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North Korea might give up nukes

By Burt Herman · Thursday, Feb. 8,2007 11:58 p.m.

BEIJING -- China has distributed a draft agreement to the countries at international talks seeking to persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons programs, a South Korean official said early Friday.

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Thursday, Feb. 8,2007 2:49 p.m.

Austrian authorities said Wednesday they have uncovered a major international child pornography ring.

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Wednesday, Feb. 7,2007 12:59 p.m.

Gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms seized an Iranian diplomat as he drove through central Baghdad, officials said Tuesday. Iran said it held the U.S. responsible for the diplomat's "safety and life." One Iraqi government official said the Iranian diplomat was detained Sunday by an Iraqi army unit that reports directly to the U.S. military. A military spokesman denied any U.S. troops or Iraqis that report to them were involved.

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Astronaut in love triangle arrested

Tuesday, Feb. 6,2007 11:37 p.m.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- She was the Robochick. He was Billy-O. According to police, her obsession with him led her to drive 900 miles from Houston to Orlando, bringing with her a trenchcoat and wig, armed with a BB gun and pepper spray, and wearing a diaper to avoid bathroom breaks on the arduous drive.

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Gates: Troop buildup 'not the last chance'

By Anne Flaherty · Tuesday, Feb. 6,2007 10:43 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates held out hope Tuesday that U.S. forces might be able to start leaving Iraq before the end of the year, if daunting conditions including subdued violence and political reconciliation are met.

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Tuesday, Feb. 6,2007 12:24 p.m.

TBS and a marketing company have agreed to pay $2 million and apologize for their ad campaign that caused a terrorism scare.

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Bush sends Congress $2.9 trillion budget

By Martin Crutsinger · Monday, Feb. 5,2007 9:44 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush on Monday unveiled a $2.9 trillion spending plan that devotes billions more to fighting the war in Iraq but pinches pennies on programs promised to voters by Democrats now running Congress.

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U.S. general to command NATO troops

By Jason Straziuso · Sunday, Feb. 4,2007 6:26 p.m.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Gen. Dan McNeill, the highest ranking U.S. general to lead troops in Afghanistan, took command of 35,500 NATO-led soldiers on Sunday, putting an American face on the international mission after nine months of British command.

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Venezuela's leader takes up green cause

By Ian James · Sunday, Feb. 4,2007 6:25 p.m.

CARACAS, Venezuela -- His ambitious social programs are built on Venezuela's petroleum wealth, but President Hugo Chavez is increasingly talking up environmental causes and urging the world to cut back on oil use to fight global warming.

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Sunday, Feb. 4,2007 6:24 p.m.

The bipartisan nonbinding resolution amounted to a demoralizing "vote of no confidence" in the U.S. military because it criticized Bush's plans to send 21,500 more troops to Iraq without offering concrete alternatives, said Arizona Sen. John McCain.

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Thursday, Feb. 1,2007 7:56 p.m.

An animal-rights worker charged with dumping the bodies of euthanized dogs and cats apologized in court Thursday, saying she left the carcasses in a trash bin because they stank. Adria J. Hinkle and Andrew B. Cook, both PETA workers, are on trial on 21 counts of animal cruelty, along with charges of littering and obtaining property by false pretenses.

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Palestinian cease-fire dissolves

By Sarah El Deeb · Thursday, Feb. 1,2007 7:54 p.m.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Gunfights between Hamas and Fatah gunmen erupted across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing four people, wounding several others and effectively destroying a three-day truce that brought a brief period of quiet to the volatile area.

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Suicide bombers strike Shiite city; bombs rock Iraq capital

By Sameer N. Yacoub · Thursday, Feb. 1,2007 7:52 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Two suicide bombers blew themselves up Thursday in a crowded outdoor market in a Shiite city south of Baghdad, killing 45 people and wounding 150, police said, the latest in a series of insurgent attacks against the majority sect during the Islamic holy month of Muharram.

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Wednesday, Jan. 31,2007 10:06 p.m.

US Airways dropped its hostile $9.8 billion bid for Delta on Wednesday after Delta's creditors threw their support behind the airline's plan to emerge from bankruptcy on its own. Delta Air Lines Inc.'s official unsecured creditors committee said in a statement it reached its decision after a lengthy review of both Delta's proposal and US Airways Group Inc.'s proposal.

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Castro, Chavez meeting shown on Cuban TV

By Anita Snow · Wednesday, Jan. 31,2007 12:28 a.m.

HAVANA -- Cuban state television on Tuesday showed a video of a healthier looking Fidel Castro meeting and speaking with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the first images of the ailing leader shown in three months.

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Tuesday, Jan. 30,2007 10:16 p.m.

Airline pilots will be allowed to fly until they turn 65 instead of the current mandatory retirement age of 60 under a proposal to be announced Tuesday by Federal Aviation Administrator Marion Blakey.

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