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COPENHAGEN &#8212; Let the Olympic carnival begin. And the crying, too. The International Olympic Committee&#8217;s announcement Friday that Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Games reduced Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to tears again and again.
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          <title>Chicago early favorite for 2016 Olympic Games</title>
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The tense and tight battle to host the 2016 Olympics sped toward its climax with Chicago, backed by President Barack Obama&#8217;s star power, the bookmakers&#8217; favorite Thursday after a long, emotional and at times acrimonious campaign.           ]]></description>
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APIA, Samoa &#8212; Police in green reflective vests searched a ghastly landscape of mud-strewn streets, pulverized homes and bodies scattered in a swamp Wednesday as dazed survivors emerged from the muck and mire of an earthquake and tsunami that killed 119 in the South Pacific.
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          <title>Powerful quake kills at least 75 in Indonesia</title>
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A powerful earthquake rocked western Indonesia Wednesday, trapping thousands under collapsed buildings &#8212; including two hospitals &#8212; and triggering landslides. At least 75 people were killed on Sumatra island and the death toll was expected to climb sharply.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Iran tests most advanced missiles</title>
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Iran tested its most advanced missiles Monday to cap two days of war games, raising more international concern and stronger pressure to quickly come clean on the newly revealed nuclear site Tehran was secretly constructing           ]]></description>
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          <title>Thousands protest G&#45;20</title>
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Thousands of demonstrators pledging nonviolence banged drums, danced and held signs advocating everything from human rights to ending war during a march through the city where Group of 20 world leaders were meeting.            ]]></description>
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          <title>China dismisses punishing Iran over nukes</title>
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China on Friday batted down the notion of punishing Iran with additional sanctions for developing a secret nuclear facility, saying negotiations are a better way of dealing with Tehran.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Passengers freed from hijacked plane in Mexico</title>
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Passengers have been freed from a hijacked airplane in Mexico City, but the crew remains aboard.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Pakistani Taliban admit Mehsud killed in US strike</title>
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Two commanders of the Pakistani Taliban say the militants&#8217; top leader, Baitullah Mehsud, is dead. They say he died from wounds from a U.S. missile strike           ]]></description>
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Scotland freed the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds Thursday, letting the Libyan go home to die despite American pleas to show no mercy for the man responsible for the 1988 attack that killed 270 people.           ]]></description>
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RABAT, Morocco &#8212; From the western edge of the Muslim world, the King of Morocco has dared to tackle one of the most inflammatory issues in the Middle East conflict &#8212; the Holocaust.
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) &#8212; In a sign of endurance for Iran&#8217;s protest movement, demonstrators clashed with police Friday as one of the nation&#8217;s most powerful clerics challenged the supreme leader during Muslim prayers, saying the country was in crisis in the wake of a disputed election.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Oldest woman to give birth dies, leaving twins</title>
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A Spanish woman who deceived a U.S. fertility clinic about her age and become the oldest woman to give birth has died at 69, leaving behind 2-year-old twins, newspapers reported Wednesday.           ]]></description>
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BAGHDAD (AP) &#8212; Bombs killed nearly 60 people in Iraq on Thursday in the worst violence since U.S. combat troops withdrew from urban areas last week, and American forces released five Iranian officials suspected of aiding Shiite insurgents.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Big nuclear cuts in sight, Obama, Medvedev declare</title>
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MOSCOW (AP) &#8212; Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev confidently committed to a year-end deal to slash nuclear stockpiles by about a third on Monday, but the U.S. leader failed to crack stubborn Kremlin objections to America&#8217;s missile defense plans &#8212; a major stumbling block to such an agreement.           ]]></description>
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          <title>China arrests 1,434 after deadly Xinjiang riots</title>
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URUMQI, China (AP) &#8212; Police have arrested 1,434 suspects in connection with the worst ethnic violence in decades in China&#8217;s western Xinjiang region, which killed at least 156 people, state media reported Tuesday.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Honduras rejects OAS appeal to restore president</title>
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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) &#8212; Honduras&#8217; Supreme Court rebuffed a personal appeal from the Americas&#8217; top international diplomat Friday, refusing to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya before a Saturday deadline.           ]]></description>
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MOSCOW &#8212; Russia said Friday it will allow the United States to ship weapons across its territory to Afghanistan, a long-sought move that bolsters U.S. military operations but potentially gives the Kremlin leverage over critical American supplies.           ]]></description>
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A top Iranian cleric said Friday that some of the detained Iranian staffers of the British Embassy in Tehran will be put on trial, and he accused Britain of a role in instigating widespread protests that erupted over the country&#8217;s disputed presidential election.           ]]></description>
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          <title>French: Air France plane hit the sea belly first</title>
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LE BOURGET, France (AP) &#8212; Air France Flight 447 slammed into the Atlantic Ocean, intact and belly first, at such a high speed that the 228 people aboard probably had no time to even inflate their life jackets, French investigators said Thursday in their first report into the June 1 accident.           ]]></description>
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MORONI, Comoros (AP) &#8212; A Yemeni jetliner carrying 153 people crashed into the Indian Ocean on Tuesday as it attempted to land amid severe turbulence and howling winds. Officials said a teenage girl was plucked from the sea, the only known survivor.           ]]></description>
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Iran&#8217;s supreme leader said Wednesday that the government would not yield to demonstrators demanding the annulment of a disputed presidential election. The wife of the opposition leader said protesters would not buckle under a situation she compared to martial law.            ]]></description>
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A North Korean ship suspected of carrying illicit weapons cruised through waters off Shanghai on Tuesday en route to Myanmar, a news report said, as regional military officials and a U.S. destroyer kept a close eye on the vessel           ]]></description>
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TEHRAN, Iran - Thousands of protesters defied Iran&#8217;s highest authority Saturday and marched on waiting security forces that fought back with baton charges, tear gas and water cannons as the crisis over disputed elections lurched into volatile new ground.           ]]></description>
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PARIS (AP) &#8212; Air France focused on aiding families of victims from the crash of Flight 447, offering a first advance on compensation on Friday while investigators worked quietly to solve the mystery of what brought the jet down. The top European air safety agency said, meanwhile, there was not yet enough evidence to issue a mandatory recall of an external air speed monitor suspected of contributing to the disaster.           ]]></description>
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PERUGIA, Italy (AP) &#8212; The mother of an American student on trial for allegedly killing her British roommate has testified that her daughter was horrified at the discovery of the woman&#8217;s body in their apartment in this medieval Italian city. Edda Mellas insisted Friday that her daughter, Amanda Knox, and the victim, Meredith Kercher, &#8220;got along great&#8221; despite testimony that the two women had their differences.           ]]></description>
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Iran&#8217;s Islamic leadership is prepared to conduct a limited recount of disputed presidential elections, a spokesman said Tuesday, as thousands of people took to the streets to show support for the regime and authorities cracked down on independent media.            ]]></description>
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PERUGIA, Italy &#8212; An American student charged with murdering her British roommate in 2007 told an Italian court Saturday that a &#8220;crescendo&#8221; of police pressure led her to finger an innocent man in the case.

