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• China denies hacking Pentagon computers AP - 54 minutes ago

  BEIJING - China on Tuesday denied a report that its military had hacked into Pentagon computers, saying the allegations were "groundless" and that Beijing was opposed to cybercrime.

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  U.S. stocks head for flat open AP - 22 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - U.S. stocks headed for a flat open Tuesday as investors returning from a long holiday weekend awaited economic data to help determine whether the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates when it meets in two weeks.

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  AT&T offers parental control service AP - 57 minutes ago

  SAN ANTONIO - It may be something of a teenage nightmare: limits on when a wireless phone can make and receive calls and to whom, restrictions on text messages and talk time, and set allowances for ring tones and other downloads — all at a parent's fingertips. AT&T Inc., the nation's largest wireless carrier, will launch a service Tuesday giving parents that kind of wide-ranging control on almost all of its 63.7 million subscriber lines.

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  Murray explains golf cart incident AP - 59 minutes ago

  VENICE, Italy - Bill Murray says he was just dropping people after a party when he was stopped in downtown Stockholm driving a golf cart.

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  Henin faces Serena Williams at Open today AP - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Justine Henin takes on Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal faces David Ferrer today at U.S. Open.

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  Hurricane Felix makes landfall in Nicaragua Reuters - 47 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hurricane Felix made landfall as a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm in extreme northeastern Nicaragua, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

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  Bush heads to APEC after surprise Iraq trip Reuters - 1 hour, 26 minutes ago

  SYDNEY (Reuters) - After a lightning visit to Iraq where he hinted at possible U.S. troop cuts, President George W. Bush arrives in Australia on Tuesday for an Asia-Pacific leaders' meeting amid heavy security and anti-war protests.

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  Suicide bombers kill 25, wound 70, in Pakistan Reuters - 13 minutes ago

  RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers struck near the heart of the Pakistani military on Tuesday, killing 25 people and wounding 70, many of them Defence Ministry staff on their way to work in the city of Rawalpindi.

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  Jamaican opposition party appears to win election Reuters - Tue Sep 4, 2:43 AM ET

  KINGSTON (Reuters) - The opposition Jamaica Labour Party appeared to win power by a narrow margin on Monday, ending an 18-year reign by the ruling People's National Party, which served notice it would likely challenge the result.

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  U.S. says North Korea remains on terrorism list Reuters - Tue Sep 4, 12:39 AM ET

  SYDNEY (Reuters) - Top U.S. negotiator Christopher Hill said on Tuesday that North Korea must do more to dismantle its nuclear weapons programme before it can be removed from Washington's list of states that sponsor terrorism.

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  Iraq court upholds "Chemical Ali" death sentence Reuters - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi appeals court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence against Saddam Hussein's cousin, widely known as "Chemical Ali," for masterminding a genocidal campaign against Iraq's Kurds in the 1980s.

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  China rejects U.S. charge it hacked Pentagon Reuters - 2 hours, 22 minutes ago

  BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Tuesday rejected a report that hackers controlled by its military had successfully entered a Pentagon network, calling the claim a product of "Cold War" thinking.

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  Lebanon says 222 militants killed in camp battle Reuters - 50 minutes ago

  BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon said on Tuesday the army killed at least 222 Islamist militants from an al Qaeda-linked group in a 15-week battle at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.

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  Hurricane Felix crashes ashore in Central America AFP - 21 minutes ago

  LA CEIBA, Honduras (AFP) - Hurricane Felix smashed ashore in northeastern Nicaragua Tuesday, after swelling into a potentially catastrophic category five storm, the US National Hurricane Center said.

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  Suicide bombers kill 25 in Pakistan army stronghold AFP - 5 minutes ago

  RAWALPINDI (AFP) - Two suicide bombings Tuesday ripped through a military bus and a market near the Pakistani army's headquarters, killing 25 people in the latest attacks aimed at destabilising President Pervez Musharraf.

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  Protests mark Bush arrival in Australia AFP - 38 minutes ago

  SYDNEY (AFP) - After a surprise visit to Iraq, US President George W. Bush headed Tuesday toward a regional summit in Sydney where authorities have locked down the city in the biggest security operation in Australian history.

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  Iraq confirms death sentence for 'Chemical Ali' AFP - 49 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq's top court said on Tuesday it has confirmed the death sentence on "Chemical Ali" and two other cohorts of Saddam Hussein convicted of genocide and they will be hanged within 30 days.

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  Individual human genome decoded, key step in nature/nurture debate AFP - 48 minutes ago

  PARIS (AFP) - The first individual genome ever sequenced -- a complete DNA blueprint of celebrity scientist Craig Venter -- has revealed genetic variation among humans far richer than previously imagined.

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  European stocks mostly sag before US reopening AFP - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - Europe's main stock markets mainly fell on Tuesday in subdued trade as investors awaited Wall Street's reopening after a three-day holiday weekend in the United States.

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  Oil prices slip as Felix set to spare US Gulf coast AFP - 20 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - World crude prices drifted lower Tuesday as traders predicted that Hurricane Felix would probably avoid crucial oil installations in the US Gulf of Mexico.

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  Damien Hirst skull sells for 100 million dollars AFP - Thu Aug 30, 4:32 PM ET

  LONDON (AFP) - A diamond-encrusted skull by British artist Damien Hirst sold on Thursday for 100 million dollars (75 million euros), a record price for work sold by a living artist, a London gallery announced.

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  Second British general slams U.S. policy in postwar Iraq Reuters - Sun Sep 2, 4:37 PM ET

  LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. plans for handling Iraq after the 2003 invasion were "fatally flawed," a retired British general said, adding that the U.S. administration had refused to listen to British concerns about postwar planning.

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  Samoa tourism steps out from the shade AFP - Sun Sep 2, 4:34 PM ET

  MANASE, Samoa (AFP) - Samoa has palm-fringed beaches, lagoons filled with wildly coloured fish and jungle-covered hills but is only slowly coming out of the shade of better known South Pacific tourist destinations.