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World's most expensive coffee at £50 a cup is made from cat droppings!

LONDON, England - April 10, 2008 -It might not be to everyone's taste - and that's not just because at £50 a cup it's the most expensive coffee in the world.

The secret behind the special blend about to go on sale at an upmarket department store is that it is made from cats' droppings.

While such an ingredient might leave many spluttering into their cups, Pet

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Soros says credit crisis losses to top $1 trillion!

SHANGHAI, China - April 10, 2008 - The credit crisis is far from over, billionaire financier George Soros warned Thursday, urging regulators to move faster to contain damage from the collapse of the housing finance markets.

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Violence against border agents up 47% in past 6 months!

April 9, 2008 - Violence against U.S. Border Patrol agents is up 47 percent for the first six months of the fiscal year, as surveillance toughens along the 2,000-mile stretch of U.S.-Mexico border, David Aguilar, the nation's top Border Patrol official, said Tuesday.

"As we continue to gain control of our borders, we fully expected the violence to go up," said Mr. Agu

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IMF puts cost of credit crisis at $1 trillion!

WASHINGTON - April 8, 2008 - The financial sector faces potential losses of almost $1,000bn as a result of the credit crisis, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday, warning of further losses and write-downs on prime mortgages, commercial real estate, leveraged loans and consumer finance.

The IMF said total losses and write-downs would reach about $945bn, based on mark

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Morgan Stanley CEO expects credit crisis to last!

April 8, 2008 - Morgan Stanley Chief Executive Officer John Mack said the credit crisis will last “a couple of quarters” longer as it spreads to commercial real estate, European lenders with subprime holdings, and U.S. midsized banks.

“It's going to be a difficult year for the Street,” Mack said to reporters before the company's annual meeting today in P

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FBI has national eavesdropping program that tracks instant messages, emails and cell phones!

WASHINGTON - April 8, 2008 - The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been routinely monitoring the e-mails, instant messages and cell phone calls of suspects across the United States - and has done so, in many cases, without the approval of a court.

Documents released under the Freedom of Information Act and given to the Washington Post show that the FBI's massive dragnet, conn

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Iranian president wants OPEC off U.S. dollars!

TEHERAN, Iran - April 6, 2008 - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is urging OPEC members to form a joint bank and stop pricing oil trades in U.S. dollars.

According to the Iranian government's Web site, Ahmadinejad told OPEC Secretary General Abdalla Salem el-Badri the cartel "should establish a joint bank as well as having joint currency."

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