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Law:
Weil's Revenue, Partner Profits Decline in 2010
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Survey Results: Get Your Bonus … And Stay
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What is the value of a law degree?
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Orrick Names New Bankruptcy Partner
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Lawyers Face New Challenges From Global Competition
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Howrey Going to Survive the Storm? Board the Winston Lifeboats, Leaders Urge
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2-Lawyer Winston Team Leaps to Kaye Scholer
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When Most of a BigLaw Firm's Partners Quit, Is That a Bad Sign?
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Experts: For Howrey, Mass Departures to Winston Could Breach Debt Obligations
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Holland & Knight Shakes Up Management Team
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Ashurst: 2009-10 top earner made £1.1m
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In-House: The Illusion of Perfection
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For Some Smaller Firms, Collections in 2010 Ranged From Slow to Surprising
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BigLaw Firm Defeats Some NY Malpractice Claims
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K&L Gates Still Cares About Your LSAT Score
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Jailed attorney Douglas Patterson's creditors can still file claims
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Dan Snyder, Owner of a Team Named After an Ethnic Slur, Sues Over Perceived Anti-Semitism
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Harvard Law Prof Testifies Congress Can Make You Buy Veggies and Insurance
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Job Hunting Tips for New Attorneys
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Jaywalking Teen Ticketed While in a Coma Leaves the Hospital and Sues the Driver
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91-Year-Old Man, 82-Year-Old Wife Fend Off Armed Robber
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Next-Level Law & Order Analysis
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Judges:
Judge 'heartbroken' by son's arrest in $1.5M heist
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Madam Justice Lori Douglas: Underneath Her Robe
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Judge Pulls Gun on Crutch-Swinging Defendant
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Judge’s ‘Sickening Feeling’ and Racism Remarks Allowed, Kozinski Says
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NY Lawyer Faces Skeptical Republicans' Scrutiny in Bid for Federal Bench
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Federal Judge Holds US Government in Contempt Over Drilling Ban
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Wall Street:
Wall Street Futures Edge Up Ahead Of Payrolls
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Stocks close higher on economic reports
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Layoffs:
Fast growth in service sector hints at more hiring
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Bernanke: High unemployment continues to temper economic recovery
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Google Gets 75,000 Applications for Jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Autos:
Auto Suppliers Join Move to Passing Lane
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Judge Tosses Apartheid Lawsuits Against Old GM
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AutoNation profit up 9 percent
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Fraud: Thousands Took Electric Car Credit
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Newspapers:
News That's Not Fit to Print in Tribune's Chapter 11 Case
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Litigation:
Wall Street's Ways Make Jury Selection Tricky
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Voir Dire Straits
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Municipalities:
Vallejo's Chapter 9 plan
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Municipal bond yields rise as market rally stalls
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Whitney's Muni Forecast Is Short on Specifics
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Pimco: Whitney Analysis 'Not Worth Paper It's Written On'
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Gingrich proposal to allow state bankruptcy would be a disaster
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In Alaska, reluctance to accept end of earmarks
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Taxpayers own 50K properties in Detroit
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The flip side of the pension crisis
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Are Teachers "Special"? Please. Of Course Teachers Should Have Their Pensions Cut
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Most miserable cities in the US
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Pensioners Versus Prichard City Council, Again
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Religion:
Settlement a key step in Del. diocese bankruptcy
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Diocese settlement with victims was correct
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Unsettled claims to be pursued
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Retailing:
Retail sales climb a healthy 4.2% in January
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Impact Retail files for bankruptcy
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Gambling:
Gamblers strike out in suits tied to Las Vegas casino markers
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Gaming officials schedule special meetings for Hard Rock
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Economy:
Fed not ready to curb stimulus measures
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The Bankruptcy Code and the FCIC
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Gallup: Unemployment Up in January to 9.8%
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Treasury Close to Profit on TARP
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Bernanke dismisses inflation concerns, says unemployment turnaround will take years
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Service Sector Grows at Fastest Pace in 5 Years
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Bernanke calls rising oil prices 'a kind of a tax'
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Toomey Playing with Fire on Debt Ceiling
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Bernanke: Congress Shouldn't Use Debt Ceiling as Bargaining Chip
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Food Prices Hit New Record High
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Bernanke: Don’t Blame Me for Higher Food Prices
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Bernanke Lays Out Evidence QE2 Is Working
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How federal spending cuts trickle down to you
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Homeless in crisis
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Economic Stress Map
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Economy Tracker Map
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US Debt Clock
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Bailout Recipients
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Real Estate:
Zandi supports foreclosure claims fund financed by mortgage business
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Empty Homes Parade Across the US
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In a jam, more skip mortgage payments
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Even Reverse Mortgages to Homeowners May End Up on Foreclosure Docket
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Texas housing market, economy one of the strongest in the nation
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Condo sales lift Miami December home sales, but prices slide
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Valley miserable
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BofAML strategists see bottom for housing prices in 2Q of 2012
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Capital One objects to auditor’s report on improper claims
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Banks reportedly pushing for 10% down on qualified residential mortgage
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Philly Fed scholar pushes for increased quality, not quantity, of homeownership
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20,000 servicemembers, vets lost homes in 2010
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New lawsuit alleges racketeering involved in foreclosures
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Commercial Property Recovers in US as `Tsunami of Distress' Fails to Hit
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CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. posts double-digit revenue gains
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Freddie Mac 2010 multifamily business falls 12 pct
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Freddie Mac multifamily funding surged in second half of 2010
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Rate on 30-year fixed mortgage rises to 4.81 pct.
