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  24 killed in Pakistan suicide bombings AP - 32 minutes ago

  LAHORE, Pakistan - Massive suicide bombs ripped through a seven-story police headquarters and a house on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people and wounding more than 200 others in attacks that deepened Pakistan's security crisis.

• Iger: Disney to reap $1 billion online AP - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - The Walt Disney Co. expects to collect $1 billion in revenue from online content this fiscal year, a significant rise from estimates for fiscal 2007, CEO Robert Iger said Monday.

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  Madonna, Mellencamp head to rock hall AP - 1 hour, 50 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Madonna, pop music's quick-change artist, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday and paid tribute to people who encouraged her and even critics who panned her for helping drive her career.

• Sample the beer before you buy it AP - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

  OLYMPIA, Wash. - Washington lawmakers have approved a pilot program that will allow beer and wine tasting in 30 grocery stores statewide in an effort to market local products.

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  Rockets beat Nets for 19th win in a row AP - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago

  LeBron James and the Boston Celtics added to their amazing seasons, and neither got much attention. For now, all eyes remain on the Houston Rockets. Tracy McGrady scored 19 points in less than three quarters and Houston routed cold-shooting New Jersey 91-73 on Monday night for its 19th consecutive victory, matching the third-longest winning streak in league history.

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  NY Gov. Spitzer under pressure to quit over sex case Reuters - Tue Mar 11, 12:49 AM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer faces pressure to resign on Tuesday as well as questions about whether he will be prosecuted for any crime after a report linked him to a high-class prostitution ring.

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  Islamic body seeks new role to fight "Islamophobia" Reuters - 21 minutes ago

  DAKAR (Reuters) - Facing "Islamophobia" in the West, the world's biggest Islamic body is seeking to rebrand itself this week as a forum for settling conflicts peacefully and for redistributing wealth to the world's poorest states.

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  Twin suicide blasts kill 24 in Pakistan's Lahore Reuters - 1 hour, 17 minutes ago

  LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Two suicide car bombers struck in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Tuesday, killing 24 people and wounding scores, most of them in an attack on a government security office, police and officials said.

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  Taliban urge factions to fight foreign forces Reuters - 2 hours, 13 minutes ago

  KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban Islamic movement has urged the war-torn nation's former mujahideen factions to join it in their campaign to drive out foreign forces from the country.

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  Roadside bomb kills three U.S. soldiers in Iraq Reuters - Tue Mar 11, 3:52 AM ET

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed three U.S. soldiers and an interpreter in Iraq's Diyala province on Monday, the same day a suicide bomber killed five U.S. soldiers in the capital Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.

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  Hamas disputes Abbas comments on truce deal terms Reuters - 54 minutes ago

  GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas denied on Tuesday comments by its rival, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, that its pursuit of an Egyptian-mediated truce with Israel was motivated by a desire to protect its leaders from Israeli assassination.

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  Space shuttle Endeavour launches with Japanese lab Reuters - Tue Mar 11, 4:31 AM ET

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour blasted off from a seaside Florida launch pad on Tuesday to deliver part of a long-awaited Japanese space laboratory and a Canadian-built robotic system to the International Space Station.

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  Boeing to challenge U.S. Air Force tanker decision Reuters - Mon Mar 10, 9:13 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing Co said on Monday it would formally challenge a decision by the U.S. Air Force to award a $35 billion aerial tanker program to a team led by Northrop Grumman Corp and Europe's EADS.

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  Twin bombs kill 25 in Pakistan's Lahore AFP - 2 hours, 57 minutes ago

  LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) - Two suspected suicide car bombings killed at least 25 people in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Tuesday, posing a fresh challenge to the US-allied country's incoming civilian government.

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  As race heads to Mississippi, Obama mocks VP talk AFP - 2 hours, 22 minutes ago

  BILOXI, Mississipp (AFP) - Barack Obama headed into Tuesday's primary in Mississippi, a state he is tipped to win, mocking talk of a "dream ticket" headed by his White House rival Hillary Clinton.

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  Croatian general on trial for war crimes AFP - 51 minutes ago

  THE HAGUE (AFP) - Former Croatian general Ante Gotovina went on trial for war crimes on Tuesday, accused of unleashing a "nightmare" of persecution and murder on Croatian Serbs during the 1990s Balkan wars.

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  Shuttle Endeavour blasts off carrying Japanese lab to space station AFP - 48 minutes ago

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AFP) - Space shuttle Endeavour soared into space Tuesday, carrying parts of a Japanese laboratory that is to become the largest and last research module of the International Space Station.

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  Gulf War syndrome firmly linked to chemical exposure AFP - Mon Mar 10, 10:45 PM ET

  CHICAGO (AFP) - Nearly two decades after veterans of the 1991 Gulf War came home complaining of odd illnesses, enough evidence has been gathered to determine that many of them were sickened by chemical exposure, a study has concluded.

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  Breastfeeding mums can drink moderately: Swedish agency AFP - 21 minutes ago

  STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Breastfeeding women can drink moderate amounts of alcohol without endangering their baby, Sweden's National Food Administration said Tuesday, changing its previous recommendation to abstain entirely.

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  Airbus reports billion-dollar loss, EADS plunges into red AFP - 18 minutes ago

  PARIS (AFP) - European plane maker Airbus suffered an operating loss of more than a billion dollars last year despite record orders for its aircraft, forcing parent company EADS into the red, company results showed Tuesday.

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  Vatican lists "new sins," including pollution Reuters - Mon Mar 10, 8:46 AM ET

  VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Thou shall not pollute the Earth. Thou shall beware genetic manipulation. Modern times bring with them modern sins. So the Vatican has told the faithful that they should be aware of "new" sins such as causing environmental blight.

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  China plans 'most luxurious train in the world' to Tibet: report AFP - Mon Mar 10, 10:57 AM ET

  BEIJING (AFP) - China will launch "the most luxurious train in the world" to ply the route from Beijing to Tibet's capital Lhasa, state media reported Sunday.

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  Tsunami that devastated the ancient world could return AFP - Sun Mar 9, 2:27 PM ET

  PARIS (AFP) - "The sea was driven back, and its waters flowed away to such an extent that the deep sea bed was laid bare and many kinds of sea creatures could be seen," wrote Roman historian Ammianus Marcellus, awed at a tsunami that struck the then-thriving port of Alexandria in 365 AD.

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  Clinton team pushes for Obama as running mate Reuters - Sun Mar 9, 10:22 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary and Bill Clinton are again teaming up on Barack Obama -- this time saying the first-term U.S. lawmaker, whom they have derided as inexperienced, would be a strong running mate on a Democratic presidential ticket headed by the former first lady.

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  Job losses' ramifications far-reaching The Christian Science Monitor - Mon Mar 10, 4:00 AM ET

  New York - The job market, one of the strongest pillars of the US economy, is starting to deteriorate.