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  2 Darfur rebel groups shun peace talks AP - 1 hour, 58 minutes ago

  SIRTE, Libya - Darfur peace mediators vowed to press on with negotiations due to start Saturday in Libya despite the decision by two main rebel groups to boycott the talks, saying time was running out for the Sudanese region torn by years of fighting.

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  House leaders hope to rescue health bill AP - 1 hour, 57 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - Having failed to add a single Republican vote in their latest bid for a veto-proof margin on a children's health bill, chastened House Democrats are trying a humbler tack: talking directly with the lawmakers whose support they need.

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  Georgia court frees man in teen sex case AP - 1 hour, 56 minutes ago

  FORSYTH, Ga. - During more than two years in state prison, Genarlow Wilson was confident that he would find justice and be set free. On Friday, the hopes of the young man who had been sentenced to 10 years in prison for having consensual oral sex with another teenager finally became reality: The state's highest court ruled that his sentence amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.

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  Lawyer says Spears' custody bid on hold AP - 1 hour, 55 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears arrived in court giggling on Friday but was later heard swearing during a break in a closed hearing that ended with no decision on her bid for shared custody of her two young sons with Kevin Federline. The court was expected to issue a written ruling by Tuesday after extensive testimony was presented on a number of issues, lawyer Mark Vincent Kaplan said.

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  Red Sox arrive in Denver a mile high AP - 1 hour, 41 minutes ago

  DENVER - The Colorado Rockies hope a one-mile increase in altitude will make a world of difference. The Boston Red Sox are on a high, and it's not just because of their 2-0 World Series lead.

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  Darfur talks to begin without key rebels Reuters - 2 hours, 16 minutes ago

  SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Delegations gathered in Libya on Saturday to launch talks to end 4-1/2 years of conflict in Sudan's Darfur region but the absence of key rebels cast doubt on whether negotiations could produce any meaningful deal.

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  U.S. forces in Iraq kill militant Reuters - 1 hour, 14 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces said they killed two Shi'ite militiamen, including one wearing a suicide vest, during a raid north of Baghdad on Saturday to capture a rogue leader of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army.

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  Californians return to fire-scarred homes Reuters - Fri Oct 26, 10:26 PM ET

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Thousands of Californians forced from their neighborhoods by this week's wind-whipped wildfires returned home on Friday, some of them finding their property unscathed amid the destruction and others discovering nothing but blackened rubble.

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  State Department enforces postings to Iraq Reuters - 43 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facing staff shortages in Iraq, the U.S. State Department announced on Friday that diplomats would have no choice but to accept one-year postings in the hostile environment or face losing their jobs.

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  Reformists challenge Iranian president Reuters - Fri Oct 26, 6:13 PM ET

  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian reformists challenged President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's hardline nuclear policy on Friday as the United States defended its imposition of tougher sanctions on Tehran for its disputed atomic work.

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  Bhutto prays at father's grave Reuters - Sat Oct 27, 5:26 AM ET

  GARHI KHUDA BAKSH, Pakistan (Reuters) - Thousands of party faithful greeted former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on Saturday as she visited her stronghold in southern Pakistan, days after an assassination bid that killed 139 people.

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  Arthur Kornberg, 1959 Nobel DNA winner, dies at 89 Reuters - Fri Oct 26, 11:50 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dr. Arthur Kornberg, who won the 1959 Nobel Prize for figuring out how DNA is built, died on Friday of respiratory failure at the age of 89, Stanford University Hospital in California said.

• Churchill painting auctioned by Truman's daughter Reuters - 54 minutes ago

  LONDON (Reuters) - A painting by Winston Churchill, given by Britain's World War Two leader to U.S. President Harry Truman, is expected to fetch up to 500,000 pounds ($1 million) at auction in December.

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  Pakistan's Bhutto prays at father's grave AFP - 1 hour, 36 minutes ago

  GAHRI KHUDA BAKSH, Pakistan (AFP) - Thousands of supporters cheered Benazir Bhutto as she visited her ancestral village amid tight security Saturday, her first trip in Pakistan since last week's devastating bombings.

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  Pressure for Turkish military action grows after talks fail AFP - 25 minutes ago

  ANKARA (AFP) - The threat of a Turkish military strike on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq grew Saturday after crisis talks with an Iraqi delegation failed to satisfy Ankara.

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  Rebel boycott blights hopes for Darfur peace talks AFP - 2 hours, 11 minutes ago

  SIRTE, Libya (AFP) - Talks aimed at halting the killing, rape and displacement of villagers in Sudan's Darfur region open in Libya on Saturday but with hopes for peace blighted as most rebel groups stay away.

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  Firefighters start beating California blazes AFP - Sat Oct 27, 5:21 AM ET

  SAN DIEGO, United States (AFP) - Firefighters were breaking the back of California's wildfires, though officials warned there was "still a long way to go" as some 22,000 homes remained threatened by the blazes that have killed seven people.

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  Nobel DNA pioneer Arthur Kornberg dies at 89 AFP - Sat Oct 27, 5:22 AM ET

  LOS ANGELES (AFP) - US biochemist Arthur Kornberg, who won a Nobel prize for shedding light on the construction of human DNA, died on Friday at the age of 89, Stanford University said.

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  Air France strike leaves angry passengers stranded AFP - 34 minutes ago

  PARIS, France (AFP) - Queues of frustrated, angry passengers built up at main French airports on Saturday as Air France cancelled scores of flights on the third day of a strike by cabin staff.

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  Speculation mounts over Merrill Lynch CEO, bank's future AFP - Fri Oct 26, 5:08 PM ET

  NEW YORK (AFP) - Wall Street's rumor mill went into overdrive Friday as several media reports suggested the investment bank Merrill Lynch could be poised to soon oust its embattled chief executive Stan O'Neal.

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  No end in sight for housing slump The Christian Science Monitor - Fri Oct 26, 4:00 AM ET

  New York - Home prices are now at 2005 levels.

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  Rice taps Clinton, Carter for Middle East advice Reuters - Fri Oct 26, 5:27 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Anxious not to repeat mistakes of past Middle East peace-making, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has turned to former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter for tips ahead of her own conference this year.

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  'Every penny worth it' for giddy passengers AFP - Thu Oct 25, 12:29 PM ET

  ABOARD THE AIRBUS A380 (AFP) - "I almost couldn't sleep because of the excitement," Canon Ling said, as flight attendants handed out glasses of champagne in the aisles. "I want to be a part of history."

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  Push for Armenian genocide bill postponed Reuters - Fri Oct 26, 4:59 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Backers of a resolution to formally name the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks a genocide said on Thursday they would postpone efforts to bring it to a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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  From far and wide, helpers pour into a fire-stricken San Diego The Christian Science Monitor - Fri Oct 26, 4:00 AM ET

  San Diego - Rachel Hanley arrived in San Diego Wednesday after a 12-hour drive from her home in Colorado Springs, Colo. She parked her truck at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, home of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, and set to work caring for some of the more than 2,500 horses that have been given shelter there from the region's firestorm.