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1/138 Danish prince capsizes in Sydney Harbour
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AFP - Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik took an unwanted plunge into Sydney Harbour on Wednesday when the boat he was skippering at the World Masters Games capsized.
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2/138 Feminine touch for Rome festival
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AFP - George Clooney may look out of place at this year's Rome film festival which has lined up Hollywood big-hitters Meryl Streep and Helen Mirren as it concentrates on women in film.
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3/138 Jay Sean, a British-Indian singer, tops US chart
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AFP - Jay Sean is celebrating after becoming the first Indian-origin rapper to top the US charts with his debut single there, after years of 'grinding' away in relative musical obscurity.
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4/138 India rejects Albania demand for Mother Teresa remains
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AFP - India flatly rejected Tuesday a demand by the Albanian government for the return of the remains of Nobel laureate Mother Teresa, buried in the eastern city of Kolkata.
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5/138 Another star knocked out of the 'Dancing' ballroom
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AP - Ultimate Fighting champ Chuck Liddell has been knocked out — of 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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6/138 'New' Michael Jackson single a 'mistake'
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Reuters - Michael Jackson didn't do it his way after all.
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7/138 Testimony depicts final days of Anna Nicole Smith
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AP - Anna Nicole Smith was ill, confused and isolated in a hotel room with a cornucopia of prescription drugs in the days before her death, an investigator testified Tuesday in a criminal case stemming from the celebrity model's overdose death.
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8/138 Michael Jackson earns American Music Awards nod
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AP - Michael Jackson has a chance to win artist of the year posthumously at the American Music Awards.
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9/138 Morgan Freeman helps friend in Miss. gov's race
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AP - Academy-Award winner Morgan Freeman says Mississippi is 'starving' for the right leadership, so the actor is using his celebrity status to help his friend run for governor in 2011.
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10/138 Carrie Underwood to host variety special on Fox
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AP - The Fox network says Carrie Underwood will host a two-hour variety special tentatively titled, 'Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special,' to air Dec. 7.
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11/138 Lawyer says Jon Gosselin ordered to return $180K
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AP - Jon Gosselin has been ordered to return $180,000 in marital funds by Oct. 26, according to a lawyer for his estranged wife. Kate Gosselin, meanwhile, must provide an accounting of past expenses by the same date, lawyer Mark Momjian said. And an arbitrator will review another $55,000 she says she spent on household and child-related expenses.
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12/138 Model Heidi Klum gives birth to daughter
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AP - German-born model Heidi Klum has given birth to a daughter, Lou Sulola Samuel — her fourth child.
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13/138 'You Light Up My Life' writer sues ex-fiancee
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AP - The Oscar-winning songwriter behind 'You Light Up My Life' says his former fiancee did just that to him — but hid the fact that she already was married.
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14/138 Janet Jackson's greatest hits includes new single
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AP - Janet Jackson is topping her latest greatest-hits collection with a new single.
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15/138 Man ordered to stand trial over Johnson stalking
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AFP - A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday ordered a Florida man to stand trial for allegedly stalking Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Shawn Johnson earlier this year.
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16/138 'New' Michael Jackson single a 'mistake'
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Reuters - Michael Jackson didn't do it his way after all.
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17/138 Soprano Gheorghiu files for divorce from Alagna
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AP - Soprano Angela Gheorghiu and tenor Roberto Alagna are ending their marriage on a low note.
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18/138 Swiss parliamentarians back Polanski arrest
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AP - Swiss parliamentarians say the government acted correctly in ordering the arrest of Roman Polanski on a U.S. warrant for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977.
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19/138 Afghan director: Insurgency threatens movie scene
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AP - A Golden Globe-winning Afghan director who made the country's first post-Taliban movie says he's worried the group's resurgence may threaten artistic freedom again.
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20/138 Review: Hits and misses make up `NY, I Love You'
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AP - The title is 'New York, I Love You,' and it's a collection of shorts intended as one big love letter to the city and all the romance it has to offer.
