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Global Intelligence
Intelligence, News And Market Analysis
Global News As It Happens.
U.N. Suspends Aid Shipments to Myanmar After Government Confiscates the Donations
A U.N. official said Myanmar's junta has confiscated all the food and equipment that the World Food Program had flown into the country for cyclone victims.
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Oil nears $126 a barrel
Oil prices hit a new record high above $125 Friday as a weaker U.S. dollar drove investments into commodities.
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Obama Camp: We'll Win The Nomination On May 20
It looks like the end is near for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. CBS 2 has learned that Barack Obama is ready to celebrate winning the Democratic nomination for president on May 20, the day two more states hold their primaries.
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Clinton Tunes Out Skeptics, Campaigns Coast-to-Coast Against the Odds
Hillary Clinton drop out? Perish the thought.
The New York senator is still raising bucks and wearing out her campaign pedometer. She has a breathless day of coast-to-coast campaigning planned Thursday as she tunes out calls from Democrats and pundits for her to face the music and accept Barack Obama as the party’s nominee.
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Rotting corpses pile up as Myanmar stalls on aid
Myanmar's cyclone survivors have insufficient fuel to burn the rotting corpses of the dead as the country's military junta continues to block access for aid groups.
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Sharpton Arrested In Citywide 'Slowdown' Protests
The Rev. Al Sharpton and more than 200 others were arrested Wednesday amid a series of protests throughout the city, part of a response to the acquittals of three New York City undercover detectives in the 50-shot killing of Sean Bell.
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Goldman Expects $150-$200 Oil
Goldman Sachs said they expect a “super spike” in the price of oil over the next six to 24 months that could push oil to $150 or even $200 a barrel.
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Clinton's Indiana win keeps Democratic race alive
Sen. Barack Obama decisively defeated Sen. Hillary Clinton in North Carolina Tuesday, but Clinton's narrow victory in Indiana will likely send the race for the Democratic presidential nomination on to the next round of primaries.
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John Bolton: US should bomb Iranian camps
John Bolton, America’s ex-ambassador to the United Nations, has called for US air strikes on Iranian camps where insurgents are trained for war in Iraq.
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22,000 Reportedly Dead, 41,000 Missing After Catastrophic Myanmar Cyclone
A news broadcast on government-run radio said Tuesday that 22,464 people have now been confirmed dead from Cyclone Nargis, which tore through the country's heartland and biggest city of Yangon early Saturday.
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Indiana and North Carolina -- the final round?
It's another Tuesday, and two more states are holding primaries, but the outcome this time could truly be crucial to the Democratic presidential nomination battle between Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
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Bernanke urges more action to stem home foreclosure crisis
A rising tide of late mortgage payments and home foreclosures poses considerable dangers to the national economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned anew as he urged Congress to take additional steps to alleviate the problems.
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Myanmar Radio Reports Almost 4,000 Killed in Cyclone, 3,000 Missing
A state radio station says the death toll from a devastating cyclone in Myanmar has risen to nearly 4,000.
The radio station said Monday that almost 3,000 others are unaccounted for in a single town.
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Gas price break may not last
After a two-week climb in gasoline prices, there appeared to be some short-term moderation Monday - but another run at the record high set last week seems likely, two surveys indicated.
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Yahoo under pressure after deal collapse
An expected realignment of the consumer internet sector was thrown into doubt over the weekend after Microsoft’s surprise abandonment of its $46.5bn offer for Yahoo.
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