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  Attorney general says detainee trials to go on AP - 58 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Friday the Supreme Court ruling on Guantanamo detainees would not affect the trials of enemy combatants. A divided court ruled decided suspected terrorists have the right to go to federal court to seek their release from indefinite detention.

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  Families, troops mourn 4 Scouts killed in tornado AP - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

  OMAHA, Neb. - First came the shock, then the grief. As dozens of people injured in a tornado at an Iowa Boy Scout camp recovered, families and friends tried to make sense of the deaths of four teenage Scouts who had gone to the elite camp to learn how to be leaders.

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  US foreclosure filings surge 48 percent in May AP - 1 hour, 15 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - The number of U.S. homeowners swept up in the housing crisis rose further last month, with foreclosure filings up nearly 50 percent compared with a year earlier, a foreclosure listing company said Friday.

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  Jury gets R. Kelly child porn case, adjourns AP - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago

  CHICAGO - It took six years to get this far, but a jury in R. Kelly's long-delayed child pornography trial is now deciding whether the R&B singer is guilty or not guilty of videotaping himself having sex with an underage girl.

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  Celtics roar back, beat Lakers 97-91 in Game 4 AP - 54 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - In their comeback season, the Celtics saved the biggest one of all for the NBA finals. Boston rallied from a 24-point deficit and beat the Los Angeles Lakers 97-91 on Thursday night to take a commanding 3-1 lead in this history-rich series and move within one victory of a 17th championship that seemed impossible a year ago.

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  Iraq says talks with U.S. on pact deadlocked Reuters - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago

  AMMAN (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Friday talks with the United States on a new long-term security pact were deadlocked because of U.S. demands that infringed Iraq's sovereignty.

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  Bush, pope take break in calm of Vatican Gardens Reuters - 1 hour, 13 minutes ago

  VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict gave George W. Bush an unprecedented welcome in the tranquility of the Vatican Gardens on Friday before the U.S. president resumed his campaign to rally European support for sanctions against Iran.

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  Ireland rejects treaty in blow for EU Reuters - 51 minutes ago

  DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish voters have rejected the European Union's Lisbon treaty in a referendum, the government acknowledged on Friday, potentially scuppering EU reform plans.

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  U.S. warns defiant Iran ahead of Solana trip Reuters - Wed Jun 11, 4:46 PM ET

  TEHRAN (Reuters) - The United States warned a defiant Iran on Wednesday that "all options are on the table" to thwart its nuclear ambitions and the EU's top diplomat prepared to travel to Tehran in the latest bid to resolve the dispute.

• Pakistan likely to accept joint U.S. attack inquiry Reuters - 16 minutes ago

  PARIS (Reuters) - Pakistan's foreign minister said on Friday he believed a U.S. offer to hold a joint investigation into an American air strike that killed 11 Pakistani soldiers would be useful and should go ahead.

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  Supreme Court rules for Guantanamo prisoners Reuters - Thu Jun 12, 7:08 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Guantanamo Bay prisoners can go before U.S. federal judges to challenge their years-long detention, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in a landmark decision that delivered another setback for President George W. Bush's war on terrorism.

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  Dollar grabs spotlight at G8 inflation talks Reuters - Fri Jun 13, 4:53 AM ET

  OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar took centre stage as Group of Eight finance ministers gathered in Japan on Friday to wrestle with surging inflation and its impact on a slowing global economy.

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  Foreign doctors leave cyclone-hit Myanmar Reuters - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

  BANGKOK (Reuters) - Foreign doctors have started leaving cyclone-hit Myanmar as the junta has closed down many relief camps in the affected areas, a senior Thai health ministry official said on Friday.

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  'No' vote set to win Irish EU poll: justice minister AFP - 50 minutes ago

  DUBLIN (AFP) - The "no" camp appears to have won a crunch Irish referendum on the EU's new treaty, Justice Minister Dermot Ahern told the RTE state broadcaster Friday, calling the results "disappointing".

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  Mugabe brandishes spectre of war in vote build-up AFP - 26 minutes ago

  HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe raised the spectre of war on Friday by warning his staunchest supporters are ready to take up arms rather than let the opposition triumph in a June 27 election.

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  Court ruling a blow to Bush, but official says trials to proceed AFP - 33 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Supreme Court ruling that Guantanamo prisoners can challenge their detention in US civilian courts dealt a blow to President George W. Bush, but a senior official said Friday the military trials will continue.

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  China, Taiwan sign historic deals on travel AFP - Fri Jun 13, 1:50 AM ET

  BEIJING, June 13, 2008 (AFP) - China and Taiwan signed historic agreements on Friday that from next month will see thousands more people travel every day between the two traditional rivals.

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  China's pandas in danger following quake: experts AFP - 2 hours, 15 minutes ago

  SHANGHAI (AFP) - The lives of nearly 90 percent of China's endangered pandas are in danger after last month's earthquake devastated their mountainous habitat, Chinese government experts have warned.

• G8 finance chiefs wrestle with oil, food crises AFP - 23 minutes ago

  OSAKA (AFP) - Finance ministers from the world's leading industrialised powers discussed Friday the economic threat from soaring food and oil prices while backing new technology to battle global warming.

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  Yahoo, Google announce online ad alliance AFP - Fri Jun 13, 4:37 AM ET

  SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Fresh from a failed courtship with Microsoft, Yahoo on Thursday rushed into Google's arms in the hope an alliance will improve its sagging fortunes and quell a rebellion by stockholders.

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  Stressed? Give the TV a miss and look out the window Reuters - Thu Jun 12, 10:37 AM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - If you're feeling stressed, rather than wallow in front of the television try looking out of the window, with a U.S. study finding scenes of nature can alleviate minor stress levels.

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  Boy Scouts among dead as tornadoes hit Midwest Reuters - Thu Jun 12, 2:57 PM ET

  DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - A tornado roared through a Boy Scout camp in Iowa and flattened a cabin where many campers had sought shelter, killing four teen-aged boys and injuring dozens of others.

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  Obama launches Web site to fight rumors Reuters - Thu Jun 12, 9:52 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has launched a Web site to dispel rumors about his faith and patriotism and his wife's views on race that have dogged his candidacy for more than a year.