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Pakistani police officers push auto rickshaw at the site of an explosion in Peshawar, Pakistan. A suicide attacker detonated a bomb that ripped through a crowded hotel restaurant in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing at least 24 people and wounding 25, police said. (Photo by Mohammad Zubair / AP)

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Suicide blast kills 24 in Pakistan

A hotel blast in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar left 24 people dead and 25 injured, police said.

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Airstrikes kill 11 suspected Taliban, officials say

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MSNBC

Iran vows 'severe' response if attacked

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has promised "severe" Iranian retaliation if the United States attacked his country, which is in a standoff with the West over its nuclear program.

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Sydney Morning Herald

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Jordan, Egypt tell Cheney they support peaceful solution to Iran standoff

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International Herald Tribune

Pentagon: Released Gitmo detainees went back fighting

The Pentagon released the names of six former Guantanamo detainees who U.S. officials say re-emerged as Islamist fighters in Afghanistan after their release from the U.S. military prison in Cuba.

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Hundreds questioned in troop search

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U.S. hunts for missing GIs in Iraq

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MSNBC

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Iraq violence, in figures

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BBC

Report: Wolfowitz violated rules

World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz showed a "disregard for the interests of the institution" when he ordered a pay raise and promotion for his companion, according to a report.

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Bloomberg

Gas prices hit all-time high

American motorists are paying record-high prices at the gas pumps on the eve of summer vacation season as problems at the nation's oil refineries cut deeply into fuel stockpiles, AAA said.

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CNBC

Bush orders regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

President George W. Bush ordered government agencies to begin regulatory steps to curb tailpipe emissions and urged Congress to enact legislation to reduce the nation's dependence on imported oil.

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Bloomberg

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Bush reveals new pollution regulations designed to curb emissions in 18 months

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NATION

At least 11 killed in Hamas-Fatah fighting

At least 11 Palestinians were killed — eight in one incident — in the deadliest fighting between Hamas and Fatah since the rivals formed a unity government to end bloodshed.

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Reuters

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Fatah men return amid Gaza chaos

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BBC

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Palestinian rivals: Fatah & Hamas

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BBC

U.S., German ministers to meet Russia's Putin amid strains

The U.S. and German foreign ministers will hold separate talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin expected to touch on a number of simmering disputes between Moscow and the West.

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Reuters

Villagers find, loot Cambodian killing field

Researchers are investigating a long unknown killing field in Cambodia with the graves of thousands of Khmer Rouge victims from the 1970s.

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International Herald Tribune

POLITICS

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McNulty, Davis resignations a blow to White House

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Obama says he would roll back tax cuts for the wealthiest

As president, Barack Obama says he would repeal President Bush’s cuts to pay for health care, without suggesting other tax hikes.

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Romney criticizes Bush on Iraq

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney took to the national airwaves to criticize the Bush administration's handling of the Iraq war, describe his faith and denounce polygamy.

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Mitt Romney on 60 Minutes with Mike Wallace

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POLITICS

Thomson, Reuters reach agreement on merger terms

Reuters Group PLC and Thomson Corp. said that they have agreed on terms for a merger to create one of the world’s largest financial news providers.

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MSNBC

Fund managers expect bear to growl, but not bite

While stocks may still have room to run, several top mutual-fund managers say they're preparing for a market slowdown but aren't bracing for lows seen in 2002.

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MarketWatch

Skype, Wal-Mart strike retail deal

Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores announced it will add a special section that sells Skype products, including handsets, Webcams, headsets and other equipment, in more than 1,800 of its stores.

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CNET News

SPORTS

Frustrated Favre quells trade talk

Brett Favre acknowledged his anger over the team's unwillingness to pull off a trade for wide receiver Randy Moss, but denied he ever really wanted the Green Bay Packers to trade him.

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Warriors succumb to slow Jazz

All that was good about the Warriors' running and gunning disappeared in a volley of missed three-pointers and free throws.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Up-to-the-minute scores

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Sports Illustrated

EDUCATION

Better hunting, bigger salaries greet graduates this year

As a whole, this year's crop of college graduates is expected to find more jobs and better salaries compared with counterparts a year ago, according to a recent survey of hiring managers.

