Turkish ex-president’s autopsy fuels poisoning speculation

affiliate marketing ISTANBUL (Reuters) – An autopsy on late President Turgut Ozal, who led Turkey out of military rule in the 1980s and whose body was exhumed last month, will reveal he was poisoned, his son believes, calling for a full investigation of the “dark years” two decades ago when he died.Ahmet Ozal was speaking after a newspaper...

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Analysis: Waiting for housing to drive the U.S. economy

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. housing market is on the mend, but the so-called “missing piston” of the world’s biggest economy doesn’t have enough power to get the broader recovery firing on all cylinders any time soon.Construction and related activity will help rather than hinder U.S. economic growth this year for...

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As foreigners go, Afghan city is feeling abandoned

affiliate marketing KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — By switching from studying business management to training as a nurse, 19-year-old Anita Taraky has placed a bet on the future of the southern Afghan city of Kandahar — that once foreign troops are gone, private-sector jobs will be fewer but nursing will always be in demand.Besides, if...

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Over 20 million tweets sent as Sandy struck

affiliate marketing SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Twitter users flocked to the micro-messaging network this week as Hurricane Sandy swept through the eastern U.S. seaboard, sending more than 20 million tweets about the storm between Saturday and Thursday, the company said.This far exceeds the 13.7 million tweets sent during the Super Bowl...

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Disney-ABC Adds to Sandy “Day of Giving”

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) – Disney-ABC is expanding on plans to designate Monday a “Day of Giving” that will fill ABC’s schedule from morning until late night with calls to donate to Hurricane Sandy victims.Disney has announced a $ 2 million donation to hurricane relief, and from “Good Morning America” until “Jimmy...

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Insight: Sandy shows hospitals unprepared when disaster hits home

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (Reuters) – Kim Bondy was in New Orleans seven years ago when Hurricane Katrina devastated the city, and scores of patients died in flooded hospitals cut off from power. She never thought that she might face that danger herself.But on Monday night, as superstorm Sandy submerged parts of New York City, Bondy...

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Factbox: Obama, Romney solutions to stimulating the economy

affiliate marketing (Reuters) – The health of the U.S. economy has been central to the campaign for the White House, with both President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney seeking to convince voters they have a plan to usher in faster growth and job creation.The economy has struggled to break above a 2 percent annual...

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Gruesome video raises concerns about Syria rebels

affiliate marketing BEIRUT (AP) — A video that appears to show a unit of Syrian rebels kicking terrified, captured soldiers and then executing them with machine guns raised concerns Friday about rebel brutality at a time when the United States is making its strongest push yet to forge an opposition movement it can work with.U.N. officials...

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UK: Apple must apologize again over copycat claims

affiliate marketing LONDON (AP) — British judges say Apple needs to apologize once more for falsely claiming that South Korea’s Samsung copied its iPad, the latest embarrassing episode in the tech rivals’ world-spanning patent battle.Apple Inc. was ordered to print an apology on its website after British judges repeatedly rejected its...

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Ralph Nader to Stephen Colbert: Give me your Super PAC cash!

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Stephen Colbert‘s super PAC is sitting on nearly $ 778,000 in cash, and five-time presidential candidate Ralph Nader knows exactly where to spend it.On Ralph Nader. affiliate marketing If only Colbert would listen.The longtime consumer...

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