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  Alcohol business dangerous in Baghdad AP - 1 hour, 41 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD - The three men glanced left and right before cautiously entering a liquor store on Saadoun Street, one of two areas where alcohol is publicly sold in the Iraqi capital. Inside, they pointed to a bottle of champagne.

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  Protesters, supporters descend on D.C. AP - 1 hour, 40 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - Thousands of opponents and supporters of the U.S. presence in Iraq will converge Saturday in the nation's capital for a day of demonstrations.

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  Island building aids river's habitat AP - 1 hour, 35 minutes ago

  BROWNSVILLE, Minn. - On the Mississippi River below the verdant bluffs that mark the far southern Minnesota-Wisconsin line, the federal government is waging a multi-million dollar campaign against the elements.

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  Spoken word not enough for dictionary AP - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago

  SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The year was 1989, and "snitty" started off strong. The word popped up in the Los Angeles Times in January, then appeared in the March and August editions of People magazine.

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  6-run 8th helps Yankees rally past BoSox AP - 1 hour, 38 minutes ago

  BOSTON - In a game that mirrored the season, the New York Yankees bounced back. Alex Rodriguez capped a six-run eighth inning with a tiebreaking single off Jonathan Papelbon, and the Yankees overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 8-7 Friday night.

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  White House faults Iraqi leaders Reuters - Sat Sep 15, 3:39 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A day after President George W. Bush cited enough progress in Iraq to justify U.S. troop reductions, the White House told Congress on Friday that Iraqi leaders had failed to meet half of their key goals.

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  Arctic sea route opens Reuters - 34 minutes ago

  LONDON (Reuters) - The Arctic's Northwest Passage has opened up fully because of melting sea ice, clearing a long-sought but historically impassable route between Europe and Asia, the European Space Agency said.

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  China frees NY Times reporter Reuters - Sat Sep 15, 1:29 AM ET

  BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese journalist jailed while working for the New York Times was released on Saturday, ending a controversial prison term that highlighted the country's tough media controls.

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  Greenspan criticizes Bush policies in memoir Reuters - Sat Sep 15, 12:47 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan sharply criticizes President George W. Bush's administration and Republican congressional leaders in his memoir for putting political imperatives ahead of sound economic policies, several newspapers reported on Friday.

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  GM, UAW take break Reuters - Sat Sep 15, 5:31 AM ET

  DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers union called a break in contract talks in the early hours on Saturday, saying they would return to the bargaining table later in the day, according to a person familiar with the talks.

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  Iraqis vow to fight al Qaeda after sheikh death Reuters - Fri Sep 14, 10:32 PM ET

  RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Sunni Arab Iraqis and U.S. forces in Anbar province vowed on Friday to keep fighting al Qaeda after the assassination of a tribal leader who worked with Americans to create one of Iraq's few security success stories.

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  Thousands march in Taiwan ahead of doomed U.N. bid Reuters - 2 hours, 5 minutes ago

  TAIPEI (Reuters) - About 250,000 people demonstrated in two Taiwan cities on Saturday to back the island's doomed efforts at securing United Nations membership, a move condemned by rival Beijing and rejected by ally Washington.

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  Sri Lanka fighting kills 21 in north and east Reuters - 49 minutes ago

  COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan soldiers killed 15 Tamil Tiger rebels in a clashes in the north and east of the island while six military personnel were also killed, the military said on Saturday.

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  Panic grips Northern Rock customers for second day AFP - 1 hour, 17 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - Hundreds of worried customers of embattled British bank Northern Rock began queuing outside their local branches at dawn Saturday as they scrambled to withdraw savings.

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  Fukuda in pole position to be next Japanese PM AFP - 2 hours, 53 minutes ago

  TOKYO (AFP) - Yasuo Fukuda, a moderate ruling party veteran, was Saturday seen pulling ahead in the two-way race to become Japan's next prime minister, reports said.

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  New York Times researcher Zhao freed in China AFP - Sat Sep 15, 2:37 AM ET

  BEIJING (AFP) - A Chinese researcher for the New York Times was Saturday released from prison after serving three years of a fraud conviction that was strongly criticised by the international community.

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  US nuclear experts in Seoul after NKorea visit AFP - Sat Sep 15, 3:00 AM ET

  SEOUL (AFP) - A team of US nuclear experts arrived in Seoul Saturday from North Korea where they discussed the measures needed to disable the communist state's atomic weapons programme, a US embassy spokesman said.

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  Giuliani slams Clinton on Iraq AFP - Sat Sep 15, 3:24 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Republican 2008 White House front-runner Rudolph Giuliani has fired an opening salvo at top Democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton, accusing her of "spewing venom" at America's commander in Iraq.

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  Sadr group to pull out of Iraq's ruling Shiite bloc AFP - 1 hour, 18 minutes ago

  NAJAF, Iraq (AFP) - The movement of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Saturday it would withdraw from the Shiite bloc that leads the Iraqi government, in a new blow to the faltering political process.

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  Italy to consider Ryanair offer for Milan airport AFP - 1 hour, 38 minutes ago

  ROME (AFP) - An offer by Irish airline Ryanair to begin operating out of Milan's Malpensa airport in place of Italian carrier Alitalia will be "considered", Italy's transport minister said Saturday.

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  Diet-conscious Los Angeles eyes moratorium on fast-food outlets The Christian Science Monitor - Thu Sep 13, 4:00 AM ET

  Los Angeles - Pointing south from the corner of Figueroa and Adams in South Central L.A., Tanisha Jackson says when it comes to fast food, her community "has it all."

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  Gingrich: Republicans need "clean break" from Bush Reuters - Fri Sep 14, 1:03 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidates need to make a "clean break" from President George W. Bush and the U.S. government or they will lose in November 2008, a veteran Republican leader said on Friday.

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  Qaeda group claims killing of Iraqi Sunni leader Reuters - Fri Sep 14, 3:57 PM ET

  DUBAI (Reuters) - An Al Qaeda-led group said on Friday it was responsible for the killing of Iraqi tribal leader Abdul Sattar Abu Risha, according to an Internet posting on Friday.

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  Japan leadership race starts after PM quits Reuters - Thu Sep 13, 10:24 AM ET

  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's finance minister became the first to launch a bid to lead the country on Thursday as the ruling party scrambled to avoid a policy vacuum after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's shock resignation.

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  Tropical Storm Ingrid weakens in open Atlantic Reuters - Fri Sep 14, 5:26 PM ET

  MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Ingrid, the ninth named storm of the 2007 hurricane season, weakened marginally on Friday as it churned far out in the Atlantic and was not expected to become a hurricane, U.S. forecasters said.