WASHINGTON -- The selection of experienced centrists -- Hillary Rodham Clinton, Robert Gates and James L. Jones -- to head President-elect Barack Obama's national security team points to the possibility that, on Iraq, the incoming commander-in-chief may take a more measured path to ending American ...
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Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee says the names of about 50 people were given to Pakistan's high commissioner to India during a meeting Monday night. The list includes Dawood Ibrahim, the alleged mastermind of 1993 Mumbai bombings and India's most-wanted man. He is thought to be living in Pakistan ...
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Boeing Co. engineers and technical workers have voted to ratify new contracts, ensuring four years of labor peace at the company's commercial airplane operations. Seventy-nine percent of members in the professional unit of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace voted for the ...
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Channel 7 television said an M79 grenade was fired from a flyover near the domestic airport, which has been occupied by the People's Alliance for Democracy since last Thursday, part of the escalating campaign to topple the six-party ruling coalition. An emergency services official said 17 of the ...
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Houston Texans defensive end Mario Williams celebrates after sacking Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback David Garrard during the second quarter Monday in Houston. Williams had three sacks and forced a fumble in the Texans' 30-17 win. Photo by DAVE EINSEL/Associated Press HOUSTON - Mario Williams ...
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NEW YORK (CNN) -- A New York hospital worker was suspended for failing to report the gunshot wound of NFL star Plaxico Burress, a hospital spokeswoman told CNN Monday. New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress arrives at the 17th police precinct in Manhattan on Monday. The spokeswoman, Kathy Robinson ...
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HOUSTON (AP) - The astronauts from space shuttle Endeavour flew home today to Houston to a hero's welcome. But their orbiter will be returning later. Endeavour touched down yesterday in California following a nearly 16-day mission to repair and upgrade the international space station. Stormy weather ...
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