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Five former U.S. state secretaries urge Iran talks
Monday, 15 September 2008 20:56

Five former U.S. secretaries of state said on Monday the next American 
administration should talk to Iran, a foe President George W. Bush has 
generally shunned as part of an "axis of evil."

Engaging Iran is important because Washington's military options against 
Tehran are unsatisfactory, said the diplomats, who worked for Republican 
and Democratic administrations.

The five -- Colin Powell, Madeleine Albright, Warren Christopher, James 
Baker and Henry Kissinger -- all said they favored talking to Iran as 
part of a strategy to stop Tehran's development of a nuclear weapons 
program.

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Pakistani tribal chiefs threaten to join Taliban
Monday, 15 September 2008 20:49

Reacting to American missile attacks in north Waziristan last week, 
which followed an unprecedented cross-border ground assault earlier this 
month, tribal chiefs from the area called an emergency meeting on Saturday.

"If America doesn't stop attacks in tribal areas, we will prepare a 
lashkar [army] to attack US forces in Afghanistan," tribal chief Malik 
Nasrullah announced in Miran Shah, north Waziristan's largest city. "We 
will also seek support from the tribal elders in Afghanistan to fight 
jointly against America."

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Scientists get images of planet with sun-like star
Monday, 15 September 2008 20:11

Scientists have snapped the first images of a planet outside our solar 
system that is orbiting a star very much like the sun.

In findings announced on Monday, University of Toronto scientists said 
they used the Gemini North telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii to take 
direct pictures of the planet, which is about the size of Jupiter but 
with eight times the mass.

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NY gov sees Wall St losing up to 40,000 jobs
Monday, 15 September 2008 20:01

New York Gov. David Paterson on Monday said Wall Street might lay off 
40,000 workers in a worst-case scenario following Lehman Brother's 
bankruptcy filing and problems at other big financial firms.

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HP to cut 24,600 jobs in EDS integration
Monday, 15 September 2008 18:48

Hewlett-Packard Co. said Monday it plans to slash 24,600 jobs over the 
next three years, nearly 8 percent of its work force, as it combines 
operations with Electronic Data Systems Corp., the technology-services 
company it recently acquired.

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