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| China's Xi stamps authority on party with Bo verdict | | | BEIJING (Reuters) - With ousted senior politician Bo Xilai jailed for life, Chinese President Xi Jinping has stamped his authority on the Communist Party by effectively warning he will not tolerate dissent as he seeks to push through tough economic reforms. |
| Italy's Fiat to take full control of VM Motori | | | MILAN (Reuters) - The Italian carmaker Fiat is planning to take full control of the diesel engine manufacturer VM Motori by buying out the half of the company owned by joint venture partner General Motors , Fiat said on Saturday. |
| Independence day penguins? | | | For one weekend in September more than 155 million people in six neighboring countries in one continent pull out all the stops to honor the birth of their nations. |
| Guantanamo hearing ends without ruling on 'Starbucks solution' | | | GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The judge in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunal recessed a weeklong hearing in the September 11 conspiracy case on Friday evening without ruling on a defense request to halt future hearings until Pentagon computer problems are fixed. |
| Up Next 11 things to know about Spain | | | It's Western Europe's second largest country, but it's the diversity of its people and passions that holds the key to understanding Spain's eternal appeal. |
| All the queen's horses | | | His uncle Harry has promised the newest addition to the royal family that he will have "fun" -- and if a centuries old tradition is to be followed, it is an odds on certainty that horse racing will play a prominent role in young Prince George's future social life. |
| Coping in Muqdadiya | | | Many residents of the Iraqi town have been forced from their homes because of recent violence. |
| Sluggish Ferraris look for more Sunday speed | | | SINGAPORE (Reuters) - It was a case of 'business as usual' for Ferrari in Singapore on Saturday as the Italian team ended a disappointing two days of practice and qualifying well off the pace and hoping to make up ground with superior race strategy. |
| Autonomous quadcopter takes humans out of flying equation | | | Sept. 19 - A group of Austrian students has designed a quadcopter which flies autonomously using only the computing power of a smartphone. The reasearchers say the drone could one day be used for search and rescue scenarios or fighting fires without putting humans in harm's way. Jim Drury reports. |
| LA's Candace Parker Wins WNBA MVP | | | Los Angeles Sparks forward Candace Parker won the WNBA MVP on Thursday, making her the fifth player in league history to receive the award twice. |
| Susannah Geltman, Yuriy Prilutskiy | | | The bride is an associate in the litigation department of Simpson Thacher Bartlett; the groom is an associate at a venture capital firm. |
| Is Europe fractured despite recovery? | | | The financial crisis has driven a wedge through Europe, with two economies emerging and -- more dangerously -- a psychological split, European leaders tell CNN. |
| Real Estate Q A | | | Subjects include co-op rules about visitors; lease renewal; and the rights of renters when buildings convert to condominiums. |
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