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Protesting monks meet democracy icon
Sep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - YANGON, Myanmar -- The wave of anti-government demonstrations sweeping Myanmar touched the doorstep of democracy heroine Aung San Suu Kyi Saturday as Buddhist monks marc...
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Journey ends at ancient meeting place
Sep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - BUDAPEST, Hungary -- He scared off wolves with firecrackers in Mongolia and rescued his dog from hungry miners in Kazakhstan. But after three years on horseback, Tim Cop...
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Iranian leader brings hostility
Sep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - TEHRAN, Iran -- Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives in New York today enveloped in controversy, mostly of his own making. His request to lay a wreath at the Wo...
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Fugitive Fujimori returned to Peru
Sep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - LIMA, Peru -- Former President Alberto Fujimori was extradited Saturday from Chile to face charges of corruption and sanctioning death-squad killings, a grim homecoming ...
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Council meets over sanctionsSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Major powers, meeting in Washington, said on Friday they had "serious and constructive" talks about new U.N. Security Council sanctions aimed at trying to force Iran to ...
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Taxpayers paying for candy and moreSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Soft-spoken and somewhat hesitant, Pam Palmer seems more suited to the public library than in a political hornet's nest. But she's smack in the middle of a doozy. The fa...
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Sustaining, reclaiming pieces of ElginSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Sustainability is the underlying topic for the fourth annual Prairie Fest from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Elgin. The motto of sust...
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Homecoming memories last well after high schoolSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Last week, Jacobs High School had its homecoming celebration. The rest of the high schools in District 300, as well as Huntley High School, are busy gearing up for the ...
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Coming out ahead of the competitionSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - As an 18-year-old right out of high school in 1978, Gary Koehring was just crazy enough to race his car around Sycamore Speedway in the Spectator Class, which is as famo...
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Winning war by winning hearts
Sep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Six Humvees rolled into one of the poor neighborhoods that share Baghdad's northern fringe with groves of date palms, and school teacher Mustafa Hassan climbe...