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Zimbabwe official paper: Mugabe claims key ministries for his party; opposition denounces move
Associated Press WriterHARARE, Zimbabwe (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...Tags: Heads of State, Famines, Government, National Government, Armed Forces
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North Korea agrees to US nuclear inspection demands, then dropped from US terrorism blacklist
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (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." The U.S. step, assailed by some...Tags: Terrorism, Kim Jong Il, Condoleezza Rice, Barack Obama, Government
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Wounded vets get help at U. Idaho, Adrian College
Associated Press WriterThe demons don't visit nearly as often as they did when Bart Gutke was sent home from the Iraq in 2006, a 21-year-old with a traumatic brain injury. He was discharged from the U.S. Marine Corps a year later. To look at Gutke now is to see a 23-year-...Tags: People, Vehicles, Veterans Affairs, Behavioral Conditions, Government
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Heat Q&A with Ira Winderman
Sun-Sentinel.comAsk Ira! Sun-Sentinel Heat writer Ira Winderman answers YOUR questions about the team! You can read his latest comments below. To submit your question, e-mail here. Please include your name, city and state with each question. --------------------...Tags: Mike James, Andre Miller, Injuries, Chauncey Billups, Health and Safety at School
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Supporters of Thai government rally as anti-government group slams army commander
Associated Press WriterBANGKOK, Thailand (AP) _ Thousands of supporters of Thailand's ruling coalition gathered Saturday on the outskirts of Bangkok in a show of strength, two days ahead of a planned major protest by a group hoping to topple the elected government. The...Tags: Coup d'Etat, Armed Forces, Demonstration, Government, Democracy
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Quotes from around Illinois
A snapshot of opinion from potential Illinois voters as Election Day approaches: "I need the United States to be a free market and less socialist. Less government is my top priority." --Gerry Hinderberger, 40, an Air Force officer stationed at Scott...Tags: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Election Day, Church and State Relations, Colleges and Universities, Armed Forces
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Illinoisans grapple with array of issues
Associated Press WriterAn Air Force officer hopes universal health care never takes flight, equating it with socialism. A grape grower worries about the squeeze from the flagging U.S. economy. A 21-year-old student doesn't have a pet issue, cynically wondering if any of it...Tags: International Military Interventions, Church and State Relations, National Government, Executive Branch, Wars and Interventions
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Officials: US to drop N. Korea from terror blacklist
The Associated PressAfter 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." The U.S. step, assailed by some conservatives who say it is...Tags: Terrorism, Nuclear Weapons, George Bush, John McCain, Defense Equipment
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McCain and Obama on US-North Korea agreement
Statements by the presidential candidates on North Korea's agreement to all U.S. nuclear inspection demands. In response, the Bush administration on Saturday removed the communist country from a terrorism blacklist. ___ Republican presidential candidate...Tags: Terrorism, Political Candidates, Diplomacy, Nuclear Weapons, George Bush
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N. Korea agrees to nuke inspection deal
North Korea has agreed to all U.S. nuclear inspection demands, and the Bush administration responded Saturday by removing the communist country from a terrorism blacklist. The breakthrough is intended to salvage a faltering disarmament accord before...Tags: Terrorism, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Diplomacy, International Relations, Nuclear Weapons
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US restrictions on bird flu vaccines over bioweapons fears baffles health experts
Associated Press WriterJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) _ When Indonesia's health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a research laboratory in the U.S. for fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laughed and called it "the...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Mount Sinai, Animal Diseases, Medicine, Diseases
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Funerals held for dozens of anti-Taliban tribesmen killed in suicide attack in Pakistan
Associated Press WriterDERA ISMAIL KHAN (AP) _ Two Pakistani intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike has killed three people near a market close to the Afghan border. The officials say the attack late Saturday was in Miran Shah in north Waziristan. They...Tags: Terrorism, Guerrilla Activity, Heads of State, Armed Conflicts, Civil Unrest
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