Border travel alert spooks U S shoppers hurt Juarez shops
Mexican border business owners fear a U S travel alert will deter American tourists and worsen their struggle. The State Department cited rising crime on the Mexican side and Ambassador Garza warned of a chilling trade and tourism effect. Mexican officials call the warning exaggerated.
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Ciudad Juarez
Mexico
U.S
State Department
Tony Garza
el Paso
Texas
Judge allows Jackson ranch evidence in trial
In Santa Maria California Superior Court Judge Rodney Melville ruled that about 50 print and video items seized at Michael Jacksons Overland Ranch in 2003 may be used as trial evidence though prosecutors cannot describe them as pornography or sexual material. The accuser must testify in open court. In Paris a suspected recruiter and a volunteer were placed under investigation for criminal association with a terrorist enterprise amid a probe into networks sending fighters from France to Iraq.
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Santa Maria
Calif
Michael Jackson
Overland Ranch
Jackson
Rodney Melville
Ron Zonen
Paris
Iraq
France
Farid Benyettoun
Thames Bouchnak
Sudanese air attack in Darfur harms near hundred
U N spokesperson says a Sudanese air force bombardment of Shangil Tobaya in Darfur on Wednesday affected almost 100 people. African Union observers report many fled as the cease fire fragilely holds amid reports of fatalities and injuries.
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Cairo
Egypt
Darfur
U.N
Shangil Tobaya
Radhia Achouri
Khartoum
Achouri
African Union
Procter & Gamble to acquire Gillette for 57 billion
P&G agrees to buy Gillette Co for 57 billion creating a giant consumer products company with revenues above 60 billion. Regulators and shareholders must approve. The merger promises expanded markets including China and Eastern Europe while cutting about 6000 jobs. Kilts to join P&G board as vice chairman and lead integration.
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New York
Procter & Gamble Co
U.S
Crest
Pampers
Tide
Charmin
Gillette Co
Wal-Mart Stores Inc
Wall Street
P&g
Gillette
Razors
James M. Kilts
Kilts
Inte
Gaza police deployment and Israeli troop limits raised hopes of truce
Israeli army chief Moshe Yaalon ordered troops to halt operations in Gaza and slow West Bank raids. Palestinian police were mobilized in southern Gaza as talks on a cease-fire and troop pullback continued. Abbas met Mubarak in Cairo amid Hamas gains in Gaza voting. Egypt plans to deploy 750 border troops next month.
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Khan Younis
Gaza Strip
Israel
West Bank
Moshe Yaalon
Saeb Erekat
Palestinian Territories
Mohammed Bassiouni
Cairo
Egypt
Gaza
Mahmoud Abbas
Abbas
Hosni Mubarak
Fatah
Hamas
Swank nearly sidelined by foot infection during training
Hilary Swank says a blister turned serious as she trained for Million Dollar Baby. She feared infection could affect her heart, kept the news from Clint Eastwood and resumed workouts after medical rest and pain.
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New York
Hilary Swank
Swank
CBS
60 Minutes
Clint
Naked jogger given year in jail for indecent exposure
MEMPHIS ARKANSAS man 39 from West Memphis was convicted of indecent exposure fleeing and resisting arrest and sentenced to a year in jail and a 1000 fine. He admitted entering a Florida woman's home naked two years earlier prompting the judge to cancel a mental health evaluation. A separate item from OMAHA reports a gas price miskey lowered unleaded to 18 cents causing about 500 gallons sold and a potential $1000 loss with threats of violence as drivers rushed to the station.
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Memphis, Tenn
Fate Patterson
West Memphis
Ark
William P. Rainey
Patterson
Pantless
Rainey
Florida
Carolyn Folsom
Shell Station
Folsom
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