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Opec members divided over oil price \| This could be a difficult moment for Saudi Arabia. After urgent calls for a meeting of the Opec cartel by its more hawkish members, the organisation has agreed to get t... (photo: AP Photo / Ronald Zak) The Times Energy Fuels Opec Photos Prices
Before you take that herbal preparation. \| MANILA, Philippines—Is herbal medicine pulling the rug under mainstream medicine? With their almost free access to multimedia advertising, herbal preparations are slowl... (photo: WN / james) Inquirer Market People Photos Science Society
Crisis needs a global solution \| KEVIN Rudd keeps saying that Australian banks are strong, well capitalised and well regulated. And he's absolutely right. They are. It's just that even impeccable logic... (photo: AP / Rick Rycroft) The Australian Banking Economy Finance Market Photos
Panic wreaks havoc \| WITH fear rampant from Black Friday, it strains credibility to think that Australia may yet emerge as a survivor of the financial-induced recessions about to engulf muc... (photo: AP / Rick Rycroft) The Australian Australia Banking Economy Finance Photos
Stage and soap actress Eileen Herlie of 'All My Children,' dies at 90 \| NEW YORK - Eileen Herlie, a stage and TV actress who appeared on "All My Children" for more than three decades as the motherly Myrtle Fargate, has died at 90.... (photo: AMPAS) Star Tribune Actress Death Entertainment Kids Photos
Africa's expensive borders \| : \| The world's finance ministers, gathered here this week for the annual World Bank and International Monetary Fund meetings, will rightly lament the collapse of globa... (photo: WN / John Sahid) International Herald Tribune Africa Development Finance Photos Trade
$700,000,000,000: (That's a lot of zeroes) \| Why is $700,000,000,000 (looks bigger that way, doesn't it?) the particular number that's needed to restore investor confidence in the United States and fix the mess th... (photo: AP / Peter Dejong) International Herald Tribune Business Debt Economy Photos US
The rise and rise of Climate Blasphemy \| You can say what you like about Jesus, Mary and Joseph, but say anything reviling, scurrilous or ludicrous about a climate change scientist and you will be punished. Yo... (photo: WN / Kamaran Najm) The People's Voice Climate Environment Photos Religion Science
FG calls for government to clarify future of Dell in Limerick \| Fine Gael TD Michael Noonan has said the entire Limerick economy will be decimated if Dell closes down. \| Deputy Noonan wants the government to make clear the future of... (photo: WN / james) Belfast Telegraph Company Development Industry Money Photos
After breakup with Bertelsmann, Sony faces challenge harmonizing its music, electronics \| LOS ANGELES - Now that Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG have broken off their troubled relationship, known as Sony BMG, the Japanese company hopes to harmonize its consume... (photo: WN / Aldrin Leyba) Star Tribune Business Electronics Music Photos Sony
Review: An impressive evening of French music \| This week's Minnesota Orchestra-Osmo Vänskä collaboration, which debuted Thursday in a distressingly depopulated Orchestra Hall, marshals four important "... (photo: WN / Vlad Jecan) Star Tribune Entertainment French Music Photos Society
Harry Enfield's no laughing matter for Filipinos It's rich that the Philippine ambassador is offended by a satire of a Filipina maid: his country is renowned for its dislike of the poor \| These days it seems as if every... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) The Guardian Filipina Housemaid Overseas Photos Social
Israel's own religious fanatics The problem with any country fashioned along religious lines is that moderates get buried under rocks and a stream of abuse \| During Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Je... (photo: Creative Commons) The Guardian Israel Photos Politics Religious War
Western group petitions for species protection \| ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- \| A tortoise, a hare, a mouse and a half-dozen mussels are some of the creatures that a conservation group hopes to save through a "Western Ark" pr... (photo: Public Domain) Lexington Herald-Leader Animals Environment Photos Society Wildlife
Doherty's new ZIP code \| " 'I couldn't breathe, I started having an anxiety attack,' Doherty says, shuddering. Her Irish brow crinkles into slight worry lines that make her look her age, which ... (photo: AP / Dan Steinberg) Buffalo News Actress Celebrity Entertainment Hollywood Photos
Society in Action BOYCOTTING ISRAELI GOODS \| In spring 2003 the ex-Prime Minister of Israel - Ariel Sharon - declared that 'the only possibility for a solution for the Palestinians would b... (photo: AP/Eitan Hess-Ashkenazi) Middle East Online Economy Israel Palestinians Photos Society
Jewish extremists attempt pogrom against Arabs in Akka \| Photo: The Palestinian Information Center \| From Khalid Amayreh in Occupied East Jerusalem \| Hundreds of religious Jewish extremists and hooligans laid siege to and ass... (photo: WN / tamer) The People's Voice Information Jewish Palestinian Photo Photos
What would Obama do about economy? \| Watching the stock market tank leaves you with the queasy feeling that everything done so far to stop the financial panic has turned out to be too little too late. \| Th... (photo: AP / Alex Brandon) Chicago Sun-Times Dollar Economy Market Photos Stock
Israel Between War and Peace The violently contradictory signals coming out of Israel these days point to the troublesome -- and so far unresolved -- debate among the country’s leaders about how Isra... (photo: AP / Vahid Salem) Middle East Online Arab World Israel Mideast Peace Photos
Columbia should close loophole in new smoking ban \| COLUMBIA'S BAN on smoking in public places, including restaurants and bars, wasn't in effect a week before some, including a bar owned by a member of City Council, had ... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo) The State Ban Columbia Health Photos Smoking