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Sara, Nicole and Lisa will face the public vote after receiving the most nominations this week. Sara had five votes, while Lisa and Nicole received four each. Darnell nominated Sara, saying she makes friends and then moves on to someone else when they leave. He also said she agrees with everything housemates say. Nicole: “She [...]
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NATO agreed after U.S. pressure on Tuesday to freeze regular contacts with Russia until Moscow had withdrawn its troops from Georgia in line with a peace deal. Read more
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CALCUTTA, India – A 14-year-old school boy in eastern India has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a younger student who refused to hand over her iPod, police said Tuesday. Read more
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California Sen. Dianne Feinstein issued a statement this afternoon saying she broke her ankle during a trail walk with Walnut Creek Rep. Ellen Tauscher at Lake Tahoe and won’t be able to attend the convention in Denver next week. Read more
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Musharraf resigns: Washington says farewell to one of its favorite despots “Thank God this one-man show, which was behind all the major scandals of the past nine years, is over[!].” So “exclaimed a jubilant citizen” in Pakistan yesterday after watching the nation’s U.S.-backed dictator-president, Pervez Musharraf, announce his resignation in a televised speech that lasted [...]
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BRUSSELS, Aug. 19 — NATO allies said Tuesday there would be no “business as usual” with Moscow until Russian troops withdraw from all parts of Georgia, but members of the Western alliance disagreed on the extent to which Moscow should be more permanently isolated. Read more
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 19 — In unusually large and well-coordinated operations in eastern Afghanistan Monday, Taliban fighters killed 10 French soldiers and at least six suicide bombers attacked a base of NATO alliance troops, NATO and Afghan officials said Tuesday. Read more
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MEXICO CITY, Aug. 18 — Tropical Storm Fay headed for Florida’s west coast late Monday after dumping heavy rains on Key West and slashing through the Caribbean, leaving at least five people dead in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Read more
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MEDELLIN, Colombia — In a small courtroom here, Ever Veloza has over the past year confessed to nearly 1,000 slayings in Colombia’s conflict and recounted how the death squads he helped run were supported by army officers and prominent politicians. Read more
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HARARE, Zimbabwe, Aug. 13 — Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said Wednesday that his party remains committed to negotiating an end to Zimbabwe’s political crisis amid reports that talks had deadlocked over who should wield executive powers in a proposed unity government. Read more
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Federal prosecutors have sent target letters to six Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a September shooting that left 17 Iraqi civilians dead, indicating a high likelihood the Justice Department will seek to indict at least some of the men, according to three sources close to the case. Read more
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ZUGDIDI, Georgia, Aug. 18 — Russian troops remained camped out Monday in a Georgian military base in this western city and in a nearby house said to be the Georgian president’s vacation retreat, showing no sign of leaving on what Moscow called Day One of a pullout from Georgia. Read more
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KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A wave of Taliban suicide bombers backed by gunmen attempted to breach the defenses of the main U.S. base in southeastern Afghanistan overnight, Afghan and NATO officials said on Tuesday. Read more
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KEY WEST, Florida (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Fay hit the Florida Keys with heavy rain and winds that knocked down trees and signs before churning toward southwest Florida on Monday after killing more than 50 people in the Caribbean. Read more
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Nato foreign ministers are gathering in Brussels for an emergency summit to discuss how the alliance should respond to Russia’s military action in Georgia. Read more
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The European Union-brokered peace plan signed by both Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili calls for both sides to pull forces back to the positions they held before fighting broke out Aug. 7. Medvedev had told French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday that Russian troops would begin pulling back on Monday, but [...]
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A clutch of candidates vying to be picked as vice-presidential running mate for Barack Obama or John McCain underwent final auditions yesterday, with loyal recitals on TV shows of official campaign talking points. Read more
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Russia said it would begin withdrawing forces from Georgia today after a war that has dealt a humiliating blow to the Black Sea state. Read more
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Officials at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo say the 10-year-old spurred tortoise has begun mating since being fitted with a custom skateboard to overcome paralysis of her hind legs. Read more
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A man has been killed and at least 60 people are injured following a horror bus crash near the Alton Towers theme park. Read more