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| • Gulf spill a familiar story in oil-soaked Nigeria |
| -OKPOM, Nigeria (AP) — The brown spots run like a trail of blood down the deserted coastline near this fishing village. Just underneath a handful of sand lies spilled oil. |
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| • Fireworks follow sun-scorched July 4 festivals |
| The nation's largest fireworks show lit up the skies in a burst of red, white and blue over the Hudson River straddling New York and New Jersey on Sunday, a scene that was being repeated in |
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Bomb scare at Kennedy Airport in New York
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| About 300 passengers were evacuated at John F. Kennedy Airport here Sunday after a bomb scare, authorities said. |
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| • Mexicans vote elections besieged by drug violence |
| Mexican President Felipe Calderon's party appeared headed to a triumph Sunday in a longtime stronghold of the former ruling party and was in a tight race for the governorship of another key state, |
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| • Exit polls: Komorowski takes Polish presidency |
| Interim president Bronislaw Komorowski appeared to have held off a last-minute surge from the identical twin brother of the late president, who died in an April plane crash that shocked the |
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| • Chinese court sentences US geologist to 8 years |
| An American geologist detained and tortured by China's state security agents over an oil industry database was jailed for eight years Monday in a troubling example of China's rough justice system |
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50 missing as boat capsizes in Bangladesh
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| At least 50 people, including women and children, were missing after a boat with about 100 passengers on board capsized Sunday night in a river in Bangladesh. |
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| • Blasts mar Biden's call for new gov't, unity |
| Vice President Joe Biden urged rival Iraqi politicians Sunday to end months of delays and select new leaders for their wobbly democracy, predicting a peaceful transition of power even as suicide |
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| • Fireworks follow sun-scorched July 4 festivals |
| The nation's largest fireworks show lit up the skies in a burst of red, white and blue over the Hudson River straddling New York and New Jersey on Sunday, a scene that was being repeated in |
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| • Blasts mar Biden's call for new gov't, unity |
| Vice President Joe Biden urged rival Iraqi politicians Sunday to end months of delays and select new leaders for their wobbly democracy, predicting a peaceful transition of power even as suicide |
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| • Nine die from gas poisoning in China mine |
| Beijing: At least nine miners died from carbon monoxide poisoning in a colliery in China's Henan province Sunday night, officials said Monday. Rescuers had found bodies of three miners under the |
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| • Man gobbles 54 hot dogs in 10 minutes |
| New York: A 26-year-old man devoured 54 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win a popular annual eating competition. It was the fourth consecutive win at Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest for Joey 'Jaws' |
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| • Hotdoggin' it: Ex-champ crashes NYC eating contest |
| New York: A Japanese eating champion who sat out this year's Coney Island Fourth of July hot dog contest apparently couldn't resist the temptation to hotdog afterward — and got arrested.Six-time |
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Komorowski wins Polish presidential election
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| Acting president Bronislaw Komorowski has been elected as the new president of Poland. He defeated Jaroslaw Kaczynski by a narrow margin in the second round of elections, which took place Sunday. |
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| • Johnson stays in Atlanta |
| All-Star guard Joe Johnson had agreed to a maximum contract to stay with the Atlanta Hawks, his agent said Sunday. |
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| • Petraeus takes over Afghan fight, vows 'to win' it |
| "We are in this to win," Gen. David Petraeus said as he took the reins of an Afghan war effort troubled by waning support, an emboldened enemy, government corruption and a looming commitment to |
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Horses run out of control at US independence day parade
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| Two horses ran out of control and rammed into spectators during the American Independence Day parade in Iowa, and injured 24 people including children, police said. |
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Madonna rejuvenating aging hands
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| Pop singer Madonna is reportedly working on rejuvenating her aging hands, as she thinks hands are the 'big age giveaway'. |
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Pregnant women should be given vitamin D supplements
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| All pregnant women should be given vitamin D supplements to safegaurd their babies' life, as lack of it could be life-threatening for a newborn. |
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Seven arrested after firing in Lahore
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| Seven people were arrested in Lahore Sunday after a shooting incident near the Data Ganj Baksh shrine where two suicide bombers killed at least 42 people and injured 175 on July 1, police said. |
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