SANAA, Yemen — Tensions between Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and an influential dissident general escalated Saturday amid fresh assaults that killed at least 40 people and injured scores. The mounting violence came a day after Saleh abruptly returned from Saudi Arabia after nearly four months and called for a cease-fire and a return to negotiations to solve Yemen’s crisis . Read full article > >

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After Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh returns, violence and tensions escalate

US retail sales rose in July by the largest amount in four months, figures show, tempering fears the US may be slipping back into recession.

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US retail sales rise 0.5% in July

The Hollywood actress has pleaded no contest over the theft of a gold necklace from a jewellery store last year and has been sentenced to four months in jail.

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Lindsay Lohan sentenced to jail

FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker is leaving the government agency to join Comcast-only four months after she sat on the commission that approved its controversial merger with NBC. Baker, one of two Republicans on the five-member commission, will…

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FCC Commissioner to Join Comcast

Children who are breastfed for four months or more go on to develop fewer behaviour problems, researchers at Oxford University say.

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Breastfeeding ‘helps behaviour’

Children who are breastfed for four months or more go on to develop fewer behaviour problems, researchers at Oxford University say.

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Breastfeeding ‘helps behaviour’

WASHINGTON — Consumers spending rose in February at the fastest pace in four months, but a big part of the increase went to cover higher gas prices.

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Consumer spending and incomes rose in February, but Americans also paid more for gas

Well, everyone saw this coming. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Kathleen Parker has been dropped as co-host of CNN’s Parker Spitzer after just four months on the job. Eliot Spitzer, the disgraced former governor of New York, will remain on the…

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Kathleen Parker Off Parker Spitzer

MI5 received intelligence four months before 7/7 which could have identified ringleader Mohammed Sidique Khan as an extremist, the inquests have heard.

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MI5 ‘had chance to spot 7/7 plan’

US marines had 26 killed in action in four months, an even higher rate of casualties than the British.

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US forces claim gains in Sangin

The National Transportation Safety Board on Monday issued seven safety recommendations, calling six of them urgent, as the result of its investigation into the pipeline explosion that killed eight people and destroyed 37 homes in San Bruno, California, four months ago.

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Blast probe prompts urgent safety calls

The man who murdered headmaster Philip Lawrence is recalled to prison after being arrested for an alleged robbery, four months after leaving prison.

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Teacher killer in robbery arrest

Demand for permanent staff in Scotland rose for the first time in four months, a study suggests.

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Upturn signs in demand for staff

West Ham midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger will be sidelined for four months because of a thigh injury.

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Only one day after their split became public, Courteney Cox and David Arquette are still making headlines. Arquette gave Howard Stern an earful on the couple’s break-up, even sharing details about the last time they had sex (four months ago, he…

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David Arquette Apologizes to Courteney Cox