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Al-Qaida in Iraq leader captured
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| Published Friday, May 09, 2008 |
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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi police commandos captured the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq in a raid in the northern city of Mosul, Iraqi officials said Thursday, in what could mark a significant blow to the Sunni insurgency in its last urban stronghold.
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Myanmar junta admits aid shipment
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| Published Friday, May 09, 2008 |
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YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's military regime allowed in the first major international aid shipment Thursday, but it snubbed a U.S. offer to help cyclone victims struggling to recover from a tragedy of unimaginable scale.
Five days after th ...
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Scientists now have platypus genome
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| Published Friday, May 09, 2008 |
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SYDNEY, Australia -- Scientists say they have mapped the genetic makeup of the platypus -- one of nature's strangest animals, with a bill like a duck's, a mammal's fur and snake-like venom.
The researchers, whose analysis of the platypus genome ...
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Federal police chief killed in Mexico
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| Published Friday, May 09, 2008 |
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MEXICO CITY -- An official says the acting chief of Mexico's federal police has been shot dead.
The Public Safety Department said Edgar Millan Gomez was shot 10 times and died hours later in a Mexico City hospital. Two of his bodyguards were wou ...
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Chinese president protested in Japan
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| Published Friday, May 09, 2008 |
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TOKYO -- China's president faced hundreds of protesters and sharp criticism of his Tibet policy outside an elite Tokyo university Thursday, signaling the tensions underlining a visit meant to showcase warm Japan-China ties.
Inside Waseda Univers ...
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Olympic torch hits Everest summit
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| Published Friday, May 09, 2008 |
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BEIJING -- Cheering mountaineers raised the Olympic torch at the summit of the world's highest peak Thursday, producing the triumphant image that China has longed for in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics.
The final ascent along Mount Everest's ...
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Saudi women shed veils to play ball
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| Published Friday, May 09, 2008 |
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JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- The players bounded into the gym, shedding their long black cloaks and veils to take to the basketball court. Up this night: Jeddah United against the Jaguars, as 30 women spectators hooted and hollered from the stands.
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Newly opened archive is window on Holocaust
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| Published Friday, May 09, 2008 |
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BAD AROLSEN, Germany -- A mother and child separated. A father's war wound. An uncle's name on a list.
The unrelated and disparate items are among the discoveries made by 40 Jewish genealogists who spent the past week plumbing a trove of N ...
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Putin's power remains potent
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| Published Friday, May 09, 2008 |
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MOSCOW -- When Boris Yeltsin left the Kremlin eight years ago, he gave Vladimir Putin the pen he had used to sign important documents and decrees, a gesture symbolizing the transfer of power to Russia's new president.
When Putin left the K ...
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Gunbattles erupt in Lebanese capital
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| Published Friday, May 09, 2008 |
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BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Running gunbattles raged in parts of Beirut on Thursday after the leader of Hezbollah accused Lebanon's Western-backed government of declaring war on his Shiite militant group. At least four people were killed and eight wound ...
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Iraqi army: al-Qaida in Iraq leader held
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| Published Thursday, May 08, 2008 |
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BAGHDAD (AP) -- The leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was arrested in the northern city of Mosul, the Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman said Thursday.
Mohammed al-Askari said the arrest of al-Masri, also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhaji ...
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Cyclone death toll may hit 100,000, envoy says
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| Published Thursday, May 08, 2008 |
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YANGON, Myanmar -- Hungry people swarmed the few open shops, and fistfights broke out over food and water in Myanmar's swamped Irrawaddy delta Wednesday as a top U.S. diplomat warned that the death toll from a devastating cyclone could top 100, ...
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Cowen is Ireland's new prime minister
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| Published Thursday, May 08, 2008 |
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DUBLIN, Ireland -- Finance Minister Brian Cowen was elected Ireland's new prime minister Wednesday, and he pledged to keep the country on its pro-European course through choppy economic waters.
Cowen won in an 88-76 vote in Dail Eireann, Ireland ...
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Colombia extradites paramilitary warlord
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| Published Thursday, May 08, 2008 |
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BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombia extradited a paramilitary warlord to the United States on Wednesday for trial on drug charges, accusing him of violating a peace pact by selling drugs and commanding illegal militia fighters from prison.
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Earthquake rattles Japan; 2 injured
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| Published Thursday, May 08, 2008 |
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TOKYO -- A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Japan early Thursday, the national Meteorological Agency said, waking up people 100 miles away in Tokyo.