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21/138 Sendak, ever-untamed, sees `Wild Things' adapted
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AP - About the hoopla surrounding the film adaptation of 'Where the Wild Things Are,' Maurice Sendak is characteristically gruff.
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22/138 Potter star laments end of film series
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AFP - Robbie Coltrane, the Scottish actor who plays Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter movies, is worried about the looming end of the blockbuster film series -- and of the regular income it provides.
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23/138 Gorgeous `Wild Things' roars to the screen
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AP - 'Where the Wild Things Are,' the book, is just 339 words long. But in turning it into 'Where the Wild Things Are,' the movie, director Spike Jonze has expanded the basic story with a breathtaking visual scheme and stirring emotional impact.
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24/138 60 years on, Liza Minnelli still driven to perform
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AFP - Sixty years after her show business debut, Hollywood star Liza Minnelli said Tuesday she still feels driven to perform and has no plans to retire.
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25/138 Bust a move: Expert tips for the perfect fit
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Eveden fit specialist Freddy Zappe shares her top tips for finding the perfect bra. (Oct. 13)
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26/138 Vanessa Williams dishes on new 'Betty' season
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Vanessa Williams, who plays the scheming Wilhelmina Slater on 'Ugly Betty,' hints of what's to come in season 4, which premieres on ABC this week. (Oct. 13)
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27/138 Chuck Liddell Ousted From 'Dancing' Ballroom
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Chuck Liddell may have made his name as an ultimate fighter, but he was beaten by the dance floor on Tuesday night.A public vote and low marks from the judges on his country two-step from Monday, led to the retired fighter exiting the 'Dancing With the Stars' ring.
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28/138 Seclusion, 'Project Runaway' style
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The eighth place contestant, Rodney Epperson, talks about what happened while he was sequestered after being eliminated from the show. (Oct. 13)
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29/138 Florence Henderson Dials In to High-Tech
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The '70s TV mom talks about a new telephone-based technology support service.
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30/138 OAR Helps the Troops
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Bassist Benj Gershman talks about his band's 'Open Up Your Arms' campaign.
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31/138 Sarah Chalke Spills Scrubs Secrets
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![[SPOILER ALERT: Do not read this article if you don't want to know how Scrubs will change this season.]](http://moblog.whmsoft.net/zenphoto/en/themes/default/imgread.php?fullimage=news_english_2009_10/735_c5e06b7f83904dd7b8c97f06e5001811.jpg "Sarah Chalke Spills Scrubs Secrets")
[SPOILER ALERT: Do not read this article if you don't want to know how Scrubs will change this season.]
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32/138 John Galliano: Hollywood Divas Wake Up
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Fashion Wire Daily - John Galliano went west to Hollywood in a retro flash Spring 2010 collection of great individual pieces, where his romanticism and wit were very much to the fore.
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33/138 Intel stokes hopes for PC recovery
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AP - Intel Corp. has been asserting for months that the personal computer business is rebounding from its deepest slump in nearly a decade. Its stock jumped late Tuesday on signs things are picking up faster than expected, despite a few lingering trouble spots.
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34/138 Kindle lightens textbook load, but flaws remain
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AP - It's an experiment that has made back-to-school a little easier on the back: Amazon.com gave more than 200 college students its Kindle e-reading device this fall, loaded with digital versions of their textbooks.
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35/138 Cisco expands again, buying Starent for $2.9B
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AP - Betting on the growing popularity of data-hungry phones like the iPhone, Cisco Systems Inc. said Tuesday it had agreed to pay $2.9 billion for Starent Networks Corp., a maker of equipment for wireless carriers.
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36/138 Cisco to buy wireless gear maker Starent for $2.9 billion
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Reuters - Cisco Systems Inc plans to buy advanced wireless equipment maker Starent Networks Corp for $2.9 billion to boost its product offerings as phone carriers build out next-generation networks.
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37/138 Newark mayor to settle feud on 'Tonight Show'
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AP - Goodbye YouTube, hello 'Tonight Show.'
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38/138 Twitter launches tool for nailing spammers
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AFP - Twitter added a tool that lets users flag accounts of spammers at the globally-popular microblogging service.
