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Former President Bill Clinton's mythic political skills face a major test when he takes the rostrum at the Democratic convention Wednesday, looking past his disappointment - some say anger - to speak in support ...

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In this image from Libyan television the hijacked Boeing 737 Sudanese airliner sits at the remote desert airstrip in Libya's Sahara desert oasis of Kufra Wednesday Aug.

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ZIMBABWE: IF ZIMBABWEAN president Robert Mugabe appoints a new cabinet before powersharing talks have concluded, it would be viewed by the opposition party as "a declaration of war" against the people, ...

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Russia has paid a heavy financial penalty for its war in Georgia and rising tensions with the West.

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It's been three years since Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc along the Gulf Coast.

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New data show New York City residents are contracting the virus that causes AIDS at three times the national rate.

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Police found the bullet-riddled body of a Japanese aid worker in Afghanistan today, a day after he was kidnapped, as scores of rebels died in bloody clashes across the nation.

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NASA confirmed on Wednesday that a computer virus sneaked aboard the International Space Station only to be tossed into quarantine on July 25 by security software.

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TOURISM CHIEFS PLAN 'BAGHDAD EYE' Tourism chiefs want to build a 'Baghdad Eye' Thursday August 28,2008 Iraq is calling on companies to submit designs to build a giant Ferris wheel in Baghdad -- the latest in a ...

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VATICAN CITY, AUG. 27, 2008 .- Benedict XVI asked for an immediate end to the acts of violence against Christians in India, which has caused at least nine deaths over the past three days in the eastern state of ...

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