Daily Archives: July 10, 2008

Buffett puts $3bn into Dow takeover

Business & economics: Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway group is emerging as a leading shareholder in Dow Chemical
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And this little piggie went …

Animal rescue groups are looking for adoptive homes for 69 pigs saved from mid-west floods
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Frenchman pleads guilty to trying to sell stolen Monet and Brueghels

Man pleads guilty in US court to attempting the sale of paintings stolen Nice museum
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Row over McCain aide’s comments

McCain rivals jump on comment that US is ‘a nation of whiners’
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Jackson comments revive race as campaign issue for Obama

Jackson’s outburst revisited the issue of Obama’s place in the African-American community
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Ricco roars home as Schumacher falls

Sports: Saunier Duval rider Ricardo Ricco claimed the sixth stage of the Tour de France with a powerful finish
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Checking civil liberties at the border

Comment is free America: Matthew Harwood: The US government’s ability to search travellers’ laptop computers and copy their contents is a violation of privacy rights
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Expert says ex-Chilean president was assasinated

Court forensics expert says Eduardo Frei Montalva was assassinated
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Pentagon employee sacked in media access dispute

Gina Gray, 30, was sacked after protesting efforts to block the media from funerals of dead soldiers
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Reviewing Mamma Mia!

Arts & entertainment: Peter Bradshaw: The characters dance, smile and burst into Abba songs like Stepford cyborgs
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Credit crisis pushes US indices deep into bear market territory

Business & economics: Major share indices in New York tumbled by more than 2% last night
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Video: Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano

Science & environment: Watch these dramatic pictures as lava flows from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano
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No more laundry lists

Comment is free America: Dani Rodrik: The era of the ‘Washington consensus’ is over, replaced by a new model of letting countries develop in their own way
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China kills five Muslim ‘militants’

Authorities claim they have foiled an attempt to sabotage next month’s Beijing Olympics
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BA needs a friend over the pond

Business & economics: Nick Fletcher: High fuel costs and falling passenger traffic means airline must compensate
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US weapons research raises a stink

Science & environment: David Hambling: Army’s XM1063 projectile is designed to be ‘non-lethal’ - but is it peaceful or hovering on the brink of illegality?
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The right to peer inside your iPod

Agreement on intellectual property rights to be ratified by G8 leaders highlights conflicts between ownership and privacy, says Charles Arthur
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Top 10 Paris picture houses

Travel, life & style: Paris is the perfect place to lose yourself in an arthouse and sink your teeth into a bit of film noir. Lizzy Davies picks the 10 best cinemas in the city
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Downey Jr to play Sherlock Holmes

Arts & entertainment: Iron Man star confirmed for ‘all-action’ film which will fight it out with Sacha Baron Cohen’s comedic take on the great British detective
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Toyota engineer dies of overwork

Japan’s long-hours culture under scrutiny after death of senior, 45-year-old Toyota employee
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Tourists left dangling over baboon pit

Jammed gondola at New York zoo causes 37 passengers to endure five-hour ordeal
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Festival-goers recycle to a tidy profit

Science & environment: Denmark’s Roskilde music festival prides itself as one of the world’s most environmentally friendly
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Iran test-fires missiles for second day

Tehran defies US and Israel with second consecutive day of tests
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