Other News on Thursday, 25 December 2008 For Sierra Leone diamond mine kids, school is worth a gem  
Christmas Eve services come early in Baghdad  
World woes due to rejection of God: Ahmadinejad
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Facebook cuts ties with Project Playlist  
Montenegro bans Facebook, YouTube in public offices  
Russia warns Ukraine of sanctions over gas debt
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Online Bush shoe-throwing game copied by Bosnians  
Americans prefer news from Web to newspapers: survey  
Court awards Verizon 33 mln dlrs in cybersquatting case  
Tokyo Disneyland enjoys a recession boom  
Save the kiwi: New Zealand fights for beloved bird  
Piracy draws China back to the ranks of maritime giants  
Warner Music pulls videos from YouTube
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U.S. Markets Post Modest Gains In Light Christmas Eve Trading  
Founder's grandson may take over struggling Toyota  
Adam Sandler answers kids at Bedtime
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Warner Bros. sues CBS over Two and a Half Men
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Saudi mufti objects to women working in lingerie shops  
Jazz pianist-singer Page Cavanaugh dies at 86  
ESPN's `Monday Night Football' leads cable ratings  
'Oh, yeah?' It's not Christmas in Sweden without Donald Duck  
Notebook sales top desktops for first time: iSuppli  
Dance, dance, dance! Obama will have 10 parties  
Vietnam economy grows 6.23 pct in 2008, below target  
General Assembly ups U.N. budget for 2008-09
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Spain must 'defend its interests' in the world : king  
Medvedev moves to reassure crisis-hit Russia  
China arrests 59 in Tibet for rumour-spreading-state media
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Zimbabwe high court orders activists be released to hospital  
Airport drama has no happy ending for Thai tourism
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US sees no holiday cheer; Russia, China warn of grim 2009  
Coup leaders tighten grip in Guinea  
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,217  
Europe cautious on resettling Guantanamo detainees  
Nintendo, Dentsu to distribute video on Wii: Nikkei
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Voting ends in Indian Kashmir amid heavy security  
UN willing to help mediate inclusive dialogue in Fiji  
Batman blockbuster won't be released in China: studio  
Chinese dairy bankrupt after tainted milk scandal  
US sees progress in easing trade disputes with China  
Utah Peak Avalanche Kills 2 Snowmobilers  
Fumes From De-Icing Fluid Force Evacuation Of Seattle Airport Plane  
U.S. Mortgage Applications Surge As Home Loan Rates Hit Record Low  
Winter Storms Prompt Travel Delays Throughout The U.S.  
Second Hilton intrusion in a week reported
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Disney bows out of 3rd Narnia film, citing budget
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Disney pulls out of third 'Narnia' film  
CBS sued over 'Two and a Half Men'  
Review: `Revolutionary Road' has no new insights  
Wallace & Gromit pirated on YouTube  
Indian women face uphill health battle: report  
Thai PM defends cabinet as ministers await royal approval  
Iraqi police: Baghdad car bomb kills 2, wounds 13  
Pope issues Christmas plea for end to child abuse
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Car bomb kills four in Iraq on Christmas Day
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Fed approves GMAC bank request in boost for GM  
Nine killed, at least 40 missing in Ukraine blast
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Weather outside frightful for US, Canada travelers  
Bethlehem fills up with Christmas pilgrims
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Wolf captured near tourist part of Great Wall
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Obama basks in political honeymoon: poll  
Sleep pods offer respite from HK's frantic pace of life, work  
Dollar slips against yen in Christmas trade  
SCENARIOS-Australia builds Internet network  
Nintendo, Dentsu to offer video on Wii
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Vietnam inflation reaches 22.97 percent in 2008  
China detains 59 over 'subversive rumours' in Tibet: state media  
POSCO sells Samurai bonds to fund Brazil investment  
Vietnam's GDP grows 6.23 percent in 2008  
China to let yuan be used in some export deals  
Japan considering sending warship to tackle pirates off Somalia  
Vietnam inflation rate hits 23 percent  
Bush Withdraws Presidential Pardon For New York Real Estate Developer  
Strong 6.1 quake shakes southern Philippines  
Slain Los Angeles Hostage-Taker Was Fugitive Ex-Child Actor  
China unveils new measures to boost trade, consumption: state media  
'Devoted' mother a murder plotter: Japanese police  
Anchorage Officials, Snowzilla Creator Renew Feud Over Giant Snowman  
Taiwan dollar up on exporters, c.bank eyed  
18 Tamil Tigers killed in fighting: Sri Lankan government  
Suburban Sacramento House Blows Up, 6 Injured  
China Eastern Air says aid plan to be adjusted  
Truck bomb explodes in eastern Pakistan; 1 dead  
Taylor Swift logs 3rd week atop U.S. album chart
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Mamma dethrones Knight on DVD sales chart
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Warner Bros blacks out Dark Knight from China
