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US President Barack Obama said the G8 and its partners have reached a historic consensus on climate change and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Thursday's announcement came at the end of two days of discussions at the G8 summit …
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Thousands of jobs at Vauxhall appeared to have been secured today when General Motors, its American owner, agreed a deal to sell its European operations.
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The committee plans to discuss proposed fiscal years 2010 and 2011 budgets for police, fire, library and planning. The meeting is scheduled for 7 pm on Thursday, May 7, in the Council Chambers at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.).
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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya signed an agreement with Britain on Wednesday to allow the transfer of prisoners between the two countries, a Libyan official said.
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"I've met with other police chiefs and in concept they agree with this plan. So we would bring officers in from different agencies and they would work for the Santa Clara police department just for that event," said Lodge.
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GENEVA, April 24 (Xinhua) — The United Nations' anti-racism conference, which concluded here Friday, was quite an extraordinary meeting in terms of the topics it dealt with, the setbacks it met and the hard-won outcome it finally achieved, …
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Democratic leaders in the state House and Senate have reached agreement on deep cuts in funding for public schools, higher education, health care and other state services totaling nearly $4 billion.
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By Howard Lesser During his visit to Darfur, US Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration has urged Sudanese humanitarian groups to join in the effort to rescue Darfur war victims.
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