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Forecast hope for California fires
Up to 50,000 flee homes as raging fires kill 18
Firefighters battling huge forest fires in southern California may be helped by lower temperatures and light rain forecast for the next few days.
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Trapped Russian miners rescued
Eleven of the 13 miners trapped underground for more than five days in southern Russia were brought out alive on Wednesday, even as an explosion at a different mine in the country's Far East killed five
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Iran rules out immediate dialogue with US
Iran's government said yesterday that it would not share its intelligence on al-Qaeda with the United States, and told Washington that it needed to see "practical steps" before it could consider resuming
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Study estimates 13,000 Iraqis died in war
An estimated 13,000 Iraqis, including as many as 4,300 non-combatants, were killed during the major combat phase of the war in Iraq, a research group found in a study made public Tuesday.
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UN at odds over human cloning
After Iraq and the West Asia, the United Nations is now divided again over another life-and-death question -- whether human beings should be cloned in the name of medical research.
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Militant killeTd by Israeli fire in Gaza
A Palestinian militant from the hardline Islamic Jihad group was killed by Israeli army fire Wednesday at dawn east of Gaza City, Palestinian security sources and medics said.
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Bush hosts Ramadan dinner at White House
US President George Bush hosted a Ramadan dinner late Tuesday with US Islamic leaders, as the White House was besieged with demands to fire an army general whom made comments some say makes the US-led
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