AP - Fears of a global bird flu pandemic that once dominated headlines have largely vanished in the West, but four years after the virus began ravaging Asian poultry, it continues to quietly spread.
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AP - With Britney Spears whisked out of the public spotlight Thursday and committed to a hospital psychiatric ward, it’s now up to a team of professional caregivers to reverse her seemingly endless downward spiral.
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AFP - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama struck a rare note of civility in their White House battle Thursday, uniting to observe that history was in the air as the Democrats vie to seize back the presidency.
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Reuters - Russia on Friday sent 12 air force
bombers to take part in naval exercises over the Arctic and
North Atlantic oceans, Itar-Tass news agency quoted a spokesman
for Russia’s air force as saying.
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AP - President Bush’s 2009 budget will virtually freeze most domestic programs and seek nearly $200 billion in savings from federal health care programs, a senior administration official said Thursday.
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AFP - Security forces and Tamil Tiger rebels have traded heavy artillery fire in northern Sri Lanka, killing 18 rebels, officials said Friday, a day after Japan warned it may stop aid unless fighting subsided.
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AP - Japan executed three men for murder Friday, including a convicted rapist who stabbed to death a previous victim in revenge for testifying against him, the government said.
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AFP - Former UN chief Kofi Annan was Friday due to resume talks aimed at ending Kenya’s political crisis a day after an opposition lawmaker was shot dead by a policeman, setting off further clashes in the volatile western region.
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AP - Aruban prosecutors said Thursday that authorities are investigating new information in the Natalee Holloway case provided by a Dutch crime reporter.
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AP - NFL players will consent to a urine test for Human Growth Hormone once such a test is developed.
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