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By Abdullah AlShihri · Wednesday, April 11,2007 12 a.m.

Motorists can expect an easing of the recent gasoline price surge in coming weeks, with costs averaging about what they did last summer over the heavy vacation driving season, the government said Tuesday.

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By Abisalom Omolo · Tuesday, April 10,2007 12 a.m.

A Russian-built Soyuz capsule carrying the American billionaire who helped develop Microsoft Word docked at the international space station late Monday – to the earthbound applause of Martha Stewart and others at Mission Control. Charles Simonyi shelled out $20 million to $25 million to be the world’s fifth paying private space traveler.

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By Abdullah AlShihri · Friday, April 6,2007 12 a.m.

Prosecutors filed charges Thursday against three people who allegedly conspired with suicide bombers in the attacks that killed 52 subway and bus passengers in London on July 7, 2005.

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Iran to release 15 Britons

By Abisalom Omolo and Nasser Karimi · Thursday, April 5,2007 12 a.m.

TEHRAN, Iran – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in a surprise move that defused escalating tension in the Middle East, announced the release of 15 captive British sailors and marines Wednesday in what he called an Easter gift to the British people.

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By Abisalom Omolo · Thursday, April 5,2007 12 a.m.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held talks with Syria’s leader Wednesday despite White House objections.

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Elizabeth Edwards' cancer more treatable than previously thought

By Alyson Brodsy and Nedra Pickler · Wednesday, April 4,2007 12 a.m.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Elizabeth Edwards said Tuesday that she got some good news: She has a type of cancer that is more likely to be controlled by anti-estrogen drugs. Mrs. Edwards, wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, expressed frustration with reports that she’s likely to die within five years. She said doctors can’t give her a reliable life expectancy and even if they could, the information would be of no comfort to her.

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By Abisalom Omolo · Wednesday, April 4,2007 12 a.m.

President Bush criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Damascus, Syria on Tuesday, saying it sends mixed signals to President Bashar Assad. The trip was the highest-ranking American politician to visit Syria since relations began to deteriorate four years ago.

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By Abdullah AlShihri · Tuesday, April 3,2007 12 a.m.

A tsunami that struck without warning overnight Tuesday washed away coastal villages in the western Solomon Islands, killing at least 13 people. The death toll was expected to rise. Bodies floated out to sea, and thousands of residents camped out on a hillside above a devastated town. A wall of water reportedly 30 feet high struck the island of Choiseul and swept a third of a mile inland.

IRAN PROTEST

Iranians protest outside British Embassy over captures

Monday, April 2,2007 12 a.m.

TEHRAN, Iran – About 200 Iranian youths threw rocks and firecrackers at the British Embassy on Sunday, as the British government said it was in direct contact with Iran over the capture of 15 British sailors and marines.

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