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Church surrenders lot near ground zero for $20M

The World Trade Center site's owner has offered $20 million to acquire the 1,200-square-foot lot of a church destroyed on Sept. 11, freeing one more piece of land needed to rebuild every inch of...

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Dolly hammers northern Mexico

Hurricane Dolly toppled trees and sent billboards flying Wednesday in the Mexican city of Matamoros, and authorities south of the U.S. border warned of possible flooding.

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Nepal ex-rebels won't form government

Nepal's ex-communists should head the new government, political opponents said Wednesday, a day after the Maoists abandoned plans for leadership because their choice for president had been rejected.

Started in asian news • 1 response • Last response by mensab (2807) • 1 day ago
Tags: nepal, maoists, nepal political turmoil
US wants to shift $226 million on Pakistan money

The State Department wants to use about two-thirds of its proposed military equipment aid for Pakistan's anti-terrorism programs to help the key U.S. ally upgrade its aging fleet of U.S.-made F-16...

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Tags: united states, pakistan
Sony opens up e-book Reader to other booksellers

With the market for electronic books still relatively sleepy, Sony Corp. is trying a new tack: untethering the latest model of its e-book reading device from its own online bookstore.

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Aurilia's big hit lifts Giants

Rich Aurilia lined a go-ahead two-run double to center field in the eighth inning and the San Francisco Giants rallied to beat the Washington Nationals 6-4 on Wednesday night.

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Tags: baseball, mlb, washington nationals, san francisco giants
Obama's great-uncle recalls liberating Nazi camp

Charles T. Payne had his first close brush with history at the end of World War II, when his infantry division liberated Ohrdruf, a subcamp of the Nazis' Buchenwald concentration camp.

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Obama daughters keep hectic schedules of their own

The rules in the Obama household for Malia and Sasha are clear-cut:

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 In this May 20, 2008, file photo, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., arrives for a rally in Des Monies, Iowa, with his wife Michelle and daughters Sasha and Malia, second from left. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Veterans group hits McCain on troop pullout

A veterans group critical of the war in Iraq accuses John McCain of wanting to occupy Iraq indefinitely, against the wishes of the country's leaders, in an ad that will air later this week.

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Obama buys expensive ads for Olympics

Barack Obama is going for the gold.

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