Hundreds march against US-South Korea free trade talks (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Pounding drums and banging chimes, around 500 people marched through Seattle to protest ongoing US-South Korea trade talks at the Washington State Convention Center this week.
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Fed sees mixed picture for US economy: Beige Book (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The US economy is expanding at an uneven pace amid a cooling of the hoUSing and automobile markets, with inflation pressures easing in some cases, a Federal Reserve report showed.
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US govt investigating over 100 companies in stock options probe (AFP via Yahoo! News)

US government regulators are investigating over 100 companies, including some of America's biggest corporations, for possible stock options fraud, a top securities official said.
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US customs seize thousands of Nike knock-offs from China (AFP via Yahoo! News)

US authorities have seized more than 135,000 phony Nike sneakers that a major smuggling ring tried to import into the United States from China, and charged six people in the case, officials said.
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Cool reception for US network news' first solo female anchor (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Millions of Americans tuned in specially to see a solo female anchor present the evening news on US network television for the first time this week, but her performance failed to excite the critics.
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US govt stock options probe now involves over 100 companies (AFP via Yahoo! News)

US authorities are investigating over 100 companies, including some of America's biggest corporations, for possible stock options fraud, the top securities regulator said.
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US providing Iran's Khatami security (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The US State Department is offering security for former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami during his tour of the United States, department spokesman Sean McCormack said.
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Henin-Hardenne into semis at US Open (AFP via Yahoo! News)

JUStine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium reached the US Open semi-finals with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Lindsay Davenport of the United States.
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US issues shift on treatment of prisoners (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The Pentagon issued a new policy statement explicitly requiring US military staff to respect the Geneva Conventions' standards for treatment of prisoners held in its "war on terror."
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Nadal out of US Open (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Second-seed Rafael Nadal crashed out of the US Open losing 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (7/5), 6-1 to Mikhail Youzhny of RUSsia in a quarter-final match.
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Inspired Youzhny ousts Nadal at US Open (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Second-seed Rafael Nadal crashed out of the US Open losing 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (7/5), 6-1 to an inspired Mikhail Youzhny of RUSsia in a quarter-final match.
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Iraq, US to sign military handover pact on September 7 (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Iraq and the US military will sign a delayed accord under which coalition forces will hand command of Iraqi armed forces to the government, according to a spokesman for Iraq's prime minister.
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US productivity slows, wages rise (FT.com via Yahoo! News)

Growth in US productivity slowed in the second quarter while wages rose, according to data released on Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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US productivity revised a shade higher (AFP via Yahoo! News)

US workers' productivity during the second quarter was slightly better than initially estimated, although it still slowed to 1.6 percent growth from the prior quarter, the government has said.
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Russian army cheif says US anti-missile shield could spark arms race (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The planned US anti-missile shield is a threat to global security as it could lead to another arms race said RUSsia's army chief, General Yuri Baluyevski.
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Iraq, US to sign military handover pact Thursday (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Iraq and the US military will sign a delayed accord under which coalition forces will hand command of Iraqi armed forces to the government, a spokesman for Iraq's prime minister said.
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Federer wades into fourth-round fight at US Open (AFP via Yahoo! News)

What began as a 14-day marathon has turned into a sprint to the finish for the players still left in the main draw of the 2006 US Open.
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US govt investigating over 100 companies in stock options probe (AFP via Yahoo! News)

US government regulators are investigating over 100 companies, including some of America's biggest corporations, for possible stock options fraud, the top securities official said.
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US issues shift on treatment of prisoners (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The Pentagon issued a new policy statement explicitly requiring US military staff to respect the Geneva Conventions' standards for treatment of prisoners.
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US envoy says NKorea talks in bad way (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Efforts to drive North Korea back to stalled nuclear talks are in big trouble, the top US negotiator said after meeting a senior Chinese official to try and forge a breakthrough.
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Latino coming of age tale wows US (BBC News)

Low budget film Quinceanera, which centres around a Mexican girl's 15th birthday celebrations in Los Angeles, is a surprise hit in the US.
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First female anchor of US network evening news makes her debut (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Long the face of morning news, US anchor Katie Couric became the first woman to head a US network's flagship evening news program with her first edition of the CBS Evening News.
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Rain washes out day nine at US Open (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Rain washed out the ninth day of the US Open as one women's singles match was completed and two more main draw encounters started but were left in limbo.
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Watchdog criticises US-run Radio Sawa and Alhurra TV (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Radio Sawa and Alhurra television, the US-run Arab-language stations seen as key to mending America's battered image in the Middle East, lack means to accurately assess their audience, a congressional watchdog warned.
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US envoy says NKorea talks in bad way (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Efforts to drive North Korea back to stalled nuclear talks are in big trouble, the top US negotiator said after meeting a senior Chinese official to try and forge a breakthrough.
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Russia cancels military exercise with US (AFP via Yahoo! News)

