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

admin — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:38:06 +0000

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)

admin — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 21:51:40 +0000

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)

admin — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:29:58 +0000

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)

admin — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 17:32:39 +0000

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)

admin — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 11:08:44 +0000

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

admin — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 03:08:07 +0000

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)

admin — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:41:15 +0000

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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As water inches closer, an agonizing wait in La. (AP)

admin — Sat, 21 May 2011 18:35:47 +0000

AP – The final wave of holdouts has mostly packed up and left this town as water from the swollen Atchafalaya River inched toward their homes, their frustration and hope painted on signs outside their now-abandoned homes.

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As water creeps closer, residents warned: Get out (AP)

admin — Sun, 15 May 2011 21:56:20 +0000

AP – Deputies warned people Sunday to get out as Mississippi River water gushing from a floodgate for the first time in four decades crept ever closer to communities in Louisiana Cajun country, slowly filling a river basin like a giant bathtub.

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AP sources: US closer to calling for Assad to go (AP)

admin — Tue, 10 May 2011 23:26:22 +0000

AP – The Obama administration is edging closer to calling for an end to the long rule of the Assad family in Syria. Administration officials said Tuesday that the first step would be to say for the first time that President Bashar Assad has forfeited his legitimacy to rule, a major policy shift that would amount to a call for regime change that has questionable support in the world community.

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