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  Foreign drugs get little scrutiny by FDA AP - 2 hours, 16 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration isn't paying enough attention to inspecting the growing amount of drugs produced by foreign manufacturers, say lawmakers who want the agency to update its approach.

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  Scientists Decode Most of Mo. Cat's DNA AP - 54 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - An Abyssinian cat from Missouri, named Cinnamon, has just made scientific history. Researchers have largely decoded her DNA, a step that may aid the search for treatments for both feline and human diseases.

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  Shell station customers 'pay by touch' AP - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Chicago drivers have a new way to pay for gasoline: with their fingertips.

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  'Dog' Chapman sorry for using N-word AP - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago

  HONOLULU - Television bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman apologized Wednesday for repeatedly using a racial slur in a profanity-laced tirade during a private phone conversation with his son that was recorded and posted online.

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  Mavs shut down LeBron to rout Cavaliers AP - 31 minutes ago

  CLEVELAND - The Dallas Mavericks began anew. LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers wish they could start over. Jason Terry scored 24 points, Dirk Nowitzki added 15 and the Mavericks, whose NBA title pursuit last season ended with a stunning first-round exit against Golden State, opened 2007-08 with a 92-74 victory over the Cavaliers on Wednesday night.

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  Russia and China block tough Iran sanctions: U.S. Reuters - 23 minutes ago

  VIENNA (Reuters) - Russia and China have been blocking tough U.N. sanctions against Iran, the United States said on Thursday, adding there would be a push to impose them if Iran did not halt nuclear activity within two weeks.

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  Rice tries to close gap in Middle East talks Reuters - 23 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets Israeli and Palestinian leaders this weekend to craft a joint document ahead of a peace conference but she has intentionally set expectations low.

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  Turkey says sanctions to hurt only PKK militants Reuters - 11 minutes ago

  ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey said on Thursday planned economic sanctions against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq would be targeted at groups providing support for the rebels.

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  Japan orders navy ships home from Afghan mission Reuters - 10 minutes ago

  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan ordered its naval ships on Thursday to withdraw from a refueling mission in support of U.S.-led operations in Afghanistan as a political deadlock kept the government from meeting a deadline to extend the activities.

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  Bomb kills 2 U.S. soldiers in northern Iraq Reuters - 2 hours, 13 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two U.S. soldiers were killed and two wounded when a bomb exploded near their vehicle in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Wednesday, the U.S. military said on Thursday.

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  Scores dead after Pakistan fighting Reuters - 1 hour, 37 minutes ago

  SARGODHA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber rammed an Air Force bus in Pakistan on Thursday killing 8 people while troops killed up to 70 militants in the northwest, as rumors swirled President Pervez Musharraf could invoke emergency rule.

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  Oil vaults to $96 peak Reuters - 7 minutes ago

  LONDON (Reuters) - Oil surged to a new record high beyond $96 a barrel on Thursday, extending the previous day's 5 percent gain after a sharp decline in U.S. crude stocks stoked supply concerns and the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates.

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  Mogadishu violence displaces 88,000 people Reuters - 1 hour, 31 minutes ago

  NAIROBI (Reuters) - Three days of fighting in the Somali capital Mogadishu displaced 88,000 people from their homes, adding to hundreds of thousands who fled violence earlier this year, the United Nations said on Thursday.

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  Kurdish rebels call on Ankara for peace plan AFP - 1 hour, 24 minutes ago

  QANDIL, Iraq (AFP) - A top Kurdish rebel based in northern Iraq called on Ankara to present a peace plan that could end his group's two-decade armed rebellion against Turkey, in an interview with AFP on Thursday.

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  Children in Chad abduction row say they have parents: aid agencies AFP - 1 hour, 13 minutes ago

  ABECHE, Chad (AFP) - International aid agencies on Thursday cast doubts on the war orphan label attached to 103 children at the centre of a child abduction scandal involving a French charity in Chad.

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  Japan withdraws ships supporting US-led war in Afghanistan AFP - 2 hours, 48 minutes ago

  TOKYO (AFP) - Japan on Thursday ordered home ships engaged on a refuelling mission in the Indian Ocean, halting the close US ally's main role in the "war on terror" due to domestic opposition.

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  Pakistan in turmoil as 78 die in fresh violence AFP - 24 minutes ago

  SARGODHA, Pakistan (AFP) - A suicide bomber on Thursday killed eight Pakistan air force personnel and 70 militants died in clashes, amid mounting fears that President Pervez Musharraf could declare emergency rule.

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  From computers to barbecues: latest car accessories on show AFP - Thu Nov 1, 3:56 AM ET

  LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) - An onboard computer that allows passengers to surf the Internet and download music while you drive? A built-in barbecue that folds out of the trunk for tailgate parties?

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  Oil crosses 96 dollars a barrel AFP - Thu Nov 1, 3:26 AM ET

  SINGAPORE (AFP) - Oil prices barreled through new records of more than 96 dollars in Asian trade Thursday after the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates and following news of a surprise decline in US crude stocks.

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  Credit Suisse profits slashed by US subprime crisis AFP - 35 minutes ago

  ZURICH, Switzerland (AFP) - Swiss banking group Credit Suisse on Thursday recorded a 31 percent drop in net profit for the third quarter due to fallout from the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States.

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  California calls new fire alert as winds forecast Reuters - Wed Oct 31, 5:28 PM ET

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California's weary firefighters were placed on a new fire alert on Wednesday after weather forecasters warned of hot dry winds this weekend similar to those that sparked 22 deadly blazes last week.

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  Sleeping pills for kids top global list of bad products AFP - Tue Oct 30, 1:42 AM ET

  SYDNEY (AFP) - Sleeping pills advertised for children, dangerous toys and bottled water taken from local reservoirs are among the world's worst products, a global consumer group said Monday.

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  Kansas church liable in Marine funeral protest Reuters - Wed Oct 31, 7:24 PM ET

  BALTIMORE (Reuters) - A jury on Wednesday ordered an anti-gay Kansas church to pay $10.9 million in damages to relatives of a U.S. Marine who died in Iraq after church members cheered his death at his funeral.

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  China fuel crisis spreads Reuters - Wed Oct 31, 5:21 AM ET

  BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's worst fuel crisis in two years spread to the capital and other inland areas by Wednesday, and one man was killed in a brawl at a petrol station queue, upping pressure on the government to intervene.

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  AIDS virus invaded U.S. from Haiti: study Reuters - Mon Oct 29, 5:43 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The AIDS virus invaded the United States in about 1969 from Haiti, carried most likely by a single infected immigrant who set the stage for it to sweep the world in a tragic epidemic, scientists said on Monday.