Two people suffered minor injuries from falling furniture, public television broadcaste ...
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Opposition members killed in Zimbabwe
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| Published Thursday, May 08, 2008 |
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JOHANNESBURG, S. Africa -- Gangs of ruling party youths beat to death 11 opposition activists in a single remote Zimbabwean town Monday, setting a gruesome new standard for the post-election violence surging through that nation, according to oppositi ...
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Arab minority forgoes celebration in Israel
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| Published Thursday, May 08, 2008 |
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KUFR QASSEM, Israel -- The highway leading to this Arab town in central Israel was lined with blue-and-white Israeli flags Wednesday to mark the country's 60th Independence Day. But no banners fluttered in Kufr Qassem.
Israeli Arabs, who m ...
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3 injured in clashes in West Bank town
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| Published Wednesday, May 07, 2008 |
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QABATIYEH, West Bank -- Hundreds of Palestinian police came under fire when they deployed in this militant stronghold Tuesday as President Mahmoud Abbas pushed ahead with a U.S.-backed program to assert authority in the West Bank.
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Iraqi civilians flee fighting in Baghdad
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| Published Wednesday, May 07, 2008 |
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BAGHDAD -- A rocket slammed into Baghdad's city hall and another hit a downtown park Tuesday as more frightened civilians fled a Shiite militia stronghold where U.S.-led forces are locked in fierce street battles.
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Thousands flee as volcano blasts ash
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| Published Wednesday, May 07, 2008 |
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SANTIAGO, Chile -- The long-dormant Chaiten volcano sent ash clouds some 20 miles into the Andean sky on Tuesday, forcing thousands to evacuate and fouling a huge stretch of the South American continent.
The thick column of ash climbed into the ...
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Myanmar toll soars past 22,000
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| Published Wednesday, May 07, 2008 |
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YANGON, Myanmar -- The cyclone death toll soared above 22,000 on Tuesday and more than 41,000 others were missing as foreign countries mobilized to rush in aid after the country's deadliest storm on record, state radio reported.
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Report: 10,000 dead in 1 Myanmar town
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| Published Tuesday, May 06, 2008 |
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YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's official media said Tuesday that 10,000 people were killed by a powerful cyclone in just one town, confirming fears of a spiraling death toll from the storm's 12-foot tidal surges and high winds that swept away bamb ...
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2 killed as troops fire at rioting Somalis
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| Published Tuesday, May 06, 2008 |
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MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Troops fired into tens of thousands of rioting Somalis on Monday, killing two people in the latest eruption of violence over soaring food prices around the world.
Wielding thick sticks and hurling stones that smashed ...
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Myanmar cyclone kills more than 350 people
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| Published Monday, May 05, 2008 |
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YANGON, Myanmar -- A powerful cyclone killed more than 350 people and destroyed thousands of homes, state-run media said Sunday. Some dissident groups worried that the military junta running Myanmar would be reluctant to ask for international h ...
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China, Dalai Lama envoys meet
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| Published Monday, May 05, 2008 |
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SHENZHEN, China -- The Dalai Lama's envoys met Chinese officials Sunday in the first talks between the two sides since violent anti-government protests erupted in Tibet, bringing international pressure on Beijing ahead of the Summer Olympics.
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Austrian described as 'tyrant'
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| Published Monday, May 05, 2008 |
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AMSTETTEN, Austria -- The sister-in-law of an Austrian man accused of imprisoning his daughter for 24 years in a dingy dungeon and fathering seven children with her said he treated his family like a "tyrant."
In an exclusive television int ...
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WHO says virus no threat to Olympics
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| Published Monday, May 05, 2008 |
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BEIJING -- A highly infectious virus that has killed 24 children in China is unlikely to be a threat to the Beijing Olympics, although it is too early to tell whether it has peaked, the World Health Organization said Sunday.
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Zimbabwe teachers targeted, they say
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| Published Monday, May 05, 2008 |
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HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Educators have become targets in Zimbabwe's postelection violence, a teachers union said Sunday, threatening a nationwide strike unless the government stops the attacks.
Zimbabwe's opposition and international and local human ...
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Rice pushes for progress on peace
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| Published Monday, May 05, 2008 |
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JERUSALEM -- Facing mounting Palestinian frustration at the pace of peace talks, the United States leaned on Israel on Sunday to lift restrictions that chafe West Bank residents and stifle an already limping economy.
