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NEW YORK – Perjury charges against a government witness are grounds for a reversal of Martha Stewart’s conviction on charges of lying about a stock sale, her lawyer argued before a federal appeals court Thursday. Lawyer Walter Dellinger argued that — although government ink expert Larry Stewart was subsequently acquitted …

KIEV, Ukraine – President Viktor Yushchenko (search) confirmed Thursday that Ukraine’s troops will leave Iraq by the end of the year. “It will be by mid-October, but I don’t exclude that this date can be changed a little. But for sure our troops will leave Iraq this year,” Yushchenko said …

CHICAGO – Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS) on Tuesday said fourth-quarter profit rose sharply, topping estimates, as revenue doubled at its casinos in Las Vegas and Macau, the island off the southeast coast of China. The company, which went public in December, said net income jumped to $69.3 million, or …