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China urges Pyongyang to take part in working group meeting All the participants should coordinate, within the shortest possible period, the time of holding the new round of negotiations, China's pointman on North Korea Ning Fukui said in Beijing on Tuesday.
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Hurricane death toll rises to 19 PUNTA GORDA, United States : The Hurricane Charley death toll rose to 19 and hundreds of thousands of people remained without power as the relief operation gathered pace.
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Death Valley National Park closed indefintely by flooding Death Valley National Park has been closed indefinitely because of heavy flooding in the Mojave Desert that killed at least two people and washed away stretches of road.
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Famed Life magazine photographer Carl Mydans dead at 97 NEW YORK -- Carl Mydans, who photographed 20th Century events from the Great Depression to wars and politics and was a charter member of the Life magazine staff that pioneered magazine photojournalism in the 1930s, has died. He was 97.
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Democrats appeal to Southwest Missouri crowd US 7th Congressional Candidate Jim Newberry remarked: "No Democrats in Southwest Missouri? You've got to be kidding." An estimated 10,000 people attended a rally to hear Senator John Edwards at Springfield's Southwest Missouri State University last Sunday ...
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US brokers Afghanistan ceasefire Government officials from the US have helped broker a ceasefire between two rival militia commanders in western Afghanistan.
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Australia promises more economic aid for N Korea in return for nuclear freeze BEIJING : Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer is heading to Pyongyang, pledging to offer North Korea more economic aid if it agrees to stop developing nuclear weapons.
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Holiday Pals Berlusconi, Blair Cement Ties With a bandanna on his head and a grin on his cheeks, Italy's flamboyant Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been playing vacation host to Britain's Tony Blair in Sardinia, an unlikely holiday coupling that highlights an Italian-British alliance ...
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Dominican Resumes Presidency on Stern Note ANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, Aug. 16 - Leonel Fernández returned to the presidency of this nation after a four-year hiatus on Monday, bracing Dominicans for austerity measures needed to ease an economic crisis that has caused living ...
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Home Depot Raises Outlook, Tops Estimates ATLANTA (Reuters) - Home Depot Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=HD.N&target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">HD.N</A> on Tuesday reported a 19 percent rise in second-quarter profit, handily topping estimates, as store renovations and efforts to improve service drove higher average sales in every category.
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Illinois Helps Residents Import Prescription Drugs CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois residents will soon be able to buy lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland, sidestepping U.S. regulators' objections to imported drugs, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said on Tuesday.
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Dividend Growth Investing The value of diversification.
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Models Are Again Face of Fashion (AP) AP - Fashionistas know that everything old becomes new again, and this year's comeback is straight from the catwalk: the model. The pretty faces who largely had been reduced to the background of the fashion scene as designers and magazine editors courted celebrities to be their walking billboards suddenly are back in vogue — literally.
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Roddick Escapes, but Federer Doesn't (AP) AP - Andy Roddick and Roger Federer both found themselves mired in three-set struggles Tuesday night at the Olympics. Roddick pulled out a dramatic victory. Federer didn't.
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Giants to Start Manning Against Carolina (AP) AP - Eli Manning is going to get a chance to open the season as the New York Giants' starting quarterback.
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World 100m Champion Edwards Banned ATHENS (Reuters) - World 100 meters champion Torri Edwards will miss the Athens Olympics after her appeal against a two-year drugs ban was dismissed on Tuesday.
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Californians Ask Feds to Return Their Marijuana SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A group of 38 California medical marijuana patients filed legal motions on Tuesday asking the federal government to give them back their pot worth nearly a million dollars.
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Illinois Helps Residents Import Prescription Drugs CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois residents will soon be able to buy lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland, sidestepping U.S. regulators' objections to imported drugs, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said on Tuesday.
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Holiday Pals Berlusconi, Blair Cement Ties With a bandanna on his head and a grin on his cheeks, Italy's flamboyant Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been playing vacation host to Britain's Tony Blair in Sardinia, an unlikely holiday coupling that ...
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Siemens to Modernize Romania's Biggest Substation for 47 Million Euros Siemens Power Transmission and Distribution recently signed a 47 million euro contract for the rehabilitation and modernization of Bucharest South, the country's biggest substation.
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Serbia Restores 19th-Century Symbols (AP) AP - Serbia restored its 19th-century anthem and ancient coat of arms Tuesday, harkening back to its royal history as its people struggle with economic and social hardships.
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German Town Wary of U.S. Troop Pullout (AP) AP - Hans Seitz has sold engraved pewter plates and cuckoo clocks to U.S. soldiers for years. Now he fears some of his best customers may be going if two U.S. divisions pull out of Germany.