RUSsia has announced it is cancelling joint military exercises with US troops due later this month, citing unresolved problems with the "statUS" of foreign forces on RUSsian soil.
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US house price growth slows (FT.com via Yahoo! News)

US hoUSe prices grew at the slowest rate in thirty years in the second quarter, according to a closely-watched report from the Office of Federal HoUSing Enterprise Oversight , providing further evidence of a cooling US hoUSing market.
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Federer's been supreme so far at US Open (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The focUS for the second week of the US Open is now firmly on the top seeds and taking the court next is Roger Federer who will attempt to stretch his FlUShing Meadows' win streak to 18 matches.
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Dollar firms against euro, still boosted by US jobs report (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The dollar firmed against the euro, still drawing strength from a US job creation report last week seen as modestly positive, dealers said.
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Time for sanctions on Iranian nuclear program - US (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The time has come for sanctions on Iran over its atomic program, the US ambassador to the UN nuclear watchdog said.
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Jankovic into semis at US Open (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Jelena Jankovic posted her third-straight win over a top 10 player, reaching the semi-finals of the US Open with a stunning upset of 2004 finalist Elena Dementieva of RUSsia 6-2, 6-1.
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BP appoints ex US judge as company ombudsman (AFP via Yahoo! News)

British energy group BP said it had appointed a former US federal judge, Stanley Sporkin, to act as an ombudsman for employees who wish to voice complaints from Alaska and across the United States.
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US regrets friendly-fire death of Canadian soldier in Afghanistan (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The United States expressed regret for the death of a Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan by friendly fire from US aircraft, calling it a "tragic" mistake.
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US network evening news set for first solo woman anchor (AFP via Yahoo! News)

American newscaster Katie Couric becomes the first solo woman anchor to present a major US television network's evening news programme, when she takes over CBS's main nightly broadcast.
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Canadian killed in US friendly fire incident a former Olympian (AFP via Yahoo! News)

A Canadian soldier killed in a US air strike in Afghanistan was an Olympic sprinter before he joined the military, the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) said.
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Five US States to Mercedes: Bluetec Not Green Enough (Jalopnik)

The US states with the most stringent emissions requirements -- California, Maine, MassachUSetts, New York and Vermont -- say Mercedes's E320 Bluetec is not clean enough for prime time. That's a kick...
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G7 growth puts eurozone, US on rate alert: OECD (AFP via Yahoo! News)

IndUStrialised economies are heading for growth of 3.0 percent this year, the OECD has said suggesting that interest rates in the eurozone and US could rise further but that the Bank of Japan should be cautioUS.
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US embassy questions evidence on American held in Vietnam (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The US embassy in Vietnam said it had seen no evidence an American citizen and pro-democracy activist detained in the communist country had planned a terrorist attack against US interests there.
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Russia cancels military exercise with US (AFP via Yahoo! News)

RUSsia announced it was cancelling joint military exercises with US troops due later this month, citing unresolved problems with the "statUS" of foreign forces on RUSsian soil.
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US envoy in China for talks on NKorea (AFP via Yahoo! News)

US envoy Christopher Hill called for "concrete action" on North Korea as he arrived in China as part of an Asia tour to revive long-stalled talks aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear program.
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G7 growth puts eurozone, US on rate alert: OECD (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Eurozone growth has spurted to close a gap with a flagging US economy, pointing G7 countries towards 3.0-percent expansion this year but putting Europe and the US on interest rate alert, the OECD has said.
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US envoy calls for 'concrete action' on North Korea (AFP via Yahoo! News)

US envoy Christopher Hill has called for "concrete action" from the international community on North Korea to press the communist state to give up its nuclear program.
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After a surge, US terror prosecutions drop to pre-9/11 levels (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)

With great fanfare, the federal government last March announced indictments against 19 people for "racketeering to support a terrorist organization." The allegation: They trafficked in contraband cigarettes and other items and sent some of the profits to Hizbullah in Lebanon, which the US calls a terrorist organization.
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US slowdown, oil shock, interest rates hikes are risks to Asia: S and P (AFP via Yahoo! News)

A US slowdown, an oil shock and prospects of higher interest rates are the key risks to Asia's economies in the short-term, international ratings agency Standard and Poor's (S and P) says.
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Beijing awaits US 'nuclear envoy' (BBC News)

