Nation and World
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Pope prays to reverse collapse of marriages
Sep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - LORETO, Italy -- Pope Benedict XVI decried the collapse of marriages, telling tens of thousands of young Catholics on Saturday that he was praying a crisis in traditiona...
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Asia-Pacific forum braces for protests
Sep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - SYDNEY, Australia -- Police tightened security today as senior officials from Pacific Rim nations began meetings to prepare for a summit of regional leaders that will ta...
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Call him Barack the rock star
Sep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - VENICE, Italy -- Barack Obama has the aura of a rock star, says George Clooney, who also had some kind words for other Democratic presidential candidates. "You've been i...
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On September 11, 2001, he became the most-wanted man in the world
Sep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - The Americans were getting close. It was early in the winter of 2004-05, and Osama bin Laden and his entourage were holed up in a mountain hideaway along the Afghanista...
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70 militants killed
Sep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - KABUL, Afghanistan -- U.S.-led coalition and Afghan security forces killed about 70 suspected militants in Afghanistan, where violence is running at its highest level si...
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Civilian deaths surge in August
Sep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Civilian deaths rose in August to their second-highest monthly level this year, according to figures compiled Saturday by The Associated Press. That raises q...
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ID plan for disaster areas ready
Sep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Retiree Gene O'Brien hurried to the World Trade Center site after Sept. 11, 2001, as a volunteer helping to shuttle supplies to police and fire workers. Some...
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Oakland cathedral plan draws fire
Sep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - OAKLAND, Calif. -- A maze of wooden planks and glass panes is gradually taking shape among the austere office buildings of downtown Oakland, a structure alternately desc...
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Candidates shut out two states
Sep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards on Saturday joined three other Democrats who say they will skip states that break party rules by hold...
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Four winning tickets for estimated $330 million
Sep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - BALTIMORE -- Four winning tickets were sold -- one in each of four states -- for a Mega Millions jackpot worth an estimated $330 million, lottery officials said early Sa...