| Ex-Finnish president wins 2008 Nobel Peace Prize (AP) Posted: 10 Oct 2008 04:14 AM CDT AP - Finland's ex-president Martti Ahtisaari received the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to build a lasting peace in places as diverse as East Timor and the Balkans in Europe.
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| Sources: US nears removing NKorea from terror list (AP) Posted: 10 Oct 2008 04:03 AM CDT AP - The Bush administration is nearing a decision to remove North Korea from a terrorism blacklist and may do so as early as Friday in a bid to salvage faltering nuclear disarmament talks, The Associated Press has learned.
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| Aide says Dalai Lama's surgery ends successfully (AP) Posted: 10 Oct 2008 02:00 AM CDT AP - Surgeons successfully removed a gallstone from the Dalai Lama on Friday, just days after doctors had cleared the Tibetan spiritual leader during a medical checkup, a spokesman said.
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| Pakistan investigates alleged US missile strike (AP) Posted: 10 Oct 2008 02:26 AM CDT AP - Pakistani intelligence agents Friday were investigating the identities of up to eight foreigners believed killed in a suspected U.S. missile strike close to the Afghan border.
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| Thousands of al-Sadr supporters mourn lawmaker (AP) Posted: 10 Oct 2008 04:01 AM CDT AP - Thousands of supporters of Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr marched through eastern Baghdad on Friday to mourn the killing of a Sadrist lawmaker and hear a statement from the anti-U.S. cleric blaming occupation and terrorism for the loss.
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| On crisis, Europe to US: 'I told you so' (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 10 Oct 2008 03:00 AM CDT The Christian Science Monitor - The economic image of the United States as a high-rolling tycoon at a Vegas casino, willing to gamble and reap rewards, has always stood in stark contrast to that of the European bean counter. |
| 2 missing Americans detained in Syria (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2008 03:39 PM CDT AP - Two American journalists whose disappearance prompted a U.S. Embassy alert and a wide search turned up in Syrian custody Thursday after being detained while trying to sneak into the country with smugglers, Syrian officials said.
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| Hurricane Norbert weakens slightly; Odile grows (AP) Posted: 10 Oct 2008 01:55 AM CDT AP - Hurricane Norbert weakened to Category 1 storm Thursday as it headed toward Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula but was still expected to be a hurricane when it hits land over the weekend.
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| Mugabe, Tsvangirai set for new round of talks: report (Reuters) Posted: 10 Oct 2008 04:01 AM CDT Reuters - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's party said he would meet opposition leaders Friday, a day after his main rival Morgan Tsvangirai declared a deadlock in talks and urged the intervention of a mediator.
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| Second lawsuit filed in tainted milk scandal (AP) Posted: 10 Oct 2008 04:12 AM CDT AP - A second lawsuit has been filed against a Chinese dairy company at the heart of the tainted milk crisis, an attorney said Friday, as more than 10,000 children remained hospitalized after drinking milk powder laced with an industrial chemical.
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