to go. Could Wednesday night be the night Derek Jeter gets No. 3,000? Jeter moved two steps closer to the milestone Tuesday night, collecting his first two hits since returning from the disabled list to help the Yankees breeze to a 9-2 win over the Indians at Progressive Field. Jeter’s two-run double came as part of a five-run second inning.

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Obama to move US closer to leaving Afghanistan (AP)

June 21st, 2011 | Author: admin

FILE - In this June 15, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Pensacola, Fla. Nearing a critical benchmark in the Afghanistan war, President Barack Obama is considering both how many U.S. troops to bring home next month and a broader withdrawal plan to give Afghans control of their security in 2014. But there are deep divisions over how to achieve that, with military leaders favoring a gradual troop reduction and other advisers pushing for a significant decrease in coming months. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP – President Barack Obama will move the United States a step closer to ending the war in Afghanistan when he announces plans Wednesday to bring thousands of American troops home, beginning next month.


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