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Blair petitioned to set up inquiry into Iraqi war dead Dozens of establishment figures, including five former ambassadors and leading military officers, signed an open letter to Tony Blair today calling for an inquiry into the deaths of Iraqis after the war. | 0World
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Bin Laden Videotape Fires Up Bush, Kerry (AP) AP - John Kerry criticized President Bush on Friday for failing to capture Osama bin Laden as a new videotape of the terrorist leader surfaced just before the election. Bush accused the Democrat of "shameful" second-guessing in the face of threats by America's deadly foe. | 0World
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In Nature's Own Concert Hall, Sound Is Forever The Moab Music Festival takes the outdoor concert to the extreme by ferrying musicians, guests and instruments into a red-rock grotto. | 0World
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Stocks Higher on Strong Tech Earnings NEW YORK - Investors bid stocks higher Tuesday as oil prices declined and earnings results from a number of companies, including International Business Machines Corp. and Texas Instruments Inc., topped Wall Street's expectations... | 0World
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Huge boost to Darfur aid effort The World Food Programme is starting to airlift almost 100 more tons of food a day to Sudan's troubled Darfur region. | 0World
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Iraq Delays Elections to Jan. 30 Iraqi officials say Jan. 30 has been set as the new date for the war-torn country #39;s first national elections since a US-led military coalition toppled Saddam Hussein #39;s regime. | 0World
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Stocks Fall on GM Earnings, Higher Oil NEW YORK - A disappointing earnings report from General Motors Corp. and another rise in crude oil prices sent stocks lower Thursday as investors grew even more nervous about the economy... | 0World
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Thailand frees Muslims detained in protest NARATHIWAT, Thailand - Hundreds of Muslim men were freed in southern Thailand on Saturday after being detained last week in the wake of protests that left 85 dead and outraged Muslims worldwide. | 0World
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US jets strike insurgent meetings in Fallujah US troops took dead aim at an al Qaeda members in Iraq, launching attacks on the city of Fallujah -- while the capital coped with two more car bomb attacks. | 0World
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Abuses in Afghan Campaign, But UN Sees Fair Vote (Reuters) Reuters - The campaign for Afghanistan's landmark\presidential election has been marred by intimidation and\official partiality, the United Nations said on Sunday, but it\expects this week's vote to be relatively free and fair. | 0World
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Fighting rages in South Ossetia Heavy fighting erupts in Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia region, shattering a two-day ceasefire. | 0World
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Halliburton not notified on contract ban in Nigeria: spokeswoman (AFP) AFP - US company Halliburton said Nigeria has not notified it about its decision to place an embargo on awarding government contracts to the oil services giant's subsidiary in the west African country. | 0World
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US, China Support N.Korea Talks After Cancellation WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and China reaffirmed their confidence on Thursday in six-party talks to dismantle North Korea's suspected nuclear arsenal despite Pyongyang's decision to cancel a negotiating round this month. | 0World
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Kidnappers send video Three kidnapped UN election workers appeared frightened but otherwise well in a videotape aired Sunday on the al-Jazeera satellite television network. | 0World
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Animal extinction rate growing fast More than 15,000 species, from sharks to frogs to fir trees, are facing extinction and the total is rising faster than ever before. | 0World
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Landmine kills Afghan policemen Seven Afghan policemen are killed by a landmine in the Kandahar province, ahead of landmark elections. | 0World
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Musharraf agrees war on terror makes world less safe Visiting Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf agreed with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) here on Monday that the war on terror had made the world less safeand was not addressing the underlying causes of conflict. | 0World
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EU to Work toward Ending China Arms Ban At an EU-China Summit on Wednesday, the EU said now was not the time to lift its arms embargo on China. However, EU leaders held out the prospect of ending the ban perhaps next year, despite opposition from the US. | 0World
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AP: EPA Looking at Using Tests on People (AP) AP - In setting limits on chemicals in food and water, the Environmental Protection Agency may rely on industry tests that expose people to poisons and raise ethical questions. | 0World
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White House Urges Myanmar to Free Suu Kyi (AP) AP - The Bush administration urged the Myanmar government on Thursday to free pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest, saying a failure to do so would represent "unacceptable backtracking." | 0World
