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  Cold medicine safety in spotlight AP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

  WASHINGTON - Cold and cough medicines recently pulled from sale for infants and toddlers aren't safe or effective in slightly older children either, say doctors lined up to press their case with government health advisers. The expert advisers to the Food and Drug Administration were scheduled to meet Thursday and Friday to consider a petition that argues the over-the-counter medicines shouldn't be used in children 5 and younger.

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  Stocks head lower after BofA disappoints AP - 4 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Wall Street headed toward a lower open Thursday after Bank of America Corp. missed analysts' earnings expectations and provided investors with further evidence of how the mortgage and credit crisis has affected the economy.

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  Ellen DeGeneres to stop dog pleas AP - 36 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - Ellen DeGeneres says she's done talking about her canine dilemma and is pleading for calm, saying on her show that the controversy surrounding an adopted dog has "gotten out of hand."

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  Dancing cockatoo loves a boy-band beat AP - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago

  SCHERERVILLE, Ind. - Snowball the cockatoo can't get enough of the Backstreet Boys. The 11-year-old medium sulfur-crested cockatoo lifts his legs, squawks and bobs his head, flashing his bright yellow crest to the beat of the boy band's "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)." He even takes a bow with a vigorous bob of his head at the end of the 1997 pop tune.

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  Manny Ramirez on playoffs: 'Who cares?' AP - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago

  CLEVELAND - Boston slugger Manny Ramirez says "who cares?" if the Red Sox don't get to the World Series. "It's not like it's the end of the world." But he also says "Why should we panic?" because "we've got a great team."

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  Bhutto ends exile and parades through city Reuters - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago

  KARACHI (Reuters) - Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto ended eight years of self-exile on Thursday, returning to Karachi where more than 200,000 supporters poured onto the streets to welcome her home.

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  China summons U.S. envoy over Dalai Lama award Reuters - Thu Oct 18, 5:22 AM ET

  BEIJING (Reuters) - China slammed the United States on Thursday for awarding the Dalai Lama one of its highest honors and summoned the U.S. ambassador in Beijing to complain, saying its actions had "gravely undermined" relations.

• Afghan arms shipment came from Iran: NATO general Reuters - 1 hour, 44 minutes ago

  KABUL (Reuters) - A shipment of hi-tech roadside bombs intercepted in Afghanistan originated in Iran, the commander of NATO-led troops said on Thursday, adding it was hard to believe Tehran's military did not know about the arms.

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  French president Sarkozy separates from his wife Reuters - 58 minutes ago

  PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Cecilia are separating by mutual consent, the president's office said on Thursday, ending rampant speculation about the state of their 11-year old marriage.

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  U.N. envoy to push China to do more on Myanmar Reuters - 2 hours, 10 minutes ago

  JAKARTA (Reuters) - A U.N. envoy said on Thursday he would press China to lean harder on Myanmar's junta to open dialogue with detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi following last month's brutal crackdown on democracy protests.

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  Baghdad's concrete walls divide but protect Reuters - 21 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Walls are an emotive issue in Baghdad. Towering concrete barriers have mushroomed across Iraq's capital, put up by U.S. forces striving to cripple Sunni and Shi'ite militants.

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  Mystery underwear stymies Guantanamo investigators Reuters - Thu Oct 18, 3:43 AM ET

  GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The U.S. military has ended an inquiry into who smuggled unauthorized underwear and a bathing suit to two prisoners at Guantanamo Bay without learning the source of the contraband skivvies, an attorney said on Wednesday.

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  Bush insists he'll "sprint to the finish line" Reuters - Thu Oct 18, 3:46 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With 15 months to go in office, President George W. Bush wants the U.S. Congress to know he has no plans to fade quietly away.

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  Bhutto makes emotional return to Pakistan AFP - 2 hours, 4 minutes ago

  KARACHI (AFP) - Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto returned home Thursday after eight years in exile, defying Al-Qaeda death threats to receive a jubilant welcome from hundreds of thousands of supporters.

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  French commuters struggle to work as transport strike bites AFP - Thu Oct 18, 5:44 AM ET

  PARIS (AFP) - French commuters struggled to work Thursday as public transport workers put President Nicolas Sarkozy's reform plans to the test with a 24-hour strike in defence of pension privileges.

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  New EU reform treaty in reach as leaders gather in Portugal AFP - 2 hours, 17 minutes ago

  LISBON (AFP) - EU leaders started descending in Lisbon on Thursday to approve a new treaty of reforms in hope of closing the chapter on more than two years of political crisis in the face of lingering demands from some countries.

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  French president splits from wife Cecilia AFP - 13 minutes ago

  PARIS (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Cecilia have agreed to separate "by mutual consent" after an often tempestuous 11 year marriage, the presidency announced Thursday.

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  Landmark malaria vaccine clears another hurdle in tests on infants AFP - Thu Oct 18, 4:22 AM ET

  PARIS (AFP) - The most ambitious attempt to engineer a vaccine against malaria has cleared another key hurdle, with tests among African babies showing the prototype to be safe and highly protective, a study released on Wednesday said.

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  Oil prices slip after striking record 89 dollars AFP - 1 hour, 36 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - World oil prices slid Thursday, one day after hitting a record high 89 dollars per barrel, as traders absorbed rising US energy reserves and geopolitical tensions in the crude-rich Middle East.

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  Nestle growth affected by rising raw material costs AFP - 2 hours, 30 minutes ago

  GENEVA (AFP) - The Swiss food group Nestle said Thursday that growing raw material costs were having an impact on its growth, as it posted a nine percent increase in sales over the first nine months of the year.

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  "Love thy enemy" -- U.S. soldier gets discharge Reuters - Tue Oct 16, 3:32 PM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier who said his Christian beliefs compelled him to love his enemies, not kill them, has been granted conscientious objector status and honorably discharged, a civil liberties group said on Tuesday.

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  Bush: Threat of World War III if Iran goes nuclear Reuters - Wed Oct 17, 2:33 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush warned on Wednesday a nuclear-armed Iran could lead to World War III as he tried to shore up international opposition to Tehran amid Russian skepticism over its nuclear ambitions.

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  Rwanda aims to become Africa's high-tech hub The Christian Science Monitor - Wed Oct 17, 4:00 AM ET

  Kigali, Rwanda - Sometime in the next two years, nearly every school in Rwanda – from distant mountain villages to swelling urban areas – will be hooked up to the Internet. And it won't be some crummy dial-up service. It will be high-speed broadband, carried by fiber-optic cables.

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  Republican candidates united against Clinton Reuters - Wed Oct 17, 2:57 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidates have determined who the enemy is in the 2008 election, and her name is Hillary Clinton.

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  Turkish parliament approves Iraq incursion request Reuters - Wed Oct 17, 10:48 AM ET

  ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's parliament approved by a large majority on Wednesday a government request to allow troops to cross into northern Iraq to crush Kurdish rebels based there.