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  Spacewalkers add hands to space station AP - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago

  HOUSTON - Spacewalking astronauts added hands to a robot outside the international space station early Friday as experts on the ground devised a plan they hope will fix a problem getting power to the giant machine.

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  Ala. building can't shake swastika shape AP - 29 minutes ago

  DECATUR, Ala. - From the ground, the Wesley Acres Methodist retirement home looks like any other building. But fly over in an airplane, and the outline is unmistakable: It's one big swastika.

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  Verizon gets cozy with P2P file-sharers AP - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Peer-to-peer file sharing, the primary vehicle for online piracy, has been as unpopular with Internet service providers as it has been popular with users.

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  OK for Gere to visit India, court says AP - 51 minutes ago

  NEW DELHI - India's top court suspended an arrest warrant Friday against Hollywood star Richard Gere, wanted for allegedly breaking public obscenity laws by kissing Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty at a public AIDS awareness event last year, an attorney said.

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  Vonn of US wins overall World Cup title AP - 1 minute ago

  BORMIO, Italy - Lindsey Vonn won the World Cup overall title Friday, completing the first U.S. men's and women's sweep in 25 years a day after Bode Miller won the same crown.

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  House agrees to rare secret session on spy bill Reuters - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives abruptly postponed a vote on a spy bill on Thursday after Democrats agreed to a Republican request to hold a rare secret session to discuss classified security matters.

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  Iranians vote as conservatives tipped to win Reuters - 6 minutes ago

  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranians voted on Friday in a low-key election likely to keep parliament in the grip of conservatives after unelected state bodies barred many reformist foes of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from the race.

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  U.S. seeks to narrow gaps with Russia Reuters - 16 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. officials head to Russia next week to improve prickly ties between the major powers but experts said it was unlikely the two sides would narrow differences on issues from missile defense to Kosovo.

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  Chaos in Tibet capital as protests spread Reuters - 18 minutes ago

  BEIJING (Reuters) - Protesters in Tibet's capital Lhasa burnt shops and vehicles and yelled for independence on Friday as the region was hit by its biggest protests for nearly two decades, testing China's grip months before the Olympics.

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  Iraq archbishop kidnappers wanted $1 million: police Reuters - Fri Mar 14, 4:04 AM ET

  MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Kidnappers of a Chaldean Catholic archbishop found dead in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul had demanded a $1 million ransom, a senior police official said on Friday.

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  New York Gov. Spitzer resigns but more woes likely Reuters - Thu Mar 13, 2:26 AM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Resigning over reports he paid for a $1,000-an-hour prostitute, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer leaves behind his political post but could face legal trouble from the stunning sex scandal.

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  U.S. convenes Israeli-Palestinian talks amid tension Reuters - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A U.S. general on Friday held the first Israeli-Palestinian meeting to assess compliance with the "road map" peace plan but Israel's defense minister, under U.S. pressure over settlement building, did not attend.

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  Japanese lab Kibo attached to space station Reuters - 21 minutes ago

  HOUSTON (Reuters) - Astronauts attached the first piece of Japan's Kibo laboratory to the International Space Station on Friday, finally giving the Asian country a permanent place on the orbital outpost.

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  Gunshots heard in Tibetan capital: US embassy AFP - 1 hour, 37 minutes ago

  BEIJING (AFP) - Gunfire was heard in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa on Friday, according to the US embassy who citied several reports from American citizens.

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  EU sets deadline for climate change package: draft AFP - Fri Mar 14, 5:14 AM ET

  BRUSSELS (AFP) - EU leaders have set the end of this year as the deadline for wrapping tough negotiations on their ambitious climate change action plan, according to draft conclusions from their ongoing summit here.

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  Reformists sidelined as Iran elects parliament AFP - 2 hours, 12 minutes ago

  TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran on Friday voted in elections expected to tighten the grip of conservatives on parliament after a low-key campaign and the mass disqualification of reformist candidates by a hardline vetting body.

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  Astronauts conduct spacewalk to install Japan lab AFP - Fri Mar 14, 5:26 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Two astronauts returned to the International Space Station after completing a seven-hour spacewalk that saw a Japanese element added to the station, NASA said Friday.

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  Britain's Queen Elizabeth II to unveil new Heathrow terminal AFP - 15 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - Queen Elizabeth II is to unveil a new terminal at London's main Heathrow airport Friday, the day after a major security breach disrupted flights.

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  Dollar hits new euro low as gold price nears record high AFP - 47 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - The dollar struck a fresh all-time low against the euro Friday as gold prices traded close to record highs a day after topping 1,000 dollars for the first time on US economic woes.

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  British insurer Prudential sees profits soar in 2007 AFP - 44 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - Insurance group Prudential said Friday that net profits surged by more than a third in 2007 as the firm enjoyed an excellent performance in Asia.

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  Scientists find 'master' breast cancer gene AFP - Wed Mar 12, 2:13 PM ET

  PARIS (AFP) - Geneticists have identified a super gene which causes breast cancer to metastasise, the deadly process by which the disease spreads to other organs, according to a study released Wednesday.

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  When a Wife Gets Cheated On, Survival Mode Kicks In U.S. News & World Report - Thu Mar 13, 6:56 PM ET

  When news broke this week about New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's liaisons with high-priced prostitutes, the question on many women's minds was: How could she? How could the Harvard Law-educated Silda Wall Spitzer stand beside him at the podium twice as he apologized on Monday and then announced his resignation yesterday?

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  After Spitzer: Paterson brings political acumen to New York politics The Christian Science Monitor - Thu Mar 13, 4:00 AM ET

  New York - The man in line to be New York's next governor is, in many ways, the accidental governor.

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  Young Voters Could Put Obama or Clinton in the White House U.S. News & World Report - Thu Mar 13, 6:30 PM ET

  Maybe it's because of the compelling candidates. Maybe it's because it's easy to register online, and they've been following the election on Facebook for months now anyway. Or maybe it's just cool.

• 6 Signs the U.S. May Be Headed for War in Iran U.S. News & World Report - Wed Mar 12, 7:53 PM ET

  Is the United States moving toward military action with Iran?