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  AP IMPACT: Giuliani secretive as mayor AP - Fri Dec 21, 3:50 AM ET

  When a mayor of New York leaves office, little goes out the door but memories — unless he's Rudy Giuliani. Government rules discourage the city's most powerful officeholder from departing with more than token gifts collected on the job.

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  Clinton says wife a 'world-class genius' AP - Fri Dec 21, 1:16 AM ET

  WOLFEBORO, N.H. - Former President Clinton says his wife is a "world-class genius" when it comes to improving the lives of others.

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  Study: MDs mum on breast cancer options AP - Fri Dec 21, 12:42 AM ET

  Most doctors don't talk about breast reconstruction with women before cancer surgery, depriving them of key information that can sway their decision about whether to have the whole breast or just a lump removed, new research suggests.

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  `Into the Wild' leads SAG nominations AP - Fri Dec 21, 3:56 AM ET

  LOS ANGELES - The road-trip drama "Into the Wild" received a leading four Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations Thursday, including honors for lead actor Emile Hirsch and supporting players Hal Holbrook and Catherine Keener.

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  Grimsley: Palmeiro, Dykstra did steroids AP - 24 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Jose Canseco, Lenny Dykstra and Rafael Palmeiro were among nine players accused of doping by former major league pitcher Jason Grimsley in a federal agent's affidavit.

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  Suicide attack kills 42 in Pakistan mosque Reuters - 18 minutes ago

  CHARSADDA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed at least 42 people in a mosque in northwest Pakistan on Friday where a former interior minister was offering Muslim Eid festival prayers with worshippers, the government said.

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  Obama even with Clinton in New Hampshire: poll Reuters - Fri Dec 21, 1:05 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are locked in a dead heat among New Hampshire voters ahead of the state's primary contest next month, according to a USA Today/Gallup Poll released on Friday.

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  Report says uranium traces found on North Korean tubes Reuters - 1 hour, 49 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. scientists found traces of enriched uranium on smelted aluminum tubing from North Korea, which appears to contradict its denials of a secret uranium-based nuclear program, the Washington Post reported on Friday.

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  Belgium on edge after thwarting Qaeda jail break Reuters - 1 hour, 33 minutes ago

  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium stepped up security on Friday against a possible terrorist attack after arresting 14 suspected Islamic militants and thwarting what it said was a plot to spring an al Qaeda suspect from jail.

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  Iraq Shi'ite leader wants U.S.-backed units curbed Reuters - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A powerful Shi'ite Muslim leader in Iraq called on Friday for U.S.-backed, mainly Sunni neighborhood patrols to be more tightly curbed under government control.

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  Egypt bus crash kills eight Reuters - 2 hours, 48 minutes ago

  CAIRO (Reuters) - At least eight Egyptians were killed and 24 others injured when a bus collided head-on with another vehicle early on Friday on an intercity road south of Cairo, security and ambulance sources said.

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  Zuma says no word from prosecutors on graft Reuters - 2 hours, 5 minutes ago

  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Ruling ANC leader Jacob Zuma said on Friday he had not been contacted by South African prosecutors over possible corruption charges.

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  Former Cold War borders fall away in new Europe Reuters - Fri Dec 21, 5:32 AM ET

  ZITTAU, Germany (Reuters) - Frontiers in east Europe once guarded by machineguns and barbed wire in the Cold War fell away on Friday as nine mostly former communist states joined the EU's border-free zone amid fireworks, cheers and music.

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  At least 50 dead in Pakistan suicide attack: police AFP - 2 hours, 33 minutes ago

  CHARSADDA, Pakistan (AFP) - At least 50 people were killed Friday in a suicide bombing at a mosque in northwest Pakistan targeting a former interior minister and close ally of President Pervez Musharraf.

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  Belgium tightens security against possible attack: ministry AFP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

  BRUSSELS (AFP) - Belgian police on Friday boosted security in Brussels over fears of a possible Christmas attack after the arrest of 14 suspected Islamists, the interior ministry said.

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  European leaders hail 'historic' expansion of border free zone AFP - 11 minutes ago

  ZITTAU, Germany (AFP) - European leaders on Friday hailed the expansion of the Schengen passport-free travel zone to nine mostly ex-East Bloc nations as a landmark moment for the continent's integration.

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  Under pressure, Japan drops humpback whale hunt: official AFP - Fri Dec 21, 3:59 AM ET

  TOKYO (AFP) - Japan said Friday it was dropping plans to start hunting humpback whales for the first time in four decades after protests led by Australia seeking to spare the popular mammals.

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  Playing sport with Wii won't burn off the fat, says study AFP - Fri Dec 21, 12:05 AM ET

  PARIS (AFP) - Parents are fooling themselves if they hope Nintendo's Wii active games console, which uses a wireless handheld controller to replicate athletic movement, will stop their youngster becoming obese, a study says.

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  ECB drains more cash to balance short-term rates AFP - 29 minutes ago

  FRANKFURT (AFP) - The European Central Bank said Friday it had withdrawn another 141.56 billion euros (203 billion dollars) from eurozone money markets in a six-day operation, marking three straight days of vigorous action to drain excessive liquidity.

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  BMW to cut 'several thousand' jobs next year AFP - 2 hours, 52 minutes ago

  FRANKFURT (AFP) - German car maker BMW is set to eliminate "several thousand" jobs next year as part of a cost-cutting plan, a spokesman for the group told AFP on Friday.

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  Descendants of Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse break away from US AFP - Thu Dec 20, 1:16 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Lakota Indians, who gave the world legendary warriors Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, have withdrawn from treaties with the United States, leaders said Wednesday.

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  Do U.S. prisons in Iraq breed insurgents? The Christian Science Monitor - Thu Dec 20, 3:00 AM ET

  Washington - American officials have detained thousands of Iraqi insurgents since the surge of forces began this spring. Now the commander of U.S. detention facilities is wondering if holding all those detainees is breeding a "micro-insurgency."

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  Uganda chimps at forefront of pharmaceutical research AFP - Thu Dec 20, 10:32 AM ET

  KAMPALA (AFP) - Ugandan and French scientists have for months been observing the behaviour of a group of chimpanzees whose uncanny aptitude for self-medication could help their human cousins discover new drugs.

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  Putin may become Gazprom chairman Reuters - Fri Dec 21, 1:53 AM ET

  MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin may become the next chairman of Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom when he steps down following a presidential election in March, Vedomosti business daily reported on Friday.

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  Tobacco and poverty drive cancer in developing world Reuters - Thu Dec 20, 10:42 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rising tobacco use and poverty will fuel cancer across the developing world, more than doubling the number of new cases to 27 million by 2050, experts predicted on Thursday.