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GOP Incumbent Wins Wyo. Primary for House (AP) AP - Incumbent Republican Rep. Barbara Cubin easily fended off four GOP challengers to earn a shot at a sixth term in November's general election. | 0World
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Report: Sex Assault Widespread at Bases Sexual assaults at U.S. Air Force bases are more widespread than officials first believed, and addressing the problem will require major institutional changes, according to an Air Force report released Monday... | 0World
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Darfur Displaced Angry as U.N., Govt Visit (Reuters) Reuters - Angry Darfuris who fled Arab\militias told the U.N.'s top envoy in Sudan Thursday they are\still not safe because the Janjaweed who tormented them at home\are among security forces guarding refugee camps. | 0World
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German investor confidence surges BERLIN - German investor confidence posted a surprise jump in December as relief over falling oil prices helped to offset concerns about the impact of a surging euro on growth in Europe #39;s biggest economy. | 0World
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Romania Opposition Demands Election Rerun, Alleges Fraud BUCHAREST, Romania (Reuters) - Romania's centrist opposition Tuesday demanded a rerun of Sunday's general elections, alleging fraud in the electronic vote counting had helped the ruling ex-communists, who held a slim lead. | 0World
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Iraqi Cleric Calls Cease-Fire After Bloody Uprising BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - Rebel Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has ordered his militia to end attacks on U.S. and Iraqi government forces and will soon unveil plans to pursue his goals through politics rather than conflict, aides said Monday. | 0World
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A Stricken Town Seeks Scapegoats BESLAN, Russia -- Astan Belikoyev knows what people are saying. They don't say it to his face. If anyone did, he noted bitterly, he would probably punch them in the face. | 0World
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Time for tea, while a nation decides AFTER one of the most important speeches of his life, British Prime Minister Tony Blair was still fighting to reunite his New Labour Party yesterday as the war in Iraq continued to haunt his leadership. | 0World
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September 11 casts shadow over US presidential election (AFP) AFP - The threat of a major terror attack looms large over the first US presidential election since the horrific September 11, 2001, attacks as US voters must choose in less than two months between President George W. Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry. | 0World
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PLO Aides Change Course and Travel to See Arafat Top Palestinian officials are heading to France today to ascertain the real condition of the ailing leader, Yasir Arafat. The officials, including Mr. | 0World
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Mobile gaming takes off in India \Gaming on the move is one of the fastest-growing activities amongst the tech-savvy in India, says a report. | 0World
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Afghan President Makes Rare Campaign Trip (AP) AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai made only his second successful campaign stop outside the safety of the capital on Tuesday, telling a crowd of 10,000 people that historic elections this weekend will deliver them from a quarter-century of war. | 0World
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No referendum on disengagement plan: Sharon Brushing aside mounting pressures for a nationwide referendum on his disengagement plan, a defiant Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ruled out any such possibility along with calls for new elections. | 0World
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Dalai Lama arrives in Russia ELISTA, Nov. 29. - The Dalai Lama, smiling modestly at his admirers, began his first visit to Russias Buddhists today after Moscow abruptly reversed its refusal to grant the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader entry. | 0World
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Britain, Ireland Launch 'Final' N.Irish Peace Push (Reuters) Reuters - The British and Irish prime ministers\presented bitterly divided Northern Ireland politicians on\Wednesday with what their governments insist is their final\plan for restoring home rule in the province. | 0World
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Supreme Court OKs Calif. Gun Show Bans (AP) AP - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand a lower court's ruling that upheld a county ordinance banning gun shows on government property such as fairgrounds. | 0World
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Bush defends action against Iraq President Bush backs his policy on Iraq, despite confirmation that Saddam Hussein did not have WMD. | 0World
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France to install 1,000 businesses in China The French government plans to install 1,000 businesses next year in China, declared French Junior Minister of Foreign Trade Francois Loos on Tuesday. | 0World
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Sudan wants non-Western states on expanded UN Security Council (AFP) AFP - The Sudanese government declared its support for proposed reforms to the UN Security Council but said an expanded body should include nations from Africa and Latin America rather than more Western states. | 0World
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Iceman's discoverer dead in Alps The German man who found the remains of a 5,300-year-old frozen mummy in 1991 is found dead in the Alps. | 0World