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39/138 Phase 1 of PCB removal on Hudson wrapping up
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AP - Crews dredging a polluted stretch of the upper Hudson River this year battled high water, old logging debris and unexpected levels of PCB contamination that slowed progress.
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40/138 Supreme Court will hear appeal of Enron's Skilling
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AP - The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will take up former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling's appeal of his convictions for his role in the collapse of the energy giant, accepting another high-profile challenge to a favorite tool of prosecutors in white-collar and public corruption cases.
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41/138 NASA invites Twitter fans to space shuttle launch
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AFP - NASA invited fans on Twitter to get front-row seats for next month's launch of the space shuttle Atlantis from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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42/138 Billionaire calls his trip to space a success
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AP - Guy Laliberte, a billionaire who once worked as a stilt-walker and fire-eater, said Tuesday that he accomplished his mission by using a 10-day trip to the International Space Station to promote a humanitarian cause.
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43/138 Age no concern at World Masters Games
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AFP - There's a 100-year-old shot putter, a 90-year-old sprinter and a swimmer who lost a leg in a shark attack 35 years ago.
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44/138 'Missing link' pterosaur found in China
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AFP - Chinese and British palaeontologists have identified a crow-sized fossil that they believe fills a key gap in our understanding of the mysterious flying reptiles known as pterosaurs.
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45/138 The nation's weather
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AP - Major rain and wind was forecast to take hold of the western coastal states as a strong Pacific storm moved into northern and central California on Tuesday.
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46/138 Iraq cuts foreign deals for major boost to oil output
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AFP - Foreign energy firms have agreed to Iraq's conditions for investment in two major oilfields in the south of the country, Baghdad announced on Tuesday as it prepares to dramatically ramp up oil output.
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47/138 Rags-to-riches tramp bags fortune in bottles
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Reuters - A 63-year-old homeless Russian man has gone from street life to stock market trader after collecting thousands of empty booze bottles for cash, a popular Russian tabloid reported on Tuesday.
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48/138 A big hunk o' hair -- Elvis locks go under the hammer
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Reuters - Elvis Presley fans keen to own a chunk of their idol now can: locks of what is claimed to be The King's hair are up for auction next week.
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49/138 Trading emotionally? Device warns of stress
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Reuters - If emotions are getting the better of you while trading online, The Rationalizer may be just the thing to tell you when it's time to take a break.
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50/138 Once in a black and blue moon...
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Reuters - A German man mooning at railway staff in a departing train got his trousers caught in a carriage door and ended up being dragged half naked along the platform, out of the station and onto the tracks.
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51/138 Free honeymoons to halt divorce rate?
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Reuters - Malaysia's eastern state of Terengganu is offering free honeymoons worth up to $440 each to rekindle the romance between married couples on the brink of divorce.
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52/138 Canadian trucker fined for smoking on the job
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Reuters - A Canadian truck driver has been fined for smoking in his vehicle because it is considered his workplace, a police spokeswoman said on Friday.
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53/138 Marge Simpson makes cover of Playboy
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Reuters - 'D'oh!' doesn't even start to cover it. Marge Simpson -- the blue beehived matriarch of America's most loved dysfunctional family - is Playboy magazine's November cover, the magazine said on Friday.
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54/138 Donkeys get dye-job, take on zebra role
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Reuters - Two white donkeys dyed with black stripes delighted Palestinian kids at a small Gaza zoo on Thursday who had never seen a zebra in the flesh.
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55/138 Birth control pill could put women off macho men?
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Reuters - Why do some women's hearts race over the feminine features of Orlando Bloom while others are more attracted to macho men like Daniel Craig?
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56/138 Michael Jackson skit sparks racism calls
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Reuters - An Australian talent show skit based around late pop star Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 has backfired after U.S. guest star Harry Connick Jr called for an apology and viewers accused the program of racism.
