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Chelsea Clinton ties the knot

Sat, 07/31/2010 - 17:44
Chelsea Clinton has married her longtime boyfriend at an exclusive estate along New York's Hudson River.
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Paris squatters' rough removal shown on video

Sat, 07/31/2010 - 16:25
A video has surfaced showing scenes of women and children being forcibly removed from a makeshift camp of immigrants in northeast Paris.
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Pakistan flooding deaths rise to 800

Sat, 07/31/2010 - 15:20
Floodwaters in northwest Pakistan are now blamed for the deaths of more than 800 people this week, a government official says.
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WikiLeaks suspect had help: informant

Sat, 07/31/2010 - 13:54
An army private charged with leaking classified material to the whistleblower website WikiLeaks had civilian help, a key figure in the case says.
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Love Parade's 21 victims remembered

Sat, 07/31/2010 - 04:45
Thousands of people paid their respects in the western German city of Duisburg to victims of the Love Parade tragedy.
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Gore cleared of sexual assault allegations

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 20:16
Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore has been cleared of allegations he groped and assaulted a masseuse in a luxury Portland, Ore., hotel room in 2006, closing a case that could have tarnished the Nobel prize winner's reputation.
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Michigan oil spill contained: Enbridge

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 18:10
Most of the oil that spilled from a Canadian-owned pipeline into a southern Michigan river has been contained, and between 5,000 and 6,000 barrels of oil have been recovered, Enbridge says.
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Grizzly put down after Montana attack

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 15:05
Wildlife officials said Friday a grizzly bear was put down after tests determined it was responsible for a triple mauling in a Montana campground.
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L.A. building destroyed by explosion

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 14:36
Fire officials are now saying only one person died and a second is in critical condition after an explosion destroyed an industrial building in south Los Angeles.
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BP plan to plug damaged well delayed

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 11:32
A procedure aimed at permanently plugging BP's damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico has been delayed because of debris in the relief well, a U.S. official says.
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California wildfire spreading rapidly

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 10:06
A huge wildfire churned through high desert wilderness north of Los Angeles Friday, destroying a few buildings and forcing people from about 2,000 homes.
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Asteroid could hit Earth in 172 years

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 08:52
Astronomers have detected a half-kilometre wide asteroid that appears to be on a collision course with the Earth - in 172 years time.
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Deadly month for U.S. troops in Afghanistan

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 08:29
Three more U.S. troops have been killed in Afghanistan, bringing the U.S. death toll for July to at least 66 and making it the deadliest month for American forces in the nearly nine-year war.
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WikiLeaks suspect flown back to U.S.

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 08:26
The army intelligence specialist charged with leaking U.S. military secrets to the WikiLeaks website has been moved from Kuwait to a military jail in Virginia.
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Chelsea Clinton to wed amid media frenzy

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 08:09
Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former U.S. president Bill Clinton and current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, will marry on Saturday in a multimillion-dollar wedding in upstate New York.
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Chrysler adds Detroit jobs before Obama visit

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 08:00
Chrysler says it will add nearly 900 jobs early next year at a factory in suburban Detroit that makes midsized cars.
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U.S. Embassy staff 'unwell' after handling mail

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 07:45
Two employees of the U.S. Embassy in Paris underwent medical tests after handling a suspicious envelope, the embassy says.
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Pakistan flood death toll hits 430

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 06:22
Massive flooding in Pakistan has killed at least 430 people as monsoon rains continue to bloat rivers, submerge villages and trigger landslides, officials say.
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India rebels kill 5 soldiers

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 05:30
Separatist rebels triggered a land mine that killed at least five paramilitary soldiers and wounded 41 others in India's remote northeastern state of Assam.
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U.S. economy growing at 2.4% pace

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 05:12
The United States economy expanded at a 2.4 per cent annual pace during the second quarter, a slowdown from the 3.7 per cent expansionary pace it had during the first three months of 2010.
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