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• Panini Showcasing Newest Check Scanning Line at AFP Annual Conference

  - 2008-10-20

  Panini Vision X[TM] Featured at Expo by Many Industry Leading Technology Providers DAYTON, Ohio -- Today, at the Association for Financial Professionals AFP Annual Conference in Los Angeles, Panini is showcasing their newest check scanning line designed specifically for distributed capture. The Panini Vision X[TM] has been rigorously tested...

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• Activists stage dolphin die-in at Japanese embassy in US

  - 2008-09-03

  WASHINGTON AFP — Environmental and animal rights activists dressed as dolphins Wednesday staged a die-in in Washington to protest what they called the "horrific butchering" of thousands of dolphins by Japanese fishermen every year. Animal welfare activists accuse Japan of brutally slaughtering some 20,000 dolphins and small whales every...

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• GDF Suez buys US power company First Light

  - 2008-09-02

  PARIS AFP — Newly formed French energy giant GDF Suez said on Tuesday it will acquire US power firm First Light as part of its strategy to expand its presence in the US market. GDF Suez did not give a price for the acquisition but daily Le Figaro reported...

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• Thai resort airports reopen as protesters disperse: officials

  - 2008-08-31

  BANGKOK AFP — The airports serving Thailand's beach resorts of Phuket and Krabi reopened on Sunday, two days after anti-government protesters forced all flights to be grounded, airport officials said. Up to 15,000 passengers have been stranded at the airport on the southern resort isle of Phuket -- the...

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• McCain defends VP pick

  - 2008-08-31

  ST PAUL, Minnesota AFP — Republican White House candidate John McCain on Sunday defended his choice of Sarah Palin as running mate against Democratic claims she is dangerously inexperienced. McCain's wife Cindy meanwhile said Palin credentials were bolstered by the fact that she hails from Alaska, the closest part...

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• 'Thunder' tops US boxoffice, 'Dark Knight' tops 500 million

  - 2008-08-31

  LOS ANGELES AFP — Ben Stiller comedy "Tropic Thunder" earned the top slot at the North American box office for the third straight weekend, but it was "The Dark Knight" that stole the show by reaching the 500-million-dollar mark, industry figures showed Sunday. Stiller's movie-within-a-movie, about a group of...

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• Indian tycoon K.K. Birla dies at the age of 90

  - 2008-08-30

  KOLKATA, India AFP — Indian tycoon Krishna Kumar Birla, whose family empire spanned industries from sugar to newspapers, died Saturday at the age of 90, an aide said. Birla, whose business holdings included sugar, fertilizer, chemicals, heavy engineering, textile, shipping and newspaper companies, had been suffering from pneumonia, his...

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• Stade Francais see off battling Mont-de-Marsan

  - 2008-08-30

  PARIS AFP — Stade Francais narrowly avoided their first upset of the season as they battled past newly-promoted Mont-de-Marsan 27-22 in French Top 14 rugby action on Saturday. Champions Toulouse bounced back from their opening defeat earlier in the week beating visiting Dax 32-25, as Toulon were held to...

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• Israel's Olmert and his wife quizzed by police

  - 2008-08-29

  JERUSALEM AFP — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his wife Aliza were both questioned on Friday over a 2004 housing deal that is still being investigated, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. The premier, who is under investigation in six separate cases, and his wife were questioned separately over...

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• US asks Thailand to end crisis through democratic means

  - 2008-08-29

  WASHINGTON AFP — The United States wants Thailand's current political crisis to be resolved through democratic means, a State Department official said Friday amid demonstrations calling on the premier in Bangkok to quit. "We are following the political situation in Thailand closely," the official told AFP. "The United...

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