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57/138 Man faces prison, flogging over TV sex revelations
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Reuters - A Saudi court has sentenced a man to five years in jail and 1,000 lashes for boasting about his sexual exploits on television, in a case that has divided public opinion in the conservative Islamic kingdom.
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58/138 Threat to sue athlete for fund-raising brothel
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Reuters - The New Zealand Olympic Committee has threatened to sue a local taekwondo athlete who plans to finance his 2012 London Games bid with the proceeds from a brothel.
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59/138 Plane delayed by bird on board
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Reuters - A South Korean passenger jet was grounded just before taking off so that crew members could catch a sparrow that was flying around in the cabin, airline officials said on Wednesday.
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60/138 College issues dress guidelines -- for teachers
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Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) It is normally students who are sent home for inappropriate attire, but one English college is threatening to send lecturers home for violating a dress code, which includes a ban on jeans.
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61/138 Racing fans 'limited' to 24 beers a day
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Reuters - Adult fans at one of Australia's most popular motor sport races, the Bathurst 1000, will be limited to one 'slab' of beer a day -- or 24 375 ml cans -- as police focus on reducing alcohol-related crime.
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62/138 Tiger attacks intruder in zoo
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Reuters - A man suffered injuries to his arms after he and a friend hopped the fence at a Canadian zoo early on Monday and stuck his hands into the tiger exhibit, zoo officials said.
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63/138 Air India says mid-air scuffle no threat to safety
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Reuters - A mid-air scuffle between pilots and crew of an Air India flight at the weekend did not endanger the 106 passengers on board, said a spokesman for the airline which has ordered an inquiry.
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64/138 Britain's new healthy eating guru - Homer Simpson
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Reuters - Forget all the pizza and doughnuts -- the British government wants fans of 'The Simpsons' to ditch junk food and eat more healthily.
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(Reuters) - A motorist prepares to put fuel into her car at a petrol station in Melbourne July 3, 2008. REUTERS/Mick Tsikas
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(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a news conference in Moscow, October 13, 2009. REUTERS/Ivan Sekretarev/Pool
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67/138 23-year-old US forward Charlie Davies (pictured in August) suffered ...
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(AFP/File) - 23-year-old US forward Charlie Davies (pictured in August) suffered multiple fractures in his face, a badly broken right leg, a broken left elbow and a lacerated bladder in a fatal car smash in the early-morning hours on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Sebastien Bozon)
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68/138 23-year-old US forward Charlie Davies (pictured in June) suffered ...
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(AFP/File) - 23-year-old US forward Charlie Davies (pictured in June) suffered multiple fractures in his face, a badly broken right leg, a broken left elbow and a lacerated bladder in a fatal car smash in the early-morning hours on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Francois Xavier Marit)
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(AP) - This family photograph, taken in April 2009, shows Zachary Christie, now 6, who was suspended from first grade at Downes Elementary School in Newark, Del. for bringing a camping utensil to school. The seven-member Christina School District board voted unanimously Oct. 13 to reduce the punishment for kindergartners and first-graders who bring weapons to school or commit other violent offenses to a suspension ranging from three to five days. (AP Photo/Handout)
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(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Landon Donovan #10 of the Los Angeles Galaxy and part of the US national team recalls a disappointing winless run and first-round World Cup exit in 2006 at Germany and is happy for the chance at redemption next year.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Stephen Dunn)
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71/138 The US football national team before their FIFA World Cup South ...
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(AFP) - The US football national team before their FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 Concacaf qualifier football match against Honduras on October 10. A US victory is likely necessary for the Americans to top the group with Mexico visiting an ousted Trinidad and Tobago side that has won only once in qualifying.(AFP/Yuri Cortez)
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72/138 Costa Rican national football team player Cristian Oviedo (R) ...
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(AFP/File) - Costa Rican national football team player Cristian Oviedo (R) fights for the ball with an unidentified Costa Rican Under-17 player last month. No Costa Rican team has won a World Cup qualifier on US soil in 24 years but the Ticos must end that drought Wednesday to ensure themselves a berth in the 2010 South Africa World Cup.(AFP/File/Mayela Lopez)
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73/138 Costa Rican football team coach, Rene Simoes. No Costa Rican ...
