Nation and World
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Clinton hits Afghan war policy
Apr 27, 2008 11:00 pm - WILMINGTON, N.C. -- Hillary Rodham Clinton said the assassination attempt Sunday on the Afghan president shows the U.S. has failed to give proper attention to Afghanista...
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Millions lost rebuilding Iraq
Apr 27, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Millions of dollars of lucrative Iraq reconstruction contracts were never finished because of excessive delays, poor performance or other factors, includin...
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Wright: I'm 'descriptive,' not 'divisive'
Apr 27, 2008 11:00 pm - DETROIT -- The Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., the outspoken former pastor of Barack Obama, told an audience of nearly 10,000 on Sunday that despite what his critics say, he i...
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A steel coffin for the doomed Chernobyl reactor
Apr 27, 2008 11:00 pm - KIEV, Ukraine -- Twenty-two years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, work is under way on a colossal new shelter to cover the ruins and deadly radioactive contents of...
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4 US soldiers killed; militants shell Green Zone
Apr 27, 2008 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Bombardments by suspected militants killed four U.S. soldiers Monday as troops tried to push Shiite fighters farther from the U.S.-protected Green Zone and ou...
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China passenger train collision kills at least 70, injures hundreds
Apr 27, 2008 11:00 pm - ZIBO, China -- Some passengers were sleeping, but others were standing in the aisle waiting to get off when their high-speed train derailed, toppling into a ditch "like ...
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Study says FDA allowed risky tests of blood substitutes
Apr 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Experimental blood substitutes raised the risk of heart attack and death, yet U.S. regulators allowed human testing to continue despite warning signs, says a scathing ne...
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Boaters recruited
Apr 27, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- As boating season approaches, the Bush administration wants to enlist the country's 80 million recreational boaters to help reduce the chances that a small...
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DA: Wis. parents who prayed as daughter died to face charges
Apr 27, 2008 11:00 pm - WESTON, Wis. -- A couple who prayed as their 11-year-old daughter died of untreated diabetes will be charged with second-degree reckless homicide, a prosecutor said Mond...
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Korean tries to set himself on fire during Seoul torch run
Apr 26, 2008 11:00 pm - SEOUL, South Korea -- A North Korean defector tried to set himself on fire to halt the Olympic torch relay through Seoul, while thousands of police guarded the flame Sun...