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Credit card giants pay 1.1 billion dollars in settlement
AFP - Tue Dec 8, 12:46 PM

NEW YORK (AFP) - Credit card giants Visa and MasterCard are to pay out about 1.1 billion dollars to merchants across the United States as part of an antitrust settlement, lawyers said Tuesday.
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RCMP cracks down on Quebec ring that allegedly swindled seniors out of savings
The Canadian Press - Tue Dec 8, 12:24 PM
MONTREAL - Police in Quebec are dismantling an organization that allegedly swindled seniors out of their retirement savings.
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Iranian nuclear scientist abducted by US: FM
AFP - Tue Dec 8, 9:26 AM

TEHRAN (AFP) - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Tuesday accused the United States of abducting its nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri who went missing in Saudi Arabia earlier this year.
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Snake in hire car gives Swedish man fright
AFP - Tue Dec 8, 12:03 PM

BERLIN (AFP) - A Swedish motorist fled terrified from his hire car after a snake suddenly slithered out from behind the dashboard onto the steering wheel, German police said on Tuesday.
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Soap opera 'As the World Turns' cancelled after more than half-century on air
The Canadian Press - Tue Dec 8, 2:23 PM
NEW YORK - CBS cancelled "As the World Turns" Tuesday, putting the company that coined the phrase "soap opera" out of the business of making daytime dramas for the first time in 76 years.
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Elton John to support child he hoped to adopt: partner
AFP - Tue Dec 8, 1:59 PM

LONDON (AFP) - Elton John intends to provide financial and other support to a young Ukranian boy he had hoped to adopt, the singer-songwriter's partner David Furnish said Tuesday.
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Frosty Alberta breaks power use record
CBC.ca - Tue Dec 8, 1:36 PM
Albertans shivering through a cold snap used a record amount of electricity on Monday, hitting a high of 10,046 megawatts during the supper hour.
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British Airways 767 diverts to N.L. after crew smells smoke in cockpit
The Canadian Press - Tue Dec 8, 2:39 PM
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A British Airways Boeing 767 had to make an emergency landing in Gander, N.L., Tuesday after the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit.
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Religious law should govern Israel: justice minister
AFP - Tue Dec 8, 8:06 AM

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman said on Tuesday that he intends to have the state gradually adopt Jewish religious law.
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You've Got Freedom: AOL ends ties with Time Warner
The Canadian Press - Mon Dec 7, 7:08 AM

SAN FRANCISCO - AOL is shaking loose from Time Warner Inc. and heading into the next decade the way it began this one, as an independent company. Unlike the 1990s, though, when AOL got rich selling dial-up Internet access, it starts the 2010s as an underdog, trying to beef up its Web sites and grab more advertising revenue.
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