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 Florida |
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Pittsburgh won 6th Super Bowl Roethlisberger drove the Steelers 78 yards before finding Holmes for the score with just 35 seconds left, making 27-23 win over Arizona
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 West Pakistan |
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American U.N. official kidnapped 
John Solecki, a senior U.N. official, was kidnapped in southwest Pakistan while on his way to work from his house and his driver was shot de...
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| Feb.2 |
Washington |
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Obama predicts more bank failures
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| Feb.3 |
Washington |
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Obama suffers blow over nominees Ex-Senator Tom Daschle has withdrawn his nomination as health and human services secretary after a controversy involving unpaid taxes
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European Union |
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Iran satellite move sparks fears |
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Washington |
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Clinton talks with Euro allies on Afghanistan |
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Washington |
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Obama admits errors over cabinet
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| Feb.4 |
U.S. Senate |
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Senate eases 'trade war' bill
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New York |
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Birds hit both Hudson jet engines |
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San Francisco Bay Area |
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Facebook turns 5 |
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| Feb.5 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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Privacy fears over Google tracker |
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Guantanamo |
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Last Guantanamo trial is halted Susan Crawford , The judge in charge of the Guantanamo Bay hearings, has ordered an end to the last trial there
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South Carolina |
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Phelps suspended over 'pot pipe'
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Ethiopia |
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U.S. envoy found dead |
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Washington |
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Kyrgyzstan base-closure 'regrettable' |
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| Feb.6 |
 Kyrgyzstan |
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Kyrgyz closure of US base 'final' Kyrgyzstan says its decision to close a base that serves as a vital supply route for US and Nato operations in Afghanistan is 'final'
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Moscow |
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Russia to open U.S. route to Afghanistan |
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U.S. Senate |
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US senators agree economy bill Senators say they have reached agreement on a huge $780bn economic stimulus package designed to revitalise the US economy
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| Feb.7 |
Munich |
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Biden: US seeks to rework foreign ties
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Thailand |
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Jolie asks Thailand to aid refugees
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Washington |
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U.S. works to define Afghanistan strategy |
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Washington |
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Obama defends economic stimulus |
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Ecuador |
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US diplomat expelled |
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| Feb.8 |
Bavaria |
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Afghanistan 'tougher than Iraq' |
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Washington |
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Iraq, Afghanistan withdrawals delayed |
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Los Angeles |
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Plant and Krauss win 5 Grammys |
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| Feb.9 |
USA |
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Baseball's Rodriguez admits steroid use |
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Washington |
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Obama warning on stimulus delays |
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Seattle |
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Starbucks offers coffee-breakfast combos |
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| Feb.10 |
Washington |
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US to unveil new bank bail-out |
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U.S. Senate |
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US Senate approves stimulus plan |
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| Feb.11 |
U.S. Congress |
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US lawmakers reach stimulus deal 
Members of both houses have reached a deal over US President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan
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 Siberia |
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Russian and US satellites collide| The communications satellites have collided in space in the first such reported mishap at high speed nearly 780km over Siberia | |
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Washington |
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Clinton to appoint envoy for North Korea
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Somalia |
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U.S. Navy arrests pirate suspects in Gulf |
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| Feb.12 |
Washington |
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Another Obama cabinet pick quits Republican Senator Judd Gregg is withdrawing as President's nominee for commerce secretary because of differences with the administration
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Washington |
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Thousands guns sent to Afghans missing
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Upstate New York |
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50 die after plane crashes into house Map of Buffalo USA A Continental Airlines plane crashed in suburban Buffalo. There were 44 passengers, 4 crew members killed on board and one on the ground
| Flight 3407, operated by Colgan Air, was en route from Newark when it went down 7 miles from Buffalo Niagara International Airport in Clarence Center
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| Feb.13 |
Microsoft |
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Microsoft bounty for worm creator
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Upstate New York |
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Crash site 'too hot to enter'
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House of Representatives |
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US House approves stimulus plan The House has approved Obama's economic stimulus plan, which is now being voted on by the Senate. The $787bn plan failed to get Republican b...
