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MCI Rejects Qwest Offer Again

NEW YORK – Long-distance telephone company MCI Inc. (MCIP) rejected a $9.1 billion takeover offer from Qwest Communications International Inc. (Q), leaving the spurned suitor to gauge shareholder reaction as it weighs its next move in the two-month takeover battle. The rejection, announced early on Wednesday, marked the third time …

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Israel Won't Destroy Settlers' Houses

JERUSALEM – Israel will leave settlers’ houses in Gaza intact after its summertime pullout, a senior official said, choosing environmental and international factors over settler feelings of anger and insult because Palestinians will take over their homes. The question of what to do with the hundreds of red-roofed houses scattered …

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Cardinals Prepare to Pick New Pope

VATICAN CITY – Cardinals began “an intense period of silence and prayer” before their conclave to choose the next pope, saying Saturday they would stop speaking publicly to protect the strict secrecy surrounding the centuries-old tradition. The throngs of pilgrims who attended John Paul II’s (search) funeral Friday flowed out …

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