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SUROBI, Afghanistan - Insurgents ambushed a group of elite French soldiers as they climbed a mountain pass, killing 10 troops in a militant stronghold outside the capital. In a separate coordinated attack, a team of suicide bombers tried unsuccessfully to storm a U.S. base near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
September 03, 2008
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By AMIR SHAH
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
PHOENIX - Rescue crews have located a handful of hikers who were missing after flooding struck a remote part of the Grand Canyon, authorities said Tuesday.
September 03, 2008
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By CHRIS KAHN
Associated Press Writer
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National
NEW YORK - Scientists say they've found an efficient way to make red blood cells from human embryonic stem cells, a possible step toward making transfusion supplies in the laboratory.
September 03, 2008
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By MALCOLM RITTER
AP Science Writer
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National
POTI, Georgia - Russian soldiers took about 20 Georgians in military uniform prisoner at a key Black Sea port in western Georgia on Tuesday, blindfolding them and holding them at gunpoint, and commandeered American Humvees awaiting shipment back to the United States.
September 03, 2008
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By BELA SZANDELSZKY
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Just a day after Pervez Musharraf's resignation, Pakistan's governing coalition fell into wrangling Tuesday over restoring the judges he fired, exposing troublesome divisions that could disrupt picking his successor as president.
September 03, 2008
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By ZARAR KHAN
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
BEIJING - Martial arts student Cheng Jianghua only saw the army barracks he stayed in and the stadium where he performed at the spectacular Olympics opening ceremony. But his sacrifices were minor - other performers were injured, fainted from heatstroke or forced to wear adult diapers so the show could go on.
September 03, 2008
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By GILLIAN WONG
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
ALGIERS, Algeria - A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-rigged car into a police academy as recruits lined up to register for classes, killing at least 43 people. It was the deadliest attack in the North African country since the 1990s.
September 03, 2008
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By ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
BRUSSELS, Belgium - NATO pulled its punches against Russia on Tuesday, suspending formal contacts as punishment for the Georgia invasion but bucking U.S. pressure for more severe penalties.
September 03, 2008
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By MATTHEW LEE
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
NAPLES, Fla. - Tropical Storm Fay moved inland Tuesday after making landfall in southwest Florida, never growing into the hurricane that forecasters had cautioned it could become.
September 03, 2008
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By MATT SEDENSKY
Associated Press Writer
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National
SAN ANGELO, Texas - A 14-year-old girl allegedly married to jailed polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs with her parents' blessing at age 12 was ordered back into foster care Tuesday by a Texas judge.
September 03, 2008
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By MICHELLE ROBERTS
Associated Press Writer
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National
WASHINGTON - More women in their early 40s are childless, and those who are having children are having fewer than ever before, the Census Bureau said Monday.
September 03, 2008
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The Associated Press
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Washington
BAGHDAD - Iraq's largest Sunni party accused government security forces of sectarian bias Tuesday after soldiers arrested a Sunni university president and a Sunni provincial council member northeast of Baghdad.
September 03, 2008
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By ROBERT H. REID
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkey's president urged Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir during talks Tuesday to act responsibly and to end the suffering in the devastated Darfur region.
September 03, 2008
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By C. ONUR ANT
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
ESCOBARES, Texas - The Rio Grande Valley's main highway was open to traffic again Tuesday as flooding receded following a deluge of up to 13 inches of rain across southern Texas.
September 03, 2008
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By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN
Associated Press Writer
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National
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September 03, 2008
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By BERNICE BEDE OSOL
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