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  Zardari says global terror Pakistan's priority AP - 1 hour, 7 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan's presidential front-runner said in a newspaper column Thursday he stands with the U.S. against international terrorism, comments that appeared amid growing furor over an American-led cross-border attack in Pakistani territory.

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  Boeing pact extended despite strike vote AP - 56 minutes ago

  SEATTLE - A last-minute move to avert a potentially bruising strike that could cost more than 27,000 workers weeks of pay would usually be met with unalloyed relief.

• Sony recalls Vaio laptops for possible overheating AP - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago

  TOKYO - Sony says it is recalling 440,000 units of Vaio laptop computers worldwide due to faulty parts that could trigger overheating.

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  Britney Spears to open MTV Video Music Awards AP - 59 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - It's Britney, baby, one more time. Despite her train-wreck performance at the MTV Video Music Awards last year, the network confirms Spears will kick off the show once again. But it won't be a performance. Instead, MTV Networks Music Group President Van Toffler said Wednesday, it'll be something "fun and unexpected" on Sunday night's show.

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  First use of instant replay backs onfield call AP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

  ST. PETERSBURG. Fla. - Baseball's first use of instant replay backed an onfield call of a home run for Alex Rodriguez during the ninth inning of the New York Yankees game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night.

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  Palin mocks Obama, readies Republicans for McCain Reuters - Thu Sep 4, 4:41 AM ET

  ST. PAUL (Reuters) - Republican presidential nominee John McCain has a new attack dog. Her name is Sarah Palin, and she bites hard.

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  Category 4 Hurricane Ike fiercer as Hanna strengthens Reuters - Thu Sep 4, 5:06 AM ET

  PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Hurricane Ike strengthened rapidly into an fiercely dangerous Category 4 hurricane in the open Atlantic on Wednesday and Tropical Storm Hanna intensified to a lesser degree as it swirled over the Bahamas toward the southeast U.S. Coast.

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  Cheney offers support for Georgia, slams Russia Reuters - 1 hour, 17 minutes ago

  TBILISI (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney vowed on Thursday to stand by Georgia in its showdown with Russia, calling Moscow's military push into the ex-Soviet state an "illegitimate" act that cast grave doubt on its reliability.

• U.S. detains second Iraqi cameraman this week Reuters - 21 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military arrested an Iraqi cameraman on Thursday, his family and employer said, two days after the detention of a freelance photographer working for the Reuters news agency.

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  Boeing workers vote to strike, delay it until Friday Reuters - 46 minutes ago

  SEATTLE (Reuters) - Boeing Co faces a walkout by 27,000 workers on Friday after members of its largest labor union rejected the planemaker's contract offer and voted to strike unless a compromise is reached in time.

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  Regional powers try to stop North's nuclear restart Reuters - 2 hours, 29 minutes ago

  SEOUL (Reuters) - Four regional powers plan to meet in Beijing in the next few days to discuss how to halt North Korea's steps towards restarting its ageing nuclear plant that makes arms-grade plutonium, officials said on Thursday.

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  Pakistanis furious over U.S.-led border raid Reuters - 2 hours, 55 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan is determined to defend its territorial integrity, the country's foreign minister said on Thursday, as anger mounted over a raid by U.S.-led troops on a remote border village.

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  Dubai helicopter crash kills 7, shuts oilfield Reuters - Thu Sep 4, 5:27 AM ET

  DUBAI (Reuters) - A helicopter crashed into an oil rig off the coast of Dubai on Wednesday killing all seven people on board and forcing the closure of the Rashid oilfield, the authorities said.

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  Cheney says Russian credibility at doubt after war AFP - 27 minutes ago

  TBILISI (AFP) - US Vice President Dick Cheney accused Russia of having invaded Georgia on Thursday as he arrived to bolster the pro-Western government following the announcement of a billion dollar US aid package.

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  McCain to claim spotlight at Republican convention AFP - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago

  ST PAUL, Minnesota (AFP) - White House candidate John McCain will Thursday crown an unlikely political comeback when he formally accepts the Republican presidential nomination after a remarkable American journey.

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  Mugabe threatens to push ahead with govt AFP - Thu Sep 4, 5:38 AM ET

  HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe looks set to move forward with forming a government if opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai does not sign a power-sharing deal on Thursday.

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  Thai PM refuses to resign or call elections AFP - Thu Sep 4, 4:37 AM ET

  BANGKOK (AFP) - Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej on Thursday refused to resign or call snap elections, and lashed the protesters besieging his offices for 10 days as a "doomsday cult."

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  Hanna leaves 61 dead in Haiti as more storms brew in Atlantic AFP - Thu Sep 4, 3:36 AM ET

  PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) - Helicopters rescued survivors from rooftops in the flooded Haitian city of Gonaives as Tropical Storm Hanna claimed at least 61 lives, the third major storm to hammer Haiti in as many weeks.

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  Deal ends feud over BP's Russia venture AFP - 11 minutes ago

  MOSCOW (AFP) - British and Russian shareholders on Thursday announced an end to a months-long feud for control of joint oil venture TNK-BP, in a move hailed by the Kremlin as a positive signal to foreign investors.

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  Unilever chief Cescau to step down AFP - 2 hours, 30 minutes ago

  ROTTERDAM (AFP) - Anglo-Dutch food and cosmetics giant Unilever said Thursday that chief executive Patrick Cescau will step down at the end of this year and be replaced by top Nestle manager Paul Polman.

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  Stephenie Meyer drops new book after Web leak Reuters - Wed Sep 3, 9:32 AM ET

  CANBERRA (Reuters Life!) - Author Stephenie Meyer, writer of the best-selling young adult "Twilight" books, has put the fifth and final installment in the series on hold in protest after a partial draft was posted on the Internet.

• 7 Ways to Learn More Without More Study U.S. News & World Report - Tue Sep 2, 4:49 PM ET

  The abundance of new research on how teenage brains work, aside from being cool for its own sake--teen brains are developing madly, pruning synapses and insulating neurons to build a lean computing machine--is fueling a new movement to help kids make the most of the brain they've got. Think of it as a user's manual for a machine that's still being wired.

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  Study: DVRs save relationships Reuters - Wed Sep 3, 1:48 AM ET

  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Digital video recorders don't just save TV shows, according to a new survey; they save relationships.

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  Scientists use particle accelerator to date wine Reuters - Wed Sep 3, 7:20 AM ET

  PARIS (Reuters) - French scientists have devised a way of using particle accelerators to authenticate vintage wines, one of France's top research bodies said this week.

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  Massive Canada Arctic ice shelf breaks away Reuters - Tue Sep 2, 10:31 PM ET

  OTTAWA (Reuters) - A huge 19 square mile (55 square km) ice shelf in Canada's northern Arctic broke away last month and the remaining shelves have shrunk at a "massive and disturbing" rate, the latest sign of accelerating climate change in the remote region, scientists said on Tuesday.