GEORGE TOWN - Paloma strengthened into an "extremely
dangerous" Category 4 hurricane on Saturday as it pounded the
wealthy British Caribbean territory of the Cayman Islands and
headed toward storm-battered Cuba.
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CHICAGO - Barack Obama said on Saturday that now with the
long presidential election season behind the nation, it is time
for Americans to put aside political differences and work
together to solve the economic crisis.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE - A ramshackle church school collapsed in a
shanty town on the outskirts of Haiti's capital on Friday,
burying dozens in rubble and killing at least 75, many of them
children, rescue workers said.
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WELLINGTON - National Party leder John Key swept to power in
New Zealand's election on Saturday, toppling a nine-year-old
Labour government that was dogged by economic recession and
political scandal. Prime Minister Helen Clark said she would
stand down as leader of the Labour Party.
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RAMALLAH - Egypt decided to delay Palestinian reconciliation
talks it planned to host next week in Cairo after a new dispute
arose between Hamas and Fatah, an Egyptian source said.
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SAO PAULO - Finance officials from around the world will
discuss on Saturday a bigger role for emerging economies in the
way global finance is managed but there is no need for new
institutions, Canada's finance minister said.
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BANGKOK - Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra,
facing a two-year jail sentence at home for breaking a conflict
of interest law, has been barred from Britain where he was
living in exile, a Thai official said on Saturday.
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COPENHAGEN - Somali pirates have hijacked a ship with 13
crew members on board in the Gulf of Aden, the ship's Danish
operator said on Saturday.
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MARDIN, Turkey - A new loan deal between Turkey and the
International Monetary Fund is in doubt because of a
disagreement over the level of spending by municipalities,
Deputy Prime Minister Nazim Ekren said on Saturday.
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LONDON - Hamas is ready to talk to U.S. President-elect
Barack Obama but he must respect the Palestinian Islamist
group's "rights and options", its leader Khaled Meshaal said in
an interview on Saturday.
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