JAN
10
2008

South Korea starts special probe of Samsung Group

South Korea launched a special investigation into Samsung Group SAGR.UL on Thursday on suspicions the country´s largest conglomerate bribed public officials to squash investigations into its management practices.

JAN
10
2008

Bush sees Palestine state treaty within year

President George W. Bush told Palestinians on Thursday he believed they would sign a peace treaty with Israel within a year that would give them their own state.

JAN
3
2008

Candidates Offer Final Messages to Iowa Voters

With an eye on the weather forecast and faith in their organizations, the presidential candidates wound down their Iowa caucus campaigns on Thursday and sought to manage their expectations as they nervously awaited a verdict from voters in the first contest of the presidential nominating season.

JAN
3
2008

Even France, Haven of Smokers, Is Clearing the Air

Under a sweeping decree that took effect Wednesday, smoking has been banned in every commercial corner of “entertainment and conviviality” — from the toniest Parisian nightclub to the humblest village cafe.

DEC
27
2007

New Law Allows Needle Exchanges in Washington

President Bush signed legislation on Wednesday lifting

DEC
26
2007

Iraq government backs amnesty law

Thousands of Iraqis in custody have yet to be charged

DEC
26
2007

Clinton’s Glamour Essay

Remember the debate last month when Campbell Brown of CNN

DEC
26
2007

Karzai in Pakistan to Mend Ties

Afghan President Hamid Karzai and President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan

DEC
21
2007

Former Cold War borders fall away in new Europe

Frontiers in east Europe once guarded by machineguns and barbed wire in the Cold War fell away on Friday as nine mostly former communist states joined the EU´s border-free zone amid fireworks, cheers and music.

DEC
20
2007

Border barrier comes down to let East Europe in

Austria´s chancellor and Slovakia´s prime minister sawed through a red and white frontier barrier on Thursday in symbolic preparation for nine new countries joining the EU´s border-free zone at midnight.

DEC
20
2007

F.T.C. Clears Google-DoubleClick Deal

U.S. antitrust regulators approved Google Inc.´s $3.1 billion purchase of DoubleClick Inc. Thursday, removing a key obstacle to a formidable combination in the burgeoning online advertising sector.

DEC
20
2007

US passes tighter gun checks law

The US Congress has approved the first major gun legislation since 1994, improving background checks on buyers.

DEC
19
2007

Lee Wins Election for Presidency in South Korea

Lee Myung-bak, a conservative politician famous for his success in business but dogged by questions about his character, swept to a huge victory on Wednesday in a presidential election dominated by economic concerns.

DEC
19
2007

Bush Signs Broad Energy Bill

President Bush signed into law Wednesday legislation that will bring more fuel-efficient vehicles into auto showrooms and require wider use of ethanol, calling it ´´a major step´´ toward energy independence and easing global warming.

DEC
19
2007

Morgan Stanley to Sell Stake to China Amid Loss

Morgan Stanley posted its first quarterly loss ever on Wednesday after taking an additional $5.7 billion write-down related to subprime mortgages. The investment bank said it would sell a $5 billion stake to the China Investment Corporation, that country’s sovereign wealth fund, to shore up its capital.

DEC
18
2007

Oil slides below $90 on economic worry

Oil prices slumped below $90 a barrel on Tuesday amid rising worries that a global economic slowdown could slash energy demand.

DEC
18
2007

Fed Approves Plan to Curb Risky Lending

The Federal Reserve on Tuesday proposed new rules intended to protect would-be home buyers from unscrupulous lenders and, in a sense, from themselves.

DEC
18
2007

Judge Orders Hearing on C.I.A. Videotapes

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Bush administration to defend its decision to destroy videotapes of CIA interrogations of two al-Qaida suspects.

DEC
17
2007

Russia Delivers Nuclear Fuel to Iranian Project

Russia made its first delivery of nuclear fuel on Sunday to an Iranian power plant that is at the center of an international dispute over Iran’s nuclear program, the Russian Foreign Ministry and a spokeswoman for the Russian company overseeing the project said Monday.

DEC
17
2007

New Jersey Bans Death Penalty

Gov. Jon S. Corzine signed into law Monday a measure that abolishes the death penalty, making New Jersey the first state in more than four decades to reject capital punishment.

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