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India to surpass China as world's most populous country in 2050: study (AFP) AFP - India is projected to outpace China and become the world's most populous country by 2050, growing by 50 percent in the next 46 years to reach more than 1.6 billion people, a US research institute said.
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Odumbe handed five-year ban Former Kenya captain Maurice Odumbe receives a five-year ban for receiving money to fix a match.
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Consumer Prices Decline, Housing Rebounds WASHINGTON - Consumer prices fell by 0.1 percent in July as gasoline prices dropped while output at factories and housing construction posted healthy rebounds, offering hope the economy has escaped this summer's "soft patch." The Labor Department said Tuesday that the decline in its closely watched Consumer Price Index was the first decrease since a 0.2 percent drop last November. The CPI had been up 0.3 percent in June and an even sharper 0.6 percent in May, reflecting big jumps in energy costs...
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Phelps Wins Third Gold in 800-Meter Relay ATHENS, Greece - Klete Keller narrowly held off Ian Thorpe at the wall to help the United States win gold over the Australians in the 800-meter freestyle relay Tuesday night. The victory gave Michael Phelps, who led off for the Americans, his third gold medal of the Olympics...
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Najaf Fighting Intensifies Amid Peace Push BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. warplane bombed near Najaf's vast cemetery as fighting with Shiite militants intensified Tuesday...
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Stocks Climb on Drop in Consumer Prices NEW YORK - Another jump in oil prices pre-empted a rally on Wall Street Tuesday, though stocks managed to post modest gains on the strength of the latest consumer price report, which put many investors' inflation fears to rest for the near term. Stocks started the session strong after the government's Consumer Price Index registered a small drop in July, giving consumers a respite from soaring energy prices...
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Rumsfeld Cautions on Intelligence Reform WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld conceded Tuesday that a new, powerful intelligence director could bring "some modest" improvements to efforts to safeguard the nation but warned that any changes must not hurt the flow of information to military commanders...
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Iverson in Starting Lineup Despite Injury ATHENS, Greece - Allen Iverson has a broken right thumb but was in the starting lineup anyway Tuesday night against Greece, hoping the U.S. Olympic basketball team could bounce back from an embarrassing loss to Puerto Rico in its opener...
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Swimming Can Cause Fluid Build-Up in Lungs (Reuters) Reuters - Even for healthy people, swimming can lead to an accumulation of fluid in the lungs, called pulmonary edema.
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Vaccine Patch Protects Against Anthrax, in Mice (Reuters) Reuters - Immunization through the skin, using a patch, protects mice against normally lethal inhaled doses of anthrax bacteria, according to a new report.
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High and Low Vitamin a Raise Hip Fracture Risk (Reuters) Reuters - Women with higher or lower blood levels of vitamin A than average appear to be at increased risk of hip fracture, according to a report in the American Journal of Medicine.
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Swimming Can Cause Fluid Build-Up in Lungs NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Even for healthy people, swimming can lead to an accumulation of fluid in the lungs, called pulmonary edema.
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Vaccine Patch Protects Against Anthrax, in Mice NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Immunization through the skin, using a patch, protects mice against normally lethal inhaled doses of anthrax bacteria, according to a new report.
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High and Low Vitamin a Raise Hip Fracture Risk NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women with higher or lower blood levels of vitamin A than average appear to be at increased risk of hip fracture, according to a report in the American Journal of Medicine.
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Illinois Helps Residents Import Prescription Drugs CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois residents will soon be able to buy lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland, sidestepping U.S. regulators' objections to imported drugs, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said on Tuesday.
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Californians Ask Feds to Return Their Marijuana SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A group of 38 California medical marijuana patients filed legal motions on Tuesday asking the federal government to give them back their pot worth nearly a million dollars.
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Ragazzina si uccide Aveva litigato con la madre Torino, 17 agosto 2004 - Una tragedia ha colpito questo pomeriggio l'Alessandrino, dove una ragazzina di 15 anni si è tolta la vita sparandosi con una pistola.
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Lo stesso Magnini si guadagna la finale dei 100 stile libero ATENE - Torna a nuotare forte l'Italia della piscina. Nel giorno dell'argento di Federica Pellegrini, arriva anche il bronzo della 4x200 maschile oltre a una collana di tre giovani di belle speranze (Magnini, Bossini e Paola Cavallino) che vanno alle ...
