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Friday, June 1, 2012 10:04 am
Stocks fell sharply Friday after the release of a dismal report on hiring and employment in the United States. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped more than 200 points, leaving it down for the year....
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Friday, June 1, 2012 10:19 am
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. economy suddenly looks a lot weaker....
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Friday, June 1, 2012 9:03 am
GENEVA (AP) -- Members of the U.N.'s top human rights body have voted to condemn Syria over the killing of more than 100 civilians last week....
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Friday, June 1, 2012 9:45 am
BEIRUT (AP) -- Saying he is impatient and frustrated, special envoy Kofi Annan called on the Syrian president Friday to implement a U.N.-brokered peace plan following a horrific weekend massacre that killed more than 100 people....
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Friday, June 1, 2012 10:19 am
CAIRO (AP) -- Thousands of people took to the streets in cities across Egypt on Friday to demand that Ahmed Shafiq, a former senior official in Hosni Mubarak's ousted regime, be disqualified from next month's presidential runoff....
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Friday, June 1, 2012 9:23 am
NEW YORK (AP) -- Facebook is letting its nearly 1 billion users vote on changes to its privacy policy beginning on Friday....
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Friday, June 1, 2012 9:40 am
DUBLIN (AP) -- Ireland's voters have agreed to ratify the European Union's deficit-fighting treaty with a resounding 60.3 percent "yes," vote final referendum results Friday showed, but government leaders and pro-treaty campaigners alike expressed relief rather than joy because of the stark economic challenges ahead....
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Friday, June 1, 2012 7:39 am
LONDON (AP) -- The patriotic bunting is ready, the golden carriage on standby, the boats freshly painted, the shops filled with royals souvenirs....
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Friday, June 1, 2012 9:56 am
LONDON (AP) -- Don't call her at the office Saturday - Queen Elizabeth II will be off to the races....
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Friday, June 1, 2012 6:26 am
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- The head of Greece's Radical Left Coalition, whose strong gains in last month's elections deepened concerns over his country's future in the European single currency, vowed Friday to cancel Greece's international bailout agreement if he wins an upcoming repeat ballot....
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