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  Mugabe's party demands recount AP - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago

  HARARE, Zimbabwe - President Robert Mugabe's ruling party is demanding a vote recount and a further delay in announcing the results of Zimbabwe's presidential election, the state Sunday Mail newspaper reported, prompting outrage from the opposition party.

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  Conflict escalates at polygamist retreat AP - 2 hours, 38 minutes ago

  ELDORADO, Texas - Law enforcement manned a roadblock miles from a polygamist temple where sect leaders refused to let authorities enter to search for a teenager whose report of abuse initiated a raid on the West Texas compound.

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  Rescuer: Victim fell from helicopter AP - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A crewman who died at the site of a sinking fishing boat in the Bering Sea fell from a rescue basket being pulled into a helicopter, a rescuer has testified.

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  Obama tailors message to Western voters AP - Sun Apr 6, 2:03 AM ET

  BUTTE, Mont. - Hunting for votes out West, Democrat Barack Obama on Saturday rejected the idea that the region's sparsely populated states aren't important in the presidential race and renewed his promise to appoint a high-level adviser on Indian issues if elected.

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  Kansas-Memphis meet for NCAA hoop title AP - 10 minutes ago

  SAN ANTONIO - Memphis and its up-tempo offense will face Kansas and its shutdown defense when the two top-seeded teams meet for the NCAA championship Monday night.

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  Bush and Putin fail to resolve missile differences Reuters - 52 minutes ago

  SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - President George W. Bush and Russia's Vladimir Putin ended their last face-to-face meeting as heads of state on Sunday with warm words for each other but no solution to their row over missile defense.

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  Zimbabwe court postpones MDC vote hearing Reuters - 1 hour, 33 minutes ago

  HARARE (Reuters) - A Zimbabwean judge has postponed until later on Sunday his hearing of an opposition application for presidential elections results to be released immediately, an opposition lawyer said.

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  More than 50 percent chance of U.S. recession: Greenspan Reuters - 2 hours, 29 minutes ago

  MADRID (Reuters) - There is more than a 50 percent chance the United States could go into recession, former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan told El Pais newspaper in an interview published on Sunday.

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  Suicide blast kills Sri Lanka minister Reuters - Sun Apr 6, 4:03 AM ET

  COLOMBO (Reuters) - A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber killed Sri Lanka's highways minister and at least 11 others on Sunday gathered for a marathon race near the capital, the government said.

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  Legendary actor Charlton Heston dies at 84 Reuters - Sun Apr 6, 3:24 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Oscar-winning actor Charlton Heston, whose chiseled features and commanding presence won him epic roles from Moses to Michelangelo, died on Saturday night at the age of 84, his family said.

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  Afghan forces arrest Taliban commander Reuters - 1 hour, 24 minutes ago

  KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan police have arrested a Taliban commander in the southern province of Kandahar while 15 insurgents have been killed in clashes with Afghan and NATO troops, the government said on Sunday.

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  Iraq students freed after mass kidnapping Reuters - 1 hour, 18 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A group of at least 40 students kidnapped by gunmen on Sunday near the northern city of Mosul have been freed by Iraqi security forces, police said.

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  Hurricane price tags soaring on crowded U.S. coast Reuters - 27 minutes ago

  MIAMI (Reuters) - The damage caused to U.S. coastal cities by hurricanes promises to rise into the stratosphere, raising concerns about a possible $500 billion storm and prompting calls for tougher building codes.

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  US-Russia summit eases tension on missile defence AFP - 11 minutes ago

  SOCHI, Russia, April 6, 2008 (AFP) - US President George W. Bush and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin made progress on Sunday toward resolving their dispute over a planned US missile defence system in Europe at their swansong summit by the Black Sea.

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  Zimbabwe ruling party demands vote recount AFP - 1 hour, 27 minutes ago

  HARARE (AFP) - Robert Mugabe's party refused to release its grip on power Sunday, demanding a recount in Zimbabwe's presidential election and snubbing an offer to join the opposition in a national unity government.

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  China insists torch will go through Tibet AFP - Sun Apr 6, 5:36 AM ET

  BEIJING (AFP) - China's top official in Tibet has insisted that the Beijing Olympics torch relay will pass through the Himalayan region as planned, in a rejection of pressure from activists around the world.

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  G8 to double aid to Africa by 2010 AFP - 1 hour, 37 minutes ago

  TOKYO (AFP) - The Group of Eight rich nations vowed Sunday to step up cooperation with emerging donors such as China and India and said they remained committed to a goal to double their own aid to Africa by 2010.

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  London Olympic torch relay marred by clashes AFP - 40 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - Pro-Tibet protesters in London clashed with police and tried to put out the flame as the Olympic torch was being carried around the British capital on Sunday.

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  Crisis, what crisis? say Swiss financiers amid UBS woes AFP - Sun Apr 6, 1:56 AM ET

  GENEVA (AFP) - Swiss ministers and financiers are striving to reassure markets and citizens there is no banking crisis even as the once-mighty UBS totters after losing billions of dollars in subprime exposure.

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  OPEC chief rejects calls for output hike AFP - Sun Apr 6, 3:55 AM ET

  TEHRAN (AFP) - OPEC Secretary General Abdullah al-Badri has rejected calls from oil consuming states for a hike in the cartel's crude output, saying that non-fundamental factors were to blame for current high prices.

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  Always buying sneakers? It's the sign of a leader: poll Reuters - Tue Apr 1, 9:50 AM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Got a passion for buying sneakers? It could be a good sign, with a poll finding that people who buy three pairs of sneakers or more a year are far more likely to be a leadership type than other people.

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  Four killed as Haitians riot over prices Reuters - Sat Apr 5, 2:39 AM ET

  PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Four people were killed in southern Haiti when demonstrators protesting the high cost of living clashed with security forces, a local official said on Friday.

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  U.S. B-1 bomber catches fire in Qatar, crew unhurt Reuters - Fri Apr 4, 5:18 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. B-1 bomber caught fire after landing at an air base in Qatar on Friday but the crew escaped without injury, the Air Force said.

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  Pregnant man tells Oprah: It's a miracle Reuters - Fri Apr 4, 4:26 AM ET

  CHICAGO (Reuters) - A transgender man who is six months pregnant said in an interview aired by Oprah Winfrey on Thursday that he always wanted to have a child and considers it a miracle.

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  Clintons made $109 million since 2000, returns show Reuters - Fri Apr 4, 6:34 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, have made $109 million since leaving the White House, including $51 million in speech income for Bill Clinton, according to eight years of tax records released on Friday.