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Former Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington Monday, June 9, 2008, for a meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. on Monday, Holder, and Jim Johnson, two members of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.

Obama 'picks' US attorney-general

BBC News

Barack Obama will appoint Eric Holder to the post of attorney-general, according to US media reports. If confirmed, Mr Holder, 57, would be the first African-American to occupy the...

photo: AP / Susan Walsh

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Berri urges Kuwait to mediate between Syria, Saudi Arabia

Daily Star Lebanon

By Hussein Abdallah Daily Star staff Wednesday, November 19, 2008...

Pakistan and Turkey are at a crossroads on religion in politics

Daily Star Lebanon

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Beirut hotels show signs of recovery

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Schwarzenegger opens climate summit with Obama

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, is briefed on the Southern California fires during a meeting several of

The News & Observer

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger opened his international climate change summit on Tuesday by upstaging himself with an even bigger political star - President-elect Barack Obama. Schwarzenegger, a Republican whose efforts to combat...

photo: AP/Rich Pedroncell

Nikkei slips 0.7 pct on global recession fears

A woman watches an electric market board in Tokyo, Monday, March 10, 2008. Japan's key Nikkei index downed 183.02 points at 12,599.78 at the end of the morning trading Monday. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)hg3

The Guardian

(Updates to midmorning) By Rika Otsuka TOKYO, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average slid 0.7 percent on Wednesday as fears of global recession and a stronger yen outweighed the positive impact from overnight gains in U.S. shares. Mazda Motor Corp...

photo: AP/ Katsumi Kasahara

Bush's final foreign trip dominated by economy

President George W. Bush addresses his remarks at the U.S. Transportation Department in Washington, D.C.

The Examiner

Comments WASHINGTON (Map, News) - Granted an audience of world peers for a final time, President George W. Bush is trying to rally Pacific Rim support for an economic rescue plan that will outlast him. In some quick-shuttle diplomacy, Bush heads to...

photo: White House / Chris Greenberg

US automakers beg for $25 billion lifeline

The Star

WASHINGTON (AP) - The three biggest U.S. automakers pleaded with Congress on Tuesday for a $25 billion lifeline to save their once-proud companies from collapse, warning of broader peril for the American economy as well. "Our industry ... needs a...

photo: WN / Kamaran Najm

US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson rejects carmakers aid plea

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson pauses as he updates on the markets and the economy while speaking at the Women in Housing and Finance Annual Meeting, Thursday, June 19, 2008, in Washington. Earlier Thursday, Paulson said the government must quickly give the Federal Reserve more power to regulate the financial system, saying this year's financial market turmoil highlighted the need for actio

The Times

Henry Paulson, the US Treasury Secretary who controls Washington's $700 billion bailout fund, stuck to his guns yesterday and insisted that his rescue scheme must not be used to save America's biggest car companies, even as the head of General Motors...

photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais

US stocks rise; Dow up 151 points

Specialist Patrick Murphy, left, directs trades in Citicorp at the closing bell, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday Oct. 3, 2008. Stocks ended a volatile week with another sell-off Friday while credit markets remained strained after enthusiasm over the government's $700 billion financial rescue plan gave way to worries about obstacles still facing the eco

The Times of India

19 Nov 2008, 0337 hrs IST,REUTERS NEW YORK: US stocks rose on Tuesday as Hewlett-Packard's upbeat results trumped growing fears of a deepening global recession in a day of volatile trade, but much of Wall...

photo: AP / Richard Drew