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Hope and disappointment four years on from Asian tsunami  
Belgrade patches up scars from turbulent past  
'Mad' Frenchman making 'champagne' in southern England  
Banned Giant Snowman Brings Back Holiday Attraction, Nuisance To Alaska Neighborhood  
NKorea's Kim inspects steel plant: state media  
Gunmen in Philippines fire on UN truck, killing 1  
Joe Nieh dating Miffty Zhang over two years  
Israeli FM vows to end Hamas control of Gaza  
Three Turkish soldiers killed in Kurdish rebel attack  
Egypt says Israel-Gaza truce unlikely with escalation
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Seventeen dead in Ukrainian apartment blast: official  
NATO soldier killed in Afghanistan  
Bangladesh vote-rigging charges could bring protest
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Eleven dead in Ukraine apartment explosion  
Israeli FM vows to strike back at Hamas  
Australian 'mummy smuggler' arrested in Cairo  
Zimbabwe police defy court, remove activists: lawyer
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Thai PM vows to prosecute Bangkok airport occupants
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Georgia, US to sign strategic accord Jan 4: Tbilisi  
Chinese stocks fall to seven-week low  
Investor's death probed in widening Madoff scandal  
Public hospitals see 51% jump in couples seeking help to have babies  
Authority: Siege cost Thai airports $6 million  
Some Singaporeans celebrate Christmas with a difference  
Chinese dairy in milk scandal faces $160M debt  
Two Singaporeans embrace challenges to attain new sporting heights  
Japan auto production marks worst drop since 1967  
S’pore Flyer tenants to meet management to discuss compensation, rebates  
JFE Steel to shut blast furnace as demand falls  
Wartime General Tojo stirs Japan at Christmas  
Japan stocks post modest Christmas gains  
Bush, Obama Invoke Nation's First Christmas In 1776 During Holiday Messages  
US embassy in SKorea receives suspicious package  
Former State Trooper Suspected In Dallas Highway Shootings Dies  
China's Baosteel to raise prices for first time since August: report  
Building collapse in southern Pakistan kills 6  
Sri Lankan military: Heavy fighting rages in north  
China to try using yuan as settlement currency in some foreign deals: report  
SKorean group to resume sending leaflets to NKorea  
Israel: Hamas will pay 'heavy price' for attacks  
Queen Elizabeth sees a sombre Christmas for many
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Israeli FM vows to strike back at Hamas  
French authorities defuse explosive at research centre  
Olmert issues last-minute warning to Hamas
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British Playwright Harold Pinter Dies  
Israel sentences PFLP leader to 30 years in prison  
British playwright Pinter dead at 78: wife, agent  
Guinea coup chief says will not stand in vote
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Jazz Pianist And Singer Page Cavanaugh Dies  
Attacks kill five in Iraq  
Guinea PM turns himself in at military camp  
German warship thwarts hijack by Somali pirates
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Toyota recalls more than 120,000 cars in China  
China detains 59 people in Tibet over 'rumors'  
Sports: Singapore makes global impact in sports in 2008  
Bangladesh arrests 7, seizes bomb-making materials  
NCSS to increase the number of social workers  
Sri Lankan military repels Tamil counterattack  
Lump Sum Payment Given To Spouses Of Deceased Veterans  
Indonesian police torch homes, detain villagers  
Chicago O'Hare Site Of Two Christmas Eve Airline Incidents  
State Of Emergency Declared In Washington As Winter Storms Continue  
Pakistan warns India it will respond to any attack  
German warship, helicopter foil Egyptian ship hijack  
Retailers Already Geared Up For Post-Christmas Sales  
Parents of slain rabbi light menorah in Mumbai  
65 children sickened by carbon monoxide in China  
Just a Minute With: Sam Mendes on Revolutionary Road
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Nobel-winning playwright Harold Pinter dead at 78
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Nobel-winning playwright Harold Pinter dies at 78  
VCR Maker, VHS Distributor Calling It Quits  
40 Years and Counting  
Notebooks Outsell Desktops For The First Time  
Local drama serial breaks two records  
Ex-Japanese porn actress found dead at home  
Chew Chor Meng is OK!  
Santa Claus: An Engineer Perspective  
Greece at new risk of being pushed off euro  
Bodies of missing Tenn. mom, Jo Ann Bain, and daughter found  
Female Breasts Are Bigger Than Ever  
AMD Trinity Accelerated Processing Units Now in Volume Production  
The Avengers (2012 film), made the second biggest opening- and single-day gross of all-time  
AMD to Start Production of piledriver  
Ivy Bridge Quad-Core, Four-Thread Desktop CPUs  
Islamists Protest Lady Gaga's Concert in Indonesia  
Japan Successfully Broadcasts an 8K Signal Over the Air  
ECB boosts loans to 1 trillion Euro to stop credit crunch  
Egypt : Mohammed Morsi won with 52 percent  
What do you call 100,000 Frenchmen with their hands up  
AMD Launches AMD Embedded R-Series APU Platform  
Fed Should not Ignore Emerging Market Crisis  
Fed casts shadow over India, emerging markets  
Why are Chinese tourists so rude? A few insights