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Boat carrying 110 sinks in Amazon
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| Published Monday, May 05, 2008 |
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SAO PAULO, Brazil -- A boat with 110 people aboard sank in the Brazilian Amazon on Sunday, killing at least 12 people and leaving dozens missing, authorities said.
The Comandante Sales capsized before sinking swiftly on the Solimoes River, one o ...
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Portuguese still looking for McCann girl
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| Published Sunday, May 04, 2008 |
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PRAIA DA LUZ, Portugal -- A year after Madeleine McCann vanished from a resort in southern Portugal, churches services marked the anniversary Saturday and police said they are still gathering evidence into the British girl's disappearance.
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Olympic torch reaches mainland China
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| Published Sunday, May 04, 2008 |
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SANYA, China -- After a much-protested journey, the Olympic torch reached this southern Chinese seaside resort Saturday night, beginning what organizers and Chinese citizens promised would be a trouble-free national tour.
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Dalai Lama aide awaits China talks
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| Published Sunday, May 04, 2008 |
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BEIJING -- The Dalai Lama's government-in-exile expressed optimism about upcoming talks with Chinese officials, but cautioned Saturday not to expect too much from the first meeting between the two sides since violent anti-government protests erupted ...
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Police: Honduran prison attack kills 18
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| Published Sunday, May 04, 2008 |
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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- A Honduran police official says at least 18 inmates have died in a prison attack.
Security Ministry spokesman Wilmer Torres says 31 prisoners were attacked by their cellmates with knives and guns just hours after they we ...
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U.S. missiles hit Baghdad holdout
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| Published Sunday, May 04, 2008 |
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BAGHDAD -- The U.S. military fired guided missiles into the heart of Baghdad's teeming Sadr City slum Saturday, leveling a building 55 yards away from a hospital and wounding nearly two dozen people.
AP Television News footage showed several amb ...
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China combats deadly virus outbreak
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| Published Sunday, May 04, 2008 |
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BEIJING -- China's Health Ministry ordered heightened efforts to stem the spread of infectious diseases Saturday following an outbreak of a virus that has caused the deaths of 22 children in one city and is spreading.
The outbreak of enter ...
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A unifying performance
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| Published Sunday, May 04, 2008 |
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- It's probably as revolutionary and groundbreaking as Mozart gets these days. A German-based quartet staged Saudi Arabia's first-ever performance of European classical music in a public venue before a mixed-gender audienc ...
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Tory victory seen for London mayor
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| Published Saturday, May 03, 2008 |
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LONDON -- An eccentric Conservative lawmaker appeared likely to become London's next mayor after an election that brought only gloom Friday for Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his Labour Party.
Brown's first test at the polls Thursday brought La ...
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Zimbabwe opposition willing to share rule
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| Published Saturday, May 03, 2008 |
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HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwe's opposition said Friday it was willing to share power with the ruling party, but not with longtime President Robert Mugabe.
Left unresolved was whether a runoff election would be held. Mugabe said he was willing to ...
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21 die in southern Sudan plane crash
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| Published Saturday, May 03, 2008 |
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KHARTOUM, Sudan -- A plane carrying southern Sudan's defense minister and a presidential adviser crashed Friday, killing all 21 people on board, state media reported.
Nineteen passengers and two crew members were killed when the plane went down ...
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Austrian dad described as shrewd, obsessive
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| Published Saturday, May 03, 2008 |
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AMSTETTEN, Austria -- Casual acquaintances knew Josef Fritzl as a jovial fellow who liked to drink beer and enjoyed a bawdy joke.
But former neighbors say the man accused of imprisoning his daughter and fathering her seven children ran his ...
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Al-Qaida vows revenge
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| Published Saturday, May 03, 2008 |
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MOGADISHU, Somalia -- A U.S. airstrike that killed the suspected al-Qaida leader in Somalia brought warnings of vengeance from Islamic insurgents Friday and the threat of a boycott that could jeopardize peace talks with the U.N.-supported gover ...
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Agreement reached on incentives for Iran
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| Published Saturday, May 03, 2008 |
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LONDON -- World powers agreed Friday to try again to lure Iran to the nuclear bargaining table with a repackaged set of carrots to accompany the stick of U.N. sanctions.
Diplomats said the offer contained no major new enticements but was m ...
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Motorcycle bomb kills 18 in Yemen
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| Published Saturday, May 03, 2008 |
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SAN'A, Yemen -- A bomb rigged to a motorcycle blew up amid a crowd of worshippers leaving Friday prayers at a mosque in a rebel stronghold of northern Yemen, killing at least 18 people and wounding about four dozen, officials said.
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