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CAIRO, Egypt - Egyptian scientists are carrying out DNA tests on two mummified fetuses found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun to determine whether they are the young pharaoh's offspring, the antiquities authority said Wednesday.
August 21, 2008
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By SALAH NASRAWI
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
BAGHDAD - Iraqi lawmakers adjourned for the month Wednesday after failing to agree on a provincial election law, casting doubt on whether U.S.-backed balloting can be held in the country's 18 provinces this year.
August 21, 2008
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By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - A jury of six U.S. military officers convicted Osama bin Laden's former driver of supporting terrorism Wednesday, but cleared him of conspiracy charges in the first war crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay.
August 21, 2008
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By MIKE MELIA
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
KHARTOUM, Sudan - Rivals of Sudan's president are pressing him to make concessions at home and abroad in a bid to ward off international charges he ordered genocide in Darfur, a case they fear could wreck peace efforts and even plunge the country into civil war.
August 21, 2008
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By SARAH EL DEEB
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan - As the two women hunkered down in the dark, enveloped in blue burqas, they thought the gun-toting Taliban might free them despite accusations they had run a prostitution ring for a U.S. base.
August 21, 2008
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By NAHAL TOOSI
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
BAGHDAD - Iraq is paying for more of its own reconstruction but is still struggling to spend its multibillion dollar surplus as it copes with a flood of oil revenue and a cumbersome approval process meant to curb corruption, U.S. officials said Wednesday.
August 21, 2008
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By ROBERT H. REID
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The last survivor of the deadliest mountaineering disaster to hit K2 limped into base camp with frostbitten feet Tuesday, but thick clouds threatened to keep him on the mountain for at least another night.
August 20, 2008
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By MATTHEW PENNINGTON
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
KASHGAR, China - Blood was washed off the road. Debris was cleared away. And authorities said peace had been restored Tuesday in China's restive Muslim region where 16 police were killed in an attack that may have been timed to overshadow Olympic celebrations.
August 20, 2008
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By WILLIAM FOREMAN
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea - Police fired water cannons at thousands of protesters Tuesday as President Bush got a volatile reception in South Korea at the start of his three-nation Asian trip.
August 20, 2008
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By PAUL ALEXANDER
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
BEIJING - A strong aftershock struck a western Chinese region where a May earthquake killed almost 70,000 people, shaking buildings a few hours after the Olympic torch relay passed through the area Tuesday. One person was killed and 23 injured.
August 20, 2008
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The Associated Press
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Associated Press
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - An 11-year-old boy gave out invitations to his classmates for a big event his family was planning this summer - and it wasn't his birthday party.
August 20, 2008
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By DONNA ABU-NASR
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa - Jacob Zuma, the man most likely to be South Africa's next president, lashed out Tuesday at his treatment during a long-running corruption scandal, and his supporters warned that blood would flow in the streets if Zuma was ever convicted.
August 20, 2008
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By CLARE NULLIS
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea - Booger is back.
August 20, 2008
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Manitoba - A man accused of beheading and cannibalizing another passenger on a Greyhound bus in Canada pleaded Tuesday in court for someone to ''please kill me,'' and was ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
August 20, 2008
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The Associated Press
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Associated Press
BRUSSELS - Iran responded to incentives aimed at defusing a dispute over the country's nuclear program on Tuesday, the State Department and an EU diplomat said, adding that the response will now be studied by the six nations that devised the package.
August 20, 2008
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By JAN SLIVA
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
