ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Nearly half of Pakistanis suspect that government agencies or government-linked politicians killed Benazir Bhutto, an opinion poll showed, highlighting popular mistrust in the country's U.S.-allied president ahead of elections next month....
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Reuters - President George W. Bush said on
Sunday that Iran was threatening security around the world by
backing "extremists" and urged its Gulf Arab allies to
"confront this danger before it is too late."
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ABU DHABI (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Sunday that Iran was threatening security around the world by backing "extremists" and urged its Gulf Arab allies to "confront this danger before it is too late."
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Doctors treating former dictator Suharto said Sunday he was in "very critical condition" after suffering organ failure. Family members said they would leave decisions about life support to physicians....
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Reuters - The United States has agreed in
principle to provide Israel with better "smart bombs" than
those it plans to sell Saudi Arabia under a regional defense
package, senior Israeli security sources said on Sunday.
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States has agreed in principle to provide Israel with better "smart bombs" than those it plans to sell Saudi Arabia under a regional defense package, senior Israeli security sources said on Sunday.
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament voted on Saturday to let thousands of members of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party return to government jobs, winning praise from Washington for achieving a benchmark step toward reconciling warring sects.
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- President Bush said Sunday that Iran is threatening the security of the world, and that the United States and Arab allies must join together to confront the danger "before it's too late."...
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VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- Iran's leaders agreed to answer all remaining questions about their country's past nuclear activities within four weeks in talks with the U.N.'s chief nuclear inspector, his spokeswoman said Sunday....
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David Binner apologized for writing profanity on a check used to par a parking ticket, leading police to drop disorderly conduct charge.
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- A former suspect in the disappearance of an American teenager in Aruba threw wine in the face of a crime reporter after they appeared together on a talk show and the reporter challenged his honesty....
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AP - A former suspect in the disappearance of an American teenager in Aruba threw wine in the face of a crime reporter after they appeared together on a talk show and the reporter challenged his honesty.
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VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has agreed to clear up remaining questions about past secret nuclear activity within a month, the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Sunday, summarizing results of high-level talks in Tehran.
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Reuters - Iran has agreed to clear up remaining
questions about past secret nuclear activity within a month,
the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Sunday,
summarizing results of high-level talks in Tehran.
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AP - President Bush said Sunday that Iran is threatening the security of the world, and that the United States and Arab allies must join together to confront the danger "before it's too late."
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Speaking in nearby Abu Dhabi, US President Bush warns that Iran must be confronted "before it's too late".
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AFP - The health of Indonesia's ex-president Suharto worsened to "very critical" Sunday, the doctor leading the team treating him said, giving him a 50-50 chance of surviving.
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JAKARTA (AFP) - The health of Indonesia's ex-president Suharto worsened to "very critical" Sunday, the doctor leading the team treating him said, giving him a 50-50 chance of surviving.
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The president was expected to praise small democratic advances in Gulf nations ruled by authoritarian family dynasties.
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A Bangladeshi court formally charges the former Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, with extortion.
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Britain's prime minister suggested that authorities should be allowed to take organs from dead patients without explicit consent.
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AP - "The Simple Life" just got more complicated for Nicole Richie: She's a first-time mom.
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AP - The hyper-competitive U.S. pickup truck market is getting even more hype with new trucks from Ford and Chrysler that look nicer, perform better and are packed with more features than their predecessors.
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Vice Adm. Kevin Cosgriff, commander of the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, compares recent confrontations with Iranian forces in the Gulf to the 2000 terror attack on the USS Cole in Yemen.
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ABU DHABI (AFP) - US President George W. Bush stepped up his war of words with Iran Sunday, calling Tehran the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism in the keynote speech of his tour of the Middle East and the Gulf.
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China has closed more the coal mines as part of a two-year-old safety crackdown, the government reported.
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The nation's intelligence chief says waterboarding "would be torture" if used against him or if someone under interrogation took ...
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HONG KONG (AFP) - Thousands of demonstrators hit the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday in the first major protest since China decided last month to delay the introduction of full democracy in the city.
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A woman is hurt in a bomb blast in Rangoon, Burma - the third bombing incident in three days.
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British PM states in newspaper that a program of presumed consent organ removal from dead patients would help improve the country's transplant system.
