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Cruise ship escapes (Web promotion) pirate hijack attempt San Jose Mercury News -

Cruise ship escapes pirate hijack attempt
San Jose Mercury News - 7 hours ago NAIROBI, Kenya - Pirates armed with grenade launchers and machine guns tried to hijack a luxury cruise liner off the east African coast Saturday, but the ship outran them, officials said. Two boats full of

Major US-Led Offensive Continues in Iraq
Guardian Unlimited - 9 hours ago By ROBERT H. REID. BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - About 3,500 US and Iraqi troops backed by warjets launched a major attack Saturday against an insurgent-held town near the Syrian border, seeking to dislodge al-Qaida

Energy prices dampen job growth
Seattle Times - 20 hours ago By Nell Henderson. WASHINGTON � US job growth nearly stalled last month, the Labor Department reported Friday, suggesting that employers had become more cautious about hiring because of high energy prices.

Rockettes kick legs high without musicians, Christmas show goes on
Monsters and Critics.com - Nov 4, 2005 New York - The Rockettes at New York's landmark Radio City Music Hall kicked their legs high for the opening of the traditional 'Christmas Spectacular' with the help for the first time of a digital, pre-recorded score. The musicians were on strike.

RC Gorman, Painter of Strong Navajo Women, Dies
New York Times - 2 hours ago RC Gorman, an internationally prominent Navajo artist whose portraits of voluptuous women in flowing traditional dress embodied the American Southwest for collectors around the world, died on Thursday at a hospital in Albuquerque.