AP - Iran aired video Thursday of its boats and U.S. naval ships in the Persian Gulf in an apparent attempt to show that there was no confrontation between the vessels.
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Iranian TV airs video of Gulf encounter (AP)
Posted: January 10th, 2008, 10:22am EST
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Drastic decline in one of Britain's rarest breeding ducks (AFP)
Posted: January 10th, 2008, 10:13am EST
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AFP - One of Britain's rarest birds has seen a drastic decline in its population over the last 12 years, a new survey has shown Thursday.
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Scout: Islamic militant attacked prez (AP)
Posted: January 10th, 2008, 10:12am EST
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AP - The 15-year-old Boy Scout who saved the president of this Indian Ocean archipelago from a knife-wielding attacker said Thursday the assailant shouted "God is Great" before the assault.
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Former UN chief to lead Kenya mediation (AP)
Posted: January 10th, 2008, 10:02am EST
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AP - The African Union said Thursday that former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is taking over mediation in Kenya's disputed presidential election after days of international pressure failed to bring both sides together for talks.
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Man Utd to tour South Africa (AFP)
Posted: January 10th, 2008, 10:00am EST
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AFP - Manchester United will tour South Africa in the close season this summer, the club announced on Thursday.
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US launches airstrike south of Baghdad (AP)
Posted: January 10th, 2008, 9:34am EST
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AP - U.S. bombers and jet fighters unleashed 40,000 pounds of explosives during a 10-minute airstrike Thursday, flattening what the military called safe havens for al-Qaida in Iraq on the southern outskirts of the capital.
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24 killed, 70 hurt in Pakistan bombing (AP)
Posted: January 10th, 2008, 9:24am EST
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AP - A suicide bomber blew himself up among police deployed outside a court in eastern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 24 people and wounding more than 70, officials and witnesses said.
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Salad dodgers fight slummy mummies for Aussie dictionary honour (AFP)
Posted: January 10th, 2008, 2:53am EST
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AFP - A cyberathlete might not suffer boomeritis as he or she is probably a digital native, but could be at risk of globesity, according to Australia's top dictionary.
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French use happiness as economic measure (AP)
Posted: January 10th, 2008, 1:48am EST
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AP - What price happiness? French President Nicolas Sarkozy is seeking an answer to the eternal question so that happiness can be included in measurements of French economic growth.
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India's Tata Motors unveils $2,500 car (AP)
Posted: January 10th, 2008, 1:45am EST
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AP - India's Tata Motors on Thursday unveiled its much anticipated $2,500 car, an ultracheap price tag that suddenly brings car ownership into the reach of tens of millions of people across the world.