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Federica: "Sono strafelice" E' l'atleta più giovane nello sport italiano ad aver vinto una medaglia alle Olimpiadi, edè comunque strafelice del suo argento Federica Pellegrini nel dopogara: "Sono contentcissima. Ho lavorato duro tutto l'anno, credo che l'argento sia meritato".
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Illinois Helps Residents Import Drugs CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois residents will soon be able to buy lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland, sidestepping U.S. regulators' objections to imported drugs, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said on Tuesday.
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Treasuries Gain After Tame Inflation NEW YORK (Reuters) - Treasury debt prices rose on Tuesday after July inflation figures proved subdued and soaring oil prices pointed to slower U.S. consumer spending down the line.
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New PC Is Created Just for Teenagers (AP) AP - This isn't your typical, humdrum, slate-colored computer. Not only is the PC known as the hip-e almost all white, but its screen and keyboard are framed in fuzzy pink fur. Or a leopard skin design. Or a graffiti-themed pattern.
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An Empty Season Remains for Tiger Woods (AP) AP - Just think if John Rollins had not missed the 18th green at La Costa with a wedge. Tiger Woods was headed toward another first-round loss at the Match Play Championship in February, trailing Rollins with two holes to play. Woods squared the match with an 8-iron into 18 inches on the 17th, then was let off the hook when his opponent hit sand wedge into the bunker on the final hole and made bogey.
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Federer's Games Dream Shattered ATHENS (Reuters) - World number one Roger Federer was bundled out of the Olympic tennis tournament on Tuesday by unheralded Czech Tomas Berdych.
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Illinois Helps Residents Import Drugs CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois residents will soon be able to buy lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland, sidestepping U.S. regulators' objections to imported drugs, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said on Tuesday.
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Witness: 9/11 Hamburg Suspect Knew Atta (AP) AP - A Moroccan being retried on charges he aided the Sept. 11 plotters was part of lead hijacker Mohamed Atta's inner circle and knew of the group's arguments for turning to violence, a witness testified Tuesday.
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Witness: 9/11 Hamburg Suspect Knew Atta (AP) AP - A Moroccan being retried on charges he aided the Sept. 11 plotters was part of lead hijacker Mohamed Atta's inner circle and knew of the group's arguments for turning to violence, a witness testified Tuesday.
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Australia envoy in N Korea talks Australia's foreign minister is in North Korea, urging the Stalinist state to renounce nuclear weapons.
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Illinois Helps Residents Import Drugs CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois residents will soon be able to buy lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland, sidestepping U.S. regulators' objections to imported drugs, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said on Tuesday.
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Home Depot raises view as profit tops estimates ATLANTA, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Home Depot Inc. (HD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday reported a 19 percent rise in second-quarter profit, handily topping estimates, as store renovations and efforts to improve service drove higher ...
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Louisiana-Pacific CEO Suwyn to Retire Louisiana-Pacific Corp., a maker of wood products, said Tuesday that chairman and chief executive Mark A. Suwyn will retire on Oct. 31.
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Applied Materials Takes on Metron Applied Materials (Quote, Chart) said it filled a major gap in its services portfolio with its acquisition of Metron Technology (Quote, Chart).
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"Survivor: Vanuatu" Cast Announced CBS announced its newest batch of castaways this morning destined to be stranded on the South Pacific island of Vanuatu--Islands of Fire. And continuing a tradition the show kicked off in season six, it will be men versus women when the ...
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Billboard Bits: KCRW, Steve Earle, Raven-Symone Coldplay's Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland, Nellie McKay and Rilo Kiley have signed on for influential California radio station KCRW's fourth annual benefit concert, A Sounds Eclectic Evening. Additional artists will be added to the bill for the event, ...
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Nova Scotia company provides 700 rapid-HIV tests to Kenyan orphanage HALIFAX (CP) - A Nova Scotia-based company, in the business of marketing HIV rapid diagnostic tests, recently donated 700 of the units for use in a Kenyan orphanage.
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Compression Stockings Keep DVT Complications at Bay MONDAY, Aug. 16 (HealthDayNews) -- Managing DVT, a potentially dangerous blood clot that develops in the inner veins of your legs, might be as simple as slipping on a pair of stockings.
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Two new, tiny moons found around Saturn Paris, France, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft has detected two tiny, previously-unknown moons orbiting Saturn between Mimas and Enceladus, mission scientists said Tuesday.
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PalmOne Announces SD WiFi Card palmOne today announces that it is to provide a second level of wireless connectivity for Tungsten T3 and Zire 72 handheld users with the introduction of its first Wi-Fi card. Developed specifically for handheld owners who want to complement the ...
