News - Powered by Yahoo NewsGhosts of ethnic strife haunt Ghana vot
ACCRA (Reuters) - When Ghanaian parliamentary hopeful Ursula Owusu toured the capital Accra to watch voters register for December's elections, events took a turn for the worse at one of the downtown markets she visited. "I heard people saying 'leave this place, leave this place, what are you doing here? ... The next thing I knew was pah, pah - slaps from behind," said Owusu, a candidate for the ...
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Origin I could haunt NS
If Queensland go on to seal a seventh successive State of Origin title either next month or in July, New South Wales may well look back on an intriguing series opener as the one that got away.
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Amy Dickinson: Racial remarks could haunt frien
Dear Amy: I have a girlfriend who's African American, and she is constantly referring to her job (on Facebook) as "The Plantation" and her bosses as "Overseers." What can I say to convince her that she is not a slave and that such comments are in poor taste? -- Touchy Subject
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Manufacturing woes haunt high-tech battery make
Clean-technology darling A123 Systems suffers financial losses following recall.
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League: Origin I could haunt NS
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Analysis - Ghosts of ethnic strife haunt Ghana vot
ACCRA (Reuters) - When Ghanaian parliamentary hopeful Ursula Owusu toured the capital Accra to watch voters register for December's elections, events took a turn for the worse at one of the downtown markets she visited.
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Phantom tolls haunt car rental
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Woman's unspoken words haunt hawke
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Best of Wednesday?s web: Euro crisis continues to haunt market
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How Stuxnet Came Back to Haunt the U.S
Last week, the Department of Homeland Security revealed a rash of cyber attacks on natural gas pipeline companies. Just as with previous cyber attacks on infrastructure, there was no known physical damage. But security experts worry it may only be a matter of time.
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