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NKorea off US blacklist after nuke inspection deal
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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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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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AP - Joerg Haider, who catapulted his party into a powerful force in Austrian politics with a mix of folksy aphorisms, in-your-face 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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AP - Two Pakistani intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike has killed three people near a market close to the Afghan border.
Under Bush, US influence in Latin America wanes
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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.
Rooney strikes twice to keep England on World Cup qualification track
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AFP - Wayne Rooney scored twice as England kept their World Cup show on the road with a 5-1 Wembley win over group nine minnows Kazakhstan that was nothing like as convincing as the scoreline suggested.
US enemies in Mideast gloat over financial crisis
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AP - America's opponents in the Middle East are gloating over the financial meltdown in the United States, painting it as divine retribution for past misdeeds against Muslims and the last gasps of a dying empire.
Peru governor says he's ready to be prime minister
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AP - A leftist governor says he has agreed to become the Peru's prime minister, a day after the nation's Cabinet resigned amid a brewing oil kickbacks scandal.
Zimbabwe's president claims key ministries
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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.
Istanbul 'suicide' attack foiled
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AFP - Turkish authorities claimed to have foiled a probable suicide attack by a suspected Kurdish militant in Istanbul on Saturday as the military stepped up bombing raids on rebel hideouts in northern Iraq.
Chinese dissidents miss out on Nobel peace prize
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AP - Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari won the Nobel Peace Prize Friday, but this year the news was as much about who didn't get the award.
