Nation and World
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Sudan says they may release jailed British teacher
Nov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - KHARTOUM, Sudan -- A British teacher arrested for allowing her students to name a teddy bear Muhammad will probably be cleared and released soon, a spokesman for the Su...
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Russians say bosses are pressuring them to vote
Nov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - MOSCOW -- With the Kremlin determined to see a high turnout in Sunday's election, many Russians say they are being pressured to vote at work under the watchful eyes of t...
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Chavez finding fewer friends after recent insults
Nov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - BOGOTA, Colombia -- Has Hugo Chavez become his own worst enemy? In the past few weeks, he has hurled insults at Colombia's president, Venezuela's Roman Catholic hierarch...
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Japanese crime leader, driver killed in brazen attack
Nov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - TOKYO -- A reputed organized crime leader was shot to death and his driver was fatally stabbed Tuesday in a brazen attack in southern Japan, police said, even as the cou...
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U.N. report calls for developed nations to lead global warming fight
Nov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Developed nations must immediately help fight global warming or the world will face catastrophic floods, droughts and other disasters, accordin...
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Musharraf prepares to leave military and be civilian leader
Nov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - RAWALPINDI, Pakistan -- Stiff and unsmiling as befits his expiring rank, Gen. Pervez Musharraf strode slowly past an honor guard of Pakistani troops Tuesday, bidding a s...
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Environmentalists plan to tackle major rat problem in Alaska
Nov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- More than 200 years ago, rats jumped ship for Rat Island. The muscular Norway rat climbed ashore on the rugged, uninhabited island in far southweste...
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Rare Faberge egg sells for $18.5 million at London auction
Nov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - LONDON -- A rare enamel-and-gold Faberge egg that had been in the Rothschild banking family for more than a century sold for record-setting $18.5 million at auction Wedn...
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Doctors administer electrical shock to Cheney's heart
Nov 26, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Doctors administered an electrical shock to Vice President Dick Cheney's heart and restored it to a normal rhythm during a 2ˆ½ hour hospital visit Monday. ...
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Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor dies 1 day after being shot
Nov 26, 2007 10:00 pm - MIAMI -- Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor has died, a day after he was shot at home. He was 24. Family friend Richard Sharpstein said Taylor's father told him the ...