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Freed hostage gets hero's welcome in France
PARIS (AP) -- "I cry with joy," Ingrid Betancourt said. And she did. After six years as a hostage in the Colombian jungle, the former Colombian presidential candidate and French citizen flew back to her beloved France to be embraced Friday as an icon by the country that raised her....
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Scientist: Pakistan knew of NKorea nuke deal
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- The disgraced architect of Pakistan's nuclear program said Friday that it provided centrifuges to North Korea in a 2000 shipment supervised by the army under President Pervez Musharraf....
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West condemns Mugabe, ignores other Africa despots
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) -- Nigeria. Rwanda. Uganda. Ethiopia. Gabon. Robert Mugabe's regime in Zimbabwe has plenty of competitors for the title of "least democratic in Africa."...
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G-8 summit gives chance to gauge Medvedev's power
MOSCOW (AP) -- Dmitry Medvedev's grand debut on the world stage at the Group of Eight summit Monday promises insights into the riddle all Kremlinologists are trying to crack: Is he calling any of the shots as Russia's president - or is he merely a puppet of Vladimir Putin?...
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State media: Iran responds to nuclear proposal
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran delivered its response Friday to an international offer of incentives for it to suspend uranium enrichment, a central part of its nuclear program, state television reported....
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Jerusalem attacker once had Jewish girlfriend
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The Palestinian who went on a deadly rampage on a Jerusalem street this week had spent years in a romantic relationship with a Jewish Israeli woman, relatives said, a rarity in a city where such ties between Arabs and Jews are nearly nonexistent....
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Prado says 'Colossus' is not the work of Goya
MADRID, Spain (AP) -- For years Spain's famed Prado museum had its suspicions about one of its most prized Goyas. Now the museum says it is certain the painting is not by the 18th-century master....
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US soldiers in Iraq mark Fourth of July
BAQOUBA, Iraq (AP) -- It's Staff Sgt. Edgar Covarrubias' second Fourth of July in Iraq. No family barbecue, no fireworks, but Covarrubias says he'll call his mom, wife and kids to share the day anyway....
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G-8 meets as economy storm clouds thicken
SAPPORO, Japan (AP) -- Between surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that's depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of economic woes in at least a decade when they gather next week....
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Direct flights between China-Taiwan begin
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- Hundreds of mainland Chinese tourists - some in matching white or pink shirts - arrived in Taiwan on Friday on the first regular commercial flights in nearly six decades between the old foes....
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