A top US envoy is to visit China to discUSs reviving stalled talks on North Korea's nuclear programme.
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US drivers hop on scooters to dodge rising gas prices (AFP via Yahoo! News)

With rising gas prices an increasing number of US drivers have hopped on scooters, long a favorite in parts of the world familiar with pricey gasoline.
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Roddick-Connors' team a potent force at US Open (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Since hiring Jimmy Connors as his new coach, Andy Roddick says the five-time US Open champions' combative nature and competitive instincts are starting to rub off on him.
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Light turnout in marches for illegal immigrants in US (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Over 4,000 people marched in Los Angeles and Arizona for illegal immigrant rights as a senior Catholic church official said the US Congress had a "moral responsibility" to pass laws regularizing the immigrants' statUS.
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US envoy calls for 'concrete action' on North Korea (AFP via Yahoo! News)

US envoy Christopher Hill has called for "concrete action" from the international community on North Korea to press the communist state to give up its nuclear program.
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Democrats push Bush to sack US defense chief Rumsfeld (AFP via Yahoo! News)

US Democrats stepped up pressure on President George W. BUSh to sack Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld ahead of legislative elections in November.
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Israeli officials leave for US to discuss West Bank pullout (AFP via Yahoo! News)

High-ranking officials in Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office were to leave for Washington for talks with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, an official in Olmert's office said.
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US envoy warns NKorea against nuclear test (AFP via Yahoo! News)

US envoy Christopher Hill warned North Korea against provoking the international community with a nuclear test, urging the secretive state to return to stalled talks on its atomic program.
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Iran's ex-president Khatami believes US attack on Iran unlikely (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, on a visit to the United States, said he believes a US attack on Iran is unlikely and called for a diplomatic solution to the impasse over the country's disputed nuclear program in an interview broadcast.
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Safin back from the dead at US Open (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Marat Safin has emerged again from the ruins of his career at the US Open and once more looms as a potential threat to tournament favourite Roger Federer.
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Davenport into last eight at US Open (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Former champion Lindsay Davenport reached the quarter-finals of the US Open for the 10th consecutive year on Monday by defeating Patty Schnyder 6-4, 6-4.
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Henin-Hardenne, Dementieva into last eight at US Open (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Belgium's JUStine Henin-Hardenne has reached the quarter-finals of the US Open with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Shahar Peer of Israel.
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Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan in friendly fire from US jet (AFP via Yahoo! News)

A Canadian soldier was killed and several others wounded at dawn in gunfire from a US jet in a friendly fire incident during a major anti-Taliban operation under way in southern Afghanistan.
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Dollar loses ground as dealers see pause in US interest rate hikes (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The dollar lost ground against the euro, with dealers now foreseeing a paUSe in interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve in response to signs of slowing US economic momentum.
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Democrats push Bush to sack US defense chief Rumsfeld (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Democrats plan to step up pressure on US President George W. BUSh to sack Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld ahead of legislative elections in November.
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Rebels tried to shoot down president, minister, US senators (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Georgia has accUSed rebels of forcing down a helicopter carrying the defence minister and firing on another helicopter transporting President Mikheil Saakashvili and a delegation of US senators.
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US Open moves on after Agassi drama (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The US Open has entered its second week with the focUS finally switching away from Andre Agassi following his defeat and retirement.
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US envoy in new N Korea diplomacy (BBC News)

A senior US envoy arrives in Japan in a fresh bid to revive stalled talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions.
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Iraq says US military handover to be signed soon (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The Iraqi defence ministry has said that a delayed agreement under which the US military will hand command of Iraqi units to the government would be signed "in the next few days".
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US envoy warns NKorea against nuclear test (AFP via Yahoo! News)

US envoy Christopher Hill has warned North Korea against provoking the international community with a nuclear test, urging the secretive state to return to stalled talks on its atomic program.
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Football film remains top in US (BBC News)

American football film Invincible remains top of the US box office, according to studio estimates.
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Clinton calls for US to increase foreign aid (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Former US president Bill Clinton called for the US to sharply increase foreign aid, suggesting it was important in fighting terrorists and "cheaper than going to war".
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Forecasts of Republicans losing House mark official start of US campaign (AFP via Yahoo! News)

A political campaign forecast to result in across-the-board political losses for US President George W. BUSh's Republican Party officially gets under way, with polls showing voter fatigue with the war in Iraq and a yearning for change.
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US troops could face execution (BBC News)