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(AFP/File) - Costa Rican football team coach, Rene Simoes. No Costa Rican team has won a World Cup qualifier on US soil in 24 years but the Ticos must end that drought Wednesday to ensure themselves a berth in the 2010 South Africa World Cup.(AFP/File/Mayela Lopez)
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74/138 In this photo taken Tuesday Oct. 13, 2009, CEO of General Motors ...
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(AP) - In this photo taken Tuesday Oct. 13, 2009, CEO of General Motors Fritz Henderson visits a Chinese dealership in Shanghai. General Motors could finalize the sale of its German auto unit Opel as early as this week, the U.S. automaker's CEO said Tuesday. (AP Photo)
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75/138 In this photo taken Tuesday Oct. 13, 2009, a worker climbs over ...
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(AP) - In this photo taken Tuesday Oct. 13, 2009, a worker climbs over the fence at a construction site of a housing project in Jinjiang, China's Fujian province. China's undergone a boom in housing construction over the last few years leading to fears of a bubble market and crashing home values. (AP Photo)
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76/138 City comptroller William Thompson, Jr. speaks during the first ...
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(AP) - City comptroller William Thompson, Jr. speaks during the first mayoral debate on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Bryan Smith, Pool)
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(AP) - Couples at the Unification Church in Washington join a ceremony performed by Rev. Sun Myung Moon, on screen left, with his wife, via an internet link, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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78/138 Representative Barney Frank, Chairman of the House Financial ...
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(Reuters) - Representative Barney Frank, Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, responds to reporters' questions during the Reuters Global Financial Regulation Summit in Washington, April 28, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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79/138 Chisoni Ngoma, left, and his wife Yoko Ngoma, hold their son ...
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(AP) - Chisoni Ngoma, left, and his wife Yoko Ngoma, hold their son Nelson, as they re-dedicate their wedding vows during a ceremony performed by Rev. Sun Myung Moon via internet link Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, in Washington. The Chisoni Ngoma originally from Zambia and Yoko from Osaka, Japan were maried four years a go in South Korea. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) performed his first mass wedding, the 89-year-old leader of the Unification Church is getting ready to marry off tens of thousands of people in spectacles from the United States to South Korea
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80/138 Nobel Memorial Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman speaks in ...
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(AP) - Nobel Memorial Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman speaks in a press conference during the World Knowledge Forum in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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81/138 A man looks at a Chrysler Limousine as it waits take the bride ...
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(Reuters) - A man looks at a Chrysler Limousine as it waits take the bride and groom to their wedding reception in Shanghai September 20, 2009. REUTERS/Nir Elias
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82/138 Cartons of Pepsi beverages are seen in a truck to be unloaded ...
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(Reuters) - Cartons of Pepsi beverages are seen in a truck to be unloaded in New York's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood, October 8, 2009. REUTERS/Chip East
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83/138 Sayyed Abou Dief lifts his shirt to show a scar on his right ...
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(Reuters) - Sayyed Abou Dief lifts his shirt to show a scar on his right side in Cairo August 2, 2007. Dief, 26, says he entered a hospital to undergo a medical check and woke up to find himself without a kidney. Stories about people selling or having their organs stolen are not uncommon in Egypt. The image was taken off a reflection on a surface. REUTERS/Nasser Nuri
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84/138 A U.N peacekeeper from Italy sits in a United Nations Interim ...
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(Reuters) - A U.N peacekeeper from Italy sits in a United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) vehicle as he secures the area in front of a Hezbollah member's house at Tayr Filsi village, southern Lebanon, October 13, 2009. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho
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85/138 Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) shakes hands with Russian Prime ...
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(Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) shakes hands with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during a welcoming ceremony for the Shanghai Coorperation Organization Summit at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing October 14, 2009. REUTERS/Kyodo/Minoru Iwasaki/Pool
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86/138 Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Patrick K. Wiley shouts instructions ...
