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(Reuters) - Broadcast network CBS said on Tuesday it won this season`s ratings race among the 18-to-49 age group most prized by advertisers, claiming its first victory in that audience in 21 years. CBS, a unit of CBS Corp, snatched the title from News Corp-owned Fox, which had dominated the age group for eight straight years until it was hurt this season by a ratings slump for singing competition `American Idol.` CBS rode hits like `The Big Bang Theory` and `2 Broke Girls` and was helped by February`s Super Bowl broadcast, which attracted the biggest TV audience of the year. ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 23:33 |
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt`s army and police stepped up roadblocks in an area of northern Sinai as they tried to track down militant Islamists who kidnapped seven security officers last week, a security source said on Tuesday. The militants seized the men on a road between the towns of el-Arish and Rafah near the border with Gaza on Thursday, in a challenge to the government`s failing efforts to impose its authority in the lawless Sinai. The desert region on Egypt`s border with Israel has slipped further into anarchy since president Hosni Mubarak was toppled in 2011. ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 16:13 |
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By Arshad Mohammed MUSCAT (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry flew to Oman on Tuesday for Raytheon Co`s signing of an estimated $2.1 billion arms deal and to consult on Syria and Iran, U.S. officials said. Oman is expected to sign a letter of intent to purchase a ground-based air defence system that would help protect against cruise missile, drone or fighter aircraft attacks, a senior U.S. State Department official told reporters aboard Kerry`s plane. Part of the sale has been previously disclosed. In October 2011, the U.S. Defense Department notified Congress of a proposed $1. ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 14:54 |
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KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Several bomb blasts killed at least 12 people in Iraq on Tuesday, police said, a day after more than 70 died in attacks on majority Shi`ites, stoking fears of all-out sectarian war with minority Sunnis. More than 200 people have been killed in the past week as Sunni-Shi`ite tensions, fuelled by the civil war in neighboring Syria, threaten to plunge Iraq back into communal bloodletting. ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 11:22 |
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