Lawmakers: Wall Street rescue accord reached

Seeded on Thu Sep 25, 2008 4:41 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Key Republicans and Democrats reported agreement on an outline for a $700 billion bailout, but there was still resistance from rank-and-file House Republicans.

business, government, enforcement, stocks-economy, msnbci

Huge ice sheet breaks loose in Canadian arctic

Seeded on Thu Sep 4, 2008 1:05 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

A chunk of ice shelf nearly the size of Manhattan has broken away� in Canada's northern Arctic, another indication of how warmer temperatures are changing the polar frontier, scientists said Wednesday.

environment, climate-change, us-news, msnbci

Mideast clock confusion as Ramadan nears

Seeded on Mon Sep 1, 2008 3:52 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Egypt and the Palestinians are falling back an hour far �earlier than usual, trying to reduce daylight hours for Muslims fasting until sunset in sweltering summer temperatures.

egypt, middle-east, saudi-arabia, palestinian, faith, world-news, will, msnbci

Report: Iran test-fires more missiles

Seeded on Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:57 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

Iran tested more missiles� in the Persian Gulf, state media reported Thursday, a day after the country drew Western criticism for test-firing nine rockets.

iran, world-news, mideast-n-africa, msnbci

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