Nation and World
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Congress may make Iraq foot more of the bill
Apr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Iraq's financial free ride may be over. After five years, Republicans and Democrats seem to have found common ground on at least one aspect of the war. Fro...
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Cell phones come to Cuba
Apr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - HAVANA -- Lines stretched for blocks outside phone stores Monday as ordinary Cubans were allowed to sign up for cellular phone service for the first time. The contracts ...
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Benedict XVI heading off on first visit to US as pope
Apr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - ROME -- From a presidential welcome, to two Masses at baseball stadiums, to a stop for prayer at ground zero in New York, Pope Benedict XVI will get a heavy dose of the ...
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Car bombs kill nearly 60 people in Iraq
Apr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Car bombs ripped through crowded areas in Baghdad and former insurgent strongholds to the north and west of the capital on Tuesday, killing nearly 60 people a...
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Pope gear! Get your pope gear here!
Apr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The must-have souvenirs in Washington this week aren't the American-flag tchotchkes hawked around the National Mall. The really hot items include "I love t...
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U.S., Iraqi governments differ on dealing with al-Sadr
Apr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Differences have emerged between the U.S. and Iraq on how to deal with Shiite militant Muqtada al-Sadr, with the Americans appearing more willing than the Shi...
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Plane crashes in Congo neighborhood
Apr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - KINSHASA, Congo -- A DC-9 plane crashed Tuesday into a residential neighborhood in the eastern Congo town of Goma. It was not known how many people were on board, but an...
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Use Cold War deterrence to halt Iran nuclear programApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Last Tuesday, Iran announced it was installing 6,000 more centrifuges -- they produce enriched uranium, the key ingredient of a nuclear weapon -- in addition to the 3,00...
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Rowling: It's 'wholesale theft' of my work
Apr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- J.K. Rowling testified before a packed courtroom in a lawsuit to block publication of a Harry Potter lexicon, telling a judge that the book amounts to a "who...
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Dalai Lama committed to autonomy, not independence, for Tibet homeland
Apr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- The Dalai Lama said Sunday that Tibet cannot make any more concessions to China and renewed his calls for the government to cease suppression in his former ho...