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Hearts legend Conn dies (AFP)
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AFP - Hearts legend Alfie Conn Senior died on Wednesday aged 82.
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Report: Pakistan intel chief says no India war (AP)
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AP - Pakistan's intelligence chief said there will not be war with India over the Mumbai attacks and emphasized terrorism not India was the greatest threat to the country, according to a rare interview.
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EU demands calls for resumption gas supplies (AP)
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AP - The European Union accused Russia and Ukraine of holding their neighbors hostage with a cutoff of gas supplies and urged the countries' political leaders to settle their dispute.
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Tsonga recovers from slow start at Brisbane tennis (AFP)
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AFP - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga recovered from a disastrous start to overcome Finland's Jarkko Nieminen and lead a posse of Frenchmen into the quarter-finals of the Brisbane International here Wednesday.
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Ghana president takes office after tense election (AP)
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AP - Ghana's new president took office Wednesday vowing to "heal wounds and unite our dear nation" following a peaceful but tense election that secured the country's status as one of the continent's few stable democracies.
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Ukraine: Russia stops sending gas to Europe (AP)
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AP - Ukrainian officials said Wednesday that Russia had cut off all gas supplies through pipelines crossing Ukrainian territory, the latest move in a devastating pricing dispute between the two neighbors that has already left a number of...
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Murray closing in on tennis history (AFP)
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AFP - Andy Murray, who had not fully recovered from a career-threatening wrist injury only a year ago, is now being touted as a man who could make tennis history.
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Mumbai attackers ordered by phone to kill: documents (AFP)
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AFP - Militants who attacked Mumbai were urged to kill their hostages in cold blood and fight to the death in the name of Islam, according to transcripts of intercepted telephone calls made public Wednesday.
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Analysis: In Gaza fight, Iran lurks in background (AP)
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AP - Israel's fight with Hamas in Gaza, like the war with Hezbollah in Lebanon two years ago, is not just a struggle over the Palestinian issue but a broader proxy battle between Western allies and Iran for the very future of the Middle ...
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Afghan civilian casualty claims mount, 50 rebels said killed (AFP)
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AFP - Security forces said Wednesday they had killed 50 insurgents in new battles across Afghanistan, but allegations emerged that dozens of civilians had also been killed in military action.
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Egypt and France propose plan to end Gaza conflict (AP)
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AP - A cease-fire initiative Tuesday to halt the increasingly bloody Israeli offensive in Hamas-rule Gaza won support from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on rival sides to follow up on the...
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China fears recession riots as Europe joblessness grows (AFP)
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AFP - A stark warning by state media Wednesday of possible mass unrest in China signalled deepening fears over the global recession, as Europe grappled with more job losses and an energy cutoff during a winter freeze.
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Humid weather brings out Australia's deadly funnel web (AFP)
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AFP - One of the world's most venomous spiders, Australia's funnel-web, is enjoying the summer so much it appears to have brought forward its annual mating ritual, according to an expert.
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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,222 (AP)
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AP - As of Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, at least 4,222 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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US coalition says 32 militants killed in Afghanistan (AFP)
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AFP - Coalition soldiers killed 32 armed insurgents in a major operation against Taliban fighters east of the Afghan capital Kabul, the US military said Wednesday.
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