1. From Chicago to Boston and beyond, millions are bundling up and battening down, in the fear snow storm blows in the northeast. The real brunt is expected to hit this evening. As much as a foot of snow more was forecast for Boston. 2. In Jerusalem

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Finance and Economics;Building euro-zone competitiveness;Ports in the storm; 财经;加强欧元区竞争力之;暴风雨中的港口; Portugal needs to privatise its ports to reap the full benefits of its location. The latest in our series on

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By Ade Astuti and Nia Sutadi Washington 01 October 2007 Nicknamed the Steel City because of its roots as the center of America's steel industry, today's Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania does not look much like a gritty steel manufacturing town of yesteryea

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Taiwan has appealed for international technical assistance to help rescue more than 2,000 people stranded after Typhoon Morakot caused major mudslides. The Taiwanese authorities say they need giant cargo aircraft able to drop large earth diggers and

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OPEC will cut its oil output by 1.5 million barrels a day starting in November, with chances of more cuts to come. But from Paris, Lisa Bryant reports the announcement was met by a further drop by financial markets. OPEC hopes that by cutting output

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OPEC Agrees to Reduce Oil Output Kerry Sheridan Oil prices edged higher Tuesday after ministers from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) agreed to reduce output. OPEC ministers ha

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