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U.S. Envoy: Sudan Could See Somali-Style Anarchy NAIROBI, Kenya (Reuters) - Sudan risks falling into Somalia-style anarchy if peace talks aimed at ending separate crises in Darfur and the south fail and embolden more factions to take up arms, the top U.S. envoy to Sudan said Friday. | 0World
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ETA KINGPIN HELD IN RAIDS THE suspected leader of Basque terror group ETA #39;s political wing was arrested in France yesterday. Mikel Iriarte, 43, had been on the run since 1993. | 0World
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Northern Ireland Parties Hold Power-Sharing Talks Northern Ireland #39;s dominant Protestant and Roman Catholic political parties are holding talks aimed at restoring the British province #39;s power-sharing government. | 0World
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French party's 'yes to EU treaty' France's Socialist Party votes "yes" in an internal vote on the European Constitution, party officials say. | 0World
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Taiwanese president tries to restart peace talks The president of Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian, attempted to restart peace talks with Beijing yesterday, calling for an arms control agreement and a new code of conduct to dispel the quot;dark forces quot; threatening cross-strait relations. | 0World
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Rwanda Threatens to Attack Congo-based Rebels The UN says Rwanda is threatening to attack Hutu rebels based in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. Meanwhile, Kigali says the rebels are advancing toward Rwanda #39;s border. | 0World
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Muslim girls flout French ban on headscarves The French Education Minister, Francois Fillon, said yesterday that up to 120 Muslim girls were still disobeying the government #39;s ban on wearing headscarves in state schools since the new school year started last week. | 0World
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We Need More Babies! The Continent's plummeting fertility rate is a time bomb, threatening economic growth and social welfare. But what can governments do about it? How states are trying to get people to have more kids | 0World
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U.S. Officials Differ on Iraqi Elections WASHINGTON - Top U.S. officials differed Friday over key details of planned Iraqi elections in January, including the unresolved issue of whether all Iraqis will be able to vote and who will protect them from their country's worsening violence... | 0World
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A Russia less safe and less free The terrorists, whose unspeakably malevolent takeover of a Russian schoolhouse resulted in the deaths of 330 children, teachers and parents, have succeeded in at least one respect. | 0World
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Australian govt plans counter-terror teams in Asia CANBERRA - Australia wants to base counter-terrorism teams in Southeast Asia, the government said on Monday as it traded blows with opposition Labor over the best way to wage the war on terror ahead of an Oct. 9 election. | 0World
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Al Jazeera Airs Videotape Said to Be of Osama bin Laden Osama bin Laden said for the first time that he ordered the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, according to a tape made public today. | 0World
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'Westerners' killed in north Iraq At least three Westerners have been killed by insurgents in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, local police say. | 0World
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EU Invites UN #39;s Annan to Summit to Show Support The European Union has invited Kofi Annan as a special guest to its summit next Friday, a Dutch presidency spokesman said, demonstrating support for the UN secretary-general amid a campaign in the United States to | 0World
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Israeli Missile Kills One in Gaza Camp -- Medics GAZA (Reuters) - An Israeli helicopter fired a missile into a Palestinian refugee camp in Gaza early on Saturday, killing an elderly man and wounding at least three people, Palestinian witnesses and medics said. | 0World
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Spain Defends Its Iraq Troop Withdrawal MADRID (Reuters) - Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Monday strongly defended Spain's withdrawal of troops from Iraq after the March 11 Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people. | 0World
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Wounded Pilots Land Norway Plane After Axe Attack An Algerian-born man attacked two pilots and a passenger with an axe on a domestic Norwegian flight on Wednesday in an unexplained assault that police said could be linked to his asylum status. | 0World
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Germany Accuses Iraqis Over Insurgency, Death Plot KARLSRUHE, Germany (Reuters) - German prosecutors on Tuesday accused a 30-year-old Iraqi man of recruiting militants for the Iraqi insurgency and smuggling wounded fighters back to western Europe for treatment. | 0World
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US Concerned About Venezuela Human Rights (AP) AP - The State Department expressed "grave concern" Monday about a proposal that would make Venezuelan political activists subject to charges of treason if they receive domestic or foreign funding. | 0World
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EU Court Annuls EU100.8 Mln in Fines on German Banks (Update1) A European court struck down fines totaling 100.8 million euros (\$125 million) on HVB Group, Dresdner Bank AG and three German competitors for fixing European currency- conversion rates. | 0World