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Cell phone carriers to get Linux option CHICAGO - Motorola Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. on Monday said they agreed to an expanded deal to help mobile telephone service providers use Linux-based computers to run their core network systems.
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Phelps Wins Third Gold Medal; Roger Federer Loses (Update6) Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Phelps won his second and third gold medals of the Athens Olympics in the 200-meter butterfly and the 4x200-meter freestyle relay. Japan lifted its tally for the Games to a record six golds.
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Plenty of Room at the Inns of Athens Description: In the weeks leading up to the Olympics in Athens, hotels expected huge crowds to flood the city. Instead, people are staying away not only from the Games, but the city's hotels as well. Many blame the lack of crowds on price gouging. NPR's ...
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Coyotes re-sign RW Johnson to three-year deal ----------------------------------------------- GLENDALE, Arizona (Ticker) - Mike Johnson missed most of last season after undergoing shoulder surgery, but that didn't stop the Phoenix Coyotes from giving him the veteran right wing a three-year contract ...
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Roddick escapes, Federer doesn't at Olympics Andy Roddick and Roger Federer both found themselves mired in three-set struggles Tuesday night at the Olympics.
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Fire sign Haitian midfielder Boucicaut The signing coincides with Sunday's opening of the FIFA International Transfer window, one of two periods during the course of the calendar year when clubs are allowed to sign players already under contract to another club. The transfer window will remain ...
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Giants will give Eli first start Thursday No. 1 draft pick Eli Manning will make his first start at quarterback for the New York Giants in their exhibition game Thursday against the Carolina Panthers, coach Tom Coughlin announced Thursday, according to ESPN.
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Burundi, Rwanda May Send Troops Into Congo BUJUMBURA, Burundi Aug. 17, 2004 Burundi and Rwanda threatened Tuesday to send soldiers into neighboring Congo to hunt down Hutu extremists responsible for slaughtering more than 160 Congolese Tutsi refugees at a UN camp in Burundi deployments that ...
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Eight terror suspects charged in Britain ¡¡ LONDON, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- British police on Tuesday charged eight terrorism suspects with conspiracy to murder.
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Two new, tiny moons found around Saturn Paris, France, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft has detected two tiny, previously-unknown moons orbiting Saturn between Mimas and Enceladus, mission scientists said Tuesday.
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Phelps Wins Third Gold Medal; Roger Federer Loses (Update6) Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Phelps won his second and third gold medals of the Athens Olympics in the 200-meter butterfly and the 4x200-meter freestyle relay. Japan lifted its tally for the Games to a record six golds.
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Palestinian commmader detained ISRAELI troops arrested a commander of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in a refugee camp near the northern West Bank city of Nablus today, Palestinian security sources said.
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Carl Mydans, 97, Who Told His Stories With a Single Picture arl Mydans, a photographer for Life whose career spanned all 36 years of the magazine's incarnation as a weekly, and whose most memorable pictures were taken under combat conditions during World War II, died on Monday at his home in ...
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Rumsfeld Cautions on Intelligence Reform WASHINGTON Aug. 17, 2004 Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld conceded Tuesday that a new, powerful intelligence director could bring "some modest" improvements to efforts to safeguard the nation but warned that any changes must not hurt the flow of ...
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Carl Mydans, 97, Who Told His Stories With a Single Picture arl Mydans, a photographer for Life whose career spanned all 36 years of the magazine's incarnation as a weekly, and whose most memorable pictures were taken under combat conditions during World War II, died on Monday at his home in ...
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Burundi, Rwanda May Send Troops Into Congo BUJUMBURA, Burundi Aug. 17, 2004 Burundi and Rwanda threatened Tuesday to send soldiers into neighboring Congo to hunt down Hutu extremists responsible for slaughtering more than 160 Congolese Tutsi refugees at a UN camp in Burundi deployments that ...
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Eight terror suspects charged in Britain ¡¡ LONDON, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- British police on Tuesday charged eight terrorism suspects with conspiracy to murder.
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Consumer Prices Drop, Industry Output Up WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices dropped in July for the first time in eight months as a sharp run up in gasoline costs reversed, the government said on Tuesday in a report suggesting the U.S. Federal Reserve can stick to a plan of gradual interest-rate rises.
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Women Employees Sue Costco Women employees of Costco Wholesale Corp. filed a sex discrimination class action suit today, alleging that the giant retailer imposes a glass ceiling that prevents women from reaching the top and keeps them in lower paid positions.
