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Iraqis can't reach electionslawdeal
BAGHDAD -- Iraqi lawmakers adjourned for the summer yesterday without passing a crucial elections law that many hoped would solidify the recent, still fragile gains in security. The failure seemed likely to mean the postponement of provincial elections originally set for October until next year -- polling seen as vital to reconciling the deep-seated tensions among Iraq's political and sectarian groups.
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Michelle Obama campaigns among military families
NORFOLK, Va. -- Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, outlined her husband's platform to support military families through such measures as improved services for veterans and more predictable deployments.
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Generals oust president of Mauritania
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) -- Army commanders forced out Mauritania's first freely elected president in two decades yesterday after an increasingly bitter political fight over his ties to allies of a reviled former dictator and his overtures to Islamic radicals.
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Crime-weary Mexicans seem to back U.S. execution
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexicans struggling with increasingly gruesome crimes at home devoted the least attention in recent memory to the execution of one of their citizens in Texas.
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Deputy killed answering alarm at empty house
A Colleton County deputy sheriff was fatally shot while investigating an early-morning home alarm yesterday, and authorities said they were seeking several people after scouring the area.
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Protesters object to Chavez's new push
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Riot police used tear gas yesterday to block hundreds of Venezuelans protesting the latest moves by President Hugo Chavez to concentrate his power.
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L.A. hospital leader charged with fraud
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A top hospital executive was arrested yesterday as federal agents raided three medical centers while investigating an alleged scheme to recruit homeless people as phony patients and bill government programs for millions of dollars in unnecessary health services, authorities said.
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Diplomat accused of aiding Taliban
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghanistan's spy agency alleged yesterday that a Pakistani consulate official directed and funded terrorist activities carried out by a Taliban commander.
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Bin Laden's ex-driver is acquitted on some counts
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba -- A military jury yesterday found a former driver for Osama bin Laden guilty of supporting terrorism but not of conspiring in terrorist attacks, handing the Bush administration a partial victory in the first U.S. war crimes trial in half a century.
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Fat cat going on a diet; 500 apply to adopt him
CAMDEN, N.J. -- New Jersey's most famous fat cat looks great, according to officials at the Camden County Animal Shelter, after an initial visit to the vet by the 44-pound feline -- known to the world as "Prince Chunk."
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Feds outline case against scientist
WASHINGTON -- Army scientist Bruce Ivins "was the only person responsible" for anthrax attacks in 2001 that killed five people and rattled the nation, the Justice Department said yesterday, buttressing its claim with the release of dozens of documents all pointing to his guilt.
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Israeli leader agrees to release 150 Palestinians
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's prime minister pledged to free more than 150 Palestinian prisoners in a meeting yesterday with President Mahmoud Abbas, a gesture meant to energize their sluggish peace talks.
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9 wildfire responders feared dead after helicopter crash
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Eight firefighters and a pilot are presumed dead in the crash of a helicopter that had just picked up workers battling a blaze in a northern California forest, officials said yesterday.
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U.N. to consider new sanctions on Iran after 'stalling tactic'
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Six nations agreed yesterday to pursue new U.N. sanctions against Iran after it failed to accept incentives offered in hopes of defusing the dispute over its nuclear program, the United States said.
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Record number of voters might use paper ballots
SAN DIEGO -- Come November, more Americans might cast their ballots on paper than in any other election in U.S. history.
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McCain's 30-second 'Family' spot
The ad: "Family," a 30-second TV commercial
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Slick thieves find spoils in cooking oil
Hidden behind many northern California restaurants, tanks of used deep-fryer grease have become like pots of gold -- smelly, greasy gold -- for thieves looking to cash in on a spike in demand for the biodegradable fuel known as biodiesel.
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China still in need of change, Bush says
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- With all eyes on Beijing, President Bush bluntly told China that America stands in "firm opposition" to the way the communist government represses its people, a rebuke delivered from the heart of Asia on the cusp of the Olympic Games.
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