Gunfire broke out Tuesday aboard a cargo ship carrying tanks and other heavy weapons that was hijacked last week by pirates off the coast of Somalia, a Kenyan maritime official said.
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The House’s failure to pass a $700 billion bailout package not only held back billions from Wall Street, it also was a major blow to John McCain’s presidential campaign. “McCain suspended his campaign to come back to Washington to rally support for a rescue plan,” said Bill Schneider, a CNN political analyst. “He failed, so he gets blamed by both supporters and opponents of the rescue plan.”
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The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday froze the U.S. assets of eight members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, which it has deemed a narco-terrorist organization.
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A group of European tourists held hostage for 10 days in the Sahara tell how they feared for their lives during the ordeal.
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India and France sign a pact which will lead to the sale of French nuclear reactors to Delhi, officials say.
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The UN Security Council has decided to extend the peacekeeping mission in Liberia for at least one more year while reducing the number of troops and increasing the number of police.
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Over 1,100 Independent Restaurateurs Reveal Virtues and Shortcomings of Their Existing POS System
HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 30 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — RestaurantOwner.com, a membership website for independent restaurant operators, has released, on their website, the results of a detailed survey of their members’ experiences with their current point of sale systems. Over 1,100 individual independent operators participated and provided detailed feedback on over 80 different POS systems.
Choosing a point of sale system is considered to be one of the most important decisions any restaurant operator makes. With the average cost of a POS system approaching the $20,000 mark, it’s not only an expensive decision but one that affects ongoing restaurant operations in several crucial areas.
A POS system should be one of a restaurant’s most important assets by providing cash and inventory controls, improved speed of service, better decision-making and even sales growth opportunities. This survey confirms that if properly chosen, a POS [...]
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Liberal foreign affairs critic Bob Rae on Tuesday accused Conservative Leader Stephen Harper of plagiarizing a speech from Australian Prime Minister John Howard in a 2003 address in the House of Commons calling for Canadian troops to be deployed to Iraq.
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CNN’s Lou Dobbs is no fan of the $700 billion bailout plan that went down to defeat in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday. He spoke with Kirin Chetry of CNN’s “American Morning” on Tuesday about how he thinks there are better ways to solve the financial problems plaguing the U.S. economy.
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Investigators are again on the scene of a fatal medical helicopter crash. Four people were killed Saturday night in suburban Washington when the chopper, operated by the Maryland State Police, went down in a park.
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