Nation and World
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Heavy monsoon flooding devastates northern India, Bangladesh killing at least 166
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - GAUHATI, India -- Teeming monsoon rains have inundated wide swaths of northern India and neighboring Bangladesh, killing at least 166 people and washing away village...
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Russia claims polar seabed
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - MOSCOW -- Two small Russian submarines completed a risky voyage deep below the North Pole Thursday, planting their country's flag in a titanium capsule on the Arctic Oce...
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Esmark to buy East Coast mill from Mittal Steel
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - HAGERSTOWN, Md. -- Mittal Steel Co. NV said Thursday it will sell its Sparrows Point mill near Baltimore to a group led by privately held steel distributor Esmark Inc., ...
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Business briefsAug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Hybrid sales on record pace DETROIT -- Hybrid vehicles are on track to achieve record U.S. sales this year. An estimated 187,000 hybrids were sold in the first six month...
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Animal group yields funds
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A Sacramento-area animal rescue group investigated for how it spent millions of dollars raised after Hurricane Katrina has agreed to give up contro...
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Penn connects with Chavez
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - CARACAS, Venezuela -- Hollywood star Sean Penn applauded President Hugo Chavez as the Venezuelan leader lambasted the Bush administration and demanded an end to war in I...
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Staking its claimAug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - MOSCOW -- Russian explorers dived deep below the North Pole in a submersible on Thursday and planted their national flag on the seabed to stake a symbolic claim to the e...
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Study says pollution haze over the Indian Ocean contributes to melting of Himalayan glaciersAug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Huge haze clouds over the Indian Ocean contribute as much to atmospheric warming in Asia as greenhouse gases and play a significant role in ...
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S. Korea seeks direct talks
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - GHAZNI, Afghanistan -- Officials searched Thursday for a neutral meeting place that would be safe for both South Korean negotiators and Taliban captors to hold face-to-f...
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House backs troop rests
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The House voted Thursday to give U.S. troops guaranteed time at home between deployments to Iraq, the latest but assuredly not the last challenge to Presid...