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Singh announces troop reduction in held Kashmir NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced on Thursday a troop reduction in Kashmir this winter, a move welcomed by Pakistan as a boost to peace efforts. | 0World
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Chinese firm buys IBM PC business IBM is selling its PC hardware business to number one Chinese computer maker Lenovo. | 0World
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Jakarta embassy bomber named Indonesian police name the man believed to have bombed Australia's embassy in Jakarta last month. | 0World
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AP: Iran Moves Toward Nuclear Production (AP) AP - Iran has produced a few tons of the gas needed to enrich uranium, a top nuclear official indicated Wednesday, confirming the country has defied international demands and taken a necessary step toward producing nuclear fuel #151; or nuclear weapons. | 0World
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Colombia sends drug kingpin to US Colombia has extradited to the United States the most notorious drug cartel kingpin in its custody, El Tiempo newspaper reported Saturday. | 0World
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Anderson terms Musharraf man of courage LONDON: Donald Anderson, Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons, on Tuesday hailed President General Pervez Musharraf as a man of courage who is trying to contribute significantly to fight against terror. | 0World
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Blair defends Iraq war, urges party to heal rifts BRIGHTON, ENGLAND -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair tried yesterday to heal divisions over the Iraq war and unite his Labour party to fight for a historic third term in power. | 0World
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Civil servants vote for walkout Britain's largest civil service union votes to stage a one-day strike among its 260,000 members on 5 November. | 0World
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Romanians hope for new era In BUCHAREST story please read in fifth paragraph ... Prime Minister Adrian Nastase ... instead of ... Prime Minister. By Mirela Roman and Radu Marinas. | 0World
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Quarter of All Afghan Votes Counted; Karzai Ahead KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai was on course on Tuesday for an outright victory in the country's historic presidential election with almost a quarter of the votes counted from the poll 10 days ago. | 0World
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First Taste of a Once-Forbidden Fruit Long seen as a threatening land ruled by a madman, Libya has become a must-see destination ever since it opened its doors to Western tourists 10 months ago. | 0World
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Love must stand trial for assault Courtney Love must stand trial for assault for assault after a court hears testimony from her alleged victim. | 0World
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Car bomb kills 7 Marines A MASSIVE car bomb exploded on the outskirts of Fallujah tonight, killing seven US Marines and wounding several others, a US military official said. | 0World
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Nigeria reaches cease-fire with rebels The Nigerian government has signed a cease-fire with three rebel groups that had been targeting foreign oil companies and their workers in the Niger Delta region, government officials said Friday. | 0World
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Iran meets deadline to halt nuclear program TEHRAN - Iran said Monday it was suspending its program to produce enriched uranium, the crucial ingredient needed for the production of nuclear weapons. | 0World
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U.S. Plane Launches Airstrike in Fallujah (AP) AP - U.S. forces launched an airstrike Friday in the troubled Iraqi city of Fallujah, witnesses said. A U.S. plane fired at least one missile into an industrial area of the city, located 40 miles west of Baghdad, witnesses said. There were no immediate reports of casualties. | 0World
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Barghouti to Run for Palestinian Leader (AP) AP - Marwan Barghouti, a leader of the Palestinian uprising jailed by Israel but perhaps the strongest candidate to oust Yasser Arafat's old guard of politicians, plans to run in upcoming presidential elections, a person close to Barghouti said Saturday. | 0World
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Italy reacts with horror at hostage killing in Iraq ROME - Italy reacted with horror Friday at the killing of an Italian hostage in Iraq, while the Italian government insisted it would stay the course in the Middle Eastern country. | 0World
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Farooqi key link between Pakistan and al Qaeda (Reuters) Reuters - Amjad Hussain Farooqi, who was shot dead by security forces on Sunday, was one Pakistan's most wanted men, a cohort of Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and a key link between al Qaeda and local Pakistani militants. | 0World
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China executes leader of baby-trafficking ring BEIJING - A Chinese court has executed a gang leader convicted of selling more than 200 baby girls, a newspaper reported today. Li Guoju was put to death yesterday by a court in the central city of Puyang, the Beijing Times reported. | 0World
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At Tense Syria-Iraq Border, American Forces Are Battling Insurgents Every Day Syrians say they have begun a serious effort to tighten security and prevent rebels from crossing their 400-mile border with Iraq. | 0World