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Washington |
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Clinton : US 'keen to strengthen Asia ties'
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Los Angeles |
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Beckham to return to L.A. Galaxy |
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New York |
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'Ice build-up' on crashed plane |
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Tribal Areas |
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Missile hit 'kills 27' Map of South Waziristan Pakistan At least 20 people have been killed in a suspected US missile attack in the South Waziristan area, near the border with Afghanistan
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| Feb.15 |
Washington |
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US army 'wants more immigrants' |
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Florida |
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Kenseth win rain-shortened Daytona 500
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New York |
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Crash plane 'dropped in seconds' |
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Kabul |
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Afgha-n to help review U.S. war on terror |
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| Feb.16 |
 Japan |
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Clinton visits Asia to send key message U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Japan to begin a week-long trip through four Asian nations
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South Carolina |
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No charges for US swimmer Phelps |
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| Feb.17 |
Washington |
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US to boost troops in Afghanistan President Obama has authorised the deployment of up to 17,000 extra troops, saying they are to 'meet urgent security needs'
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Detroit |
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Chrysler and GM seek further aid
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North Mexico |
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Marchers block Mexico-US border |
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| Feb.18 |
Washington |
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Obama's housing plan 'to help 9m'| The plan will provide refinancing to 4 to 5 million 'responsible homeowners' and a 'homeowner stability initiative' to reduce monthly payments | |
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Washington |
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Obama: Troops alone cannot win
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Yemen |
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Yemen arrests former Gitmo detainee |
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Ecuador |
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U.S. protests expulsions of diplomats
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Washington |
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US urges Nato to up Afghan effort
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| Feb.19 |
Kyrgyzstan |
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Parliament votes to close key U.S. base Kyrgyzstan parliament has voted to close a base the U.S. uses as a route for troops and supplies heading into Afghanistan
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Virginia |
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Missing billionaire found Federal agents have located financier Robert Allen Stanford. They are accusing him of orchestrating a $9.2 billion investment fraud
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| Feb.20 |
Kyrgyzstan |
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President signs bill to close U.S. base |
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Beijing |
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Clinton urges stronger China ties
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Afghanistan |
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'No US rights' for Bagram inmates |
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New Delhi |
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India will oppose U.S. 'protectionism' |
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Washington |
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U.S. resumes diplomatic talks with Syria |
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| Feb.21 |
 Beijing |
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Clinton: Human rights 'cannot interfere' U.S. Secretary of State broached the issue of human rights with Chinese leaders, but emphasized that the world crises are more pressing
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Washington |
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Obama hails 'fastest' US tax cut
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Western Afghanistan |
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U.S.-led coalition kills 13 Afghan civilians |
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Antigua & Barbuda |
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Antigua & Barbuda seizes Stanford banks |
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| Feb.22 |
Los Angeles |
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Slumdog Millionaire winning 8 Oscars Kate Winslet won the best actress Oscar for The Reader. Sean Penn was winning best actor
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| Feb.23 |
New York |
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US shares at nearly 12-year low| The Dow Jones closed down 3.41%, at 7,114.8, its lowest since 1997 on concerns about the attempts to shore up the banks | |
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Washington |
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Guantanamo detainees treated humanely
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FBI |
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FBI: Mumbai attack raises questions |
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| Feb.24 |
USA |
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Failure hits Nasa's 'CO2 hunter'
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Mosul |
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US soldiers hurt in Iraq attack |
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U.S. Congress |
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US recession 'may last into 2010' |
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U.S. Congress |
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Determined Obama vows to renew US US President has addressed a joint session of Congress for the first time, warning that a 'day of reckoning' has arrived for the US
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U.S. Congress |
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Hudson pilot urges safety funding |
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Washington |
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Pakistan sees 'hope' in Obama approach |
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| Feb.25 |
Washington |
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U.S. report scolds China on human rights
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USA |
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US cracks down on Mexico cartels
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Washington |
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FDA: India plant falsified drug data |
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Arizona |
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Woods wins first match in return to golf |
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| Feb.26 |
Washington |
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Obama unveils his $3.6tn budget
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Washington |
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Key Afghan-Pakistani talks in US
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Washington |
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Obama to pull troops from Iraq in 2010| President Obama is planning to pull all combat troops out of Iraq by August 2010, which falls short of his campaign promise. Between 35,000 to 50,000 troops will remain in Iraq. They would be withdrawn gradually until all U.S. forc... | |
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Netherlands |
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Turks, Americans are crash dead
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| Feb.27 |
Washington |
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Obama outlines Iraq pullout plan President Obama has said that up to 50,000 of 142,000 troops now there will stay into 2011 to advise Iraqi forces and protect US interests
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Washington |
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Terrorist charged with conspiracy
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Berlin |
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Opel separates from GM after 80 years
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