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The Croatian parliament approves a new government - the country's first with an ethnic Serb in a key position.
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PARIS (AFP) - In experiments that would make Dr. Frankenstein jealous, US scientists have coaxed recycled hearts taken from animal cadavers into beating in the laboratory after reseeding them with live cells, according to a study released Sunday.
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Family of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach accused North Carolina sheriff's office, Marines of not doing enough to protect her after she made rape allegations against Marine Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean, 21, or of searching for her after she disappeared
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BEIJING (AP) -- China has closed more than 11,000 small coal mines as part of a two-year-old safety crackdown aimed at stemming the industry's high death toll, the government reported Sunday....
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran charged Sunday that the United States was trying to spread anti-Iranian sentiment in the Mideast by accusing Iranian boats of threatening U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf....
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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Two senior U.S. officials have flown in to Sudan to review security at their embassy following the killing of a U.S. aid official in Khartoum, staff said on Sunday.
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BEIJING (AP) -- China's ties with Taiwan should benefit from the island's legislative election, in which the independence-leaning ruling party suffered a stinging defeat, Chinese state media said Sunday....
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TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwan's pro-China opposition were savouring their landslide election win on Sunday, hoping the momentum will carry over to presidential polls in March and lead to closer ties with the mainland.
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Mike McConnell tells 'Looming Tower' author Lawrence Wright that if waterboarding is ever legaly determined torture any agent would pay a high price for engaging in it.
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Indonesia's former leader Suharto is now in "very critical condition", his chief doctor says.
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France's president is to sign a nuclear co-operation deal with the United Arab Emirates during a tour of the region.
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Stephen Fleming and Daniel Vettori come close to centuries as New Zealand pile the pressure on Bangladesh in Wellington.
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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Frustrated passengers smashed ticket counters and threw objects at airline staff at Argentina's main airport on Saturday after the country's flagship airline canceled international flights for a second day.
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US national intelligence chief Mike McConnell says water-boarding "would be torture" if he was subjected to it.
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BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 Jan 2008 | 5:27 am
New York names state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo special prosecutor in the investigation into the deaths of Arlene and Seymour Tankleff, for which their son served 17 years in prison before court ruled that he might be innocent.
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FOXNews.com | 13 Jan 2008 | 5:19 am
Police in Orange County, California, shot and killed a man who stole a patrol car and ran over a sheriff deputy's foot on Friday night.
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FOXNews.com | 13 Jan 2008 | 4:08 am
An Ohio man is charged with killing his wife and four children, who were pulled from a burning home the night before, police said.
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CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday that Colombia's long guerrilla war had no military solution and peace talks would only prosper when rebel armies there were labeled insurgents, not terrorists.
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YPSILANTI, Michigan (Reuters) - Republican rivals Mitt Romney and John McCain clashed on Saturday over how to revive the depressed economy of Michigan, as the most open presidential race in decades approached its next big test.
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Reuters: Top News | 13 Jan 2008 | 3:09 am
Voters planning to participate in Tuesday's Michigan presidential primary favor Mitt Romney and Hillary Rodham Clinton, according ...
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USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 13 Jan 2008 | 2:01 am
A sense of urgency enveloped three Republican presidential campaigns Saturday as Mitt Romney, John McCain and Mike Huckabee reached ...
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South Carolina might be key to Sen. John McCain's presidential bid. The state, which holds its Republican primary Jan. 19, is home to thousands of military veterans. McCain is a war hero. The state's Democratic primary is set for Jan. 26.
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Electrical cables, garden hoses and strands of holiday lights seem to get themselves hopelessly tangled. Knot formation is important to DNA, which is a long string-like molecule. Certain anti-cancer drugs stop tumor cells from dividing by blocking the unknotting of DNA.
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After a week of bleak headlines about the U.S. economy, options are explored for government action to spur growth and head off recession. Presidential candidates' tax and spending plans are assessed. One economist says the economy is too big an ocean liner to steer with precision.
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Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani said Saturday that his experience as New York City's mayor during the Sept. 11, ...
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Two women recently released from captivity by Colombian guerrillas after nearly a decade in a jungle camp. They tell of reuniting with family and the harsh conditions under which they were imprisoned.
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Authorities issued an arrest warrant Saturday for a Marine corporal wanted in the death of a pregnant colleague, whose burnt ...
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