| NKorea off US blacklist after nuke inspection deal |
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| WASHINGTON (AP) -- After North Korea relented on nuclear inspection demands, the U.S. on Saturday erased from a terrorism blacklist the communist country President Bush once branded part of an "axis of evil."... |
| Hurricane Norbert slams into Mexico's Baja coast |
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| PUERTO SAN CARLOS, Mexico (AP) -- Hurricane Norbert slammed into Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula on Saturday with torrential rains and screaming winds, forcing scores of people to flee flooded homes.... |
| Mercurial Austrian rightist dead in car crash |
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| VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- Joerg Haider, who catapulted his rightist anti-immigration party into a powerful force with sharp attacks on rivals and provocative praise of the Nazi era, died Saturday in a car accident. He was 58.... |
| Officials: 3 killed in missile strike in Pakistan |
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| DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) -- A suspected U.S. missile strike killed three people late Saturday in a town near the Afghan border, the latest in a series of attacks in a region where top al-Qaida leaders are believed to be living, two intelligence officials said.... |
| Official: 3,000 Christians flee Iraq's Mosul |
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| BAGHDAD (AP) -- Hundreds of terrified Christian families have fled Mosul to escape extremist attacks that have increased despite months of U.S. and Iraqi military operations to secure the northern Iraqi city, political and religious officials said Saturday.... |
| Under Bush, US influence in Latin America wanes |
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| QUITO, Ecuador (AP) -- In a matter of weeks, a Russian naval squadron will arrive in the waters off Latin America for the first time since the Cold War. It is already getting a warm welcome from some in a region where the influence of the United States is in decline.... |
| Zimbabwe's president claims key ministries |
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| HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, locked in a standoff with the opposition in power-sharing talks, went ahead Saturday and laid claim to all key ministries as he tries to retain his iron grip on the struggling southern African nation.... |
| Ex-volunteers angry at Peace Corps Bolivia pullout |
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| It took Ellen Arnstein the better part of two years to win the trust of the people of Camargo, a farming town of 5,000 in southeastern Bolivia.... |
| Antiquities dealer has colorful, checkered career |
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| MUNICH, Germany (AP) -- Leonardo Patterson made his first archaeological find at age 7 in a yam field in his native Costa Rica - a piece of clay pottery his cousin said could be thousands of years old.... |
| Ireland's economy ends long winning run |
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| DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) -- Davey McKeever was down to his last bet slip of the night, crumpled in a sweaty fist, at the Shelbourne Park greyhound track. The remnants of McKeever's first unemployment check would rise or fall on the ironically named Nest Egg.... |