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08 December 2009 7:49 PM | Tagged: rafa benitez pledges liverpool qualify seasons champions league
Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez has confidently declared that the Reds will be back in the Champions League next season.The Spaniard's side have struggled for form in recent weeks, winning just two of their last 13 games in all competitions. This has

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05 December 2009 4:47 AM | Tagged: us lauds wealth afghanistan troop pledges
BRUSSELS - The United States welcomed new troop commitments from its allies to fight the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, warning the battle was a crucial test for NATO. Eight years after driving the Taliban out of power, more than 40 nations a

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04 December 2009 5:57 PM | Tagged: gm europe head pledges opel plans mid december
FRANKFURT - The new head of GM Europe, Nick Reilly, and workers' committee chief Klaus Franz found common ground Friday on getting the troubled car maker Opel/Vauxhall back on its feet, they said separately. Naturally the topic of job reductions w

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02 December 2009 4:49 PM | Tagged: bougherra pledges future rangers
Bougherra's future has been thrown into doubt after a series of disciplinary breaches provoked the ire of manager Walter Smith. The club's supporters have also been unimpressed by the Algeria international's antics, with suggestions that he could be

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02 December 2009 2:37 PM | Tagged: europe reluctant firm afghan troop pledges
PARIS - European leaders were quick to offer verbal support on Wednesday for U.S. President Barack Obama's Afghanistan strategy, but in less of a hurry to commit new troops to an uncertain and deadly military campaign. Faithful U.S. ally Britain wa

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02 December 2009 5:27 AM | Tagged: us chinese pledges cut emissions pressure india
NEW DELHI Recent announcements by the United States and to cut carbon dioxide emissions are propelling to make its own commitment to slow greenhouse gas emissions and go to the upcoming Copenhagen climate summit with a firm proposal on reductions

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21 November 2009 3:57 PM | Tagged: eu criticises financial pledges gm europe
BERLIN - EU Industry Commissioner Guenter Verheugen has criticised informal financial pledges to General Motors by countries vying to save jobs at factories belonging to the automaker's European unit. I understand that some countries have already

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13 November 2009 5:27 AM | Tagged: rio pledges power island immune blackouts
RIO DE JANEIRO - Organizers of the 2016 Olympics are pitching host city Rio de Janeiro as a potential power island immune from blackouts like the one that left 60 million Brazilians in the dark, though experts questioned Thursday whether a safe en