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 Baghdad zoo welcomes pair of US-donated tiger cubs
By KIM GAMEL | Associated Press Writer | BAGHDAD (AP) - The Baghdad Zoo on Friday welcomed a pair of rare Bengal tiger cubs that were donated by a North Carolina animal sanctuary despite protests by a... (photo: AP / David Guttenfelder) Wtop
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 Beijing Olympics open with spectacular ceremony
Opening ceremony predicted to attract a global audience of more than 3 billion people | Fireworks explode over the National Stadium during the opening ceremony for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, C... (photo: AP) The Guardian
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 Plans to impeach Musharraf raise threat of upheaval
| ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The feuding leaders of Pakistan's ruling coalition said Thursday that they will impeach President Pervez Musharraf, a move that could trigger poli... (photo: PIB) Buffalo News
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 Oil dips on stronger dollar
By GEORGE JAHN | Associated Press Writer | VIENNA, Austria -- | Oil prices sagged Friday as a strengthening dollar and worries about economic growth offset supply concern... (photo: AP / Paul Sakuma) The Tribune San Luis Obispo
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 U.S. corn, soy fall on dollar, await USDA report
* USDA crop report next week may weigh on markets * Trade eyes Morocco wheat plans (Recasts with quotes, prices, changes dateline, pvs SINGAPORE) By David Brough and Tamo... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) The Guardian
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 UN's nuclear watchdog in talks with Iran
| The United Nations' top nuclear inspector began talks with Iranian officials in Tehran on Thursday over the country's disputed atomic program, as the Islamic republic f... (photo: AP Photo / Eugene Hoshiko) Canada Dot Com
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 US weighs stepped-up military forays into Pakistan
| WASHINGTON (AP) - Top Bush administration officials are urging the president to direct U.S. troops in Afghanistan to be more aggressive in pursuing militants into Pakis... (photo: USAF file/TSgt. Mike Buytas) Syracuse
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 Iraq resuming oil exploration work
| Iraq will resume searching for oil today for the first time in two decades, the Oil Ministry said Thursday, in the hope of finding vast reserves that lay undiscovered b... (photo: Pawe Pisaski / GDFL) Canada Dot Com
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 AP Exclusive: Bush officials weigh more assertive pursuit of Afghan militants into Pakistan
| WASHINGTON - Top Bush administration officials are urging the president to direct U.S. troops in Afghanistan to be more aggressive in pursuing militants into Pakistan o... (photo: White House / Eric Draper) Star Tribune
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 Sports can affect entire populations
| At eight years old, Nsenga's hands move over the dried banana bark with the experience of a trained craftsman. | Like most kids in Rwanda, Nsenga's family has little. H... (photo: GNU / Inisheer) Canada Dot Com
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