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• 2007: A year of frustration in the news AP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

  A war winds on, but lawmakers are seemingly powerless to do anything about it. The wrenching sorrow of tragedies on a Virginia campus, a Minnesota highway bridge and deep inside a Utah coal mine is compounded by a question that echoes: Could this have been prevented?

• Trucker drives off San Diego-area pier AP - Sun Dec 30, 4:49 AM ET

  NATIONAL CITY, Calif. - A trucker hauling a load of Volkswagen cars drove his cab and several cars into San Diego Bay after blacking out at a marine terminal, authorities said.

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  55-year-old orangutan dies in Miami zoo AP - 1 hour, 52 minutes ago

  MIAMI - A 55-year-old Sumatran orangutan, believed to be the world's oldest, has died, a Miami zoo spokesman said.

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  Children challenge James Brown's will AP - Sat Dec 29, 7:14 PM ET

  AIKEN, S.C. - Five of James Brown's children say their late father's will should be invalidated because his former advisers used undue influence to get him to create charitable trusts that the advisers would profit from, according to court documents filed this week.

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  Perfect Pats: New England makes it 16-0 AP - 1 hour, 46 minutes ago

  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Tom Brady was as giddy as the quarterback of an unbeaten and perhaps unbeatable team should be. Had Bill Belichick spotted him slapping the backs of his New England teammates, the dour coach might have scoffed.

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  Bhutto's party to mull future Reuters - Sun Dec 30, 5:24 AM ET

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Benazir Bhutto's party was discussing a successor to the slain Pakistani opposition leader on Sunday and deciding whether to contest an election due in little over a week, as controversy swirled about just how Bhutto died.

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  Clinton leads in Iowa; Huckabee, Romney even: Poll Reuters - 1 hour, 26 minutes ago

  DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton holds a narrow lead in Iowa four days before the state opens the presidential nominating race, while Republicans Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney are virtually tied, according to a Reuters/C-Span/Zogby poll released on Sunday.

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  Opposition urges Kenya leader to concede Reuters - Sun Dec 30, 3:23 AM ET

  NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga called on Sunday for the government to concede defeat or allow a re-count of a presidential election, saying the government had lost "all legitimacy" due to fraud.

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  Grafitti and flowers on anniversary of Saddam execution Reuters - 1 hour, 55 minutes ago

  TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - Black-painted graffiti lauding Saddam Hussein appeared overnight in his home town and small groups of mourners turned out at his grave on Sunday, the first anniversary of the former Iraqi leader's execution.

• Turkey arrests five for al Qaeda links: report Reuters - Sun Dec 30, 5:13 AM ET

  ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has detained five people for links with al Qaeda after police operations in four cities including the capital Ankara, Turkish TV reported on Sunday.

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  Bin Laden says U.S. seeks to exploit Iraqi oil Reuters - Sat Dec 29, 7:18 PM ET

  DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden accused Washington of plotting to take control of Iraq's oil and urged Iraqis to reject efforts to rebuild a U.S.-backed national unity government there.

• Sudan accuses Chad of bombing Darfur Reuters - Sun Dec 30, 3:17 AM ET

  KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan has accused Chadian aircraft of bombing its western Darfur region in what it called "repeated aggressions" by its western neighbor.

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  Concerns grow over Colombia hostage deal Reuters - Sun Dec 30, 12:59 AM ET

  VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia (Reuters) - A Venezuelan- sponsored plan to free three hostages held by Colombian rebels was stalled by the guerrillas' failure to reveal their location, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said it may unravel if the stalemate drags on.

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  Bhutto party meets to name successor AFP - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago

  NAUDERO, Pakistan (AFP) - Relatives and close aides of slain Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto met Sunday to appoint her successor at crunch talks that will all but determine the fate of January 8 elections.

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  Kenya vote winner to be announced amid violence fears AFP - 1 hour, 28 minutes ago

  NAIROBI (AFP) - Kenyans expected to find out Sunday the winner of the country's tight presidential race, after three days of vote tallying marred by opposition claims of state-engineered rigging and widespread rioting.

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  Iraq on alert for anniversary of Saddam's execution AFP - Sun Dec 30, 5:17 AM ET

  AWJA, Iraq (AFP) - Saddam Hussein loyalists gathered at the ousted dictator's graveside on Sunday for the first anniversary of his execution, with security tight in the regions of Iraq where he drew his most fervent support.

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  Foreign envoys ready for Colombia hostage release AFP - 1 hour, 33 minutes ago

  VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia (AFP) - Foreign envoys prepared Sunday to fly to a yet-to-be-announced location deep in the Colombian jungle to pick up three hostages, including a toddler, that Marxist rebels said they will release.

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  Tokyo and Beijing must work together, Japan PM says AFP - 2 hours, 27 minutes ago

  QUFU, China (AFP) - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda called for closer cooperation with China on Sunday as he wrapped up a four-day visit in which the two sides pledged to build on a recent thaw in relations.

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  GSK, AstraZeneca confirm in British Iraq 'bribes' probe AFP - Sat Dec 29, 7:07 PM ET

  LONDON (AFP) - British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline and Anglo-Swedish peer AstraZeneca are being investigated over bribes allegedly paid to Saddam Hussein's deposed Iraqi regime, they confirmed Saturday.

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  China to slap export taxes on grains AFP - 41 minutes ago

  BEIJING (AFP) - China said on Sunday it will levy taxes on grain exports in 2008 in the latest move apparently aimed at reining in galloping inflation and ensuring stable domestic food supplies.

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• In South Africa, lessons in success from a rare entrepreneur The Christian Science Monitor - Thu Dec 27, 3:00 AM ET

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  Clinton calls for probe of Bhutto killing Reuters - Fri Dec 28, 4:27 PM ET

  STORY CITY, Iowa (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton called on Friday for an international probe of Benazir Bhutto's killing and candidates in both parties sparred over foreign policy six days before Iowa kicks off a close presidential nominating race.

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  U.S. court overturns $156 million award in terror case Reuters - Sat Dec 29, 4:55 PM ET

  CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Federal Appeals Court has overturned a $156 million judgment that had been awarded to the family of an American-born student killed in a 1996 attack in the West Bank.

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  Bush to veto defense bill after Iraq objects Reuters - Fri Dec 28, 3:33 PM ET

  CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - President George W. Bush intends to veto defense legislation after Iraq objected to a provision that could freeze its assets in the United States if Americans sue the country, the White House said on Friday.

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  Castro's influence intact despite empty assembly seat Reuters - Fri Dec 28, 5:49 PM ET

  HAVANA (Reuters) - Convalescing Fidel Castro's seat in the Cuban National Assembly stood empty next to his brother on Friday as Communist party delegates convened to discuss policy, but his influence was never in question.