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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, foreground center, leads the Eid al-Fitr prayer, Tehran, Iran. Iran's supreme leader called on Muslim countries Saturday to boycott a U.S.-sponsored international peace conference on the Middle East, saying the meeting would hurt the Palestinians. (Photo by AP)

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Staff in boot camp case walk free

Eight defendants have been acquitted of manslaughter in the case of a teenager who died after being punched and kicked at a Florida boot camp.

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Half of deaths in custody laid to cops

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Denver Post

Burma Prime Minister Soe Win dies

Burma Prime Minister Gen. Soe Win died in a military hospital after a long illness, state media announced. The fourth-ranking member of the junta, he had been ailing for months with acute leukemia. He was 59.

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U.S. diplomat meets Burma leader

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TIME

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Myanmar protests

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Yahoo! News

Iran: Boycott U.S.-Mideast peace talks

Iran's supreme leader called on Muslim countries to boycott a U.S.-sponsored Middle East peace conference, saying that the international meeting would hurt the Palestinians.

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CBS News

Sanchez: Iraq war 'a nightmare with no end in sight'

A former commander of forces in Iraq issued an assessment of U.S. management of the war, saying that American political leaders cost American lives with their "lust for power."

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CNN

Gates: U.S., Russia 'agree to disagree' on arms sales

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Russian and American officials "agreed to disagree'' over their respective arms sales to other countries during talks in Moscow.

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Bloomberg

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Putin talks tough on missiles

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Yahoo! News

Big rigs burn in California freeway tunnel

The major north-south freeway through north Los Angeles County was shut down after a fiery pileup in a truck-only tunnel injured at least 10 people and left at least one person missing.

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NATION

Nobel Prize money benefits Palo Alto nonprofit Gore founded

The group Al Gore praised as the planet's "PR agent" became $750,000 richer after the former vice president announced his Nobel Prize winnings would be given to the Alliance for Climate Protection.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Al Gore wins Nobel peace prize, and this time no one can take it away from him

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Guardian

New York police hunt for suspects in 2 noose incidents in 1 week

Police were grappling with two separate incidents of someone stringing up nooses in public places — one at Columbia University and another outside a post office damaged in the Sept. 11 attacks.

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FOX News

Signs of a truce in America's divisive culture war?

For far too long, say many Americans, extreme partisanship and polarization have stymied the country's political process. The chief culprits? Some blame the strident voices of the culture war.

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Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

Obama, Edwards accuse Clinton of flip-flop on Iran

Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and John Edwards accused front-runner Hillary Clinton of flip-flopping by saying she would negotiate with Iran.

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Reuters

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Ms Obama heads for London to raise funds

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Guardian

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BBC

Bush tries to build support for Latin American trade deals

President Bush urged Congress to approve free-trade agreements with Latin American countries "as soon as possible," saying failure to do so would diminish U.S. leadership in the hemisphere.

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Reuters

BUSINESS

'Made in U.S.A.' stages a comeback

As consumers look for alternatives to Chinese-made toys following a series of recalls this year, dozens of small toy companies are struggling to meet surging demand.

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Associated Press

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Recalled toy story

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Yahoo! News

Mexico City wins battle in war against street vendors

Mexico City reached a temporary accord to remove as many as 20,000 street vendors from a tourist-filled downtown square, avoiding a showdown with police even though peddlers vow to return.

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Bloomberg

HEALTH

FDA approves important new AIDS drug

Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. won FDA approval for Isentress, an HIV suppressor that has performed well in clinical trials and has been hailed as the most important new AIDS drug in a decade.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Spray cleaners may up asthma risk

Using spray home cleaning products, even as little as once a week, may increase an adult's risk for developing asthma symptoms, a study shows.

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WebMD

SPORTS

Rockies take their time, but do it again

The Rockies won 3-2 in 11 innings when tiring Arizona closer Jose Valverde walked Willy Taveras with the bases loaded and two outs.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Ramirez, Ortiz lead Red Sox over Indians in Game 1

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New York Daily News

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ALCS: Terry Francona, Red Sox manager

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Yahoo! News

Reds' manager search includes interview with ex-Cubs skipper Baker

Dusty Baker has interviewed with the Cincinnati Reds for their vacant managing job, according to a person within the organization familiar with the search.

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RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Muslims mark end of Ramadan

Most of the Middle East marked the start of the feast celebrating the end of Ramadan, with crisis, violence, fear and isolation casting a pall over one of the happiest dates on the Islamic calendar.

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'Alive' plane crash survivors and man who saved them reunite 35 years later

The Chilean livestock herder who first spotted survivors of a 1972 Andean plane crash made famous by a best-selling book and Hollywood movie was reunited with the men he helped rescue 35 years ago.

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International Herald Tribune

Researchers display shipwreck artifacts

Almost 500 years later and 15 years after the first ship was found at the bottom of Pensacola Bay, another has been discovered, helping archaeologists unlock secrets to Florida's Spanish past.

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WORLD

Musharraf blames captured troops

Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has blamed a group of more than 200 soldiers for their capture by pro-Taliban militants.

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BBC

Trade surplus puts pressure on inflation in China

Despite a spate of product recalls from China this year and growing scrutiny over the quality and safety of its goods, the Chinese export boom continues to accelerate, according to trade statistics.

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International Herald Tribune

Dalai Lama to receive U.S. Congressional Gold Medal

The Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama will meet with President Bush in Washington before being honored by the U.S. Congress in a ceremony on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.

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VOA

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

French explorer to measure Arctic ice from airship

A French explorer unveiled plans to fly over the Arctic in an airship to measure the ice cap amid concern over the pace at which it is melting.

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Scientific American

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America's rivers of filth

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Environment News Service

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Bounced from the bathroom for dressing like a man

Khadijah Farmer doesn’t wear makeup and wears men’s clothes, and can't tolerate being thrown out of a restaurant for using the women’s bathroom.

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MSNBC

Joy snatched from Hannah Montana fans

When Disney announced a U.S 'Hannah Montana' tour, ticket brokers swooped up thousands of tickets and desperate fans found they would have to pay up to $2,000 for a $63 ticket.

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CNN

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1,900 tickets for Hannah's St. Louis concert to be released

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STL Today

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Searching for God in the brain

Researchers are unearthing the roots of religious feeling in the neural commotion of the brain that accompanies the spiritual epiphanies of nuns, Buddhists and other people of faith.

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Scientific American

Universal Music takes on iTunes

Relationships in the entertainment world can be famously fraught. And few are more so these days than the one between Steve Jobs and Universal Music chief Doug Morris.

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BusinessWeek

EDUCATION

'Mom' and 'Dad' banished by California

"Mom and Dad" and "husband and wife" have been banned from California schools under a bill signed by Gov. Schwarzenegger.

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Student suspended over Robertson pic

A Regent University law student who posted an unflattering photo of Regent president Pat Robertson on his Facebook page has been indefinitely suspended pending a psychiatric evaluation.

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Houston Chronicle

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

'New continent' and species discovered in Atlantic study

Exploring life in the North Atlantic Ocean at various depths of 800 to 3,500 meters, a team of 31 scientists are returning from a five-week scientific expedition with a wealth of new information and insights.

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Environmental News Network

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Maryland basketball coach Gary Williams pumps his fist after driving onto the Comcast Center court in a yellow Lamborghini during Maryland Madness events, in College Park, Md. (Photo by Gail Burton / AP)

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