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• FDA considers additional food labels AP - 2 hours, 50 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - If an increasingly overweight America's eyes are bigger than its stomach, then placing more nutritional information in plain sight could allow shoppers to see their way to more healthy choices while scanning food labels.

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  Probe of seminar for seniors finds fraud AP - 2 hours, 52 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - An investigation by federal and state regulators of "free lunch" investment seminars aimed at seniors has found high-pressure sales pitches masquerading as educational sessions, pervasive misleading claims for unsuitable financial products, and even fraud.

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  AMD to unveil new server chip today AP - 2 hours, 11 minutes ago

  SAN FRANCISCO - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is set to launch its highly publicized new server chip Monday, delivering the biggest jolt to its product lineup in four years.

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  MTV Awards flourish despite Britney bomb AP - 1 hour, 49 minutes ago

  LAS VEGAS - As in most train wrecks, it was hard to focus on just one thing as the Britney Spears disaster unfolded. There was just so much that went wrong.

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  Federer wins US Open for 12th Grand Slam AP - 2 hours, 57 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Roger Federer beat Novak Djokovic 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2), 6-4 for his fourth consecutive U.S. Open championship and 12th Grand Slam title overall.

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  Former Pakistani PM arrested and deported to Saudi Reuters - 7 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif was arrested and deported to Saudi Arabia on Monday within hours of arriving home from exile vowing to end the rule of President Pervez Musharraf.

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  Petraeus to argue against big Iraq troop cuts Reuters - 2 hours, 31 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a report considered crucial to U.S. strategy in the highly unpopular war in Iraq, the top U.S. commander there is expected to tell Congress on Monday that U.S. troop levels should not be cut deeply.

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  Al Qaeda threat to U.S. rebounds despite lull Reuters - 10 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With Osama bin Laden's ability to grab attention undiminished six years after the September 11 attacks, al Qaeda is bleeding the U.S. military in Iraq while regrouping with aims of another strike on the United States.

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  Portuguese police hand Madeleine case to prosecutor Reuters - 15 minutes ago

  LISBON/ROTHLEY (Reuters) - Portuguese police said they would hand evidence against the parents of missing 4-year-old Madeleine McCann on Monday to the public prosecutor, who would decide whether to charge them.

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  Olmert, Abbas seek common ground Reuters - 2 hours, 51 minutes ago

  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met on Monday to see if they can narrow differences over Palestinian statehood ahead of a U.S.-sponsored conference in November.

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  Iran urged to go beyond nuclear cooperation plan to gain trust Reuters - 32 minutes ago

  VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief said on Monday Tehran must take measures well beyond a limited plan for atomic transparency in order to remove distrust of its nuclear intentions.

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  Putin hopes for deal on U.S. missile plan Reuters - 19 minutes ago

  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he still hoped to reach a compromise with the United States over its plans to deploy a missile shield in Eastern Europe.

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  Pentagon planning base near Iraq-Iran border: report Reuters - Mon Sep 10, 3:05 AM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Pentagon is preparing to build a military base near the Iraq-Iran border to try to curtail the flow of advanced Iranian weaponry to Shiite militants across Iraq, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday in its online edition.

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  Pakistan sends former premier Sharif back into exile AFP - 11 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan deported former premier Nawaz Sharif to Saudi Arabia Monday, just hours after he returned from exile hoping to ignite a popular campaign to oust military ruler President Pervez Musharraf.

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  US commander in Iraq set to plead for more time AFP - 32 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Lawmakers are preparing for a week of political clashes as the US war commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, is set to plead Monday for more time to pacify the fractured nation.

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  Taliban says 'ready for talks' with Afghan govt AFP - 2 hours, 51 minutes ago

  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) - The Taliban said Monday it was ready for talks with the Afghan government after President Hamid Karzai offered negotiations in a bid to end the rebels' nearly six-year bloody insurgency.

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  Defiant Japanese PM vows to stay on amid row over Afghan mission AFP - 36 minutes ago

  TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's embattled Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday refused to resign and defied calls to end a controversial military mission overseas as he faced down a resurgent opposition in parliament.

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  Portuguese prosecutors to decide Maddie charges against parents AFP - 33 minutes ago

  PRAIA DA LUZ, Portugal (AFP) - Portuguese police will imminently send a report on the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann to prosecutors who will decide if the parents should be charged, a spokesman said Monday.

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  Central bankers warn housing crisis could hit whole US economy AFP - 18 minutes ago

  BASEL, Switzerland (AFP) - The crisis in the US housing market risks spreading to the whole of the nation's economy, European Central Bank chief Jean-Claude Trichet said Monday on behalf of world central bankers.

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  Asian stocks wobble as markets fret over US economy AFP - 2 hours, 56 minutes ago

  TOKYO (AFP) - Asian stock markets ended mostly weaker Monday, hit by heavy losses on Wall Street after a surprise drop in US payrolls sparked fears the world's largest economy may be heading for recession, dealers said.

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  Bin Laden video stirs Arab world Reuters - Sun Sep 9, 12:35 PM ET

  DUBAI (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's first video in almost three years has drawn enthusiastic support from al Qaeda supporters but other Muslims in the Arab world seem less impressed, and wary of new violence.

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  Thousands join Pope Benedict XVI on Austrian pilgrimage AFP - Sat Sep 8, 2:49 PM ET

  VIENNA (AFP) - Tens of thousands of devout Catholics Saturday braved pelting rain and chilly temperatures to join Pope Benedict XVI in a pilgrimage at Austria's historic Mariazell basilica.

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  Pentagon planning base near Iraq-Iran border: report Reuters - Mon Sep 10, 3:05 AM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Pentagon is preparing to build a military base near the Iraq-Iran border to try to curtail the flow of advanced Iranian weaponry to Shiite militants across Iraq, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday in its online edition.

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  Half-price Big Mac to fight global warming proves big hit in Japan AFP - Wed Sep 5, 9:45 AM ET

  TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese government website crashed Wednesday as people raced to take up an offer of a half-price McDonald's hamburger in exchange for pledging to fight global warming.

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  U.S. is now free of canine rabies virus Reuters - Fri Sep 7, 6:12 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal health experts declared a small victory against a fatal and untreatable virus on Friday, saying canine rabies has disappeared from the United States.