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Advertisers Go Digital to Track Ads (Reuters) Reuters - Top marketers are going digital to track the delivery of commercials into U.S. homes with a system some advocates say will revolutionize advertising the way product codes changed the selling of sliced bread.
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Study: Unpatched PCs compromised in 20 minutes The average "survival time" is not even long enough to download patches that would protect a computer from Net threats.
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NBC Enjoys an Olympic Win With Ratings (AP) AP - NBC took ratings gold, attracting big prime-time audiences for its first three nights of Olympics coverage. Sunday's 4 1/2-hour broadcast was last week's most-watched show, winning NBC a huge audience of 25.8 million viewers and a 26 percent share of all the evening's viewers.
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Consumer Prices Drop, Industry Output Up WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices dropped in July for the first time in eight months as a sharp run up in gasoline costs reversed, the government said on Tuesday in a report suggesting the U.S. Federal Reserve can stick to a plan of gradual interest-rate rises.
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Moldova to Sanction Trans-Dniester Moldova's government pledged Tuesday to tighten economic sanctions against breakaway province of Trans-Dniester, promising to reject goods that have come through the region in a move likely to increase tensions ...
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Holiday Pals Berlusconi, Blair Cement Ties With a bandanna on his head and a grin on his cheeks, Italy's flamboyant Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been playing vacation host to Britain's Tony Blair in Sardinia, an unlikely holiday coupling that ...
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Gerhard Schroeder and his wife adopted Russian girl from President... German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife Doris Schr der-K pf adopted 3-year-old girl Victoria who had lived in orphanage in Russia.
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Bush assails European subsidies to Airbus (AFP) AFP - President George W. Bush repeated his attacks against European subsidies to Airbus Industry, but stopped short of threatening again to take action at the World Trade Organization.
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Wilkinson makes his long-awaited return (AFP) AFP - England World Cup hero Jonny Wilkinson came through his first game for eight months seemingly unscathed in Galway.
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Edwards loses ban appeal Torri Edwards is out of the Olympics after losing her appeal against a drug ban.
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Olympics: Golds 2 and 3 for Phelps Lift U.S. in Medals ATHENS (Reuters) - Michael Phelps won his second and third Olympic golds for the United States on Tuesday, setting a new Games record in the 200-meters butterfly before leading a 4 x 200 freestyle cliffhanger just over an hour later.
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Consumer Prices Drop, Industry Output Up WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices dropped in July for the first time in eight months as a sharp run up in gasoline costs reversed, the government said on Tuesday in a report suggesting the U.S. Federal Reserve can stick to a plan of gradual interest-rate rises.
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Olympics-Fencing-U.S. and Swiss End Gold Drought ATHENS (Reuters) - Mariel Zagunis won the first fencing gold for the United States for 100 years when she beat Xue Tan of China 15-9 in the inaugural Olympic women's sabre final on Tuesday.
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Ill. Gov. Unveils Online Pharmacy Network (AP) AP - Ignoring a federal ban on prescription drug imports, Illinois' governor announced Tuesday that the state would have an online clearinghouse running within a month to help residents purchase drugs from Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
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Bush assails European subsidies to Airbus (AFP) AFP - President George W. Bush repeated his attacks against European subsidies to Airbus Industry, but stopped short of threatening again to take action at the World Trade Organization.
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Slaves' descendants should get tax exemption: US Senate hopeful (AFP) AFP - American descendants of African slaves should be exempted from US federal taxes for a generation or two to compensate them for the state-sanctioned exploitation of their ancestors, an aspiring US Senate hopeful declared.
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Britain Charges 8 in Terror Plot Tied to U.S. Alert LONDON (Reuters) - Britain charged eight terrorism suspects Tuesday and said one had plans which could be used in terror attacks on U.S. financial targets in New York, New Jersey and Washington.
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Britain Charges 8 in Terror Plot Tied to U.S. Alert LONDON (Reuters) - Britain charged eight terrorism suspects Tuesday and said one had plans which could be used in terror attacks on U.S. financial targets in New York, New Jersey and Washington.
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Toyota plans to boost Mich. R&D facility Ann Arbor, MI, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Toyota Motor is proposing to increase the size of its Michigan research and development facility, the Detroit News reported Tuesday.
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Jackson Case: Battle Heats Up Over Evidence SANTA MARIA It is day two of pre-trial hearings in the Michael Jackson child molestation case. Yesterday the proceedings opened in a dramatic style, bring Jackson face to face with the man who has been trying for a decade to put him behind bars.
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Study: VA bests managed care for diabetes treatment PHILADELPHIA A new study says diabetics treated by the VA health system get better care than diabetics under managed health .
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