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 August 19, 2011 Afternoon Update |
 TOP NEWSSyria Said to Fire on Protest in Defiance of Global RebukeBy NADA BAKRISyrian rights activists said security forces killed at least 18 people on Friday during the first protest since President Bashar al-Assad said military operations against demonstrators had ended. Stocks End Week With New Losses WorldwideBy CHRISTINE HAUSER and JACK EWINGWall Street was down another 1.5 percent as concerns lingered about the economy and the euro zone's debt troubles. Egypt Registers Complaint With Israel Over Killings of OfficersBy DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and ISABEL KERSHNERAn Israeli strike aimed at militants killed three Egyptian officers, raising tensions the day after attacks near the border that killed eight Israelis. New Fighting Outside Tripoli as Foreigners Seek an ExitBy KAREEM FAHIM and RICK GLADSTONEAs street battles raged on Friday just a half-hour's drive from the Libyan capital, there were new signs in Tripoli that worried foreigners were urgently trying to leave. Deal Frees 'West Memphis Three' in ArkansasBy CAMPBELL ROBERTSONThree men convicted of killing three 8-year-old boys in a 1993 murder case were freed from jail on Friday. |
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BUSINESSU.S. Plans First Sale of Offshore Oil Leases Since Gulf DisasterBy JOHN M. BRODERThe proposed sale, scheduled for Dec. 14, will be the first sale in the part of the gulf bordering Texas since the summer of 2009 and the first sale of any kind in the gulf since March 2010. Quake in Japan Is Causing a Costly Shift to Fossil FuelsBy HIROKO TABUCHIWith some nuclear plants idled, Japan has fired up fossil fuel plants and imported coal, natural gas and oil at great environmental and economic costs. DealBookIcahn Seeks to Replace Clorox BoardBy MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCEDAfter the company rejected two takeover offers, the activist investor is threatening a proxy battle with a full slate of director candidates -- including himself. Chinese Premier Sounds Confident Note on U.S. EconomyBy MICHAEL WINES and EDWARD WONGIn a second day of meetings Friday with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., Vice President Xi Jinping called for new measures to restore confidence in global financial markets. DealBookNorilsk Offers Share Buyback to End Long DisputeBy ANDREW E. KRAMERRussia's largest mining operator offered to buy most of the shares held by one of the company's two feuding owners. |
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