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(Reuters) - Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Patrick K. Wiley shouts instructions to newly arrived recruits at the Parris Island receiving station in Parris Island, South Carolina, January 5, 2005. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
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(Reuters) - Japan's national flag flutters atop the Bank of Japan (BOJ) building in Tokyo September 17, 2009. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao
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88/138 A guard tower of Camp Delta is seen at the Guantanamo Bay Naval ...
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(Reuters) - A guard tower of Camp Delta is seen at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba September 4, 2007. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/Files
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89/138 Three days after experiencing the joy of qualifying for the ...
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(AFP/File) - Three days after experiencing the joy of qualifying for the World Cup, the US football squad was stunned after starting forward Charlie Davies, pictured in August, was seriously hurt in a car crash(AFP/File/Sebastien Bozon)
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90/138 US player Davies: several broken bones in accident
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AP - U.S. national team forward Charlie Davies had several broken bones and a lacerated bladder after a one-vehicle accident Tuesday in which another person was killed.
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91/138 Limbaugh already down a vote in bid to buy Rams
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AP - Rush Limbaugh's bid to buy the St. Louis Rams ran into opposition within the NFL on Tuesday, when Colts owner Jim Irsay vowed to vote against him and commissioner Roger Goodell said the conservative commentator's 'divisive' comments would not be tolerated from any NFL insider.
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92/138 Bryant: `I just panicked because I was scared'
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AP - Oklahoma State receiver Dez Bryant claims he was worried he had done something wrong when he 'panicked' and lied to the NCAA about a meeting with former NFL player Deion Sanders at a Texas athletics center.
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93/138 Sabean, Bochy receive extensions from Giants
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AP - Giants general manager Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy have been planning for the 2010 season for a while now, even with their own contract situations unresolved.
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94/138 Torre says he doesn't anticipate extension
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AP - Joe Torre says he doesn't plan to manage the Los Angeles Dodgers after his contract expires.
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95/138 Anderson leads Magic over Hornets
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AP - Ryan Anderson scored 22 points to help the Orlando Magic remain unbeaten in the preseason with a 121-86 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Tuesday night.
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96/138 Maradona's gauchos in last-chance saloon
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AFP - South America's gauchos are renowned for toughing things out in harsh conditions - but few would see much wisdom in changing their horses in mid-stream.
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97/138 Police investigators target Astana team
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Reuters - The Astana team of Tour de France winner Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong is the target of a probe after suspicious medical material was seized during this year's race, a source close to the police investigation said.
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98/138 Tucker helps Colorado beat winless Leafs
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AP - Darcy Tucker had a goal and an assist against his former team to help the Colorado Avalanche beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 on Tuesday night.
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99/138 Hewitt calls for change in Tennis Australia
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AFP - Two-time Grand Slam champion Lleyton Hewitt has called for change in the administration of Tennis Australia to arrest what he sees as a decline in the sport.
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100/138 Former running back Walker signs up for martial arts
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Reuters - Former Heisman trophy winner and twice NFL Pro Bowl running back Herschel Walker has signed a multi-fight contract to compete in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), promoter Strikeforce said on Monday.
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101/138 Barrichello says he's negotiating with Williams
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AP - Rubens Barrichello says he is negotiating with Williams for the 2010 Formula One season.
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102/138 Brown to dispatch 500 troops to Afghanistan: report
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AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown plans to send some 500 troops to Afghanistan, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, in a boost to Washington's efforts to secure more commitments from European allies.
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103/138 Bailed-out RBS eyes plans to offload branches: report
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AFP - The Royal Bank of Scotland is considering a government-backed plan to sell off more than 300 high street branches to satisfy EU competition authorities, the Financial Times said Wednesday.
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104/138 British support for Afghan mission waning: poll
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AFP - Calls for British forces to pull out of Afghanistan have risen sharply as casualties mount, according to a poll published on Wednesday.
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105/138 Miner Rio Tinto says will lift stake in Canada's Ivanhoe
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AFP - Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto said Tuesday that it will almost double its stake in Canadian peer Ivanhoe Mines to nearly 20 percent.