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The Rise of 'Cash-In' Mortgage Refinancing
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As part of overhaul, Obama administration eyes less federal backing for home loans
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The Real Estate Lobby Is Ready to Rumble
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Trustee backs plan to liquidate Trooien assets
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Loan troubles loom for Galleria owner
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'The Hole' court fight: $ value; a push to 'develop & stabilize'
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Radian losses widen to $1.1 billion in fourth quarter
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Oneida Indian Nation files foreclosure brief
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Fraud:
JPMorgan Hid Doubts on Madoff, Documents Suggest
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What Did Chase Know, and When Did It Know It?
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The Complaint
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Bernie Madoff Fostered 'A Cult,' Lawsuit Says
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Madoff Victim Says Mets Owners Ignored Signs
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Madoff Trustee, Mets Owners Seek to Unseal Suit
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Letter from Davis Polk to U.S. Bankruptcy Court
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Lupica: Trustee aims to smear Wilpons
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US states ramp up foreign currency trade probes
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SEC Sues Six In ‘Expert Networking’ Insider Case
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Think Wall Street Execs are ‘Greedy’? Raj’s Lawyers Might Not Want You
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SEC casts wider net in regional bond probe
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ECB urged to return Stanford millions
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Hotels:
$26M debt puts Kerhonkson hotel at risk
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Lender: Operator lined up if Hard Rock Hotel enters foreclosure
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Banking:
Citing costs of new rules, big banks scrap free checking
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FDIC lawsuit targets officers of failed 1st Centennial Bank
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Corporate Reform:
There's a new sheriff in town to watch out for consumers
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau open for business
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opens … sort of
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SEC Snoozed As “Shadow Marketers” Skimmed Billions From Retirement Plans
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory
Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
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Bankruptcy Jobs:
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Insurance:
Suits objecting to mergers to hit D&O
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Claims Trading:
Claims Purchasers: Think a Trading Order Doesn't Apply to You? Think Again…
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Lehman:
Lehman reaches settlement with German affiliate
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Lehman's Aurora Bank Sued by Hospital Center
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Mass Torts:
In a Town Called Asbestos, a Plan to Restart the Industry That Made It Prosperous
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Feinberg Can’t Claim Neutrality or Tell Claimants They Don’t Need Lawyers, Judge Rules
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Food/Drink:
Dispute threatens A&P stores, warehouse jobs
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Credit Cards:
Credit Card Rates Hit Record High
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Video Rentals:
Defunct video outlets return to haunt customers' credit
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Politics:
Bankruptcy Declared By Texas Congressman
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Enron:
Son of ex-Enron exec Skilling found dead in Calif.
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Utilities:
AES Thames coal plant files for bankruptcy
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Creditors may be stuck with bulk of Renova losses
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Meeting set on defunct oil firm
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Oil/Gas:
EPA Close to Fracking Investigation
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Shell's Profits Quadrupled on Higher Oil
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Planet could save trillions by shifting to renewable energy: WWF
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UK:
Treasury 'slow to act in blocking terrorist finance'
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Insolvencies At Record High In 2010
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UK Q4 Personal Insolvencies, Corporate Liquidations Fall
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Zombies lurk in latest insolvency
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Winding up Petition (Dismissals) - 3 February 2011
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Appointment of Administrators - 3 February 2011
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EU:
EU summit to debate stronger euro zone bailout fund
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Franco-German Divide on Debt Crisis May Mark Europe Summit
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Merkel, in Reversal, Urges Rescue of Euro
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Canada:
Business bankruptcy rate at record low: CIBC
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HB Fenn initiates bankruptcy
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Pocklington's exchange with private investigator subject of court hearing
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Greece:
Forgive Greek debt, bank boss Dibelius urges
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Egypt:
Mubarak: There Will be Chaos If I Quit
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Egypt protesters set deadline
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Report: Egypt Protests Cost $310M Per Day
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Egyptian Army Rounds Up Journalists
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Middle East:
Middle East: The Youth Unemployment Bomb
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What if Saudi Arabia Erupts?
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