Posted Friday July 11, 2008, 12:48 am, Over one day old
AP - A North Korean soldier fatally shot a South Korean tourist Friday at a mountain resort in the communist North, prompting the South to suspend the high-profile tour program just as South Korean's new president sought to rekindle strained ties between the divided countries.
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Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 3:20 am, Over one day old
AP - Turkish authorities captured a gunman Thursday wanted in the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate after rounding up suspects who had communicated with three other assailants killed by police, local media reports said.
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Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 3:20 am, Over one day old
AFP - Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee and Sweden's Alexander Noren shared the first round lead at the Scottish Open on Thursday as the tournament's heavy artillery failed to fire.
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Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 3:20 am, Over one day old
AP - Zimbabwe's ruling party and the opposition resumed talks Thursday aimed at resolving the country's violent political crisis, an official said.
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Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 3:20 am, Over one day old
AP - Kurdish rebels refused Thursday to release three Germans hostages until Berlin renounces a crackdown on the guerrilla group.
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Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 3:20 am, Over one day old
AP - The soldiers seemed out of place in paradise.
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Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 3:20 am, Over one day old
AP - For years, security concerns and political suspicions kept the leaders of Iraq's neighbors away. But on Thursday, Iraq's prime minister picked up a VIP — his Turkish counterpart — at the airport, in a diplomatic victory for a country torn by violence just a year ago.
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Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 3:20 am, Over one day old
AP - Condoleezza Rice flexed America's muscles in the Middle East Thursday, forcefully warning Iran the U.S. won't ignore threats and will take any action necessary to defend friends and interests in the Persian Gulf.
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Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 3:20 am, Over one day old
AP - It's been a year of drought and sand storms across Iraq — a dry spell that has devastated the country's crucial wheat crop and created new worries about the safety of drinking water.
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Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 3:20 am, Over one day old
AP - Lu Jun, a campaigner for the rights of millions of Chinese with hepatitis B, seems an unlikely threat to the Beijing Olympics.
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