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Pinera assumes Chile presidency amid strong quakes
(AP)
AP - The strongest aftershock since Chile's devastating earthquake rocked the South American country Thursday as President Sebastian Pinera was sworn into office.
Early results: Iraqi PM winning in 2 provinces
(AP)
AP - Early results from Iraq's key election began coming in Thursday, showing a coalition led by the prime minister ahead in two southern Shiite provinces where he was opposed by hard-line religious parties with close ties to Iran.
Democrats, White House close in on health bill
(AP)
AP - House Democratic leaders Thursday walked their rank-and-file members through last-minute agreements that could move President Barack Obama's overhaul of the nation's health care system a step closer to reality.
Greece hit by strikes, riots over austerity plan
(AP)
AP - Serious street clashes erupted between rioting youths and police in central Athens Thursday as some 30,000 people demonstrated during a nationwide strike against the cash-strapped government's austerity measures.
First-time jobless claims drop slightly last week
(AP)
AP - The number of newly laid-off workers requesting unemployment benefits slipped last week, but remains above the level many economists say would signal new hiring.
Dodd to offer his own financial regulation bill
(AP)
AP - WASHINGTON AP) — Unable to muster bipartisan agreement on key banking provisions, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd said Thursday he will offer his own version of a sweeping overhaul of financial regulations without Republican support.
KC superintendent says school closings are painful
(AP)
AP - Kansas City School Superintendent John Covington says the decision to close almost half the district's schools was difficult and painful but "unquestionably the right thing to do."
Mexico's Slim becomes 'world's richest' person
(AP)
AP - Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim is the first man from a developing nation to become the world's richest person — a shift that underlines the loosening of America and Europe's stranglehold on the top spots in the billionaires' club.
Pink Floyd wins battle with EMI over online sales
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AP - In a victory for the concept album, Britain's High Court on Thursday ordered record company EMI Group Ltd. to stop selling downloads of Pink Floyd tracks individually rather than as part of the band's original records.
A-Rod: Lawyers are setting up interview with feds
(AP)
AP - Alex Rodriguez may soon be talking to federal authorities, and he hopes it will happen close to spring training.
Chile aftershock measured at 7.2 magnitude
(Reuters)
Reuters - A 7.2 magnitude aftershock struck near Chile's capital Santiago on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Police clash with protesters as Greeks fight cuts
(Reuters)
Reuters - Police clashed with stone-throwing youths in Athens on Thursday as tens of thousands protested draconian cutbacks aimed at pulling Greece out of a debt crisis shaking the euro zone.
Biden appeals for Mideast peace talks without delay
(Reuters)
Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden called on Thursday for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to start without delay despite Palestinian insistence that Israel first cancel a settlement project condemned by Washington.
Secularist list ahead in two Iraqi provinces
(Reuters)
Reuters - A cross-sectarian, secularist alliance headed by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is ahead in two Iraqi provinces north of Baghdad, early results from the country's electoral commission showed Thursday.
Ukraine's Yanukovich gets close ally as PM
(Reuters)
Reuters - Ukraine's new prime minister, Mykola Azarov, declaring state coffers were empty, promised on Thursday to meet all obligations to the International Monetary Fund and push through a realistic 2010 budget.
