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  911 callers told of carnage in Texas bus wreck AP - 2 hours, 39 minutes ago

  SHERMAN, Texas - Witnesses who called 911 after the crash of a charter bus that killed at least 17 people described a chaotic scene, telling emergency workers of bloody passengers crushed beneath the smoking wreckage, according to calls released Saturday by police.

• Pentagon Papers figure Anthony Russo dies at 71 AP - 2 hours, 18 minutes ago

  SUFFOLK, Va. - Anthony J. Russo, a researcher who helped leak the Vietnam-era Pentagon Papers to the media and prompted wider public questioning of the war, has died, police said.

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  Edwards' ex-mistress nixes paternity test AP - 2 hours, 37 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - The ex-mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards said Saturday she will not participate in DNA testing to establish the paternity of her daughter.

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  Father of former Olympian killed in Beijing AP - 2 hours, 25 minutes ago

  BEIJING - Police tightened security Sunday as they investigated the fatal stabbing of the father of a former U.S. Olympian, an attack that stunned the athletic community and embarrassed Chinese authorities determined to hold the most successful Summer Games ever.

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  US faults Russia for rising violence in Georgia AP - 2 hours, 25 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - Russia's use of overwhelming military force against Georgia, including strategic bombers and ballistic missiles, is disproportionate to any threat from the former Soviet state and could escalate tensions in the volatile region, a senior U.S. official said Saturday.

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  Georgian forces quit S.Ossetia after Russian strikes Reuters - 2 hours, 12 minutes ago

  ERGNETI, Georgia (Reuters) - Georgian forces pulled out of the breakaway South Ossetia region on Sunday after three days of fighting and Russia said its troops controlled most of the separatist capital Tskhinvali.

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  Phelps wins "cool" first gold in China Reuters - 42 minutes ago

  BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. swimming sensation Michael Phelps demolished his own world record on Sunday to win the first of what he hopes will be an unprecedented eight golds in a single Olympics.

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  McCain slams Obama again for defeatism over Iraq Reuters - Sat Aug 9, 11:41 PM ET

  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidate John McCain on Saturday again accused his opponent Barack Obama of defeatism and said the Democratic senator from Illinois did not have what it took to be the country's commander in chief.

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  Syria says ready to answer IAEA questions Reuters - Sat Aug 9, 6:52 PM ET

  DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syria is willing to answer questions by the U.N. nuclear watchdog about an alleged nuclear complex but has not agreed with the agency to allow more visits to the site, a foreign ministry statement said on Saturday.

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  Beijing to tighten security after fatal attack Reuters - Sun Aug 10, 3:37 AM ET

  BEIJING (Reuters) - Olympic organizers vowed to tighten security in central Beijing on Sunday after an American tourist died in a stabbing attack, but they insisted the Chinese capital was safe and Western sightseers were unfazed.

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  Comedian and actor Bernie Mac dies at 50 Reuters - Sat Aug 9, 5:45 PM ET

  LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO, Aug 9 (Reuters Life!) - Comedian and actor Bernie Mac, who starred in one of U.S. TV's few black sitcoms and appeared in the "Ocean's 11" movies, died in Chicago on Saturday after a bout with pneumonia. He was 50.

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  Blasts and clash kill 8 in China's tense far west Reuters - Sun Aug 10, 5:00 AM ET

  BEIJING (Reuters) - Suspected Muslim separatists and suicide bombers launched a dozen attacks in west China on Sunday, killing eight people in the blasts and a subsequent shootout with police in renewed violence two days into the Olympics.

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  Hopes grow for Zimbabwe power-sharing deal Reuters - 54 minutes ago

  HARARE (Reuters) - South African President Thabo Mbeki, mediating in Zimbabwe's crisis, began meetings with President Robert Mugabe and the country's opposition leaders on Sunday amid signs a power-sharing deal is close.

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  Georgia withdraws as Russia builds firepower AFP - 2 hours, 21 minutes ago

  TBILISI (AFP) - Russian forces took control of the Georgian breakaway region of South Ossetia on Sunday as Tbilisi withdrew its troops in the face of a build-up of Moscow's dominant firepower.

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  Police attacked in China's Muslim northwest AFP - 2 hours, 17 minutes ago

  BEIJING (AFP) - Eight people died in bombings and fierce clashes between police and attackers in China's remote northwest Sunday, state media reported, the second outbreak of deadly violence there in under a week.

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  Zimbabwe's rivals locked in talks amid signs of power-sharing deal AFP - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago

  HARARE (AFP) - South African President Thabo Mbeki held talks with Zimbabwe's political rivals on Sunday as they edged closer to a power-sharing deal following Robert Mugabe's widely condemned re-election.

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  Suicide bomber kills seven, injures 19 in Algeria AFP - 2 hours, 14 minutes ago

  ALGIERS (AFP) - A suicide bomber rammed a van full of explosives into a police post in eastern Algeria, killing seven people and injuring 19 others overnight, Algerian public radio reported Sunday.

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  iPhones-Macintosh computers become apples of hackers' eyes AFP - Sun Aug 10, 1:12 AM ET

  LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AFP) - Security specialists said Saturday that hackers are taking increasing aim at iPhones and Macintosh computers as the hot-selling Apple devices gain popularity worldwide.

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  New economic challenges for China hamper currency's rise AFP - Sat Aug 9, 11:51 PM ET

  SHANGHAI (AFP) - At a time when the world's top athletes strive to set records at the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese currency has unexpectedly put on hold its steady move towards new highs.

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  UBS counts the cost of subprime after 'annus horribilis' AFP - Sun Aug 10, 12:01 AM ET

  ZURICH (AFP) - Swiss banking giant UBS will unveil its second quarter results Tuesday still scarred from its subprime-related "annus horribilis" and the loss of billions of dollars -- and wealthy clients.

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  Giant smelly flower puts on sex show in Belgium Reuters - Thu Aug 7, 12:17 PM ET

  MEISE, Belgium (Reuters) - It's one of the world's largest flowers, it stinks of rotting meat or rancid cheese and looks very much like a giant penis.

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  Japan remembers Nagasaki atomic bomb victims Reuters - Fri Aug 8, 11:45 PM ET

  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan marked the 63rd anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki with a solemn ceremony on Saturday and a call for world powers to abandon their nuclear weapons.

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  Edwards admits affair Reuters - Sat Aug 9, 2:24 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards admitted on Friday that he had an extramarital affair in 2006 with a woman who produced videos for his campaign, but said he was not the father of her infant daughter.