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SEOUL, South Korea &#8212; North Korea responded to new U.N. sanctions with more defiance, promising Saturday to step up its nuclear bomb-making program by enriching uranium and threatening war on any country that dares to stop its ships on the high seas.           ]]></description>
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UNITED NATIONS &#8212; The U.N. Security Council imposed punishing new sanctions on North Korea Friday, toughening an arms embargo and authorizing ship searches on the high seas in an attempt to thwart the reclusive nation&#8217;s nuclear and ballistic missile programs.           ]]></description>
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TEHRAN, Iran &#8212; Iran&#8217;s interior ministry said Saturday President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took a commanding lead with nearly 70 percent of all votes counted, but his pro-reform rival countered that he was the clear victor and warned of possible fraud in the election.           ]]></description>
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&nbsp;  BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) &#8212; Madonna can adopt a second child from Malawi, the southern African country&#8217;s highest court ruled Friday, overturning a lower court decision it said was out of touch with the times. Chief Justice Lovemore Munlo, reading the three-judge panel&#8217;s ruling, also said the singer&#8217;s commitment to helping disadvantaged children should have been taken into account when deciding on Madonna&#8217;s request to adopt 3-year-old Chifundo &#8220;Mercy&#8217;&#8216; James.            ]]></description>
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The World Health Organization told its member nations it was declaring a swine flu pandemic Thursday &#8212; the first global flu epidemic in 41 years &#8212; as infections climbed in the United States, Europe, Australia, South America and elsewhere           ]]></description>
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Brazilian divers found a large tail section from an Air France jet on Monday, one of the biggest pieces yet recovered from wreckage that is helping narrow the search for Flight 447&#8217;s black boxes. A U.S. Navy team is bringing in high-tech underwater listening devices to detect pings from the data and voice recorders.           ]]></description>
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The main pro-reform candidate in next week&#8217;s presidential elections accused Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday of undercutting Iran&#8217;s international standing by questioning the Holocaust.
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Police saturated Tiananmen Square with security on Thursday&#8217;s 20th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy activists, and an exiled protest leader was blocked from returning home to confront Chinese officials over what he called the &#8220;June 4 massacre.&#8220;
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Brazilian military pilots spotted an airplane seat, an orange buoy, and other debris and signs of fuel in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday as they hunted for a missing Air France jet that carried 228 people.           ]]></description>
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A missing Air France jet carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris ran into lightning and strong thunderstorms over the Atlantic Ocean, officials said Monday. Brazil began a search mission off its northeastern coast.            ]]></description>
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The Obama administration on Wednesday sought more international support for its tough stance on North Korea as U.S. officials revealed plans for a presidential meeting with Russian leaders on the matter in July and pressed for a cohesive front later this week during a meeting of Far East defense ministers.
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 North Korea reportedly tested two more short-range missiles Tuesday, a day after detonating a nuclear bomb underground, pushing the regime further into a confrontation with world powers despite the threat of U.N. action.

