Nov. 5 - At least 12 people were shot and killed and more than 30 wounded in an attack at the U.S. Army base in Fort Hood, Texas -- one of the the largest military installations in the world.
SOUNDBITE:
•U.S. ARMY LIEUTENANT-GENERAL BOB CONE
•U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
Jon Decker, Reuters.
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Nov 3 - The American rail system is back in the spotlight - now that billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is buying out Burlington Northern Santa Fe in a deal valuing the railroad at $34 billion.
Bobbi Rebell reports.
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Oct 31 - A missionary kidnapped in the southern Philippines appears in a video. His abductors are asking for a two million U.S dollar ransom.
Gabriella Podimane reports.
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Oct 29 - Ranchers start the evacuation of nearly one million cattle threatened by a rising Argentine river.
Jon Decker reports.
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Oct. 27 - The French branch of the Church of Scientology is found guilty of fraud and fined 600,000 euros, just over 900,000 dollars.
SOUNDBITES: Olivier Morice, Plaintiffs' lawyer
Scientology's lawyer Patrick Maisonneuve
Gabriella Podimane, Reuters.
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The new center-right German coalition wrap up an agreement with a pledge to to cut income taxes starting in 2011.
SOUNDBITE: German Chancellor Angela Merkel
Lee Marzel reports
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Oct. 22 - The day's top showbiz news and headlines including mistrial in Travolta extortion case, Lil Wayne pleads guilty to weapon possession, and Bon Jovi plans concert stay in London.
In Los Angeles, I'm Bob Mezan, Reuters
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Oct. 20 - The companies making the H1N1 virus vaccine are behind schedule as the virus spreads.
SOUNDBITES: Anne Schuchat of the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention:
Dr. Paul Jarris is the Executive Director of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials:
Bobbi Rebell, Reuters, New York.
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Oct. 15 - The latest celebrity news including Jackson's "This Is It" a hot ticket, Spears alive and well and Michael Buble's chart topper.
In Los Angeles, I'm John Russell for Reuters.
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Oct. 13 - Hundreds of mourners have gathered at a Moscow cemetery for the funeral of the man dubbed the godfather of the Russian mafia.
Sonia Legg, Reuters.
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Oct. 10 - Clashes break out between protesters and police as talks to end Honduras crisis enter another day.
Lee Marzel reports.
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Oct. 8 - The latest celebrity and entertainment headlines including the sequel to "Phantom of the Opera," Joe Perry does the solo thing and Jay Sean bumps the Black Eyed Peas.
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Oct. 6 - President Obama will not meet the Dalai Lama during his five-day trip to the U.S. capital, the first time in 18 years the exiled Tibetan leader has visited Washington without seeing the president.
Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
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Oct 3 - Irish voters overwhelmingly endorsed the European Union's Lisbon reform treaty putting the bloc's ambitions for greater global influence firmly back on track.
SOUNDBITES:
•Irish Returning Officer Maurice Coughlan
•Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen
•Supporter Stephen Dolan
Sreya Banerjee reports.
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Oct. 1 - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, taking a revised stance, told Congress proposed new regulations should be shared with other government agencies.
Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters
SOUNDBITE: US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke,
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Sept. 29 - The film director Roman Polanski has started his legal fight against extradition from Switzerland over a U.S. charge of having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977.
Sonia Legg, Reuters.
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Sep. 24 - Three separate missions examining the moon have found clear evidence of water there.
Jon Decker reports.
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Sep. 22 - Protesters and police clash outside the embassy where ousted President Manuel Zelaya has taken refuge after sneaking back into the country in a bid to return to power.
Jon Decker reports.
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Sept. 17 - Police charge a Yale University lab technician with the murder of a graduate student whose body was found inside a wall on the Yale campus -- on what would have been her wedding day.
Jon Decker, Reuters.
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Sep. 15 - A year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers -- Wall Street reflects on the lessons learned.
Karina Huber reports.
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