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A U.S. soldier investigates the site of a car bomb attack in the Karradah neighborhood of central Baghdad, Iraq. Three parked cars exploded in the predominantly Shiite area, killing at least 12 people and wounding 19, police said. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed / AP)

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Canned meat, chili sauce recall expanded

Castleberry's Food Co. is expanding its recall of hot dog chili sauce and canned meat products to 88 human products and four canned dog food products due to the threat of botulism.

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CNNMoney

Britain challenges Moscow over extradition of suspect

Britain has directly challenged Russia’s insistence that its Constitution bans extradition of the man who is suspected in the murder of the dissident former spy Alexander Litvinenko.

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Times Online

U.K. fights worst floods in 60 years

Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged more funds to tackle some of Britain's worst flooding for nearly 60 years as rising waters left thousands homeless and plunged entire towns under water.

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CNN

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No end in sight to floods in China

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Reuters

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3 parked car bombs kill 12 in Iraq

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ABC News

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U.S. and Iranian envoys to meet in Baghdad

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Sydney Morning Herald

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Timeline: the U.S. and Iran

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CBS News

Bin Laden hiding in Pakistan, says U.S. intelligence chief

Osama bin Laden is alive and hiding in Pakistan, the U.S. intelligence chief said. He blamed President Musharraf's government for allowing al-Qaida to regroup in Pakistan's lawless tribal areas.

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Telegraph.co.uk

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America's Pakistan dilemma

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Christian Science Monitor

Taliban extend deadline for Korean hostages, troop withdrawal

The Taliban kidnappers of 23 Korean hostages extended the deadline for the South Korean government to agree to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.

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New Zealand Herald

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Temporary reprieve for hostages

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Reuters

Foster program for immigrants criticized

Critics of a foster program for children of illegal immigrants say the majority of them will eventually fade into the nation's illegal immigrant subculture.

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Yahoo! News

NATION

Ruling party wins big in Turkey

Voters in Turkey delivered incumbent Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan a resounding victory in elections, crushing the secularist opposition that sought to topple him.

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TIME

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AK Party wins Turkish vote

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BBC

Intel director worried about terror sleeper cells in U.S.

The nation's top intelligence official went further than ever before in outlining what he described as a heightened threat of an al-Qaida attack on American soil.

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ABC News

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Is U.S. making gains against al Qaeda?

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MSNBC

Brazil's aviation woes continue

Short-circuited radar over the Amazon region disrupted more than a dozen flights, deepening Brazil's aviation crisis following the county's worst air disaster that killed nearly 200.

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Herald Sun

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Q&A: Sao Paulo plane crash

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BBC

POLITICS

Feingold: Bush should be censured

Democratic Sen. Russell Feingold is reviving his effort to have the U.S. Congress censure President George W. Bush, a move that his party's leader in the Senate doesn't support.

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Bloomberg

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Senator calls for censure of Bush

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MSNBC

State Department official takes blame for passport mess

The current passport mess in the U.S. is rare among government foul-ups. A top federal official has publicly taken the blame and expressed regret.

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International Herald Tribune

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Congress aids in passport backlog

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MSNBC

Restoring the draft: no panacea

Even as there's talk inside the Pentagon of extending the troop surge in Iraq well into 2008, the U.S. military remains in a vise, crushed between the demands of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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TiME

BUSINESS

Globalization backlash in rich nations

A popular backlash against globalization and the leaders of the world’s largest companies is sweeping all rich countries, an FT/Harris poll shows.

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Financial Times

Beijing raises interest rates to cool 'surging' economy

China moved to cool the economy with a 0.27 percentage-point hike in interest rates after scorching GDP data showed the nation on track for its fastest annual growth in more than a decade.

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MarketWatch

SPORTS

Contador edges Rasmussen in Stage 14; Rasmussen still leads

Alberto Contador of Spain won Stage 14 of the Tour de France, edging overall leader Michael Rasmussen of Denmark for the victory.

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Harrington takes British Open

Ireland's Padraig Harrington holed a putt of just more than a meter at the fourth playoff hole to win the British Open Championship at Carnoustie.