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&nbsp;  MEXICO CITY (AP) &#8212; A strong earthquake swayed skyscrapers in Mexico City and rattled colonial buildings in neighboring Puebla state Friday, sending frightened people into the streets. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.           ]]></description>
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NEW YORK (AP) &#8212; Four men arrested on charges of plotting to bomb a Jewish temple and shoot down military planes are expected to appear Thursday in federal court in White Plains.           ]]></description>
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VIENNA  &#8212; Buffett&#8217;s bankroll, Obama&#8217;s clout and the partnership of a savvy ex-Soviet strongman may turn the steppes of central Asia into a nuclear mecca, a go-to place for &#8220;safe&#8221; uranium fuel in an increasingly nervous atomic age.           ]]></description>
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&nbsp;  HAVANA (AP) &#8212; Fidel Castro defended Havana&#8217;s response to the swine flu outbreak, including suspension of direct flights with Mexico, saying Thursday that Cuba is especially vulnerable to an epidemic because the U.S. embargo prevents it from buying medicine and diagnostic equipment.            ]]></description>
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Eleven Taliban suicide bombers attacked government buildings in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, sparking running gunbattles that killed at least 20 people and wounded three U.S. troops, officials said. U.S. and Afghan troops freed 20 hostages taken by the insurgents           ]]></description>
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A U.S. soldier opened fire at a counseling center on a U.S. base Monday, killing five fellow soldiers before being taken into custody, the U.S. command and Pentagon officials said.           ]]></description>
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An American journalist jailed for five months in Iran was freed Monday and reunited with her parents after an appeals court suspended her eight-year prison sentence on charges of spying for the U.S.           ]]></description>
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Dozens of Mexican nationals who were quarantined at hospitals and hotels in China despite showing no symptoms of swine flu arrived home early Wednesday on a government-chartered jet. First lady Margarita Zavala and officials from the Foreign Relations Department greeted the passengers as they deplaned at Mexico City&#8217;s international airport.            ]]></description>
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Iraq&#8217;s government Monday ruled out allowing U.S. combat troops to remain in Iraqi cities after the June 30 deadline for their withdrawal, despite concern that Iraqi forces cannot cope with the security challenge following a resurgence of bombings in recent weeks.           ]]></description>
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The World Health Organization announced Thursday it will would stop using the term &#8220;swine flu&#8221; to avoid confusion over the danger posed by pigs. The policy shift came a day after Egypt began slaughtering thousands of pigs in a misguided effort to prevent swine flu.
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Mexico canceled school nationwide Monday and warned the death toll from a swine flu epidemic believed to have killed 149 people would keep rising before it can be contained.
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Iraq&#8217;s government has recorded 87,215 of its citizens killed since 2005 in violence ranging from catastrophic bombings to execution-style slayings, according to government statistics obtained by The Associated Press that break open one of the most closely guarded secrets of the war.
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The global economy is expected to lurch into reverse this year for the first time since World War II, with real-world consequences worldwide &#8212; trillions of dollars in lost business, surging unemployment and more people thrust into poverty, hunger and homelessness.
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 In the search for Earth-like planets, astronomers zeroed in Tuesday on two places that look awfully familiar to home. One is close to the right size. The other is in the right place.

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Hidden in the bone-chilling dark beneath an Antarctic glacier, a colony of strange bacteria is thriving.
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Somalia&#8217;s prime minister says his government has identified many pirate leaders and would be willing to share that information with other countries, including the United States, to get the resources needed to go after them           ]]></description>
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A pirate gang that staged an abortive attack on a second U.S. ship loaded with food aid said Wednesday they were singling out American vessels and would kill their crews. French forces detained 11 other hijackers in a high-seas raid.
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North Korea said Tuesday it was restarting its rogue nuclear program, booting U.N. inspectors and pulling out of disarmament talks in an angry reaction to U.N. Security Council condemnation of its April 5 rocket launch.           ]]></description>
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An American captain held hostage by four Somali pirates tried to swim for his freedom but was recaptured Friday, and officials said the high seas hostage drama escalated as both pirate ships and U.S. warcraft sailed to the scene.
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He went from driving a cab in Boston to piloting multimillion-dollar cargo vessels around the world.
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 This quake ravaged medieval city took a limping step toward normalcy Thursday as butchers, bakers and other shopkeepers reopened for business and firefighters began entering buildings to grab essential items for the homeless.
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FBI hostage negotiators joined U.S. Navy efforts Thursday to free an American cargo ship captain held captive on a lifeboat by Somali pirates. A U.S. destroyer and a spy plane kept a close watch in the high-seas standoff near the Horn of Africa.
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Bells tolled in hilltowns across central Italy on Wednesday as the first funerals got under way for victims of the country&#8217;s devastating earthquake. The Vatican granted a dispensation so a funeral Mass for most of the 272 dead could be celebrated on Good Friday.

