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  James Dobson accuses Obama of `distorting' Bible AP - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - As Barack Obama broadens his outreach to evangelical voters, one of the movement's biggest names, James Dobson, accuses the likely Democratic presidential nominee of distorting the Bible and pushing a "fruitcake interpretation" of the Constitution.

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  Don Imus says he was making a 'sarcastic point' AP - 19 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Don Imus said Tuesday morning on his radio show that he was trying to "make a sarcastic point" with his latest on-air remarks about race, but that they had been misunderstood.

• Brain injuries cause half of seniors' fall deaths AP - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago

  ATLANTA - The elderly fear breaking a hip when they fall, but a government study indicates that hitting their head can also have deadly consequences: Brain injuries account for half of all deaths from falls.

• Visa business network boosts Facebook's ad efforts AP - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago

  SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook Inc.'s quest to lure more advertisers to its popular online hangout is getting an assist from Visa Inc.'s marketing machine.

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  Venus, Nadal, Roddick play today at Wimbledon AP - 1 hour, 14 minutes ago

  WIMBLEDON, England - Venus Williams, Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick, and Jelena Jankovic are in action today at Wimbledon. Williams takes on Naomi Cavaday, Nadal faces Andreas Beck, Roddick goes against Eduardo Schwank and Jankovic takes on Olga Savchuk.

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  Pressure mounts to call off Zimbabwe election Reuters - 1 hour, 51 minutes ago

  HARARE (Reuters) - African pressure mounted on Tuesday for President Robert Mugabe to call off a June 27 election after the U.N. Security Council issued an unprecedented condemnation of violence against opposition supporters.

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  McCain defends position switch on offshore oil Reuters - Tue Jun 24, 3:20 AM ET

  SANTA BARBARA, California (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain is defending his decision to switch position in favor of U.S. offshore oil drilling as he seeks votes in environmentally conscious California.

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  Iran says EU sanctions could hurt nuclear diplomacy Reuters - 19 minutes ago

  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday new sanctions imposed on it by the European Union over its nuclear plans could hurt diplomatic efforts to resolve the row.

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  Bomb kills 6 Iraqis, 4 Americans at Baghdad meeting Reuters - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A bomb killed 10 people, including two U.S. government employees and two U.S. soldiers at a council meeting in the Baghdad stronghold of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Tuesday, officials said.

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  Myanmar cyclone toll rises to 138,000 dead, missing Reuters - 2 hours, 11 minutes ago

  YANGON (Reuters) - More than 138,000 are dead or missing from the devastating cyclone that struck Myanmar last month, the government said on Tuesday, according to an Asian diplomat.

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  Olympic venue security bolstered by missile launchers Reuters - Tue Jun 24, 5:19 AM ET

  BEIJING (Reuters) - China has bolstered its Olympic security effort by deploying a battery of surface-to-air missile launchers a kilometer south of the showpiece venues for the Beijing Games.

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  Divers find only death in sunken Philippine ferry Reuters - 44 minutes ago

  SIBUYAN ISLAND, Philippines (Reuters) - Divers found bodies in lifevests bobbing in airpockets of a giant sunken ferry in the Philippines on Tuesday, and an official said it would be a miracle if any of the hundreds of missing had survived.

• First contractor convicted under U.S. military law in Iraq Reuters - Tue Jun 24, 3:28 AM ET

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S. military court has sentenced a Canadian-Iraqi translator to five months in jail over a stabbing in Iraq, the U.S. military said.

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  Tsvangirai seeks safety guarantees as Zimbabwe defies world opinion AFP - 19 minutes ago

  HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe's opposition leader Tuesday sought assurances for his safety from his shelter in the Dutch embassy as President Robert Mugabe's regime seemed set to defy the world and hold a run-off vote.

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  'Many' bodies found in Philippine ferry AFP - 2 hours, 58 minutes ago

  OFF SIBUYAN ISLAND, Philippines (AFP) - Philippine rescue divers said they found many bodies Tuesday inside the ferry that sank with more than 850 people on board, confirming the worst fears of desperate relatives.

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  Rice calls on donors to support Palestinian security AFP - 31 minutes ago

  BERLIN (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called Tuesday on donor nations to make good on their commitments to the Palestinian Authority and help build the security infrastructure needed for a viable state.

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  World must manage water carefully: experts AFP - Tue Jun 24, 4:39 AM ET

  SINGAPORE (AFP) - The world's water resources must be carefully managed to meet the needs of billions of people flocking to urban centres, experts said Tuesday at a conference on sustainable development.

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  Whaling commission meets with own future at stake AFP - Tue Jun 24, 4:01 AM ET

  SANTIAGO (AFP) - The 80-nation International Whaling Commission gathered here at its annual meeting Monday with its very existence at stake amid tension over Japan's perennial bid to resume commercial whale hunting.

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  OPEC president sees no consumer relief from high oil prices AFP - 40 minutes ago

  BRUSSELS (AFP) - OPEC president Chakib Khelil on Tuesday rebuffed calls from oil consuming countries to increase supply, saying the cartel had already done what it could on high prices.

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  Fed seeking finely tuned message to ward off inflation AFP - Tue Jun 24, 12:59 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Federal Reserve policymakers open a two-day meeting Tuesday looking for a new message to keep inflation expectations in check, without having to boost interest rates, economists say.

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  Some signs of relief on gasoline prices The Christian Science Monitor - Mon Jun 23, 4:00 AM ET

  New York - Some of the long-term factors that have pushed oil prices to record levels are starting to change.

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  Obama's race a campaign issue: poll, interviews Reuters - Mon Jun 23, 12:59 PM ET

  PENSACOLA, Florida (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama's race will complicate his White House bid, Americans say in both interviews and a poll showing that nearly a third of them acknowledge feeling racial prejudice.

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  UN nuclear team to inspect bombed Syria desert site AFP - Sun Jun 22, 11:01 AM ET

  DAMASCUS (AFP) - Senior UN atomic experts are set to begin a three-day visit to Syria on Sunday to inspect a mysterious site bombed by Israel last year amid US allegations that it was a nuclear facility.