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China defends exports

Associated Press
Aug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- China has launched a new campaign to restore international trust in its products with a weeklong television series defending the country's safety standards. B...
Mattel sued over toy recall

Daily Herald Staff Report
Aug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- A family sued Mattel Inc. on Monday, claiming the world's largest toy maker should pay for testing to determine if children have been exposed to lead from...
Panicked passengers barely escape

Associated Press
Aug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - NAHA, Japan -- They made it out with just seconds to spare. With flames licking the belly of the fuselage and smoke billowing all around, the 165 people aboard China Air...
No more survivors in Peru

Associated Press
Aug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - PISCO, Peru -- Rescuers gave up hope of finding any more survivors and concentrated Monday on clearing tons of rubble from the streets of this southern port city leveled...
Investors still harbor credit worries

Daily Herald Staff
Aug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The initial euphoria in financial markets after Friday's Federal Reserve discount rate cut faded Monday, and questions began to be asked about what more need...
Protest over rescue efforts at Chinese mine

Associated Press
Aug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - XINTAI, China -- Distressed family members shouted and scuffled with guards after a third day without word on 172 miners trapped in a flooded mine in eastern China, wher...
Obama defends himself over lack of national experience

Associated Press
Aug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- Democrat Barack Obama on Sunday tried to parlay his relative lack of national experience into a positive attribute, chiding his rivals for adhering t...
Kazakh election results disputed

Associated Press
Aug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - ASTANA, Kazakhstan -- The party of President Nursultan Nazarbayev won all available seats in Kazakhstan's new parliament, according to preliminary results announced Sund...
Feds to deport Chicago activist

Associated Press
Aug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- An illegal immigrant who stayed in a Chicago church for a year to avoid separation from her 8-year-old son, a U.S. citizen, was arrested Sunday and being ...
Rove feels encouraged about GOP's chances in '08

Associated Press
Aug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- White House political adviser Karl Rove said Sunday he sees encouraging signs for the GOP in the public's strong negative opinions of Democratic presidenti...

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