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Philanthropy
UN summit approves new approach to hunger fight

Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe, left, arrives at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization FAO headquarters to take part in a World Summit on Food Security, in Rome, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

ROME (AP) — World leaders at a food summit on Monday rallied around a new strategy to fight global hunger and help poor countries feed themselves, but failed to...

Leisure travel
Russian ship freeing itself from ice in Antarctic

In this photo taken in March 2006 the Captain Khlebnikov icebreaker seen in the Russia's Pacific port of Vladivostok, about 6,400 km (4,000 miles) east of Moscow. A Russian shipping company says that its icebreaker, the Captain Khlebnikov, carrying over 100 tourists, scientists and journalists, including a BBC camera crew, on an Antarctic cruise has got stuck in ice. The ship is waiting for a stronger wind to begin moving, Russian news agencies reported. (AP Photo)

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian icebreaker carrying more than 100 tourists, scientists and journalists on an Antarctic cruise was approaching open water Thursday after being halted by unexpectedly thick ice, its owners...

Information technology
Dell's profit, stock drop on weak quarterly report

FILE - In this June 30, 2009 file photo, a man works behind Dell laptops on display at a computer store in Beijing, China. Dell Inc. reports quarterly earnings after the market close Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, file)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Some of the computer industry's biggest players — such as IBM Corp., Intel Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. — have wowed Wall Street this fall with stronger-than-expected profits.

Dell Inc....

Gambling
Trump, bondholders reach deal over 3 NJ casinos

FILE - In this May 15, 2009 file photo, Donald Trump watches the New York Yankees play the Minnesota Twins during the sixth inning of a baseball game in New York. Donald Trump ended his war with bondholders of the casino company that bears his name, settling Tuesday Nov. 17, 2009 for 10 percent of Trump Entertainment Resorts once it emerges from bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Donald Trump ended his war with bondholders of the casino company that bears his name, settling Tuesday for 10 percent of Trump Entertainment Resorts once it emerges from bankruptcy.

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