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• Syria establishes diplomatic ties with Lebanon
DAMASCUS, Syria - Syria formally recognized Lebanon for the first time Tuesday by establishing diplomatic relations with its neighbor — meeting a U.S. demand to do more for regional stability even as Damascus pursues indirect peace talks with ...
• Samsung re-enters U.S. laptop market
... sales of everything from TVs to monitors to phones. In the first quarter of 2009, Samsung plans to rev up its sales distribution strategy, including corporate distributors such as CDW or Newegg and consumer retailers such as Best Buy, and regional U.S ...
• Wall Street ends seesaw session lower
With investors worried that regional U.S. banks might be the next to fall, the decision by Madrid-based Banco Santander late Monday to buy Philadelphia-based thrift Sovereign Bancorp Inc. came as another relief. The Spanish bank, which already owned ...
• Quake kills 12 in Russia's North Caucasus
At least 12 people were killed in the quake and a series of aftershocks, which were felt throughout the North Caucasus and which rattled Grozny for more than 30 seconds, the regional Emergency Situations Ministry office said. The toll was expected to ...
• Portland's quirky-chic cousin
Of the six microbreweries in town, Deschutes is the most popular, serving ales and porters made from regional hops, along with fancy bar food. I order the elk burger with smoked cheddar (the region's large herds of elk are so prolific that the local ...