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106/138 MPs told to repay expenses after scandal
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AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown and opposition leader David Cameron told lawmakers Tuesday to pay back disputed expense claims or risk losing their jobs as the scandal returned to haunt politicians.
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107/138 Vauxhall says will keep British car plants open
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AFP - British carmaker Vauxhall announced Tuesday that it has clinched a deal to keep two car factories open until 2013 after talks between Canadian owners Magna, trade union Unite and the government.
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108/138 Lloyds bank faces hefty fee: source
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AFP - Beleaguered lender Lloyds will have to pay a 'significant' fee if it opts against joining the state's insurance scheme for toxic assets, a source close to the matter said on Tuesday.
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109/138 Dutch lawmaker wins appeal against ban from Britain
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AFP - A far-right Dutch lawmaker who was refused entry to Britain to stop him spreading 'hatred and violent messages,' won an appeal against the ban on Tuesday, a tribunal spokeswoman said.
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110/138 Iraqi police: 8 killed in blast north of Baghdad
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AP - A suicide bomber killed the leader of a U.S.-backed Sunni paramilitary group and seven others north of Baghdad Tuesday, the third attack in as many days in a heavily populated Sunni area, a police official said.
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111/138 Third woman charged over nursery paedophile ring
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AFP - A mother of eight children from Portsmouth has been charged in connection with a paedophile ring involving nursery worker Vanessa George, it was confirmed on Tuesday.
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112/138 Britain 'on brink' of recession exit
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AFP - The economy may have to wait a little longer before exiting a recession that has sent the nation's annual inflation rate falling to the lowest level in five years, analysts said on Tuesday.
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113/138 Inflation slides to 1.1%
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AFP - The annual inflation rate slid to 1.1 percent in September, the lowest level for five years as energy prices steadied, official data showed on Tuesday.
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114/138 Postal workers issue strike ultimatum
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AFP - Thousands of postal workers will launch a series of strikes starting on October 22 unless they can reach a last-ditch deal with the Royal Mail, union leaders said on Tuesday.
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115/138 Thousands expected to visit Catholic relics in London
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AFP - Up to 100,000 pilgrims are expected to flock to the mother church of Roman Catholics in England for the culmination of a tour of the relics of a 19th century French nun which arrived in London.
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116/138 Terror suspect arrested near Preston
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AFP - A 37-year-old man has been arrested under the Terrorism Act in the Lancashire town of Penwortham, police said on Tuesday.
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117/138 Clinton winds up trip with focus on Russian society
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Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton holds meetings involving local people in Moscow and Kazan on Wednesday to demonstrate a U.S. wish to reset relations with Russia as a whole.
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118/138 Analysis: Russia uses ambiguity to boost its power
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AP - As Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton began her first visit to Moscow as the top U.S. diplomat, the Kremlin sent a message to Washington: Russia must still be wooed and won.
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119/138 Lampard: England's golden generation lacklustre
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AFP - Frank Lampard admits England's stars have failed to live up to their 'golden generation' tag as Fabio Capello's side conclude their World Cup qualifying campaign against Belarus on Wednesday.
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120/138 Court rules against Stalin grandson in libel suit
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AP - A Russian court ruled against Josef Stalin's grandson Tuesday in a libel suit over a newspaper article that said the Soviet dictator sent thousands of people to their deaths.
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121/138 Nobel jury speaks out in defense of Obama prize
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AP - One judge noted with surprise that President Barack Obama 'didn't look particularly happy' at being named the Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Another marveled at how critics could be so patronizing.
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122/138 Gypsy laborer faces execution in Belarus
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AP - His last hopes fading, a 30-year-old illiterate Gypsy laborer whose lawyers say was tortured into confessing to murder awaits his unannounced appointment with the executioner.
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123/138 Russian FM: Iran sanctions threats won't work
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AP - Russia publicly pushed back Tuesday against U.S. efforts to threaten tough new sanctions if Iran fails to prove its nuclear program is peaceful, dealing an apparent setback to President Barack Obama's hopes for Moscow's backing for fresh penalties against Tehran.
