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TwitterAP – A strike by some 24,000 refinery workers was averted, at least for now, as both sides agreed to extend negotiations for at least 24 hours.
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Strike by 24,000 refinery workers averted for now (AP)
January 31st, 2009 
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`The Office,’ `Waltz With Bashir’ earn DGA honors (AP)
January 31st, 2009 serah AP – “The Office” won the top honor for television comedy Saturday from the Directors Guild of America, while the animated war remembrance “Waltz With Bashir” received the documentary prize.
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`The Office,’ `Waltz With Bashir’ earn DGA honors
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91 dead in Kenya tanker explosion: police (AFP)
January 31st, 2009 serah AFP – At least 91 people died and 136 were seriously injured early Sunday when a petrol tanker exploded in western Kenya, the Kenyan police spokesman said.
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91 dead in Kenya tanker explosion: police
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Death toll from Kenya oil blaze rises to 111 (Reuters)
January 31st, 2009 serah Reuters – The death toll from an oil spill blaze in central Kenya has risen to 111, making it one of the east African nation’s worst disasters of recent times, police said on Sunday.
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Death toll from Kenya oil blaze rises to 111
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Refinery talks extended, strike delayed (Reuters)
January 31st, 2009 serah Reuters – The United Steelworkers Union said on Saturday it would extend by 24 hours talks for a new labor contract for U.S. refinery workers, delaying a possible strike that could affect over half of U.S. refining capacity.
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Official: GOP senator tops list for commerce post (AP)
January 31st, 2009 serah AP – President Barack Obama appeared Saturday to be leaning toward appointing a third Republican to his Cabinet, a move that would place the fiscally conservative Sen. Judd Gregg at the head of the Commerce Department even though a liberal Democrat was initially tapped for the post.
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Official: GOP senator tops list for commerce post
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Obama readies road map for new bailout spending (AP)
January 31st, 2009 serah AP – President Barack Obama on Saturday promised to lower mortgage costs, offer job-creating loans for small businesses, get credit flowing and rein in free-spending executives as he readies a new road map for spending billions from the second installment of the financial rescue plan.
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Obama readies road map for new bailout spending
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Crisis summit signals era of big government (AFP)
January 31st, 2009 serah AFP – The world is entering an era of big government with only state muscle powerful enough to fight the economic crisis, top leaders signalled at the Davos summit.
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Crisis summit signals era of big government
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