Articles filed under Associated Press
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South Korean envoy and Taliban hostage takers aim for direct talksAug 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-t...
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'Structurally deficient'Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota officials were warned as early as 1990 that the bridge that collapsed into the Mississippi River was "structurally deficient," yet they relied o...
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Obama: Nuclear weapons to fight terrorism 'not on the table'Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) -- Presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Thursday he would not use nuclear weapons "in any circumstance" to fight terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakist...
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The nation's poetAug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - CONCORD, N.H. -- Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Simic, who learned English as a teenage immigrant, will be the new U.S. poet laureate, the Library of Congress annou...
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Report: Libya inks contractsAug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - TRIPOLI, Libya -- A Libyan official said Thursday that Moammar Gadhafi's long-isolated country has signed contracts worth $405 million with French companies for missiles...
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A rush-hour routine turns into nightmareAug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- Four minutes after the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed, police Sgt. Ed Nelson was among those rushing into the dust-filled scene of twisted metal, crushed...
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White House OKs interviewsAug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The White House has offered to let congressional investigators interview three former officials in an inquiry into what the administration knew about the f...
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After feud, Clinton gets Pentagon briefing on IraqAug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday finally got the Pentagon briefing on how the military is planning to withdraw troops from Iraq -- and said much...
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4 Lebanese soldiers killedAug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Lebanon's most senior Shiite Muslim cleric issued a religious edict Thursday banning honor killings, calling the custom of murdering a female relative...
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Wonder going back on the roadAug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Stevie Wonder said Thursday that he will hold his first U.S. tour in more than a decade, beginning next month in San Diego. "A Wonder Summer's Night" will include 13 con...