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124/138 Milan police detain 2 more in barracks attack
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AP - The Libyan accused of carrying out a small bombing of a Milan army barracks apparently opposed Italy's military missions overseas, the interior minister said Tuesday after police detained two more North Africans in the case.
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125/138 Sarkozy says son has been thrown to the wolves
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AP - President Nicolas Sarkozy suggested Tuesday that his 23-year-old son had been thrown to the wolves by critics since he launched a bid for a highly visible job overseeing France's biggest business district.
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126/138 Rev. Moon marries thousands in global mass wedding
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AP - Brides in white wedding gowns and Japanese kimonos joined grooms in black suits and red ties Wednesday for the Unification Church's biggest mass wedding in a decade — a spectacle church officials say involved some 40,000 people around the world.
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127/138 Militant and Terrorist Groups Spreading in Pakistan
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Time.com - After four major attacks in eight days, the Pakistani army says the Taliban threat has now spread well beyond its northwestern borderlands and grown tentacles that reach deep into the country's heartlands
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128/138 Mirza reaches Japan Open quarter-finals
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AFP - India's Sania Mirza became the first player to reach the quarter-finals of the Japan Open Wednesday, beating Viktoriya Kutuzova of Ukraine in straight sets.
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129/138 Health bill clears hurdle with support from Snowe
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AP - Historic legislation to expand U.S. health care and control costs won its first Republican supporter Tuesday and cleared a key Senate hurdle, a double-barreled triumph that propelled President Barack Obama's signature issue toward votes this fall in both houses of Congress.
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130/138 Robotic prostate surgery may mean big trade-off
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AP - A new study suggests less-invasive keyhole surgery for prostate cancer may mean a higher risk for lasting incontinence and impotence when compared with traditional surgery.
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131/138 Near half of swine flu patients otherwise healthy
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AP - The largest U.S. analysis of hospitalized adult swine flu patients has found almost half were healthy people who did not have asthma or any other chronic illnesses before they got sick.
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132/138 Swine flu and kids: Heed warning signs, MDs say
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AP - Max Gomez was a bright-eyed 5-year-old happy to have just started kindergarten when he developed sniffles and a fever. His mother figured it was only a cold. Three days later, the Antioch, Tenn., boy was dead, apparently from swine flu. At least 76 American children have died from the new virus, and doctors are urging parents to watch for warning signs that the flu has become life-threatening.
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133/138 Day care next frontier in fighting kids' obesity
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AP - Grilled chicken replaced the hot dogs. Strawberries instead of cookies at snack time. No more fruit juice — water or low-fat milk only. This is the new menu at a Delaware day care center, part of a fledgling movement to take the fight against obesity to pudgy preschoolers.
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134/138 Swine flu less deadly than seasonal flu: official
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AFP - Swine flu is killing fewer people than seasonal flu but is causing greater alarm due to its impact on children and higher healthcare costs, according to a top disease surveillance expert.
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135/138 Dollar drops to 14-month low; commodities rise
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Reuters - The U.S. dollar struck a 14-month low against the euro on Wednesday, sending gold to record prices and pushing oil past the 2009 high of $75 a barrel and on track for a fifth day of gains.
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136/138 Intel glides past Street expectations, cheers market
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Reuters - Intel Corp's quarterly outlook and results soared past expectations on Tuesday, sending shares 7 percent higher and fueling optimism over a tech sector recovery before the crucial holiday season.
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137/138 Ex-Bear trial jury chosen, some ousted for bias
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Reuters - Two prospective jurors who wrote comments about 'wrongdoing' and 'bending the rules' on Wall Street were rejected by a U.S. judge on Tuesday for the trial of two former Bear Stearns Cos hedge fund managers on fraud charges.
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138/138 AIG to sell Taiwan insurance unit for $2.15 billion
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Reuters - American International Group is to sell its Taiwan life insurance unit for $2.15 billion, marking the largest disposal since a U.S. government bailout saved the insurer from collapse last year.
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