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Clinton urges China to pressure North Korea

She told reporters during a brief visit in the South Korean capital that the crisis brought on by the North’s sinking of a South Korean warship …
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Bombs kill two, wound 28 in Thai Muslim south

The first bomb, hidden in a motorcycle, exploded near a car showroom in Yala province, 1,100 km (680 miles) south of Bangkok, police said. As rescue …
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Planes, trains and frontier markets

A day after coming out of the hospital for dehydration in the Philippines, she flew home to San Francisco with her 8-year-old daughter, dropped her …
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New Afghan prison marks change in Obama strategy

Bearded and wearing bottle-green overalls over loose brown trousers that indicate he is a medium risk to security, he tells Colonel Robert Arnell, who …
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Chavez opponents barred from office in Venezuela

The decision by Comptroller General Clodosbaldo Russian, a Chavez ally, blocks candidacies by former presidential candidate Manuel Rosales and former …
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Obama to send troops, bolster border security

The announcement comes as the Democratic president seeks Republican support for a sweeping overhaul of U.S. immigration laws, and seeks to rally …
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North Korea allows in South’s workers to factories

The move to let in workers suggested that behind its latest furious rhetoric, which follows the South accusing it of sinking one of its warships, the …
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U.S., Japan defense chiefs discuss North Korea concerns

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates held a 40-minute-meeting with Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa at the Pentagon, where the two exchanged …
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Japanese ruling coalition will hold

Hatoyama’s decision to abandon a pledge to try to shift the U.S. Marines’ Futenma air base off the southern island has made Okinawans angry, upset the …
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North Korea says to sever factory link if South begins propaganda

The message was in a notice from the North Korean military to the South and carried by the North’s KCNA news agency. South Korea plans to begin …
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Blood pressure control up in U.S.; many still suffer

But the overall rate of Americans who have high blood pressure has not changed in recent years, reflecting the need for better prevention efforts, …
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British Petroleum may end live video of leaking U.S. Gulf well

"It is under review," a spokesman told Reuters. He declined to give a reason why the camera would stop broadcasting. BP plans to start its "top kill" …
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Small plane crashes into two-story building

York region police Constable Gary Phillips said Tuesday the plane crashed into the roof of the Thinkway Toys Division building Tuesday. The roof was …
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Update: Nasrallah threatens ships going to Israel in future war

"If you (Israel) put our coasts under siege in any future war, I say all military, civilian and commercial ships heading to Palestine’s coasts on …
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Merkel party deputy Koch to step down

Koch, long seen as a rising star in the CDU with ambitions for higher office, told a news conference in the Hessian capital Wiesbaden that he would …
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Update: Obama sending more Natl Guard to U.S.-Mexico border

The troops will provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support, intelligence analysis, immediate support to counternarcotics …
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Britain eases advice against travel to Thailand

Britain had advised against all travel to Bangkok earlier this month as battles between the military and anti-government protesters raged, …
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Several thousand visit Tito’s grave

Tito’s admirers flocked in from all over former Yugoslavia, the ethnically-diverse federation he skillfully steered through the Cold War era, but …
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