February 2, 2011

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Law:

Bankruptcy expert Chesley departs law firm Paul Hastings for DLA Piper
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What Does It Look Like When A Partner Gets Fired?
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CC, Dewey and Freshfields lead cast list on EMI pre-pack
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Kelley & Ferraro files Chapter 11 to escape wrath of founding partner's wife
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Mayer Brown figures remain flat
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Firms in Cairo React to Egyptian Unrest
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Madoff Work Pays Off for Baker & Hostetler
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It's Time to Consider Law as a System
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Tiger Dad: Jed Rubenfeld
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Washington & Lee Law School Makes Lengthy Employment Disclosure to Prospective Students
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Money, Money, Money, Moooooon-ay! In-House Hiring a Growing Trend?
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NY judge condemns nonrefundable flat fee retainer
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Woman Sues Oxford Law College For Ruining Her Career
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Can You Game the Psych Assessment?
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I used to race home to have --- with my wife
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Imprisoned Ex-Lawyer Lifts Weights, Learns to Type, Is Fired and Rehired as Cook, E-Mails Friends
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How to be Ready for the Next Snowpocalypse
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Cook County’s Chief Judge Plans to Keep Courthouses Open, Despite Blizzard Forecast
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Ex-Law Student’s Attempt to Sell Car Online Ends in Tragedy
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Jury Acquits Suspended Top Cop Accused of Framing BigLaw Litigation Chief for Car Arson
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PI Firm Seeks Tweets About Icy Walkways; Promises to Donate Sandbags to Slick Properties
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Happy Lawyers -- They Do Exist
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Ladies: A J.D. Will NOT Prevent You From Fulfilling Your Stripper Dreams
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Mom admits strangling 18-year-old daughter: 'She pushed my last button'
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Judges:

Justice Sotomayor Speaks Out
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Sotomayor Warns Law Students About Information Overload
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Reprimanded re Bailiff Relationship, Ex-Judge Says He's Sued NJ Supreme Court for Racial Bias
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Arkansas Justice Has a Generous Lawyer Friend, Disclosure Forms Reveal
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Wall Street:

Stocks poised for flat open
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U.S. Futures Rise Before Earnings
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Economic Recovery Drives World Stocks Higher
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Dow over 12000 as remarkable bull market rolls on
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Wall Street Pay Vaults to Record
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Layoffs:

Free pizza day for unemployed in Orlando
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Recession's Legacy: 11 Million Lost Jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Resorts:

Paulson Group's Maui Resort, PGA West File for Bankruptcy
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Grand Wailea Owner Files Bankruptcy After Seizure
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Fraud:

Madoff Trustee Told Mets They Should Have Known of Ponzi Scheme
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Madoff Had Wide Role in Mets' Finances
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New York Mets Filing Gives a Peek Into Madoff Trustee Claims
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Mets Owner Seeks to Seal Madoff Lawsuit
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White Collar Watch: Ex-New Castle Partner, Ex-IBM Exec Settle SEC Insider Case
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Madoff-related lawsuits could hit Mets owner Fred Wilpon hard
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Mets' Wilpons, Bud Selig meet
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The Universities of Those Indicted in The Galleon Case
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Another Rajaratnam Named In Insider-Trading Ring
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Jury Rules Against BDO
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Judge OKs Cladek reorganization
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Retailing:

Borders Said to Prepare Bankruptcy Filing as Early as Next Week
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Borders Finalizing Details of Possible Bankruptcy Filing
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Borders stock drops 35% in closing minutes
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Corporate Reform:

GOP Would "Remedy" Dodd-Frank Effects
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New consumer bureau warns banks not to foreclose on active-duty military
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Petraeus Urges Banks To Comply With Military Law
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No tricks in credit card deals, finance fed says
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FCIC Report May Prompt State Regulation
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Sympathy for the Whistleblower? SEC GC’s Comments Pique Interest
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John Paulson’s $5 Billion Profit Will Spur Anger, Says Hedge Fund Chief
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Fed Punts Bad Loan Rule to CFPB
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Plastics:

Constar Wins Leave to Borrow as Much as $55 Million
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Autos:

Auto Sales Seen Losing Momentum in January
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GM Surpasses Ford in Market Value
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Music:

Citigroup Takes Control Of EMI, the Fourth-Biggest Label Group in the Music Industry
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Health Care:

Might the Next Stop for the Health Care Challenges Be the High Court?
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Economy:

Manufacturing Grows Most Since 2004
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US Still Manufactures More Than China
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The Real Cost Of Food Inflation In America
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Are We Spending Too Much?
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A Terrifying Vision Of The Financial Crisis Of 2015
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Is Another Financial Crisis Just 4 Years Away?
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Stocks Up, Houses Down: Why Most Americans Continue to Lose Ground
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IMF raises spectre of civil wars as global inequalities worsen
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IMF: Not the Recovery That We Wanted
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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:

Bet on Foreclosure Boom Turns Sour for Investors
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Builders began work on fewer projects in 2010, construction spending hits decade low
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U.S. Home Sales: Are We Just Celebrating California?
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Senate committee considers foreclosure mediation program
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Senator eyes law as mortgage-modification remedy
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Florida Bar says foreclosure lawyers must report fraud to court
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S&P: Modifications and Slower Foreclosures Shrink Shadow Inventory
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Boom's Home-Ownership Gains Lost
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Las Vegas Monthly Home Sales Tick Up
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Aceves ruling: Foreclosed homeowner has cause to sue bank for fraud
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Fees for home mortgages increase
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DFW Distressed Homes Sales Hit 8 Year High
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Florida foreclosure cases dramatically slowed in court system
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Demand for rentals puts multifamily lender in sweet spot
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JPMorgan Faces Texas Sheriff in Showdown Over Eviction Case Fees
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Ally Financial Says “All Good” on Robo-Signing
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Bank of America to Proceed With 8900 Suspended Nevada Foreclosures
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Starwood Continues Betting Big on Florida
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Sen. Franken says more needs to be done to help families avoid foreclosure
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Collapse Of Commercial Real Estate Is Already Here
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Litigation:

