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American carrier Delta Airlines Inc. rejected the $8 billion hostile takeover bid by rival
US Airways Inc. saying it is determined to remain an independent company after it emerges
from … 
No 1 U.S. radio company Clear Channel Communications Inc. is being acquired by private
equity firms Thomas H. Lee Partners and Bain Capital for nearly $19 billion … 
The outgoing UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, has lamented a lack of global leadership on
the issue of global warming. He has called for the developed nations to take strident … 
Contrary to her defined role as a unifier, the Democratic speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi
seems to be dividing the party ranks by her overt attempts to try and get her friend … 
WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans voted back Trent Lott as the Republican Senate whip. Lott
beat Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander by a narrow margin to assume the No 2 position in … 
SINGAPORE - US President George W Bush is in Asia in what his first foreign trip after his
Republican party was thrashed soundly in the November elections. The Democrats now … 
… and Segolene Royal, a lawmaker, if selected, could well become the country's
first woman president given the prevailing disenchantment among the people with the
existing regime … 
… Israel warned the Palestinian militants responsible for the act they would pay a
heavy price … 
The United States will need a categorical assurance from North Korea that it will take
concrete steps to give up nuclear weapons program as preparations are now on for the … 
… stirred by pro-democracy groups protesting against the delay in implementing
political reforms. Rioters have damaged the prime minister's office and other government
buildings, smashed cars and looted a supermarket Thursday … 