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Houston-area residents are getting ready for freezing temperatures overnight. A local hardware store north of Houston has sold out of faucet protectors as people ready themselves for the cold. (Jan. 7)
As temperatures plunge around the country, areas to the north and west of Houston are also gearing up for the freeze.
According to the National Weather Service, temps could plummet to 20 to 25 degrees early Thursday morning, including...
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UPITN 28 9 75 DEPARTURES FROM THE LATEST OPEC MEETING IN VIENNA
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Companies hold meeting in Vienna. Delegates and ministers atten and depart once the issues have been described and fixed.
1. ms of Saudi Arabian delegate Yamani in Car
2. ms Jamshid Amouzegar, ...
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HONG KONG: DOMESTIC HELPERS BECOME VICTIMS OF RECESSION
Eng/Taga/Nat
Domestic helpers in Hong Kong have become the latest victims of the territory's recession.
The government has announced a five per cent salary cut for the workers, most of whom are Filipino women.
The move has angered the...
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UN Special Envoy for Syria gives news conference; analysis from Carnegie Centre in Lebanon
The United Nations envoy to Syria called Tuesday for a truce in the northern city of Aleppo as a possible step to a wider resolution of the country's civil war, though activists cast doubt on the plan.
UN envoy Staffan de Mistura spoke...
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A senior administration official and a top House Republican have different views of the budget President Barack Obama will unveil Monday. The New York Times reports it will total $3.8 trillion.
HEADLINE: Spending freeze backed on eve of Obama budget
CAPTION: A senior administration official and a top House Republican have different views of the budget President Barack Obama will unveil Monday. The New York Times reports it...
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Bundle up or hunker down: The coldest, most dangerous blast of polar air in decades gripped the Midwest and pushed toward the East and South on Monday, closing schools, grounding flights and forcing many to take shelter. (Jan. 6)
The coldest, most dangerous blast of polar air in decades pushed across much of the United States Monday, closing schools and day care centers, grounding flights and forcing people to take measures to protect against nearly instant...
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SYND26/08/71 US COMMUNIST PARTY RUNS GUS HALL FOR PRESIDENT
US Communist party runs Gus Hall for President in 1972 presidential elections and Jarvis Tyner for Vice President
1) ms Gus Hall, pull back to show Jarvis Tyner
2) ms Jarvis Tyner and Gus hall with reporter, Jim Stratton, reporter asks...
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Reax to end to Israel's slowdown in settlement construction
Efrat settlement, West Bank
1. Wide of settlement
2. Unfinished new houses in settlement
3. Wide of settlement
4. Construction site at settlement
5. People in street
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Vox pop, Hana Stein, Efrat Settlement Resident:...
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MIDDLE EAST: PM BENJAMIN NETANYAHU LAYS CORNERSTONE OF COLLEGE
English/Nat
Israel's presence in the West Bank was personally strengthened by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, when he laid the cornerstone of a college in the Jewish settlement of Ariel.
Netanyahu used the occasion to speak...
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Demo against settlement freeze outside Cabinet meeting
1. Exterior of Israeli prime minister's office
2. Israeli Cabinet minister Daniel Hershkowitz arriving for meeting
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Daniel Hershkowitz, Israeli Cabinet minister:
"The prime minister himself, as well as many members...
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Gaza/Egypt - Yasser Arafat meets Hosni Mubarak
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak meet for talks in bid to break through deadlock in Middle East peace process.
EGYPT & GAZA 7/6
00.00 WS ext presidential residence
00.05 MS Arafat and Mubarak...
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PM, ministers on status of talks with Palestinians
1. Israeli defence minister Ehud Barak arriving at meeting
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Avishay Braverman, Israel's minister for minority affairs:
"The issue of freeze on settlements for two or three months is minor issue compared for the...
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Switzerland - Korean Nuclear Talks
Robert Gallucci, US Assistant Secretary of State for
political-military affairs, met for two hours in Geneva on Sunday
(10/7) with the head of a North Korean delegation, Kang Sok-Ju.
The delegations were originally in Geneva to discuss...
Bloomberg
A New Set of Challenges Face New Saudi Oil Minister
May 9 -- Saudi Arabia's newly appointed oil minister Khalid Al-Falih vows to maintain the nation's oil policy, keeping output at record levels. Bloomberg's Alaa Shahine offers background on the new oil minister on "Bloomberg Surveillance."
Bloomberg
Oil Falls to a One-Month Low
April 5 -- Oil is slipping back towards $35 a barrel on doubts that major producers can overcome their differences to agree to an output freeze. Bloomberg's Ben Sharples reports on "First Up."
Bloomberg
Saudi Oil Policy: What Changes With New Minister?
May 9 -- Saudi Arabia's newly appointed oil minister Khalid Al-Falih vows to maintain the nation's oil policy, keeping output at record levels. Bloomberg's Riad Hamade explores what may change for the nation's policy on "Bloomberg Markets."
Bloomberg
Saudi Maintains Oil Policy Under New Minister
May 9 -- Robin Mills, chief executive officer at Qamar Energy, discusses Saudi Arabia's new oil minister, the production output and the outlook for the commodity. He speaks to Manus Cranny and Rishaad Salamat on "Bloomberg Markets Middle...
Bloomberg
El-Erian: Oil Market Has Found Footing, Rebound Real
March 11 -- Bloomberg View Columnist Mohamed El-Erian discusses the price and production of oil. He speaks on "Bloomberg ‹GO›." His opinions are his own.
Bloomberg
Oil Outlook: How Low Will the Price Go?
April 18 -- Abhishek Deshpande, oil and oil products research lead at Natixis, and Vasileios Gkionakis, global head of FX strategy at UniCredit, discuss the outlook for oil prices following the failed Doha meeting over the weekend, oil...
Bloomberg
Oil Drops From Three-Month High
March 14 -- Cusick Advisors' Joe Cusick discusses the price of oil. He speaks on "Bloomberg ‹GO›."
Bloomberg
Has Investor Sentiment on Oil Finally Improved?
April 14 -- Global oil markets will "move close to balance" in the second half of the year as lower prices take their toll on production outside OPEC, the International Energy Agency said. Bloomberg's Javier Blas reports on "Bloomberg...
Bloomberg
Saudi Arabia, Iran Take Center Stage at Doha Oil Talks
April 15 -- Amrita Sen, chief oil analyst at Energy Aspects, previews the Doha oil talks and discusses what type of leverage Saudi Arabia may hold and the important role Iran will play at the meeting. She speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance."
Bloomberg
Looking Ahead to the Big Doha Oil Meeting
April 14 -- Oil extended losses as rising crude stockpiles kept supplies at the highest level in more than eight decades before major producers meet in Doha to discuss freezing output. Futures lost as much as 1.5 percent in New York...