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  Pope: All faiths should unite against violence AP - 45 minutes ago

  SYDNEY, Australia - Pope Benedict XVI on Friday urged religious leaders of all kinds to unite against those who use faith to divide communities — an apparent reference to terrorism in the name of religion.

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  Poll: Obama backers are more excited than McCain's AP - 1 hour, 17 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - John McCain is facing an excitement deficit. While overall interest in the presidential campaign has swelled since last fall, backers of Barack Obama are more fired up and express more loyalty to their candidate than McCain's do, a poll by The Associated Press and Yahoo News showed Friday.

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  'Desperate Housewives' creator says end in sight AP - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago

  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - The women of Wisteria Lane may have only a few more years to resolve their assorted problems.

• Daytona Beach cop fired for demanding free coffee AP - 2 hours, 51 minutes ago

  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - An internal affairs report says a Daytona Beach police officer demanded free coffee and tea from a Starbucks and threatened employees with slower emergency response times if they refused.

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  Norman atop British Open leaderboard with 70 AP - 24 minutes ago

  SOUTHPORT, England - The Shark was atop the leaderboard at the British Open — with Spider-Man right on his tail. Greg Norman shot his second straight 70 at treacherous Royal Birkdale on Friday, sinking testy putts at the final two holes to hang on as the only player at par midway through golf's oldest major championship.

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  Israel makes arrests in alleged plot against Bush Reuters - 2 hours, 14 minutes ago

  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel accused six Arabs on Friday of trying to set up an al Qaeda cell in Israel and said one of them had proposed attacking helicopters used during a visit by President George W. Bush.

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  Iran hopes for "constructive" nuclear talks Reuters - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago

  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's chief nuclear negotiator said he hoped for "good and constructive" talks when he left Tehran on Friday to meet world powers in Geneva on the country's disputed nuclear program.

• Freddie Mac mulling $10 bln share offer: report Reuters - Fri Jul 18, 3:04 AM ET

  (Reuters) - Mortgage giant Freddie Mac is considering raising capital by selling as much as $10 billion in new shares to investors, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

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  Ministers ready for make-or-break trade talks Reuters - 24 minutes ago

  GENEVA (Reuters) - From banana imports to rules for protecting the product names, officials and diplomats were working on Friday on a range of issues ahead of next week's make-or-break ministerial trade negotiations.

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  Six-party ministers to meet next week on N. Korea Reuters - Fri Jul 18, 3:45 AM ET

  SEOUL (Reuters) - Foreign ministers of the six countries in talks on ending North Korea's nuclear arms program are expected to hold their first meeting next week at a regional forum in Singapore, a diplomatic source in Seoul said on Friday.

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  China says heed fears about Bashir genocide charges Reuters - 2 hours, 54 minutes ago

  BEIJING (Reuters) - World powers should heed the worries of African and Arab states in responding to genocide charges against Sudan's president, China's envoy on Darfur said, warning that the court steps could imperil peace efforts.

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  Pope calls on religions to unite against terrorism Reuters - Fri Jul 18, 4:19 AM ET

  SYDNEY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict called for all religions to unite against terrorism and resolve conflicts peacefully on Friday and heard an Islamic leader urge Christians to overcome "misconceptions and prejudices" about Muslims.

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  Merrill posts $4.9 billion loss, sells Bloomberg stake Reuters - 2 hours, 55 minutes ago

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Merrill Lynch & Co posted a much larger-than-expected $4.89 billion quarterly loss on Thursday after writing down soured debt, and unveiled plans to sell billions of dollars of assets -- including a part of its lucrative brokerage business -- to shore up capital.

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  Tributes pour in as Mandela marks his 90th birthday AFP - Fri Jul 18, 5:13 AM ET

  QUNU, South Africa (AFP) - Nelson Mandela, the icon of the anti-apartheid movement and South Africa's first black president, celebrated his 90th birthday Friday as tributes poured in from around the world.

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  Pope calls for Christian unity, condemns violence AFP - 1 hour, 9 minutes ago

  SYDNEY (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI warned Christian leaders Friday that the push to unite Christian churches was at a "critical juncture" and called on people of all religions to join together against violence.

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  Georgian region rejects German peace plan AFP - 1 hour, 30 minutes ago

  GALI, Georgia (AFP) - The head of the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia on Friday rejected a German peace plan aimed at resolving a conflict with Tbilisi after meeting Germany's foreign minister.

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  US scientists scrap major AIDS vaccine test AFP - 2 hours, 17 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - US scientists have scrapped plans for a large trial of a HIV vaccine due to concerns about its effectiveness, the government's medical research agency said.

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  Japan moves to restrict knives after massacre AFP - Fri Jul 18, 2:39 AM ET

  TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese police panel has recommended a ban on possession of highly lethal double-edged knives after a troubled young man went on a stabbing spree in central Tokyo.

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  Citigroup loses $2.5 billion, not as bad as feared AFP - 13 minutes ago

  NEW YORK (AFP) - Citigroup on Friday posted a net loss for the past quarter of 2.495 billion dollars as the troubled banking giant was forced to take more hefty writeoffs from US real estate losses.

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  EU files fresh anti-trust charges against Intel AFP - Fri Jul 18, 3:51 AM ET

  BRUSSELS (AFP) - European regulators have filed fresh anti-trust charges against the world's largest chip maker Intel, accusing it of abusing its dominant position in the market to squeeze out its main rival.

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  Women turn to acupuncture for "nonsurgical facelift" Reuters - Thu Jul 17, 5:04 PM ET

  TORONTO (Reuters Life!) - Tired of Botox? Can't stand the thought of another chemical peel? Perhaps, acupuncture is the answer.

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  North Korea's "Hotel of Doom" wakes from its coma Reuters - Thu Jul 17, 3:56 AM ET

  SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's phantom hotel is stirring back to life. Once dubbed by Esquire magazine as "the worst building in the history of mankind," the 105-storey Ryugyong Hotel is back under construction after a 16-year lull in the capital of one of the world's most reclusive and destitute countries.

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  U.S. still flunks healthcare test, group says Reuters - Thu Jul 17, 12:07 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States fails on most measures of health care quality, with Americans waiting longer to see doctors and more likely to die of preventable or treatable illnesses than people in other industrialized countries, a report released on Thursday said.