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Karzai seeks Taliban reconciliation
Sat, 09/04/2010 - 13:11Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced the creation of a high peace council as part of the reconciliation effort to reintegrate some Taliban militants, a spokesman for his office said on Saturday.
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Arrests made at Tony Blair booksigning
Sat, 09/04/2010 - 07:49Police made a "small number" of arrests in Dublin where former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was due to sign copies of his autobiography Saturday, a spokesman for Ireland's national police service said.
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'Mummified' babies found in basement
Sat, 09/04/2010 - 07:23Detectives are investigating the discovery of two "mummified" babies found wrapped in 1930s newspaper in the basement of a Los Angeles apartment building.
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Earl speeds up, expected to cause destructive waves
Sat, 09/04/2010 - 07:02Tropical Storm Earl is gaining momentum as it barrels up the Atlantic Ocean about 100 miles from the U.S. East Coast. Earl still had maximum sustained winds of 70 mph.
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U.N. official pleads for aid for Pakistan
Sat, 09/04/2010 - 06:23A United Nations representative on Saturday pleaded for more international aid to help the millions of Pakistanis displaced from flooding that has ravaged the country for more than a month.
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Mexicans: U.S. cartoonist went too far
Sat, 09/04/2010 - 02:45An American's cartoon showing the eagle in the Mexican flag dead in a pool of blood is drawing criticism.
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Mistrial in alleged 'sham marriage' case
Fri, 09/03/2010 - 22:37The sham marriage trial of actress Fernanda Romero, which the judge has likened to a soap opera, appeared threatened with a mistrial Friday after a dramatic turn a day earlier.
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Girl, 4, weighed 15 pounds at death
Fri, 09/03/2010 - 22:26The mother of a 4-year-old girl, found dead in her Brooklyn home Thursday morning, was charged Friday with second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child, according to police.
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Powerful quake strikes New Zealand
Fri, 09/03/2010 - 21:06A powerful predawn earthquake hit New Zealand, causing water mains to break and some buildings to crumble, though there were no immediate reports of deaths.
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Florida love triangle killer sentenced
Fri, 09/03/2010 - 20:02A Florida judge sentenced Rachel Wade, the 20-year-old woman convicted of second-degree murder for fatally stabbing her romantic rival in a fight last year, to 27 years in prison Friday.
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Acid victim: Shades, God saved eyes
Fri, 09/03/2010 - 18:35Bethany Storro doesn't usually wear sunglasses, but she got a surprise paycheck and bought a pair earlier this week. Those sunglasses, she is convinced, saved her eyesight when a woman threw a cup of acid in her face 20 minutes later.
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Opinion: Plea to free U.S. hikers in Iran
Fri, 09/03/2010 - 18:33When the month of Ramadan began, I received a letter from Laura Fattal, the mother of one of the three young American hikers detained in Iran. In it, Fattal appealed to me, the first Muslim scholar she had contacted, to intervene on behalf of her son and his two friends.
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UPS plane crashes near Dubai, kills 2
Fri, 09/03/2010 - 17:56A cargo plane has crashed in an uninhabited area near the Dubai airport, according to the official WAM news agency in the United Arab Emirates.
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Vet gets Medal of Honor after 42 years
Fri, 09/03/2010 - 17:10President Barack Obama will award the Medal of Honor, the military's highest award for bravery, to Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Richard Etchberger for his valor in saving the lives of three wounded comrades in Laos in 1968, the White House announced Friday.
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Opinion: Push jobs bill, progressives
Fri, 09/03/2010 - 16:57Now that we are a week removed from the march on Washington organized by the self-proclaimed rodeo clown, Glenn Beck, it's clear that the event was nothing more than an exercise in ego worship.
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BP removes failed blowout preventer
Fri, 09/03/2010 - 16:42BP began operations to remove its failed blowout preventer from atop its well deep below the Gulf of Mexico, the company said Friday.
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Religious leaders hit back at Hawking
Fri, 09/03/2010 - 16:40After physicist Stephen Hawking's claim that God didn't create the universe, the head of the Church of England says that "physics on its own will not settle the question of why there is something rather than nothing."
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Feds bust huge human-trafficking ring
Fri, 09/03/2010 - 16:36Six job recruiters have been indicted in federal court in what the FBI has called the largest human-trafficking operation ever to result in charges in the United States.
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Settlements stall Mideast peace talks
Fri, 09/03/2010 - 16:15After two days of meetings and talks led by President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Israeli and Palestinian leaders leave Washington deadlocked over the contentious issue of Israeli settlements.
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Caution urged for coastal visitors
Fri, 09/03/2010 - 14:47Travelers with Labor Day weekend plans along beaches in Hurricane Earl's path should proceed with caution, check road conditions and confirm lodging plans before starting out, safety and tourism officials say.
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