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Militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir sits on the defendant's chair during his trial at a district court in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. Bashir, the 72-year-old spiritual head of the al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah network, was charged with planning terrorist attacks, a crime that carries a maximum penalty of death, helping fund a new terror cell in Aceh province and mobilizing foot soldiers. Firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Bashir silent at terror trial
| JIHADIST cleric Abu Bakar Bashir will be confronted by evidence from former key members of his movement on Monday, when prosecutors begin trying to prove he masterminded a terrorist plot to undermin... (photo: AP / Dita Alangkara) The Australian
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People walk past the Bank of England in London's city financial district, Thursday May 7, 2009. Bank of England Keeps Rates Unchanged
| Caught between weak growth data and rising price pressures, the Bank of England chose Thursday to leave unchanged interest rates as well as its broad asset buying program. | The central bank’s... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis) The New York Times
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 Cisco Systems Inc. /wam2 Cisco and the Dow Curse
| By David Berman | Much has been said about the curse of the Dow, the phenomenon that companies added to the 30-member index have a bad habit of underperforming, while stocks kicked out of the index ... (photo: AP Photo) Seeking Alpha
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Google - Internet - Technology Google Honeycomb: Threat to iPad?
| NEW YORK (TheStreet ) -- Apple's (AAPL) gibe at Google's (GOOG) Android OS is that it was not designed for tablets. Google answered that challenge earlier this week with the launch of Honeycomb. Mot... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) The Street
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2011 Egyptian Protests showing "Leave" Banner Egypt eyes new funds as investor angst builds
| CAIRO-Egypt's embattled government scrambled Thursday to raise new funds while investors braced for a potential drubbing on the stock market as uncertainty mounted over the country's political futur... (photo: Creative Commons / Essam Sharaf) The Boston Globe
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US Dollars US yields, data boost dollar, debt woes hit euro
* Dollar rises broadly, boosted by data, higher yields * Doubts over policy for euro zone crisis dent sentiment * Sterling recovers losses after BoE stands pat on rates (Updates prices, adds comment, ... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) The Guardian
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Indian Rupee Rupee declines by over 24 paise against dollar
| Mumbai, February 10: The rupee today depreciated for the second day in a row by over 24 paise to end at a week's low of 45.7250/7350 against the US currency. | Forex dealers attributed the fall to s... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) The Siasat Daily
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