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Carter meets Hamas chief in Syria
Friday, 18 April 2008 13:06

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter met Hamas leader 
Khaled Meshaal in Damascus on Friday for talks expected to focus on ways 
to include the Islamist group in efforts to achieve Palestinian-Israeli 
peace.

High-level Hamas members also attended the meeting, at which Carter 
would also raise with Meshaal the fate of an Israeli soldier captured by 
Hamas, according to a source familiar with the agenda.

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Citigroup to cut 9,000 jobs after writedown
Friday, 18 April 2008 12:58

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc (C.N: Quote, Profile, Research) 
posted its second straight quarterly loss on Friday, hurt by more than 
$16 billion of write-downs and costs related to credit losses, and said 
it will cut another 9,000 jobs.

Though the $5.11 billion first-quarter loss was larger than expected, 
analysts and investors expressed optimism that the largest U.S. bank and 
its new chief executive, Vikram Pandit, were taking necessary steps to 
move past credit problems and drive down costs.

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Zimbabwe opposition request for vote recount dismissed
Friday, 18 April 2008 12:23
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- A judge has dismissed the Zimbabwean 
opposition's attempt to block a partial recount of the vote for 
parliament and president.

Judge Antonia Guvava issued her ruling on Friday. Results from the March 
29 election gave the opposition control of the parliament for the first 
time. But electoral officials say they have found problems with tallies 
in 23 constituencies and are planning a recount for Saturday.

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5.2 earthquake rocks large region of Midwest
Friday, 18 April 2008 11:55

WEST SALEM, Ill. (AP) — Residents across the Midwest were awakened 
Friday by a 5.2 magnitude earthquake that rattled skyscrapers in 
Chicago's Loop and homes in Cincinnati but appeared to cause no major 
injuries or damage.

The quake just before 4:37 a.m. was centered six miles from West Salem, 
Ill., and 45 miles from Evansville, Ind. It was felt in such distant 
cities as Milwaukee, Des Moines, Iowa, and Atlanta, nearly 400 miles to 
the southeast.

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CNN's balanced reporting: This week, 46 stories on Tibet, 0 on Israel, 
despite air strikes
Friday, 18 April 2008 11:54

Tibet 40 stories Palestine 0

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  NYC Freedom Tower plans found in trash
Friday, 18 April 2008 11:48

A homeless man has come forward with two sets of confidential ground 
zero blueprints that he says were dumped in a Lower Manhattan trash can.

The man brought the Freedom Tower plans to the New York Post, which says 
the 150-page schematic is marked: "Secure Document — Confidential."

The documents are dated Oct. 5, 2007. They contain plans for each floor, 
the thickness of the concrete-core wall, and the location of air ducts, 
elevators, electrical systems and support columns.

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Police: Iraqi troops abandon position after attack
Friday, 18 April 2008 11:47
BAGHDAD (AP) - A company of Iraqi government troops in Sadr City 
retreated when they came under attack from Shiite militiamen who used 
the cover of a sandstorm, police said Friday.

The clashes overnight killed two people and wounded nine, a police 
commander said. The officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because 
he is not authorized to release the information, said it was unclear 
whether there were any casualties among the soldiers.

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Israel to build 100 settlement homes, including in West Bank
Friday, 18 April 2008 11:44

JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli government revealed plans Friday to build 
100 homes in two Jewish settlements - one of them deep in the West Bank 
- in violation of its pledge to freeze settlement expansion.

Palestinian officials said the new construction in the settlements of 
Ariel and Elkana is undermining U.S.-backed efforts to reach a peace 
deal by the end of 2008.

Since a U.S.-hosted Mideast peace conference in November, Israel has 
announced several new building projects in areas of Jerusalem claimed by 
the Palestinians for their future state. However, Friday's announcement 
marked the first time the Israeli government approved construction deep 
in the West Bank.

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Airline executives and regulators often switch places
Friday, 18 April 2008 11:41

WASHINGTON (AP) - What the airline industry wants from Washington it 
often gets, and no wonder. The people who regulate airlines on one day 
can become company executives the next - and the other way around.

Industry leaders who were once under the Federal Aviation 
Administration's authority now sit in top positions at the agency. Many 
former FAA officials and congressional aides have found lucrative jobs 
in the air travel industry or with its lobbying groups. One top official 
left the FAA two years ago to become the airline industry's top lobbyist.

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