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'); document.write(''); document.write('HONG KONG (AP) — One of Peter Jackson\'s frequent collaborators says the \"Lord of the Rings\" director passed the torch to Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro to give the trilogy\'s two-part prequel, \"The Hobbit,\" a fresh look.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('BERLIN (AP) — The German government plans to introduce a levy on banks to ensure that they pay for the costs of any future crises.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('SINGAPORE (AP) — Oil prices dropped to near $80 a barrel Monday in Asia, extending losses from Friday as a monthlong rally fizzled out.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('BERLIN (AP) — German data show that the country\'s exports to China rose by 7 percent last year despite an overall decline that saw it lose its status as the world\'s biggest exporter to the rising Asian power.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('BERLIN (AP) — German data show that the country\'s exports to China rose by 7 percent last year despite an overall decline that saw it lose its status as the world\'s biggest exporter to the rising Asian power.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('SHANGHAI (AP) — An Australian executive and three other employees of Rio Tinto went on trial Monday on charges of stealing secrets and offering bribes, as the head of the mining giant said his company was trying to resolve its troubles with China.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stock markets fell Monday as worries about Greece\'s debt crisis and India\'s sudden interest rate hike rattled investors.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('ATLANTA (AP) — For those who haven\'t flown in a while, be prepared to be scanned, swabbed or thoroughly patted down. Maybe all three.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('LOS ANGELES (AP) — In an instrument-filled garage almost every day for the past year, musician John Wood has tried to find a new way to make a living.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — With health care dominating House action, President Barack Obama was looking for another domestic policy victory Sunday — passage of a vast rewrite of college aid for needy students.
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