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  Thousands of Thai protesters clash with police AP - 39 minutes ago

  BANGKOK, Thailand - Several thousand protesters pushed through a heavy police cordon around Thailand's seat of government Friday, vowing to besiege the compound until the prime minister resigns.

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  AP: China admits taking, burying US POW AP - 1 hour, 28 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - After decades of denials, the Chinese have acknowledged burying an American prisoner of war in China, telling the U.S. that a teenage soldier captured in the Korean War died a week after he "became mentally ill," according to documents provided to The Associated Press.

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  Campbell pleads guilty to Heathrow police assault AP - 20 minutes ago

  LONDON - Naomi Campbell pleaded guilty Friday to assaulting two police officers during an "air rage" incident at Heathrow Airport. She has not been sentenced yet.

• Virginia man sheds 80 pounds eating at McDonald's AP - 1 hour, 40 minutes ago

  QUINTON, Va. - A Virginia man lost about 80 pounds in six months by eating nearly every meal at McDonald's.

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  Djokovic drawn into Federer's half for Wimbledon AP - 5 minutes ago

  WIMBLEDON, England - Roger Federer could face No. 3-ranked Novak Djokovic in the semifinals en route to a bid for a sixth straight Wimbledon title.

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  Midwest floods near crest, levees at risk Reuters - Fri Jun 20, 2:21 AM ET

  HANNIBAL, Missouri (Reuters) - Volunteers worked on Friday to fortify levees strained by the worst Midwest flooding in 15 years as the swollen Mississippi River moved toward an expected weekend crest after causing huge losses.

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  Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai mulls abandoning run-off Reuters - 11 minutes ago

  HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is considering whether to pull out of the June 27 presidential run-off election due to fears it will be a charade, a spokesman said on Friday.

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  Israel appears to rehearse Iran attack: report Reuters - Fri Jun 20, 12:43 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials say Israel carried out a large military exercise this month that appeared to be a rehearsal for a potential bombing attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, The New York Times reported on Friday.

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  Ahmadinejad says "enemies" tried to kill him in Iraq Reuters - 2 hours, 33 minutes ago

  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the United States and its allies of plotting to assassinate him during a visit to neighboring Iraq in March, state radio reported on Friday.

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  Muslim cleric loses U.S. extradition appeal Reuters - 2 hours, 58 minutes ago

  LONDON (Reuters) - Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri lost a court battle on Friday to block his extradition from Britain to the United States where he faces terrorism-related charges.

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  OPEC hike unlikely at Jeddah emergency oil talks Reuters - Fri Jun 20, 3:16 AM ET

  JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Eight-cylinder luxury cars will rumble along Jeddah's highways guzzling cheap Saudi gasoline as energy powers hold emergency talks in the Red Sea port this weekend to brake the free-wheeling rise in oil prices.

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  EU admits fresh treaty problem after Ireland Reuters - 1 hour, 33 minutes ago

  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union, reeling from Ireland's "No" vote to its reform treaty, acknowledged on Friday that another member state, the Czech Republic, has a problem with ratifying the text for the moment.

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  Spy bill to shield phone companies from lawsuits Reuters - Thu Jun 19, 7:26 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. telephone companies that took part in President George W. Bush's warrantless domestic spying program could be shielded from billions of dollars in lawsuits under a electronic spy bill finalized on Thursday by congressional and White House negotiators.

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  EU gives itself more time to sort out Lisbon Treaty crisis AFP - 1 hour, 26 minutes ago

  BRUSSELS (AFP) - EU heads at a Brussels summit delayed until October a decision on how to tackle Ireland's rejection of the Lisbon Treaty, while seeking Friday to overcome Czech resistance to the key charter.

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  Suicide attack on US convoy in Afghanistan kills seven AFP - 1 hour, 22 minutes ago

  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) - A suicide attack on a military convoy killed a US-led soldier and six Afghans in southern Afghanistan Friday, a day after a huge operation to drive Taliban rebels from a key stronghold.

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  Zimbabwe's embattled opposition vows to fight on ahead of vote AFP - 18 minutes ago

  HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe's opposition on Friday vowed to press ahead with its campaign for next week's run-off presidential poll, amid mounting violence and a court ruling to keep its number two leader behind bars for the vote.

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  UN denounces rape as 'war crime' AFP - Thu Jun 19, 9:29 PM ET

  UNITED NATIONS, June 19, 2008 (AFP) - The UN Security Council on Thursday demanded an end to persistent sexual violence during armed conflict, calling it a war crime and a component of genocide.

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  Sea-level tracking satellite launched AFP - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - A French-US satellite, which will provide the most accurate monitoring ever of rising sea levels and track the effects of climate change, was launched into orbit Friday from California.

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  Oil prices rebound ahead of Jeddah meet AFP - 1 hour, 32 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices rose on Friday as top officials prepared for a weekend meeting in the Saudi city of Jeddah to discuss rocketing fuel costs which are contributing to slower economic growth globally.

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  S.Korea's Lee replaces top staff after beef row AFP - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago

  SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's President Lee Myung-Bak Friday replaced seven top aides to give his government a fresh start after weeks of mass protests against a US beef import deal.

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  One in three IT staff snoops on colleagues: survey Reuters - Thu Jun 19, 7:26 AM ET

  FRANKFURT (Reuters) - One in three information technology professionals abuses administrative passwords to access confidential data such as colleagues' salary details, personal emails or board-meeting minutes, according to a survey.

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  Japan suicides near record high in 2007 Reuters - Thu Jun 19, 9:57 AM ET

  TOKYO (Reuters) - Over 33,000 people took their lives in Japan last year, topping 30,000 for the tenth consecutive year despite a government campaign to reduce what is one of the highest suicide rates in the world.

• Israel appears to rehearse Iran attack: report Reuters - Fri Jun 20, 12:43 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials say Israel carried out a large military exercise this month that appeared to be a rehearsal for a potential bombing attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, The New York Times reported on Friday.