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Stick-up becomes unstuck at Aussie restaurant Sydney - Bemused diners watched as three hapless thieves unsuccessfully tried to kick open a sliding door in a botched attempt to rob an Australian seafood restaurant, police said on Monday. | 0World
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UN General Assembly welcomes Annan #39;s call for reform The UN General Assembly has given Secretary-General Kofi Annan a symbolic show of support in the face of calls by some US lawmakers for his resignation. | 0World
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Hamas Leader Mashaal Surfaces in Cairo (AP) AP - Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, who's kept a low profile since last month's twin suicide bombing in southern Israel, made a surprise visit to Egypt on Sunday, but he deflated Egyptian efforts to bring Palestinian factions together. | 0World
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A Daily Look at U.S. Iraq Military Deaths (AP) AP - As of Wednesday, Sept. 8, 1,005 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq in March 2003, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 759 died as a result of hostile action and 246 died of non-hostile causes. The figures include three military civilians. | 0World
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Arafat Is in Coma 'Between Life and Death,' Spokeswoman Says Yasir Arafat is not brain dead, his spokeswoman said as Palestinian officials met to consider a future without him. | 0World
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Netherlands' Prince Bernhard dies Prince Bernhard, one of the most charismatic members of the Dutch royal family, dies at the age of 93. | 0World
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Soldiers killed in border attack AN armed group killed six Venezuelan Army troops and an engineer in an ambush along the Colombian border, Defence Minister Jorge Garcia Carneiro said today. | 0World
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Australian Train Derails, Injuring 100 in Queensland State More than 100 people were injured, at least two critically, when a passenger train derailed in Australia #39;s north-east, Queensland Rail chief executive Bob Scheuber said. | 0World
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US marine charged with desertion A US marine who turned up in Lebanon after disappearing from Iraq is charged with desertion. | 0World
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Voters Dislike Nasty Campaigns (AP) AP - Near the end of a long presidential campaign, the question in this hard-fought state is becoming more familiar: Which candidate do you like? And the reply of 62-year-old independent voter Joy Handyside is perhaps all-too-common. | 0World
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Nigerian Govt. Seeks Injunction to Halt Strike ABUJA (Reuters) - The Nigerian government sought a court injunction on Wednesday to stop a three-day-old general strike which has raised fears about oil supplies from the world's seventh largest exporter. | 0World
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Kerry's Running Mate Earns #36;39 Million Over Decade (Reuters) Reuters - Democratic vice presidential\candidate John Edwards had income of nearly #36;39 million over\the past decade, and paid more than a third of his earnings in\taxes, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. | 0World
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White House expresses confidence in embattled Annan UNITED NATIONS, New York: The Bush administration on Thursday eased the pressure it had been putting on Secretary General Kofi Annan since American calls for his resignation, saying for the first time that it had faith in him and did not want to see him | 0World
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Chechens Mark Birthday Of Slain Leader Ahead Of Election MOSCOW, Aug 23 (AFP) - Chechens marked the birthday of their murdered leader Monday, days ahead of an election to replace him at the helm of the Caucasus republic where a five-year guerrilla war shows no signs of dying down. | 0World
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OPEC Warns Oil Supply Cuts Needed for 2005 CAIRO (Reuters) - OPEC oil producers said Thursday that Friday's ministerial meeting would rein in oversupply to bolster falling prices and that the cartel would have to reduce output quotas early next year. | 0World
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Karzai #39;s Running Mate Survives Attack KABUL, Afghanistan Oct. 6, 2004 - Campaigning for Afghanistan #39;s first direct presidential election ended with a burst of violence Wednesday as attackers set off a bomb in a failed effort to kill interim | 0World
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Hurricane Ivan Takes Aim at Mobile, Ala. MOBILE, Ala. - Hurricane Ivan and its 135-mph winds churned toward the Gulf Coast with frightening intensity Wednesday, spawning monster waves that toppled beach houses and spinning off tornadoes that killed at least two people... | 0World
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Stocks Rise on Strong Retail Sales Report NEW YORK - Stocks rebounded moderately Friday as a stronger than expected retail sales report showed that higher oil prices aren't scaring consumers away from spending. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's positive comments on oil prices also encouraged investors, but the major indexes finished the week lower following sharp declines the previous two sessions... | 0World
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President's party 'wins Kazakh poll' Early results suggest the party of Kazakh President Nazarbayev will win victory in parliamentary elections. | 0World
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