| Plane crash in central Russia kills all 88 aboard (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 03:21 AM CDT  AP - A passenger jet traveling from Moscow to the Ural Mountains city of Perm crashed near residential buildings as it was preparing to land early Sunday, killing all 88 people aboard, officials said.
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| Police: Bomber kills 2 Afghan doctors (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 02:11 AM CDT  AP - A suicide bomber in a vehicle attacked a convoy carrying Afghan doctors working for the United Nations in southern Afghanistan Sunday, killing two doctors and wounding 15 other people, a spolice chief said.
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| Iraq: bomb kills 4 US-backed, Sunni fighters (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 02:37 AM CDT AP - Iraqi officials say a bomb has killed the leader of a U.S.-backed, Sunni armed group in a western district of Baghdad. |
| Pakistan pursues diplomacy with US on border raids (AP) Posted: 13 Sep 2008 12:18 PM CDT  AP - Pakistan's government eased its rhetoric Saturday against unilateral U.S. attacks on militant havens near the Afghan border, saying it hopes quiet diplomacy will persuade Washington that the raids only inflame sentiment against leaders of both countries.
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| Few safeguards for Mexican produce heading north (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 02:42 AM CDT  AP - At the end of a dirt road in northern Mexico, the conveyer belts processing hundreds of tons of vegetables a year for U.S. and Mexican markets are open to the elements, protected only by a corrugated metal roof.
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| Damien Hirst seeks art market revolution (AFP) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 03:11 AM CDT  AFP - Artist Damien Hirst, who broke the mould by putting sharks in formaldehyde, has turned his attention to revolutionising the art market by selling his work direct at auction.
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| US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,155 (AP) Posted: 13 Sep 2008 06:25 PM CDT AP - As of Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, at least 4,155 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. |
| Nicaragua's Ortega says no meeting with Bush (AP) Posted: 13 Sep 2008 11:23 PM CDT  AP - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega says he will reject an invitation to meet with President Bush out of "solidarity" with Bolivia in its diplomatic spat with Washington.
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| Zimbabwe crisis deal faces international doubters (AFP) Posted: 13 Sep 2008 10:04 PM CDT  AFP - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will sign a deal on Monday aiming to end a bitter political crisis amid doubts over whether their power-sharing accord can stand the strain.
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| Taliban suicide bomb kills two Afghan UN doctors (AFP) Posted: 14 Sep 2008 03:08 AM CDT  AFP - A suicide car bomb claimed by Taliban insurgents killed two Afghan doctors working for the United Nations and wounded 18 other people in southern Afghanistan Sunday, officials said.
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