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  Co-defendant in Simpson case to plea AP - 58 minutes ago

  LAS VEGAS - Accused of being one of five men who joined O.J. Simpson in a hotel-room confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers, Charles Cashmore will plead guilty to a reduced charge and testify that guns were involved in the theft of sports collectibles.

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  Tense moments after boot camp acquittal AP - 53 minutes ago

  PANAMA CITY, Fla. - Tensions ran high after eight former boot camp workers were acquitted of manslaughter in the death of a 14-year-old inmate who was videotaped being punched and kicked.

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  Former Duke lacrosse coach sues school AP - 53 minutes ago

  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The former Duke University men's lacrosse coach who resigned earlier this year amid allegations that three of his players raped a stripper has sued the university.

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  Rockies edge D'backs 3-2; lead NLCS 2-0 AP - 53 minutes ago

  PHOENIX - This crazy run for Colorado just goes on and on. Now, Willy Taveras has joined the fun. Taveras strolled to first base with the decisive RBI after sprinting toward the gap for a diving catch, and the Rockies kept on racing toward the World Series.

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  Big Two help Red Sox down Indians 10-3 AP - 52 minutes ago

  BOSTON - The Cleveland Indians never got David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez out in the opener of the AL championship series. Not a single time. With offense like that, Josh Beckett didn't need another shutout. Beckett threw six innings of four-hit ball to outpitch C.C. Sabathia on Friday night, and Ortiz and Ramirez reached base all 10 times they came to the plate to lead the Boston Red Sox over the Indians 10-3.

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  Rice pledges support to Russian activists Reuters - 1 hour, 13 minutes ago

  MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Russian human rights activists on Saturday she wanted to help them build institutions to protect people from the 'arbitrary power of the state'.

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  Iran calls on Muslims to boycott "peace conference" Reuters - Sat Oct 13, 3:02 AM ET

  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's top cleric urged Muslim countries on Saturday to boycott a U.S.-sponsored international peace conference on Palestinian statehood next month.

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  U.S. officials head to Turkey over genocide dispute Reuters - 2 hours, 11 minutes ago

  MOSCOW/ANKARA (Reuters) - Two top U.S. officials flew to Ankara on Saturday after a worsening of ties between the NATO allies and fears Turkey will launch a military incursion into northern Iraq to crush Kurdish rebels, diplomats said.

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  Leadership dooms Iraq strategy: ex-commander Reuters - Sat Oct 13, 12:31 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A "catastrophic failure" in the Bush administration's leadership of the Iraq war has mired the United States in a nightmarish conflict with no clear way out, the former top U.S. commander in Iraq said on Friday.

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  Myanmar junta arrests top student dissident Reuters - 2 hours, 45 minutes ago

  BANGKOK (Reuters) - Myanmar's military junta has arrested Htay Kywe, a top dissident and student activist during an uprising in 1988, after a two-month manhunt for organizers of fuel price protests in August, a close friend said on Saturday.

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  Chinese watch political jockeying from sidelines Reuters - Sat Oct 13, 5:35 AM ET

  BEIJING (Reuters) - When China's twice-a-decade Communist Party Congress opens on Monday, tight security and a culture of secrecy will ensure its decisions are made behind firmly closed doors.

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  Kuwait plans Patriot missiles deal with U.S.: agency Reuters - 2 hours, 30 minutes ago

  KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait plans to buy anti-missile Patriot systems from the United States as part of a military aid package announced by Washington in July, the Gulf Arab state's defense minister said.

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  Gore: Back to work on environment Reuters - Fri Oct 12, 4:53 PM ET

  PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, said he was getting straight back to work on the "planetary emergency" of climate change.

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  Myanmar stages rally as UN envoy heads back to region AFP - Sat Oct 13, 5:32 AM ET

  YANGON (AFP) - Tens of thousands of people were taken early Saturday to a pro-government rally in Yangon in a show of strength by Myanmar's junta, as a UN envoy returned to Southeast Asia to pile pressure on the regime.

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  US ex-commander blasts White House Iraq stragegy AFP - Sat Oct 13, 3:18 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - A former top US military commander in Iraq said the current White House strategy in Iraq will not achieve victory in the four-and-a-half-year war, which he described as "a nightmare with no end in sight" in a hard-hitting speech.

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  US eager to work with Russian military says Defense Secretary AFP - Sat Oct 13, 5:36 AM ET

  MOSCOW (AFP) - The United States is eager to work more closely with the Russian military to face common security threats, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday in a speech to rising Russian military officers.

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  Six feared dead in Ukraine gas blast AFP - 1 hour, 38 minutes ago

  DNIPROPETROVSK, Ukraine (AFP) - As many as six people were feared dead Saturday after a gas blast partly destroyed a nine-storey apartment building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk, rescuers on the ground told AFP.

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  Iran's Ayatollah urges Arabs to boycott Mideast peace meeting AFP - Sat Oct 13, 5:39 AM ET

  TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday urged Arab nations to boycott a Middle East peace meeting in the United States, while also accusing Washington of responsibility for all of Iraq's woes.

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  Bush promotes free trade amid US anxiety AFP - Fri Oct 12, 9:44 PM ET

  MIAMI, United States (AFP) - US President George W. Bush on Friday praised the benefits of globalization and economic competition amid signs Americans are increasingly worried about free trade ahead of elections next year.

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  India's soaring rupee in 'uncomfortable' zone: finance minister AFP - Sat Oct 13, 3:18 AM ET

  NEW DELHI, India (AFP) - India's finance minister has said unprecedented foreign investment flows into the rapidly growing economy have pushed the rupee higher into an "uncomfortable" zone.

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  Clean loo campaigner to open toilet-shaped home AFP - Thu Oct 11, 12:54 AM ET

  SEOUL (AFP) - Sim Jae-Duck was born in a restroom and now he plans to live and die in one -- a 1.6 million dollar toilet-shaped house designed to promote his tireless campaign for cleaner loos worldwide.

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  Lipsticks contain lead, consumer group says Reuters - Thu Oct 11, 6:59 PM ET

  ATLANTA (Reuters) - Lipsticks tested by a U.S. consumer rights group found that more than half contained lead and some popular brands including Cover Girl, L'Oreal and Christian Dior had more lead than others, the group said on Thursday.

• Unserved by banks, poor Kenyans now just use a cellphone The Christian Science Monitor - Fri Oct 12, 4:00 AM ET

  Nairobi, Kenya - With a click of a cellphone key, Bernard Otieno makes the transfer – sending funds instantly from his residence in a sprawling Nairobi slum to his wife, who holds down their rural family farm some 250 miles away.

• Leadership dooms Iraq strategy: ex-commander Reuters - Sat Oct 13, 12:31 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A "catastrophic failure" in the Bush administration's leadership of the Iraq war has mired the United States in a nightmarish conflict with no clear way out, the former top U.S. commander in Iraq said on Friday.

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  Homeless man is chess king of Washington AFP - Thu Oct 11, 1:02 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - He sleeps on a bench, but he is king of chess during the day at Washington's Dupont Circle, where he dazzles beginners and masters alike with his winning moves on the park's stone chessboards.