British glam rocker Gary Glitter freed in Vietnam |
| | | British glam rocker Gary Glitter was refused entry into Thailand, officials said Wednesday, a day after the convicted child molester was freed by Vietnam following nearly three years in prison. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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'Seven dead' in Spain plane crash |
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Beebe: No rush to replace slain Ark. party leader |
| | | Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe said he won't recommend a replacement for slain state Democratic Party Chairman Bill Gwatney before delegates gather in Denver next week for the Democratic National Convention. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Rice to sign missile defense deal with Poland |
| | | Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plans Wednesday to sign a deal to build a U.S. missile defense base on Polish soil, an agreement that has already prompted an infuriated Russia to threaten its former Soviet satellite. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Plane carrying McCain security forced to land |
| | | A small plane carrying Secret Service agents assigned to Republican presidential candidate John McCain made a forced landing after taking off from a Phoenix area airport Tuesday, but there were no injuries. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Mass. Mid-Day Numbers |
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More Olympic Medals For Britain |
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McCain, Obama to silence critical ads on Sept. 11 |
| | | Presidential contenders Barack Obama and John McCain plan to pull ads on Sept. 11 that criticize each other, a respite from the political fray to honor the anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Mood improves, but economy worries persist: poll |
| | | Americans remain deeply worried about a faltering economy and their own financial futures, but their outlook improved slightly this month, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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NC man dies after waiting 22 hours at hospital |
| | | A mental patient died after workers at a North Carolina hospital left him in a chair for 22 hours without feeding him or helping him use the bathroom, said federal officials who have threatened to cut off the facility's funding. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Russia warns Ukraine not to interfere at navy base |
| | | Russia's foreign minister warned Ukrainian leaders Tuesday against trying to restrict the Kremlin's use of a Crimean naval base it leases from Ukraine, adding to tensions that have heated up since Russian troops invaded Georgia. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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McCain takes lead over Obama: poll |
| | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a sharp turnaround, Republican John McCain has opened a 5-point lead on Democrat Barack Obama in the U.S. presidential race and is seen as a stronger manager of the economy, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday. | | From Reuters | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Paedophiles Face Tighter Controls |
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Afghan militants kill 10 French, strike at US base |
| | | Insurgents mounted two of the biggest attacks in years on Western forces in Afghanistan, killing 10 French soldiers in a mountain ambush and then sending a squad of suicide bombers in a failed assault early Tuesday on a U.S. base near the Pakistan border. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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At UN, Russia circulates Georgia resolution |
| | | Russia is countering a French push for immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from Georgia by circulating a competing U.N. Security Council resolution. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Researcher says bigfoot just a rubber gorilla suit |
| | | Turns out Bigfoot was just a rubber suit. Two researchers on a quest to prove the existence of Bigfoot say that the carcass encased in a block of ice -- handed over to them for an undisclosed sum by two men who claimed to have found it -- was slowly thawed out, and discovered to be a rubber gorilla outfit. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Divisions emerge in Pakistan's ruling coalition |
| | | Just a day after Pervez Musharraf's resignation, Pakistan's governing coalition fell into wrangling Tuesday over restoring the judges he fired, exposing troublesome divisions that could disrupt picking his successor as president. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Indian airport workers strike, flights delayed |
| | | International and domestic flights were disrupted across India on Wednesday as thousands of airport employees went on strike to protest plans to privatize airports, officials said. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Sen. Stevens wants trial by day, campaign by night |
| | | If Sen. Ted Stevens has his way, he'll soon be spending his days on trial for corruption charges and his evenings and weekends campaigning for re-election. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Report: Twin Algeria car bombings kill 11, hurt 31 |
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