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World Bank to launch Caribbean disaster insurance (Lesley Wroughton)
The World Bank is launching the first disaster insurance plan to offer emergency money to 18 Caribbean countries immediately after they are hit by hurricanes or earthquakes.
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Food crisis looms in flood-ravaged Mozambique (Charles Mangwiro)
Aid workers are battling Monday to supply food and fresh water to a ballooning refugee population.
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Corporate Profits Take an Offshore Vacation (Lucy Komisar)
A company figures out how to move its book profits offshore so it can evade millions and even billions in taxes to the country where it really operates.
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US Rejects Ban on Cluster Bombs (AFP)
The United States Friday rejected an international call to abandon the use of cluster bombs.
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Global Warming: Enough to Make You Sick (Jia-Rui Chong)
Rising temperatures are redistributing bacteria, insects and plants, exposing people to diseases theyd never encountered before.
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Stand-in mistress sought to take wife's abuse (Reuters)
The successful candidate would be 35 and originally from northeastern China and would be paid 3,000 yuan ($400) per 10 minutes.
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VIDEO: Good morning from Pearl Jam... (Rymphs Klymptor)
Back in 1991 a then little known band called Pearl Jam gave an in-store concert for the few fans that came out to see them. Here are at least four songs, live, including the awesome "Black" and ...
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Oil Glut Hidden by Rig Dearth Makes Drillers Good Bet (Vibeke Laroi and Bruce Blythe)
Orders for offshore rigs have surged sixfold in the past five years, and rental rates are at the highest ever after oil prices tripled and industry profits soared.
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Housing Slump May Force Fed to Pare Annual U.S. Growth Estimate (Rich Miller and Matthew Benjamin)
``Were in the midst of a classic boom-bust credit cycle in housing, says Andy Laperriere, managing director at International Strategy & Investment Group in Washington. ``And the bust is just ...
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U.S. War with Iran would be Navy, Air Force show: Analysts (William H. McMichael)
Some point to buildup in Persian Gulf region as precursor to attack.
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