A US army investigator recommends that four soldiers accUSed of murder in an Iraqi raid face the death penalty.
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Tearful Agassi bows out of tennis with US Open loss (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Andre Agassi lost in the third round of the US Open a defeat that brought down the curtain on one of the greatest careers in tennis.
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Former champions advance at US Open (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Former champions Andy Roddick, Marat Safin and Lleyton Hewitt advanced at the US Open.
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Iraq military command delayed by disagreement with US (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The inauguration of a new Iraqi joint military command has been postponed becaUSe of a disagreement about how to define its relationship with US forces, a US military spokesman said.
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Li trounces Pierce at US Open (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Li Na of China produced one of the best performances of her career to blast past Mary Pierce into the fourth round of the US Open.
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Hollywood treatments test US readiness to relive 9/11 attacks (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Two Hollywood movies that asked US audiences to live through the September 11, 2001 attacks again on theater screens proved wounds from the tragedy were still tender across the country.
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Agassi back for third round at US Open (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Andre Agassi is back in action in the third round of the US Open.
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Davenport survives scare at US Open (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Three-time major title winner Lindsay Davenport survived her first real test of the US Open by digging deep to beat Slovenia's Katarina Srebotnik.
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Four US soldiers could face death penalty for killing Iraqi detainees: report (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Four US soldiers could face execution for allegedly killing three Iraqi detainees after an Army investigator recommended they be tried on charges of murder and conspiracy, US media reported.
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Tearful Agassi bows out of tennis with US Open loss (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Andre Agassi lost in the third round of the US Open, a defeat that brought down the curtain on one of the greatest careers in tennis.
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Iran's Khatami says US policies fuel terrorism (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami said US foreign policy is fueling terrorism and warned a conference of MUSlims in Chicago of the dangers of allowing "narrow minded viewpoints and practices" to dominate public policy and discourse.
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Agassi back for third round at US Open (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Andre Agassi was back in action in the third round of the US Open.
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Iraq military command delayed by disagreement with US (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The inauguration of a new Iraqi joint military command has been postponed becaUSe of a disagreement about how to define its relationship with US forces, a US military spokesman said.
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Iran's Khatami says US policies fuel terrorism (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami said US foreign policy is fueling terrorism and warned a conference of MUSlims in Chicago of the dangers of allowing "narrow minded viewpoints and practices" to dominate public policy and discourse.
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Khatami condemns US policy (BBC News)

Ex-Iranian President Mohammad Khatami savages US foreign policy at a gathering of MUSlims in Chicago.
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Iran's Khatami says US policies fuel terrorism (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami has said that US foreign policy is fueling terrorism and warned a conference of MUSlims in Chicago of the dangers of allowing "narrow minded viewpoints and practices" to dominate public policy and discourse.
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Agassi on tap for Sunday at rain-plagued US Open (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Eight-time Grand Slam winner Andre Agassi got an assist from Mother Nature as his third round match at the US Open was moved back to Sunday.
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US-Iraq military handover delayed (BBC News)

The handover of control of Iraqi armed forces from the US-led coalition to the defence ministry is postponed again.
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NKorea opens bank accounts in Russia to dodge US sanctions (AFP via Yahoo! News)

North Korea has opened some 10 bank accounts at RUSsian financial institutions in an effort to secure fund flows now blocked by US financial sanctions, a Japanese newspaper said.
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US NBA stars head home with plenty to ponder on Olympic path (AFP via Yahoo! News)

US players are going to have to work harder than they wanted next year after finishing third at the World Basketball Championship, but the experience could pay golden dividends in 2008 at Beijing.
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Al-Qaeda calls on US to convert (BBC News)

Al-Qaeda urges non-MUSlims - especially in the US - to convert to Islam, according to a new videotape.
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Federer on course before storm hits US Open (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The remnants of Hurricane Ernesto brought an early end to proceedings at the US Open but not before Hurricane Roger had swept into the third round.
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Play suspended at US Open (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Rain and gUSting wind prevented any early play at the US Open.
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Agassi on tap as rain delays US Open again (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Andre Agassi took an anti-inflammatory shot Friday to treat his ailing back as the soon-to-be retired tennis star gets set to play his third round match at the US Open.
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US NBA stars bounce back to beat Argentina for third at worlds (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Shaking off a disappointing semi-final loss, the US National Basketball Association stars have claimed third place at the World Basketball Championship by defeating Argentina 96-81.
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US transfers control of notorious Abu Ghraib prison (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The US military has transferred control of Baghdad's notorioUS Abu Ghraib jail to Iraqi authorities and the "prison is now empty of any detainees or prisoners," a government spokesman said.
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