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Strong aftershocks Tuesday sent a fresh wave of fear across earthquake-shattered central Italy, and rescue crews pulled a young woman alive from a collapsed building about 42 hours after the main quake struck the mountainous region.

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A top Pentagon official on Monday dismissed North Korea&#8217;s rocket launch as a failure&#8212; both technologically and as an effort to market its missiles to other countries.
 
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A powerful earthquake in mountainous central Italy knocked down whole blocks of buildings early Monday as residents slept, killing more than 150 people in the country&#8217;s deadliest quake in nearly three decades. Tens of thousands were homeless and 1,500 were injured.
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As North Korea fueled a multistage rocket Thursday for its threatened satellite launch, President Barack Obama promised a &#8220;stern&#8221; response and Japan vowed to press for an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council.
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G-20 leaders pledged an additional $1 trillion to restore credit, growth and jobs in the world economy on Thursday, announcing a broad raft of measures designed to hasten the end of the global financial crisis.
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Desperate but divided on ways to lift their nations from economic misery, world leaders converged for an emergency summit Tuesday holding scant hopes of finding a magic-bullet solution for the crisis that brought them hurrying to London.           ]]></description>
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The commander of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility Tuesday for a deadly assault on a Pakistani police academy and said the group was planning a terrorist attack on the White House that would &#8220;amaze&#8221; the world.           ]]></description>
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Japanese, South Korean and U.S. missile-destroying ships set sail to monitor North Korea&#8217;s imminent rocket launch, as Pyongyang stoked tensions Monday by detaining a South Korean worker for allegedly denouncing the North&#8217;s political system.
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BONN, Germany (AP) &#8212; From an Antarctic research base to the Great Pyramids of Egypt and beyond, the world switched off the lights on Saturday for Earth Hour, dimming skyscrapers, city streets and some of the world&#8217;s most recognizable monuments for 60 minutes to highlight the threat of climate change.           ]]></description>
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A court convicted an Iraqi journalist of assault Thursday for hurling his shoes at George W. Bush and sentenced him to three years in prison, prompting an outburst from his family and calls for his release from Iraqis who consider him an icon for a nation decimated by war.
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A canny chimpanzee who calmly collected a stash of rocks and then hurled them at zoo visitors in fits of rage has confirmed that apes can plan ahead just like humans, a Swedish study said Monday.
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In some of his strongest criticism of his successors, Mikhail Gorbachev has likened Vladimir Putin&#8217;s United Russia party to the worst of the communists he once led and helped bring down, and said Russia is today a country where the parliament and the judiciary are not fully free.
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With it&#8217;s slim white body and glowing amber tip, it can easily pass as a regular cigarette. It even emits what look like curlicues of white smoke.

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Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and hard-line rival Benjamin Netanyahu both claimed victory Tuesday in Israel&#8217;s parliamentary election but official results suggested the race was too close to call.
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Iran&#8217;s hard-line president told crowds celebrating the Islamic revolution&#8217;s anniversary Tuesday that the country is ready for talks with the United States, the strongest signal yet that Tehran welcomes President Barack Obama&#8217;s calls for dialogue.
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The high death toll from hundreds of wildfires across southeastern Australia has forced authorities to re-examine an accepted survival strategy when blazes threaten: Get out early or hunker down and fight.
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Disaster teams found charred bodies on roadsides and in crashed cars &#8212; grim signs of the futile attempt to flee raging wildfires fed by 60 mph winds, record heat and drought that caught even fire-savvy Australians by surprise.
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JERUSALEM &#8212; Israel seems to be moving rightward going into Tuesday&#8217;s national election, with polls giving the edge to former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a tough stance on Mideast peacemaking that could lead to a collision with the new U.S. administration.           ]]></description>
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The Iraqi prime minister&#8217;s party finished first in races for ruling councils in Baghdad and eight other provinces during last weekend&#8217;s provincial elections, officials said Thursday &#8212; a strong endorsement of his campaign to restore order in this war-ravaged country.           ]]></description>
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