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Sydney Morning Herald

HEALTH

Car seats linked to sudden infant death

Very young babies face a small risk of sudden death when they are seated, not only when they are lying down, according to a Canadian study.

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Fox News

Simple changes can have big payoffs

By now, everyone knows the drill: Quit smoking, eat better, exercise, and you'll get healthier. Now, two new studies uncover the wisdom in that tried-and-true advice.

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Health Day

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

American dreamers

Muslim Americans are one of this country's greatest strengths. But they're vulnerable as never before.

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Newsweek

Pope urges an end to all wars

Pope Benedict XVI called for an end to all wars, saying they are "useless slaughters" that bring hell to paradise on Earth.

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San Jose Mercury News

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GOOD NEWS

Burj Dubai now world's tallest building

A year and a half ahead of completion and already 1,680 feet tall, the skyscraper known as Burj Dubai in the Gulf state has become the world's tallest building, its developers claimed.

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Independent

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New tower is world's tallest

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Yahoo! News

Man who beat cancer twice climbs world's highest peaks

Sean Swarner, a 32-year-old two-time cancer survivor, reached the summit of Denali on June 19. It's the highest peak in North America, but that's only part of the story.

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Cancer survivor climbs the 7 summits

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NATION

Idaho wildfires threaten Air Force training range, burn buildings

A wildfire in southern Idaho that grew by an estimated 200 square miles in 24 hours threatened facilities at an Air Force training range, fire officials said.

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Twin Falls Times-News

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Worst wildfires might be yet to come

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KCAL

FBI: biological mom took adopted girl

A woman and an armed man allegedly stormed a home wearing masks and kidnapped an infant the woman had given up for adoption, whisking the baby to a military base three states away.

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Guardian

Study: older drivers more cautious than younger ones

Older drivers are much more cautious on the roads than their younger counterparts and are less likely to cause accidents, according to a new study by the Rand Institute for Civil Justice.

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Earth Times

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New study compares old and young motorists

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WJZ

ENVIRONMENT

Study: Plug-in hybrids could reduce greenhouse gas emissions

If motorists used rechargeable "plug-in" hybrid-electric vehicles in large numbers, the U.S. could see a significant drop in greenhouse gas emissions by the middle of the century, says a study.

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Environmental News Network

Alternative energy projects await Senate

Stamford, Conn., may be on its way to a state-of-the-art power plant if the 2008 Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill passes the U.S. Senate.

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Earth Times

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

3 million copies of Harry Potter sold within 24 hours

Within 24 hours of J.K. Rowling opening her copy of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" at London's Natural History Museum, the book has become the fastest-selling novel in publishing history.

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The Hindu

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'Deathly Hallows' packs the most punch

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'Chuck & Larry' topples 'Harry Potter' for No. 1 spot

"I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry'' opened with $34.8 million in ticket sales over the weekend, pushing "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' to second place.

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Bloomberg

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

A boost for the Bible

By confirming the historical accuracy of a tiny detail on a two-inch clay tablet, the British Museum has given ammunition to those who believe that the Bible is history.

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TIME

Grad student finds pre-dinosaur

Growing up in Crystal Lake, Nathan Smith, like a lot of kids, says he "was fascinated by dinosaurs" and loved going to the Field Museum.

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Chicago Sun-Times

EDUCATION

Abstinence education under threat across the United States

When Jami Waite graduated from high school this year in this northeast Texas town, her parents sat damp-eyed in Bobcat Stadium, proud in every way.

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The Age

College application draws bomb squad

Emergency crews evacuated an Eastern Illinois University building after a campus postal carrier discovered a disheveled-looking package heading for the college’s admissions office.

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MSNBC

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Mega multivitamin use increases risk of prostate cancer

Men who take multivitamin supplements more than once a day are twice as likely to die of prostate cancer as men who never take supplements, researchers confirmed.

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Dominican Wendy Cruz celebrates after winning the gold medal in the men's road 156 km. cycling race at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Photo by Martin Mejia / AP)

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