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  Foreign firefighters join Greece battle AP - 2 hours, 21 minutes ago

  ATHENS, Greece - Foreign firefighters and aircraft joined the battle Tuesday against blazes in southern Greece, and officials expressed optimism that wildfires burning some of the country's lushest landscape could be brought under partial control.

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  Sharp questions await Gonzales successor AP - 2 hours, 8 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' replacement — whoever that may be — faces a potentially nasty Senate confirmation and a beleaguered Justice Department badly in need of leadership.

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  Stocks head for lower opening AP - 36 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Stocks headed toward a lower opening Tuesday as Wall Street cautiously awaited minutes from the Federal Reserve's Aug. 7 meeting, which could provide insight into whether it may cut rates.

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  Winehouse in-law says don't buy her CDs AP - 43 minutes ago

  LONDON - The father-in-law of singer Amy Winehouse said Tuesday that fans should stop buying her records to force her to seek help for drug addiction.

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  Hewitt, Hingis, Blake at U.S. Open today AP - 57 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - U.S. Open tennis resumes today with Lleyton Hewitt taking on Amer Delic, Martina Hingis facing Mathilde Johansson and Michael Russell going against James Blake in the day matches.

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  Taliban to release all 19 South Korean hostages Reuters - 54 minutes ago

  SEOUL (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents will release all 19 South Korean Christian volunteers they have held hostage in Afghanistan since mid-July, South Korea's presidential Blue House said on Tuesday.

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  Violence mars Shi'ite ritual in Iraq Reuters - 11 minutes ago

  KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) - Gunmen battled Iraqi security forces on Tuesday near two of Shi'ite Islam's holiest shrines in the city of Kerbala, where hundreds of thousands of pilgrims had gathered for a religious festival.

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  Greek government criticized as fires rage on Reuters - 18 minutes ago

  KRESTENA, Greece (Reuters) - Greece's conservative government faced mounting criticism of incompetence on Tuesday as villagers fled fierce forest fires that have killed 63 people.

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  Olmert, Abbas meet in Jerusalem Reuters - Tue Aug 28, 5:31 AM ET

  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held talks on Tuesday to prepare for a U.S.-sponsored Middle East conference that Abbas cautioned could turn out to be pointless.

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  Pakistan's Musharraf may quit army for votes: paper Reuters - 1 hour, 50 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's embattled President Pervez Musharraf may quit as army chief in return for support from political parties to re-elect him for another term, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.

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  Trapped Chinese miners survive on coal, urine diet Reuters - Tue Aug 28, 5:00 AM ET

  BEIJING (Reuters) - Two Chinese brothers who tunneled their way out of a coal mine collapse after being trapped for nearly six days survived by eating coal and drinking urine, a local newspaper reported on Tuesday.

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  Diana's sons kept royals together after her death Reuters - 27 minutes ago

  LONDON (Reuters) - One of the lasting and most poignant scenes from the funeral of Princess Diana was the sight of her ex-husband and two young sons solemnly walking in silence as her coffin was led through London's streets.

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  Iran resolves plutonium issues under atom pact: IAEA Reuters - Mon Aug 27, 7:10 PM ET

  VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has resolved U.N. questions about tests with plutonium, a key fuel for atomic bombs, and the International Atomic Energy Agency considers the matter closed, according to the text of an IAEA-Iran accord released on Monday.

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  Turkey set to elect ex-Islamist Gul president AFP - Tue Aug 28, 4:31 AM ET

  ANKARA (AFP) - The Turkish parliament is set to elect Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul as president on Tuesday following months of tension, making him the first head of state with an Islamist past in the history of the secular republic.

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  Opposition slams Greek government over raging fires AFP - 1 hour, 31 minutes ago

  ATHENS (AFP) - Greece battled devastating forest fires for a fifth day Tuesday as the opposition said the country had been "humiliated" by the government's handling of a disaster which has claimed more than 60 lives.

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  Olmert-Abbas meet ahead of peace conference AFP - 38 minutes ago

  JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas met on Tuesday to discuss core issues of the Middle East conflict ahead of a major peace conference later this year.

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  Taliban agree to free SKorean hostages AFP - 22 minutes ago

  SEOUL (AFP) - Afghanistan's Taliban agreed Tuesday to release 19 South Korean Christian aid workers held hostage for nearly six weeks, the presidential office announced.

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  Designer estrogen 'protects against brain degeneration': study AFP - 16 minutes ago

  CHICAGO (AFP) - US researchers have shown a designer estrogen can protect the brain against degeneration without increasing a woman's risk of breast or uterine cancer, according to a study released Monday.

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  German business confidence declines as market troubles take toll AFP - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

  BERLIN (AFP) - Business confidence in Germany slipped again in August, but its decline was smaller than feared by analysts, according to a widely-watched index by the Ifo economic research institute published Tuesday.

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  World equity markets stumble before US housing update AFP - 31 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - Global stock markets suffered losses on Tuesday ahead of a fresh reading on the frazzled US housing sector, with markets lower in Europe and most of Asia.

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  Belgian horseback shrimpers vow to preserve trade Reuters - Mon Aug 27, 3:15 AM ET

  OOSTDUINKERKE, Belgium (Reuters) - As dying trades go, Belgium's horseback shrimp fishery must be among the most arcane and outdated.

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  Attorney General Gonzales leaves under pressure Reuters - Mon Aug 27, 4:57 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced his resignation on Monday after months of questions about his competence and accusations from Congress that he politicized the office to benefit President George W. Bush.

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  Despite stress, scams, soaring costs, US families adopt overseas AFP - Sun Aug 26, 4:16 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - A raid on a Guatemalan orphanage has thrown the spotlight on overseas adoptions which have tripled in the United States in 15 years despite many perils, corrupt officials and exorbitant fees.