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Israel seals off West Bank

JERUSALEM - Israeli forces sealed off the West Bank and massed riot squads around Jerusalem's Old City and Arab neighborhoods during Muslim weekly prayers on Friday, facing down Palestinian anger over

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Organizers ax 200-year-old cheese chase

LONDON - A 200-year-old English race in which competitors chase round cheeses rolling down a hillside has been canceled this year because of overcrowding concerns. Organizers say the event in Gloucest

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Official’s alleged sex diary stirs anger in China

BEIJING The revealing of a diary allegedly written by a local tobacco official detailing bribes he received, boozy meals with other officials and numerous extra-marital sexual liaisons is just the lat

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Mandela's ex-wife denies interview in UK paper

Nelson Mandela's ex-wife denied Friday that she had given an interview to a British newspaper in which she was quoted sharply criticizing the anti-apartheid icon. The London Evening Standard had quote

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Cuban hunger striker in hospital after passing out

A Cuban hunger striker was receiving fluids and medical care in a government hospital Friday, a day after passing out at home, and has refused requests by other dissidents and religious leaders to aba

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CIA experiment' sends French village mad

A US writer has uncovered evidence suggesting the CIA spiked a French village's food with the hallucinogenic drug LSD. The Sun online reports journalist H P Albarelli Jr came across CIA documents whil

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Democrats seek healthcare consensus

Reporting from Washington - Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill worked throughout the day Thursday seeking intraparty agreements over abortion, federal insurance subsidies and other issues in a healthc

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Playstation Move: Motion Control for Whom?

For too long this morning, I've been trying to think of something pithy to write about the Playstation Move, Sony's newly-unveiled motion controller for the PS3. But aside from the facts -- it'll be o

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Health Buzz: Recall of Salmonella-Tainted Products Expands

Recall of Salmonella-Tainted Products Expands The Department of Agriculture has recalled 1.7 million pounds of ready-to-eat beef taquito and chicken quesadilla products that contain a flavoring ingred

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PA fears East Jerusalem building will make it look weak

The Palestinian Authority will not begin indirect talks with Israel unless construction in the settlements, including in East Jerusalem, is completely frozen, PA President Mahmoud Abbas told the Arab

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Inflation Eroding China Deposits Feeds Asset Pressure (Updat

March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Chinas accelerating inflation has started to erode household savings, threatening to spur purchases of property and stocks and fuel asset-price pressures. Consumer prices rose

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Reality TV star De La Hoya was dating tragic Haim

Reality TV star Daisy De La Hoya, who fronts VH1 show Daisy of Love, has taken to Twitter.com to pour out her emotions about her lover's death. Haim died from a suspected overdose at his mother's apar

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CDC says genital herpes is still a 'serious health threat'

As much as 16 percent of the U.S. population between the ages of 14 and 49 has genital herpes, according to a government study released Tuesday. And sexually transmitted diseases of all varieties infe

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Less likely to buy foreign car after Toyota scandal?

FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: Finally some good news for Detroit. With Toyota recalling more than eight million vehicles worldwide - a new poll out suggests that fewer Americans are set on buying foreign

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Record monthly deficit for U.S.: $221 billion

The United States dropped a record $220.9 billion further into the red in February, the Treasury Department reported Wednesday. The shortfall was up from the previous record $193.9 billion shortfall i

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