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  2 doctoral students killed at LSU AP - 24 minutes ago

  BATON ROUGE, La. - Police stepped up patrols at Louisiana State University as they investigate the killings of two doctoral students from India, while the campus remained open Saturday for the last day of exams.

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  AG denies details in CIA tapes inquiry AP - 28 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - Attorney General Michael Mukasey refused Friday to give Congress details of the government's investigation into interrogations of terror suspects that were videotaped and destroyed by the CIA. He said doing so could raise questions about whether the inquiry is vulnerable to political pressure.

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  Men carry breast cancer genes, too AP - 27 minutes ago

  SAN ANTONIO - Doctors are encouraging a new group of people to consider getting tested for genes that raise the risk of breast cancer: men. Male relatives of women with such genes often do not realize that they, too, may carry them, and face greater odds of developing male breast cancer, as well as prostate, pancreatic and skin cancer, new research suggests.

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  Strike may cut returning 'Lost' season AP - 26 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - "Lost" will return next month after an absence of eight months, but fans of the TV drama may still feel deprived because of the Hollywood writers strike.

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  A's trade ace Haren to Diamondbacks AP - 25 minutes ago

  The Arizona Diamondbacks wanted ace Dan Haren without having to deplete their stable of young talent. Trading major league saves leader Jose Valverde in a separate deal solved that problem.

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  Bali breakthrough launches climate talks Reuters - 1 hour, 13 minutes ago

  NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Nearly 200 nations agreed at U.N.-led talks in Bali on Saturday to launch negotiations on a new pact to fight global warming after a reversal by the United States allowed a breakthrough.

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  Musharraf lifts emergency rule in Pakistan Reuters - 2 hours, 55 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - President Pervez Musharraf lifted emergency rule in Pakistan and restored the constitution on Saturday, in a move Western nations hope will stabilize the nuclear-armed state as Islamic militant violence spirals.

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  Mitchell Report raises fresh questions Reuters - Sat Dec 15, 3:06 AM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The report exposing widespread use of steroids in Major League Baseball raised more questions about the depth of the problem in America's pastime and aroused concerns on Friday about the credibility of its evidence.

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  Militants strike Baghdad neighborhood patrols Reuters - 1 hour, 45 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen and bombers launched three attacks on U.S.-backed neighborhood security patrols in Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least three of the patrol members and wounding 17.

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  Mukasey rejects congressional request on CIA probe Reuters - Fri Dec 14, 11:23 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Friday rejected a congressional request for information about a Justice Department probe into the CIA's destruction of videotapes of harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists.

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  Huckabee leads Republicans in South Carolina poll Reuters - Fri Dec 14, 5:49 PM ET

  ATLANTA (Reuters) - Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee took the lead for the Republican nomination in the early-voting state of South Carolina in a poll released on Friday that mirrored his rapid rise in national polls.

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  U.S. says time for Lebanon to vote for president Reuters - Sat Dec 15, 5:26 AM ET

  BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon should move swiftly to elect a president, a U.S. envoy said on Saturday, two days before parliament meets to pick the army chief as head of state.

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  U.S. and Japan tighten missile-defense ties Reuters - Sat Dec 15, 4:33 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. and Japanese navies have worked out common rules for their advanced warships designed to shoot down enemy ballistic missiles, the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet said on Friday ahead of a milestone test.

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  Global warming pact set for 2009 after US backs down AFP - 1 hour, 7 minutes ago

  NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AFP) - World climate negotiators set a 2009 deadline Saturday for a landmark treaty to fight global warming after two weeks of intense haggling led to a climbdown by an isolated United States.

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  Musharraf lifts emergency rule in Pakistan AFP - 1 hour, 15 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf lifted his unpopular state of emergency on Saturday, but only after a last-minute move to shore up his powers before general elections three weeks away.

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  Russian army chief accuses West over arms control AFP - 1 hour, 55 minutes ago

  MOSCOW (AFP) - The Russian army's chief of staff accused the West on Saturday of playing politics with European arms control and warned that the launch of US interceptor missiles could trigger a Russian missile strike.

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  Bombings, unrest kill 14 in Afghanistan AFP - Sat Dec 15, 5:01 AM ET

  KABUL (AFP) - Two bombs struck the Afghan capital Saturday, one of them killing five civilians, while nine people died in new attacks in a Taliban insurgency that is in its bloodiest year so far, officials said.

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  Fears of unrest as Bolivia splits over reforms AFP - Sat Dec 15, 4:41 AM ET

  LIMA (AFP) - There were fears Bolivia could tip into civil unrest Saturday, as its four wealthiest provinces move to declare autonomy amid warnings from President Evo Morales that the army could intervene.

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  Four consortiums compete to build new Panama Canal ship locks AFP - Sat Dec 15, 2:26 AM ET

  PANAMA CITY (AFP) - Panama will take bids from four international consortiums seeking to build new, larger ship locks for the Panama Canal, government officials said Friday.

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  Nissan and Chrysler in talks on car, truck supply AFP - Sat Dec 15, 2:23 AM ET

  TOKYO (AFP) - Nissan Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC are in talks to supply each other with vehicles as they seek to expand their market share in North America amid tightening competition, a Japanese daily reported Saturday.

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  Babies gravitate toward good Samaritans, study says The Christian Science Monitor - Wed Dec 12, 3:00 AM ET

  Six- and 10-month-old babies are much more capable judges of character than previously thought. Not only can infants pick out a good Samaritan, they tend to identify with them, according to a Yale University study published in the journal Nature.

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  Canada seeks author of nasty letters from Santa Reuters - Fri Dec 14, 10:51 AM ET

  OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's post office and police are trying to track down a "rogue elf" who wrote obscene letters to children on behalf of Santa Claus, a newspaper reported on Friday.

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  Obama edges ahead of Clinton in New Hampshire poll Reuters - Fri Dec 14, 10:03 AM ET

  BOSTON (Reuters) - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama has edged ahead of rival Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire less than a month before the state's nominating primary in the 2008 race for the White House, a new poll showed on Friday.

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  House votes to outlaw CIA waterboarding Reuters - Thu Dec 13, 4:29 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defying a White House veto threat, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to outlaw harsh interrogation methods, such as simulated drowning, that the CIA has used against suspected terrorists.

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  Lawmakers vote to hold Bush aides in contempt Reuters - Thu Dec 13, 5:09 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Thursday to hold two men who have been top aides to President George W. Bush in contempt for refusing to comply with subpoenas in its probe of the firing of federal prosecutors.