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submitted by Grace 222 weeks 4 days 12 hours 5 minutes ago
Gen. Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency in Pakistan on Saturday, suspending the constitution, replacing the chief justice before a crucial Supreme Court ruling on his future as president, and cutting communications in the capital.
Pakistan's main opposition leader, Benezir Bhutto, flew back to the country...(more)
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submitted by Grace 145 weeks 4 days 9 hours 42 minutes ago
If conservatives don't want to be seen as bitter people who cling to their guns and religion and anti-immigrant sentiments, they should stop being bitter and clinging to their guns, religion and anti-immigrant sentiments.
It's been a week now, and I still don't know what those "tea...(more)
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submitted by Grace for team All gossip, all the time 154 weeks 2 days 22 hours 59 minutes ago
His name is Sean Penn, and he is here to recruit you.
Penn won his second Academy Award for best actor Sunday night for his moving portrayal of slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk in "Milk." The win follows his first best-actor award for 2003's "Mystic River."
He...(more)
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submitted by Grace for team Obama Watch 86 weeks 11 hours 36 minutes ago
AFP - BP on Wednesday agreed to pay 20 billion dollars into an independently run fund to meet the spiralling costs of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, bowing to tough demands from President Barack Obama.
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submitted by Grace for team Green Living 157 weeks 1 day 22 hours 58 minutes ago
Chinese officials told the state media that birth defects are increasing at an alarming rate and that a major reason was degradation of the environment.
"The number of newborns with birth defects is constantly increasing in both urban and rural areas," Jiang Fan, vice minister of the...(more)
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submitted by Grace for team Iraq news 196 weeks 3 days 3 hours 31 minutes ago
Iraq's first lady escaped unharmed Sunday from a bomb attack in downtown Baghdad that struck her motorcade, injuring four body guards.
President Jalal Talabani's wife, Hiro Ibrahim Ahmed, was headed to the city's central National Theater to attend a cultural festival when her motorcade was hit in...(more)
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submitted by Grace 115 weeks 3 days 11 hours 41 minutes ago
The Dalai Lama defended President Barack Obama from criticism that he has been too soft on China, saying Sunday that the U.S. leader just has a different approach to dealing with the Asian giant.
Obama made his first trip to China as president last week and has...(more)
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submitted by Grace for team Breast cancer info 136 weeks 3 days 9 hours 57 minutes ago
Cases of invasive breast cancer in the United States have declined overall, but the decrease is significantly less marked in poor women who live in rural areas, possibly due to differences in the use of hormone therapy (HT), a new study suggests.
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submitted by Grace 196 weeks 2 days 15 hours 10 minutes ago
Myanmar's foreign minister says the death toll from Tropical Cyclone Nargis could reach 10,000.
Foreign diplomats said Nyan Win made the comment at a Monday briefing given to them and representatives of U.N. and international aid agencies.
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submitted by Grace for team All gossip, all the time 158 weeks 4 days 4 hours 49 minutes ago
That punk Clint Eastwood must be feeling pretty lucky right now, as he prepares to accept an award from the Center for Japanese Studies on campus.
The center will award its first-ever "Berkeley Japan New Vision" award to the actor and director for his film "Letters from...(more)
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submitted by Grace for team Bushwhackers... dissent ala mode 209 weeks 13 hours 20 minutes ago
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) -- The tone has changed in e-mails this Vermont town has been receiving on its proposal to issue warrants for the arrests of President Bush and Vice President Cheney. Now, more people are supporting the resolution....
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submitted by Grace for team Batboy's revenge! 90 weeks 3 days 12 hours 15 minutes ago
Want to know if the blouse you're trying on at Bloomingdale's can be snagged on the cheap at Ross? Curious whether that painting is a genuine Jackson Pollock or the inspired effort of a kindergartener? Wondering how much the restaurant gouged you on that bottle of...(more)