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Denver Post

The teachers who cheat

Teachers have helped students cheat on California's high-stakes achievement tests in at least 123 public schools since 2004, according to a San Francisco Chronicle report.

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San Francisco Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

In Turkey's religious heartland, secularism thrives

In a part of the world where religion and politics have been a poisonous mix and cultural norms are conservative regardless of religion, Konya is an oasis.

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International Herald Tribune

Pope shows more signs of swinging to the right in public

Pope Benedict XVI's first trip to Latin America has added to a sense that his papacy seemed to be moving closer to the mold that he embodied as a conservative and contentious cardinal.

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International Herald Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

Boy receives new heart at Ark. hospital

An 8-year-old boy from Mexico received a new heart to replace his diseased one, after spending weeks in a Texas intensive care unit and getting a rare implanted heart pump in Arkansas.

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CBS News

Company donates $20 million to Clinton Foundation for AIDS fight

MIDROC-Ethiopia announced it would donate $20 million over a 10-year period to Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative in Ethiopia.

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NATION

300 passengers rescued from grounded cruise ship

Coast Guard and civilian vessels banded together to rescue more than 300 people from a Seattle-based cruise ship that ran aground in Alaska.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Military puts MySpace, other social networking sites off limits

Citing security concerns and technological limits, the Pentagon has cut off access to social networking Web sites for personnel using the Defense Department's computer network.

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Thousands of sex offenders discovered on MySpace

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Reuters

Jose Padilla trial opens in Miami

The trial of suspected al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla opened with federal prosecutors arguing the U.S. citizen and two co-defendants were key players in a terror support cell.

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CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

Deforestation: The hidden cause of global warming

In 24 hours, deforestation will release as much CO2 into the atmosphere as 8 million people flying from London to New York. Stopping logging is the fastest and cheapest solution to climate change.

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London Independent

U.S. allows radioactive materials in ordinary landfills

Radioactive materials from nuclear weapons facilities are being released to regular landfills and could get into commercial recycling streams, a report just issued by the nonprofit NIRS says.

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Environment News Service

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Scientology and the BBC: accusations fly

John Sweeney is famous for confronting despots and traveling through the streets of Harare, Zimbabwe, in the trunk of a car. But with Tommy Davis of the Church of Scientology in LA, he lost his cool.

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ABC News

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Reporter's fury caught on tape

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BBC

Doghouse team sent packing by CBS Radio for prank call

A month after firing shock jock Don Imus for racist comments, CBS Radio has fired the Doghouse, a former Bay Area morning team, for a prank phone call making fun of workers at a Chinese restaurant.

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San Jose Mercury News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

U.S. soldier's Iraq memoir wins blog book prize

An American soldier's violent and darkly comic account of fighting in Iraq has won the "Blooker prize" for best book that began as a blog on the Internet.

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Reuters

Long-range eye tracker enables selling ads 'by the eyeball'

A professor’s invention provides a unique, affordable way for advertisers to track the effectiveness of their messages by measuring how many people are looking at their billboards and screens.

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HEALTH

Antibody that detects only known cause of Lou Gehrig's disease developed

Researchers at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Medicine have developed the first antibody that detects the only known cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also called Lou Gehrig’s disease.

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Mammography rate falling — a worry for breast cancer experts

After rising steadily for decades, the proportion of U.S. women getting mammograms to screen for breast cancer has dropped for the first time, federal researchers are reporting.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Want to beat depression? Take a hike

Country walks can significantly reduce depression and raise sufferers' self-esteem, according to researchers.

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Telegraph.co.uk

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

The fastest-growing jobs in the U.S.

Baby boomers refashioned politics, changed music and continue to exert influence over the U.S. economy. Is it any wonder that many of the fastest-growing jobs in the U.S. owe their proliferation to boomers?

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Italy's Gilberto Simoni, third from right, pedals during the third stage of the Giro d'Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race, from Barumini to Cagliari. (Photo by Alessandro Trovati / AP)

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