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  Dalai Lama's office: Envoys leave for China for Tibet talks AP - 33 minutes ago

  DHARMSALA, India - Envoys of the Dalai Lama were traveling to China for talks aimed at ending the crisis in Tibet, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader's office said Friday.

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  Torch makes its way through Hong Kong despite protests AP - 1 hour, 9 minutes ago

  HONG KONG - Runners carried the Olympic flame through Hong Kong without disruption Friday, as large groups of flag-waving torch supporters shouted insults at pro-Tibet and human rights protesters, forcing them to seek refuge in police vans.

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  Barbara Walters reveals past affair with US senator AP - 2 hours, 18 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - After three decades of keeping mum, Barbara Walters now says she had a past affair with married U.S. Senator Edward Brooke, whom she remembers as "exciting" and "brilliant."

• Japanese official demoted for 780,000 hits on porn sites AP - 38 minutes ago

  TOKYO - A Japanese civil servant was demoted for logging more than 780,000 hits on pornographic Web sites on his office computer over nine months, an official said Friday.

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  Pistons take out Sixers in 6 games; Magic up next AP - 29 minutes ago

  PHILADELPHIA - Close for four games, no contest the last two. Richard Hamilton hit his first five shots during Detroit's overpowering start, and the Pistons rolled into the second round of the playoffs by crushing the Philadelphia 76ers 100-77 on Thursday night to win the series 4-2.

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  Blast at Yemen mosque kills 6, wounds 35 Reuters - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago

  SANAA (Reuters) - Six people were killed and at least 35 wounded on Friday when a bomb hidden in a motorcycle exploded outside a mosque in Yemen's volatile northern city of Saada.

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  McCain slowly but surely distancing self from Bush Reuters - 45 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Slowly but surely, Republican presidential candidate John McCain is putting some distance between himself and unpopular President George W. Bush.

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  Zimbabwe opposition rejects presidential vote tally Reuters - 1 hour, 28 minutes ago

  HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change said on Friday it would reject results of a presidential election that would force a run-off against veteran ruler Robert Mugabe.

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  Dalai Lama envoys to travel to China Reuters - 2 hours, 2 minutes ago

  NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Envoys of the Dalai Lama will travel to China to meet the government over the crisis in Tibet, the government-in-exile said on Friday.

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  World powers urge Arabs to honor Palestinian pledges Reuters - 28 minutes ago

  LONDON (Reuters) - World powers called on Friday on Arab states to honor their financial and political pledges to help the Palestinians in their U.S.-backed Middle East peace effort with Israel.

• WFP unsure if Bush food funds will cover aid gap Reuters - 7 minutes ago

  ROME (Reuters) - The World Food Program said on Friday it was not yet sure if a proposed $770 million in extra U.S. food aid would help it feed the poor and close a budget gap caused by soaring food prices.

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  Immigrants march in U.S. but rallies lose steam Reuters - Thu May 1, 10:22 PM ET

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Thousands of immigrants marched through cities across the United States on Thursday, but smaller crowds suggested their cause had lost momentum in this election year.

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  American Airlines to cite FAA for flight fiasco: report Reuters - Fri May 2, 3:48 AM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - American Airlines is poised to say in a report to be delivered on Friday that it wouldn't have had to cancel over 3,000 flights last month if a tentative agreement it had with local aviation officials hadn't been overruled, the Wall Street Journal reported.

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  Mideast Quartet presses Israel over settlements, Gaza blockade AFP - 59 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - The Middle East Quartet called Friday on Israel to stop building or extending settlements in the West Bank, while voicing deep concern over the Gaza Strip due to an Israeli blockade.

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  Mugabe opponents insists on outright victory AFP - 30 minutes ago

  HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe's opposition insisted on Friday its candidate had won an outright victory over Robert Mugabe in a presidential election and threatened to reject any official results that said otherwise.

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  Eight killed, 45 wounded in Yemen mosque blast AFP - 54 minutes ago

  SANAA (AFP) - At least eight pople were killed and 45 wounded in Yemen on Friday when a blast went off at the entrance of a mosque in the Saada region, site of a Shiite rebellion, police and witnesses said.

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  Tibetan envoys head for 'informal' talks in China AFP - 26 minutes ago

  DHARAMSHALA, India (AFP) - Two Tibetan envoys will arrive in China on Saturday to start "informal" talks with the country's leadership after bloody riots in Lhasa, a spokesman for the Tibetan government in exile said.

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  Britain's Brown suffers major defeats in local polls AFP - 14 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown admitted Friday that his party had suffered a "bad" blow in key local elections, as forecasts predicted the worst results for Labour since the 1960s.

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  Films to hit iTunes with releases on DVDs AFP - Thu May 1, 11:19 PM ET

  SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Apple said Thursday it has deals with Hollywood studios to make popular films available for its iPods and iPhones via its iTunes online store as soon as the movies are released on DVDs.

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  Japan Airlines net profit twice as big as expected AFP - 45 minutes ago

  TOKYO (AFP) - Japan Airlines said Friday its annual net profit was more than twice as large as expected after cost cuts helped Asia's largest carrier return to the black after two years of losses.

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  Shutdown Day advocates say go offline, get outside Reuters - Thu May 1, 12:11 PM ET

  TORONTO (Reuters Life!) - Tune out, turn off and get away from addictive electronics for 24 hours on May 3 and enjoy the outdoors.

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  Venice to fine tourists who feed pigeons Reuters - Wed Apr 30, 11:42 AM ET

  VENICE (Reuters) - The days when Venice tolerated tourists feeding pigeons in St. Mark's Square are over.

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  5 Reasons Why the Fed Is Done--or Should Be U.S. News & World Report - Wed Apr 30, 3:55 PM ET

  The Federal Reserve's policymaking committee is about to give a new meaning to the term "bank holiday." After seven rounds of interest rate cuts starting last September, there are plenty of reasons for Chairman Ben Bernanke and the rest of the Federal Open Market Committee to take a long pause after today's cut of a quarter point, look at the effect of all the monetary stimulus it has flooded into the financial system, and ponder whether the central bank's next move should be an increase in rates that would mark the beginning of a tightening cycle.

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  Australian scientists develop apple that doesn't go brown AFP - Wed Apr 30, 6:53 AM ET

  SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian scientists have come up with an apple that does not go brown when cut.

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  Clinton-McCain gas tax holiday slammed as bad idea Reuters - Wed Apr 30, 9:52 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A gas tax holiday proposed by U.S. presidential hopefuls John McCain and Hillary Clinton is viewed as a bad idea by many economists and has drawn unexpected support for Clinton rival Barack Obama, who also is opposed.