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. Ground assault follows air raids on Swat valley town. Civilians scavenge for food during lulls in fightingPakistani troops and Taliban fighters battled Street by street through Mingora, the main town of the Swat valley, today as an army operation to sweep the militants from their mountain stronghold entered a critical phase.Smoke rose from the city as the army reported early victories, saying it had captured seven major locations including Green Square, previously dubbed 'slaughterhouse square' by locals after the Taliban started to dump the bodies of headless victims there.Following on from more than two weeks of air and artillery strikes, it was the second day of a ground assault on the city, which the army warned could take weeks to complete. 'Everyone is sniping one another,' a spokesman, Major General Athar Abbas, said on Saturday.Fears grew for civilians trapped in the crossfire. government officials estimate that between 10,000 and 20,000 people are still living in the hill t

'Time of Your Life' was a huge hit for Green Day, the rock band that this weekend has the No. 1 album in the country. After years in the business, Green Day continues to make records - and news.

QUEENSLAND stands to lose green jobs to other southern states on top of wide-spread concerns its once-mighty mining sector would leach thousands more.

The recession has slammed sales of printers and printing supplies as hard as it's slammed most other technology sales. But vendors such as HP, Lexmark and Xerox are grappling with the question of whether the move toward green technology and doing more with less will fundamentally change how companies consume printers and printing supplies. And how will reseller solution providers evolve to fit the new model? - Are printers and printing supplies going the way of other outmoded technologies like external modems and tape backups destined to pile up in some forgotten IT closet? Thats the scenario that has some in the industry closely watching earnings announcements from companies such as Hewlett-Packar...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) -- Donald McQuade skipped lobster dinners and long vacations for decades, pouring every dollar he saved into a little South Carolina company that made returns close to 10 percent by loaning to people who couldn't borrow anywhere else....

Were it located in the genteel wilds of Birchrunville, Chester County, say, or Malvern, even, green farmlands lapping at the doorstep, Osteria's poignant gesture to fresh and local might not be that much worth the noting.

As a partner in the Gallup polling organization, Robert Lockwood spent nearly 10 years taking the public's pulse. Then he woke up one morning last fall and took his own. It was time, he determined, to ride the green wave.

PRINCETON, new jersey (Reuters) - The Federal reserve is likely to keep benchmark interest rates near zero for a while in an economy that is pulling out of a steep decline and appears on course for a very gradual recovery, Fed Vice Chairman Donald Kohn said on Saturday.

Relatives of the girl, Abeer Qassim al-Janabi, and prosecutors detailed the teen's hopes and life during the trial of Steven Dale Green, 24, in western Kentucky, who was convicted of killing her.

PRINCETON, new jersey (Reuters) - The Federal reserve is likely to keep benchmark interest rates near zero for a while in an economy that is pulling out of a steep decline and appears on course for a very gradual recovery, Fed Vice Chairman Donald Kohn said on Saturday.