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Sierra Leone counts votes in presidential election

Associated Press
Aug 12, 2007 11:00 pm - FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- Ballot-counting was under way Sunday in Sierra Leone's first presidential election since U.N. peacekeepers withdrew two years ago -- a vote see...
Two South Korean hostages may be freed by Taliban

Associated Press
Aug 12, 2007 11:00 pm - GHAZNI, Afghanistan -- A Taliban spokesman reiterated Sunday that the militants soon will free two sick, female South Korean hostages but said the timing of the release ...
Illegal arms deal to Iraq halted

Associated Press
Aug 12, 2007 11:00 pm - PERUGIA, Italy -- Investigators report that Iraqi and Italian partners tried to ship blackmarket automatic weapons into Iraq in a secretive $40æmillion deal that would m...
Space Shuttle Endeavor gash is deep

Associated Press
Aug 12, 2007 11:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A close-up laser inspection by Endeavour's astronauts Sunday revealed that a 3½-inch-long gouge penetrates all the way through the thermal shield...
Algeria has sunny vision for future

Associated Press
Aug 12, 2007 11:00 pm - ALGIERS, Algeria -- It's a vision that has long enticed energy planners: solar panels stretching out over vast swaths of the Sahara desert, soaking up sun to generate cl...
Merv Griffin dead at 82

Associated Press
Aug 12, 2007 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Merv Griffin, the big band-era crooner turned impresario who parlayed his "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune" game shows into a multimillion-dollar empire, ...
Sunni leader appeals to Arab nations to help stop killing

Associated Press
Aug 12, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Iraq's most senior Sunni politician issued a desperate appeal Sunday for Arab nations to help stop what he called an "unprecedented genocide campaign" by Shii...
Multicultural dolls rising

Associated Press
Aug 12, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Toy store aisles are getting a multicultural makeover. Bolstered by the success of Nickelodeon's popular bilingual children's character, Dora the Explorer, an...
Obama's wife defends candidate

Associated Press
Aug 12, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- The wife of Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Sunday admonished those who question her biracial husband's credentials as a black man, calling th...
Rescuers to drill 3rd hole in mine

Associated Press
Aug 12, 2007 11:00 pm - HUNTINGTON, Utah -- A video camera lowered into a collapsed coal mine revealed equipment but not the six missing miners, a federal official said Sunday. Officials planne...

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