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Iranian, Saudi leaders seek end to sectarian strife - 3/4/2007
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Following their first official talks in Saudi Arabia, the Iranian and Saudi leaders on Saturday pledged to fight the spread of sectarian strife in the Middle East, which they said was the biggest danger facing the region. |
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Execution video posted on Internet - 3/4/2007
BAGHDAD, Iraq - An al-Qaida-affiliated organization posted an online video Saturday of the execution-style shooting of 18 Iraqi security troops kneeling on the ground near a citrus grove. |
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Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of kidnapping 18 people - 3/4/2007
MEKELE, Ethiopia (AP) - Ethiopian officials on Saturday accused forces from archrival Eritrea of kidnapping five British citizens and 13 Ethiopians who were touring a remote region near the African countries' long-disputed border, then taking the group to a military camp in Eritrea. |
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Utah mall killer buried in his native village - 3/4/2007
TALOVICI, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) - The teenager who killed five people in a Utah shopping mall and died in a police shootout was buried Saturday in his native village in eastern Bosnia. |
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The pope names Nycz archbishop of Warsaw - 3/4/2007
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI has named Bishop Kazimierz Nycz the new archbishop of Warsaw, the Polish Episcopate said Saturday, filling a post left open when his predecessor resigned after admitting to ties with the communist-era secret police. |
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U.S. claim of authority for 'hot pursuit' denied - 3/4/2007
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan vehemently denied Saturday the U.S. military's claim that coalition forces in Afghanistan have the authority to pursue Taliban fleeing across the border into Pakistani territory. |
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Anti-Putin protesters clubbed by police - 3/4/2007
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Police clubbed protesters and dragged them into waiting buses on Saturday in response to a defiant demonstration against the Kremlin in the heart of President Vladimir V. Putin's hometown. |
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Anarchists join protests in Denmark - 3/4/2007
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Anarchists from across northern Europe flocked to join protesters in this Danish capital on Saturday after two nights of riots sparked by the eviction of squatters from an abandoned building that had been a center for young leftists and punk rockers. |
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Lunar eclipse thrills stargazers worldwide - 3/4/2007
LONDON - A dark red shadow crept across the moon Saturday during the first total lunar eclipse in nearly three years, thrilling stargazers and astronomers around the world. |
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14 Iraqi policemen abducted, then slain - 3/3/2007
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The bodies of 14 policemen were found Friday northeast of Baghdad after an al-Qaida-affiliated Sunni group said it abducted members of a government security force in retaliation for the rape of a Sunni woman by members of the Shiite-dominated police. |
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Ruling on inquest in Princess Diana case called victory for Fayed - 3/3/2007
LONDON - A jury will deliver the verdict in the inquest into the deaths of Princess Diana and her boyfriend, a three-judge panel ruled Friday, after finding that the coroner erred when she said she would decide the case on her own. |
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Smith buried dressed in designer gown - 3/3/2007
NASSAU, Bahamas - Her coffin covered in a pink rhinestone-studded blanket, Anna Nicole Smith was buried Friday as she lived: extravagantly dressed in a designer gown and surrounded by a small group of competing admirers. |
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Lost Swiss soldiers 'invade' Liechtenstein - 3/3/2007
ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) - What began as a routine training exercise almost ended in an embarrassing diplomatic incident after a company of Swiss soldiers got lost at night and marched into neighboring Liechtenstein. |
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Chechnya president is ex-security chief - 3/3/2007
GROZNY, Russia (AP) - Chechnya's parliament approved a widely feared former security chief as president of the war-battered Russian republic Friday, a day after President Vladimir Putin nominated him. |
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Teacher, 22, accused of cutting boy's tongue - 3/2/2007
ROME (AP) - A novice teacher in Milan is under criminal investigation on allegations of using scissors Feb. 20 to cut the tongue of a second-grader for talking in class, Italian news agencies said Thursday. |
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Prime minister denies sex slavery by military - 3/2/2007
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's prime minister denied Thursday that the country's military forced women into sexual slavery during World War II, casting doubt on a past government apology and jeopardizing a fragile detente with his Asian neighbors. |
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Food ad warnings ordered to fight obesity - 3/2/2007
PARIS (AP) - Less fat, less sugar, less salt: Even the mostly svelte French are cracking down. Beginning Thursday, the government ordered food ads to carry warnings telling the French to stop snacking, exercise and eat more fruits and vegetables. |
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10 French tourists seized by kidnappers - 3/2/2007
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Ten French tourists were kidnapped Thursday in northern Ethiopia, according to a businessman and a tour operator who work in the region. |
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Iraqi cleric escapes assassination as U.S. readies sweep of Sadr City - 3/2/2007
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A roadside bomb exploded Thursday alongside the convoy of a prominent Shiite cleric whose high-level political ties have made him the target of previous assassination attempts. The imam was not injured, but several bodyguards were wounded. |
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Former Taliban defense minister captured in raid by Pakistanis - 3/2/2007
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan arrested a former Taliban defense minister regarded as a top figure in the Afghan insurgency, a Pakistani intelligence official said Friday. |
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