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NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) — Talks to mediate an end to Kenya’s political crisis were to resume Friday morning after being suspended in the wake of a second opposition lawmaker’s killing a day earlier, according to a U.N. spokesman.

David Too’s killing was the second against a lawmaker in three days; fellow Orange [...]

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BEIJING, China (AP) — Computer maker Lenovo Group said Thursday its profits for the quarter ending December 31 jumped 198 percent to $172 million (115 million euros) on strong sales growth, including a 38 percent rise in notebook shipments.
Despite concerns about a possible U.S. slowdown and its impact on world markets, Lenovo CEO [...]

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BERLIN, Germany (AP) — The 75th anniversary of Adolf Hitler’s elevation to German chancellor on Wednesday is one the country would prefer to forget, but the ignominious event that ultimately led to the deaths of millions remains part of the nation’s weighted history.

Hitler’s accession to the post gave the Nazi party its [...]

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(CNN) — My fellow Americans… So goes the familiar refrain associated with the State of the Union speech. But I-Reporters put a new twist on the president’s annual traditional address, letting their imaginations drive them to create something altogether different.

Readers pulled out their cameras, got out their guitars and in one case [...]

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BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) — Thailand’s parliament chose a prime-minister-elect on Monday, according to Thai television.

The parliament’s choice, Samak Sundaravej, will become prime minister of Thailand if the king confirms the parliament’s choice.
The return of parliamentary rule after 16 months of military rule follows elections in December in which the People Power [...]

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BOCA RATON, Florida (AP) — Leading Republican presidential contenders agreed in a campaign debate Thursday night that the newly minted bipartisan economic stimulus package marks a good start, but does not do enough to cut taxes.

It’s something I support and I look forward to taking it further, said former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt [...]

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(CNN) — The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and armed groups in the country signed a deal Wednesday to end years of fighting in the country’s east, according to Peter Kessler, with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

He had no details about the scope of the agreement. [...]

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DAVOS, Switzerland (CNN) — Bleak forecasts for the global economy dominated Wednesday’s opening of the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, but business and government leaders were divided over the possibility of a global recession.

The prospect of a major downturn was already on the agenda for the 2008 meeting that gathers some [...]

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(CNN) — Ever since we got into the thick of the presidential race, reporters, anchors, pundits, columnists and writers have spent a considerable amount of time on the fact that nearly 50 percent of the people who will vote in the South Carolina primary are black.

Considering you have a black male candidate [...]

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(CNN) — Suspected killer Marine Cpl. Cesar Laurean is most likely in Mexico, authorities said, and the prosecutor said he has agreed not to seek the death penalty if Laurean is arrested in that country.

Onslow County, North Carolina, District Attorney Dewey Hudson told CNN that he was shown strongly compelling evidence compiled [...]

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