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NICE, France - Angelina Jolie's doctor says her twins may take a few more weeks to arrive.
July 17, 2008
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By COLLEEN BARRY
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
MOSCOW - Russian lawmakers warned Lithuania against agreeing to place U.S. missile defense sites in the Baltic country, saying Wednesday that such a move could trigger a Russian military buildup in the region.
July 17, 2008
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By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
JERUSALEM - A Palestinian man plowed an enormous construction vehicle into cars, buses and pedestrians on a busy street Wednesday, killing at least three people and wounding at least 45 before he was shot dead by security officers.
July 17, 2008
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By STEVEN GUTKIN
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hezbollah's leader on Wednesday confirmed for the first time that his group will hand over two captured Israeli soldiers and information on a missing Israeli airman in exchange for five Lebanese prisoners in Israel.
July 17, 2008
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By HUSSEIN DAKROUB
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
BAGHDAD - Iraqi security forces arrested three locally prominent supporters of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday as part of a crackdown on Shiite militias in the southern city of Amarah, police said.
July 17, 2008
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By SAMEER N. YACOUB
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
QINGDAO, China - China's latest Olympics nightmare is a vast algae bloom that covers one-third of the sea where the world's best sailors are supposed to be competing in just over a month. Athletes call it the blob, the carpet, the fairway.
July 17, 2008
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By CARA ANNA
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea - Tens of thousands of South Korean auto workers went on strike Wednesday to oppose U.S. beef imports and the pro-business policies of President Lee Myung-bak, joining anti-government protests that have raged for weeks.
July 17, 2008
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By JAE-SOON CHANG
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Wednesday rejected an African Union decision to keep South Africa's president alone in charge of efforts to resolve Zimbabwe's political crisis.
July 17, 2008
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By DONNA BRYSON
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
BEIJING - China's Communist Party boss in Tibet delivered a fresh attack on the Dalai Lama Wednesday, even as envoys of the region's exiled leader met with Chinese officials for more talks toward easing tensions following anti-government riots.
July 17, 2008
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By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
BARA, Pakistan - Heavily armed paramilitary troops blocked roads into a tribal town in northwestern Pakistan and patrolled its deserted bazaar Wednesday as an operation against Islamic militants rolled into its fifth day with more arrests but no sign of fighting.
July 17, 2008
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By RIAZ KHAN
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
BAGHDAD - Hezbollah instructors trained Shiite militiamen at remote camps in southern Iraq until three months ago when they slipped across the border to Iran - presumably to continue instruction on Iranian soil, according to two Shiite lawmakers and a top army officer.
July 16, 2008
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By HAMZA HENDAWI
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
PARIS - Angelina Jolie has checked into a hospital in the south of France where she is expected to give birth to her twins, a hospital spokesman said Tuesday.
July 16, 2008
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The Associated Press
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Associated Press
MOSCOW - The same year that Sputnik soared into space saw the launch of another Soviet-era icon that may have loomed larger for generations of Russians: a huge toy store in central Moscow called Detsky Mir, or Children's World.
July 16, 2008
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By STEVE GUTTERMAN
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
BEIJING - Two Republican congressmen have called on President Bush to steer clear of the Beijing Olympics unless China makes substantial improvements in its treatment of dissidents, including releasing prisoners of conscience.
July 16, 2008
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By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea - Thousands of tons of food from the U.S. has started flowing into North Korea, the U.N. food agency said Monday, as aid groups warned that the impoverished nation faces food shortages not seen since 2001.
July 15, 2008
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By BURT HERMAN
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
