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Iranian oil minister says OPEC will study dollar

OPEC will study the weak U.S. dollar’s effect on the oil cartel’s earnings and investigate the possibility of a currency basket, Iran’s oil minister said Sunday.

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Civilian casualties, attacks low in Iraq

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Violence is down 55 percent in Iraq since a U.S.-Iraqi security operation began this summer, U.S. officials said Sunday, even as at least 15 Iraqis were reported killed in bombings and shootings.


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Bhutto to ally with opposition

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Benazir Bhutto said she is seeking an alliance with other opposition leaders Thursday to form a caretaker government that could replace President Gen. Pervez Musharraf ahead of January elections.


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Pentagon to open military airspace

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Ahead of the holiday travel crunch, President Bush ordered steps Thursday to reduce air traffic congestion and long delays that have left passengers stranded.







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Around the world

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President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said Sunday that Pakistan will stick to its January schedule for parliamentary elections but he set no time limit on emergency rule


Bay Bridge Ship

Oil spill

Erin Brodie from the Marine Mammal Center chases after an oil-coated bird she was trying to rescue at Rodeo Beach on Thursday in San Francisco.


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Paramilitary group renounces violence

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The major Northern Ireland Protestant paramilitary group, the Ulster Defense Association, announced Sunday it was formally renouncing violence, but a commander said the group would not surrender its weapons to international disarmament officials.


Hollywood Labor

Strike

Picketers march during a strike by television and film writers.




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Gunfire erupts following student protest; 8 injured

Masked gunmen opened fire on students returning from a march in which tens of thousands of Venezuelans denounced President Hugo Chavez’s attempts to expand his power through constitutional changes.