Chevron Levels RICO Charges Over $113B Trial in Ecuador
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'Even Greater Than the BP Gulf Spill ...'? That Doesn't Hold Up
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Tax:

The Paradox of Corporate Taxes
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Newspapers:

Tribune lenders drop competing bankruptcy plan
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Celebs:

'Apprentice' Winner Gets Lesson in Bankruptcy
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Vince Neil Denies IRS Tax Lien
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Little (Courtney) Love in Twitter Tiff
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Banking:

S.&P. Proposes New Method for Rating Banks
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Deadline passes for approval of WaMu deal
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Vikram Pandit can't rock'n'roll like Guy Hands
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Municipalities:

On state bankruptcy and bond traders
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Now States? Pros and Cons of Bankruptcy
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Calif: Jerry Brown Pushes Tax Increases
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Jerry Brown cites Egypt unrest to make case for tax hikes
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Gov. Cuomo Unveils Plan To Cut State Spending By 2.7%
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Governors Making Pension Cuts May Be Thwarted by Employee Suits
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Utilities:

Connecticut power plant owned by AES files Chapter 11
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Horse Racing:

Jilted bidder objects to Penn National's track purchase
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Bankruptcy judge to review Rosecroft auction
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Television:

DISH Network to buy satellite operator DBSD out of bankruptcy protection
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Hotels:

Lenders file foreclosure notice against Hard Rock Hotel
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Century-old Claremont Hotel files for bankruptcy
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Group seeking buyer for Artisan Hotel
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Hudson Valley Hotel counting on investors
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Mass Torts:

Woman pleads guilty to filing false Gulf oil disaster claims
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Agriculture:

Chicken Plant Files for Bankruptcy
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Minnesota company buys 2 SD bankrupt dairies
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Rating Agencies:

Credit raters reap rewards of non-reform
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Oil/Gas:

Don't panic: Oil traders adapt to $100 barrel
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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:

(1)- (2)- (3)- (4)- (5)- (6)- (7)- (8)- (9)- (10)
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Bankruptcy Reform:

Senators explore bankruptcy remedy for foreclosures
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Bankruptcy Books:

2011 Bankruptcy Reference Book
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Personal Bankruptcies Declined in January
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Hawaii bankruptcy cases fall 11% in January
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Toledo area bankruptcy filings fall for 5th month in row
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South Florida bankruptcies fall 2.7%
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San Antonio-area bankruptcies rise 5 percent in January
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Jurisdiction:

The 2nd Circuit upholds the validity of “related to” jurisdiction in ancillary foreign proceeding, but reins it in on mandatory abstention grounds
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Accounting:

Partner Shows Amazing Restraint After Former Colleague Calls Him a Thief and a Liar
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How Long Should an Accountant Wait to Start an Embezzlement Scheme After Landing a New Job?
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Jackson Hewitt Doesn't Appreciate the Implication That They Suck at Preparing Tax Returns
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A ‘Controversial CFO’ Allegedly Called in Sick for Three Months to Get Married
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Religion:

Jerry Johnston may have to give up his Black AmEx card
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Netherlands:

Dutch high-speed rail faces financial woes
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UK:

Corporate insolvencies: the worst still to come
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Winding Up Petitions - 1 February 2011
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Appointment of Administrators - 1 February 2011
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Germany:

Cross-Border Update on German Restructuring – Who Pays Next Time?
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Japan:

Hayashibara To File For Protection From Creditors
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Egypt:

How Cairo, U.S. Were Blindsided by Revolution
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Mubarak says will step down, won't leave Egypt
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Abrupt End to Powerful Reign
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Obama Seeks Meaningful Transition in Egypt
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Mubarak vows to hang on until election
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Mubarak Says He Won't Run for President Again
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Egypt's protests persist despite Mubarak's promise
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Fistfights, police demanding bribes at jammed Cairo airport
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'It's an absolute zoo'
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Egypt's Army Calls for End to Protests
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Stunning New Egyptian Protest Pictures
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Now Tahrir Square Is Being Over-Run By The Pro-Mubarak Forces, And Clashes Are Breaking Out
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Egypt's Economy is Near Paralysis
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Anti-America Sentiment Surfaces in Egypt
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Egypt's Unrest May be Rooted in Food Prices
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Oil Trades Near 28-Month High as Egypt Riots Add `Risk Premium' to Price
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Middle East:

'Al-Qaida on brink of using nuclear bomb'
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Russia:

Medvedev Unrepentant on Yukos
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Spain:

Spain Unemployment Back Above 20%
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No Bright Side on Spanish Unemployment Data
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Portugal:

Portugal Must Fight Crisis by Saving, Ex-IMF Official Says
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Ireland:

Drumm digs heels in over 'confidential' Anglo report
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Carvill Group Planning Meeting With Creditors
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China:

China Is Poised to Raise Rates Again, Bankers Say
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Iceland:

Iceland Central Bank Cuts Rates, Indicates May Be End Of Cycle
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Afghanistan:

Afghan Lender Disputes Losses at Kabul Bank
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Africa:

Macharia Moves To Block Receivership Orders
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