Groupon spurns Google takeover in round of reports
Roundup covers Groupon likely remaining independent after Google bid, with possible IPO later. Also notes Suge Knight arrest over traffic warrant near Los Angeles, Spain imposes emergency decree halting air strike disrupting travel, and Mobile investigators say missing children are dead with parents charged.
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Marion “Suge” Knight
Universal Studios
Shawn Ruda
Knight
Ruda
Los Angeles Times
Beverly Hills
West Hollywood
Madrid
Spain
AENA
Europe
Mobile
Ala
John DeBlase
Christopher Levy
Senate GOP blocks tax plan amid push for White House talks
Senate Republicans derail a plan to extend Bush era tax cuts for all but the wealthiest, while Obama signals willingness to compromise. Leaders aim for mid next week to merge tax extender provisions with renewal of unemployment benefits and other expiring breaks.
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White House
Barack Obama
Obama
Chuck Schumer
D-N.y
George W. Bush
Jon Kyl
R-Ariz
House
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Mitch McConnell
Harry Reid
D-Nev
Ivory Coast crisis magnifies split as rival leaders swear in
In Abidjan dueling inaugurations pitted Laurent Gbagbo against Alassane Ouattara after the Constitutional Council overturned electoral results. The AU seeks a unity solution but warns of possible sanctions while Thabo Mbeki mediates. Gbagbo vows sovereignty and defies foreign interference.
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South Africa
Ivory Coast
U.S
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European Union
Alassane Ouattara
Laurent Gbagbo
Constitutional Council
Gbagbo
Ouattara
African Union
Kenya
Zimbabwe
Africa
Thabo Mbeki
Robert Mugabe
Abidjan
U.N
Golf Hotel
PayPal cuts off WikiLeaks funding amid crackdown
PayPal blocked WikiLeaks donations claiming illegal activity. The move follows Amazon withdrawal of services and legal pressure in several countries as WikiLeaks faces scrutiny over diplomatic cable releases and potential competing platforms.
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WikiLeaks
PayPal
Amazon
Pay- Pal
United States
U.S
Julian Assange
PayPal Germany
Washington
Ebay Inc
Iran accuses IAEA of sending spies as inspectors
Iran’s Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi claims the IAEA sends spies posing as inspectors to gather data on Iran’s nuclear activities. He warned Tehran will not back down ahead of Geneva talks with the P5 plus Germany and condemned the assassination of a leading nuclear scientist.
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Heidar Moslehi
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Vienna
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U.N. Security Council
Britain
France
Russia
China
Germany
Saeed Jalili
Security Council
Majid Shahriari
Jalili
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