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  Forbes: Merkel most powerful woman AP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

  BERLIN - Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel tops Forbes magazine's list of the world's 100 most powerful women for the second year in a row, while Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice slipped to fourth from second last year.

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  Hillary jokes Bill looked into No. 2 job AP - 59 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Hillary Rodham Clinton has already had to forgo one potential running mate — her husband.

• Municipal Wi-Fi faces financial hurdles AP - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

  SAN FRANCISCO - A year ago, it seemed like just about every major U.S. city was drawing up ambitious plans to build wireless Internet networks so more people, both rich and poor, could have online access wherever they wanted. Now, economics is blurring the Utopian vision as city leaders and the companies proposing to build the Wi-Fi networks haggle over whether the projects make financial sense.

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  K-Fed's lawyer wants Spears to foot bill AP - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - Kevin Federline's lawyer wants Britney Spears to pay some of her ex-husband's legal expenses in their divorce case, court documents show.

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  Diamondbacks move ahead atop NL West AP - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago

  The Arizona Diamondbacks took over sole possession of first place in the NL West from San Diego. The Philadelphia Phillies outlasted New York to complete a sweep of the Mets and tighten the East and wild-card races.

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  Bush to outline subprime initiative Reuters - Fri Aug 31, 3:50 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush will propose reforms on Friday intended to help homeowners with subprime mortgages avoid default, his first public step to address a crisis that has created turmoil in financial markets around the world.

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  Petraeus says Iraq "surge" working: paper Reuters - Thu Aug 30, 9:41 PM ET

  CANBERRA (Reuters) - The U.S. troop surge in Iraq has thrown al Qaeda off balance and led to a reduction in sectarian violence and bombings, the U.S. commander in Iraq was quoted on Friday by an Australian newspaper as saying.

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  Mourners mark Princess Diana's death 10 years on Reuters - 1 hour, 29 minutes ago

  LONDON (Reuters) - Hundreds of mourners gathered in Paris and London on Friday to mark the tenth anniversary of the death of Princess Diana, an object of enduring fascination around the world.

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  Bush says effort to disarm North Korea making progress Reuters - Fri Aug 31, 3:49 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said he thought the effort to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program was making progress and he hoped full disarmament could be accomplished by the time his term ends in early 2009.

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  Suicide bomber strikes near Kabul airport Reuters - Fri Aug 31, 4:22 AM ET

  KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew up a car packed with explosives near an entrance to the Afghan capital's airport on Friday, killing one Afghan soldier and wounding around a dozen people, police and witnesses said.

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  Kosovo split possible if both sides agree: Russia Reuters - 27 minutes ago

  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will accept a partition of Serbia's Kosovo province if that is the solution agreed by Belgrade and Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.

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  Korean hostages set to fly home Reuters - Fri Aug 31, 4:48 AM ET

  KABUL (Reuters) - Nineteen newly freed South Korean hostages were expected to fly out of the Afghan capital on Friday after a six-week kidnap drama, sources close to the arrangements said, after a deal critics fear could spur more abductions.

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  France, Britain raise specter of sanctions on Darfur Reuters - 2 hours, 32 minutes ago

  KHARTOUM (Reuters) - The leaders of France and Britain on Friday revived the specter of sanctions against Khartoum if progress is not made on a Darfur ceasefire and upcoming political talks.

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  Prince Harry hails Diana as 'best mother in the world' AFP - 29 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - Prince Harry described princess Diana as "the best mother in the world" during a highly personal address Friday at the London memorial service marking the 10th anniversary of her death.

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  Brown and Sarkozy unite in push for peace in Darfur AFP - Fri Aug 31, 3:58 AM ET

  LONDON (AFP) - Ramping up the pressure on Sudan, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have united to boost peace efforts in Darfur, warning Khartoum of sanctions if it got in the way.

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  Germany's biggest synagogue reopens as symbol of Jewish rebirth AFP - 2 hours, 30 minutes ago

  BERLIN (AFP) - Germany's biggest synagogue, which survived the horrors of the Nazi holocaust and the oppression of communist rule, reopened on Friday as a symbol of the rebirth of the Jewish community.

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  Musharraf consults aides in Pakistan power struggle AFP - 2 hours, 43 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf held talks with top aides Friday to weigh up his shrinking options after ex-premier Nawaz Sharif vowed to return from exile to block his re-election plans.

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  Tearful reunion for hostages as South Korea under fire AFP - Fri Aug 31, 5:01 AM ET

  KABUL (AFP) - Nineteen South Korean Christians freed by the Taliban had a tearful reunion at a secret location early Friday after six weeks in captivity as Seoul came under fire for negotiating with the rebels.

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  World stocks higher as Bush 'ready to remedy' US housing woes AFP - 28 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - Global stocks rallied on Friday after US media said President George W. Bush was set to launch a plan to nurse the ailing American housing sector.

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  Gold glitters for Russia as Campbell eyes double at world's athletics AFP - Fri Aug 31, 2:06 AM ET

  OSAKA, Japan (AFP) - Russia added another gold to its glittering collection Friday when Olga Kaniskina won the women's 20km walk as Veronica Campbell primes to match Tyson Gay and win a sprint double.

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  China says one-child policy helps protect climate Reuters - Thu Aug 30, 5:27 PM ET

  VIENNA (Reuters) - China says its one-child policy has helped the fight against global warming by avoiding 300 million births, the equivalent of the population of the United States.

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  AIDS drug shows potential as weapon against cancer Reuters - Fri Aug 31, 12:12 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A drug used to treat people infected with the AIDS virus has shown promise as a possible future weapon against cancer, U.S. researchers said on Friday.

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  Mourners mark Princess Diana's death 10 years on Reuters - 1 hour, 29 minutes ago

  LONDON (Reuters) - Hundreds of mourners gathered in Paris and London on Friday to mark the tenth anniversary of the death of Princess Diana, an object of enduring fascination around the world.