 | Man offers to sell wife for $50 (News)
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The government has ordered an Internet auction site to remove an advertisement in which a Brazilian man offered to sell his wife for about $50.
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| U.S. and Syria discuss foreign fighters in Iraq (News)
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she raised the issue of foreign fighters entering Iraq from Syria in talks with Syria's foreign minister Thursday.
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| Mummified baby found in storage unit (News)
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The partially mummified body of a baby, wrapped in 1950s newspapers, was found Monday by a woman going through her deceased parents' belongings in a southeast Florida storage facility, according to po..
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| 'B.C.' cartoonist Johnny Hart dies (News)
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Cartoonist Johnny Hart, whose award-winning "B.C." comic strip appeared in more than 1,300 newspapers worldwide, died Saturday while working at his home in Endicott, New York. He was 76.
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| School newspaper editorial prompts teacher transfer (News)
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A high school teacher who faced losing her job after a student newspaper published an editorial advocating tolerance of gays can continue teaching at another school.
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| Iran bans Western haircuts, eyebrow plucking for men (News)
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Iranian police have warned barbers against offering Western-style hair cuts or plucking the eyebrows of their male customers, Iranian media said Sunday.
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| Two women stoned to death on W. Africa resort island (News)
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Two Italian women were killed in a brutal attack on a Cape Verde resort island, and one of them might have been alive when she was buried by her killers, an Italian official said Sunday.
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| 2nd blast in 3 days hits Iranian city (News)
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A bomb went off Friday night at a girls school in the southeastern Iranian border city of Zahedan, according to the semi-official FARS News Agency.
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| Turkey to block 'insulting' Web sites (News)
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A parliamentary commission approved a proposal Thursday allowing Turkey to block Web sites that are deemed insulting to the founder of modern Turkey, weeks after a Turkish court temporarily barred acc..
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| 22 die in Mexico drug gang-police shootout (News)
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The bloodiest gunfight in Mexico's 5-month-old offensive against drug gangs killed 22 people, including five police officers, officials said on Thursday.
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| Report: North Korea test-fires missiles (News)
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North Korea fired several short-range guided missiles Friday into the sea that separates it from Japan in an apparent test launch, South Korean officials and media reports said.
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| Scientists seek to help 'locked-in' man speak (News)
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It's been described as the closest thing to being buried alive -- complete paralysis of the body, except for controlled movement of the eyes.
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| Hip-hop meets ballet in Big Boi's 'big' debut (News)
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As half of the famed hip-hop duo OutKast, Antwan "Big Boi" Patton is known for his bass-booming, chart-topping smash hits. His recording studio in Atlanta is lined with plush velvet, stocked..
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| Report: 7 jailed for being part of Bush plot (News)
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A Turkish court jailed seven Islamism militants for being part of an armed gang that plotted to kill U.S. President George W. Bush during a 2004 NATO summit, a news agency said on Friday.
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| Chavez could soon get broader powers (News)
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As he starts his new six-year term, Hugo Chavez has just about everything a president could want: popular support, a marginalized opposition, a friendly congress and a booming economy.
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| Bomb kills 11 on military bus in Iran (News)
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A car bomb ripped through an Iranian military bus in the southeastern Iranian border town of Zahedan Wednesday morning, leaving at least 11 dead and 31 wounded, state-run Iranian news agency IRNA repo..
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| Schneider: Giuliani's got the 'Big Mo' (News)
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Some candidates seem to be getting what the first President Bush once called "the Big Mo'' in the 2008 presidential race: momentum.
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| Iran hangs man convicted of Revolutionary Guards attack (News)
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Iran executed a defendant by hanging after a court convicted him of a bombing last week that killed 11 members of the elite Revolutionary Guards, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
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| Order restored after blast at girls school in Iran (News)
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Militants detonated a percussion bomb at a girls school in southeastern Iran and opened fire on an electricity plant before fleeing and hiding in a nearby house in Zahedan, according to a Iranian news..
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| Lawyers take action over Gere kiss (News)
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Three lawyers have filed complaints in Indian courts against Hollywood actor Richard Gere and Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty for kissing at a public function, a news report said Wednesday.
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| Murdered mayor sparks Japanese fears (News)
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The shooting death of the mayor of Nagasaki by a gangster has shocked Japanese accustomed to gun-free streets, sparking calls to stop crime syndicates from evading the country's strict gun-control law..
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| Murdered mayor sparks Japanese fears (News)
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The shooting death of the mayor of Nagasaki by a gangster has shocked Japanese accustomed to gun-free streets, sparking calls to stop crime syndicates from evading the country's strict gun-control law..
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| Man offers to sell wife for $50 (News)
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The government has ordered an Internet auction site to remove an advertisement in which a Brazilian man offered to sell his wife for about $50.
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| News site outsources local journalism (News)
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The job posting was a head-scratcher: "We seek a newspaper journalist based in India to report on the city government and political scene of Pasadena, California, USA."
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| Iran warns U.S. over strike threat (News)
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The Iranian president said Monday Iran will retaliate if the U.S. strikes the country militarily.
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