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New Zealand says 'zero' budget will bring surplus
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- New Zealand's government promises to tackle rising debt and return the country's books to the black in two years....
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Scotland Yard deploys mobile fingerprint devices
LONDON (AP) -- Scotland Yard says it's equipping its police officers with handheld fingerprint devices, something the force says will help identify suspects in a matter of seconds....
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Officials: Injured Mali president heads to France
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- Mali's interim president, who was beaten by a mob of demonstrators who broke into his office this week, has left the country to seek medical treatment in France, an adviser and two French government officials said Wednesday....
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Report: Iran holds military maneuvers
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's official news agency says Iran's military has wound up a one-day exercise in the center of the country....
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Medvedev chats with US cowboys working in Russia
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's prime minister has visited a cattle farm where some American cowboys are working to help Russians develop their struggling meat industry....
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Egyptians picking new president in free election
CAIRO (AP) -- Egyptian voters of many ages, occupations and beliefs stood in line for hours Wednesday to cast their ballots for a new president. The winner would replace Hosni Mubarak, deposed in a popular uprising last year. He was voted in several times, but those elections were generally rega...
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TV presenter: Piers Morgan showed me how to hack
LONDON (AP) -- Prominent British television presenter Jeremy Paxman has told an official inquiry that CNN interviewer Piers Morgan once gave him pointers on how to hack a mobile phone....
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UN global health agency chief wins 2nd term
GENEVA (AP) -- Dr. Margaret Chan, who has steered the World Health Organization through crises over bird flu and the respiratory SARS bug, has won a second five-year term as its director-general....
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Rio issues land titles to slum residents
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The home Jose Nazare Braga built in the Rocinha shantytown is his life's work, an investment that grew from a shack to a three-story building over 30 years. A restaurant and a paper-goods store on the ground floor provide income, and his children, grandchildren and great-g...
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Mogadishu's Bakara market clean-up upsets some
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Like many other residents of Mogadishu, Ali Osman, who sells wares at the Bakara market, had longed for an end to lawlessness and violence that plagued the capital for two decades....
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Russian military jet crashes in Czech Republic
PRAGUE (AP) -- A Russian military jet malfunctioned while landing in the Czech Republic on Wednesday, injuring six people as it rolled off the runway, broke apart and caught fire, Czech and Russian officials said. At least one man was in life-threatening condition....
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Decision next week on Julian Assange extradition
LONDON (AP) -- WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange is to find out next week whether his bid to block extradition to Sweden has been successful....
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Indian state OKs shooting tiger poachers on sight
NEW DELHI (AP) -- A state in western India has declared war on animal poaching by allowing forest guards to shoot hunters on sight in an effort to curb rampant attacks on tigers and other wildlife....
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Kylie Minogue at Cannes in bizarre 'Holy Motors'
CANNES, France (AP) -- Holy cow. The most rapturous audience reception at the Cannes Film Festival has gone to "Holy Motors," a disorienting, whirling dream of a movie by French director Leos Carax....
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AP Interview: Ex-hostage shares Philippine ordeal
SUNGAI BULOH, Malaysia (AP) -- A Malaysian gecko trader held captive by suspected Abu Sayyaf militants for a year in the southern Philippines says he saw group members as young as 15 skilled in using M16 rifles that were prevalent in the impoverished region....
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Ancient Bethlehem seal unearthed in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The Israel Antiquities Authority says archeologists digging at a Jerusalem site have found the oldest artifact that bears the inscription of Bethlehem - a 2,700 years old seal with the name of Jesus' traditional birthplace....
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A ball of one? Lady Gaga unsure of Indonesia show
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Lady Gaga is as confused as anyone about whether she'll be allowed to perform in Indonesia....
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Turkmen deal boosts Afghan pipeline project
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) -- Turkmenistan has signed a natural gas deal with Pakistan and India in a significant boost to the proposed construction of a 1,800-kilometer (1,100-mile) pipeline across Afghanistan....
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Magazine wins rare court ruling for Myanmar media
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- A private news magazine in Myanmar won a rare court victory Wednesday and will not have to reveal the name of a reporter who wrote about corruption at government ministries....
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Young Hollywood stars strike out on own at Cannes
CANNES, France (AP) -- Vampires, Transformers, singing high-schoolers: They can all be tough to outrun....
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China's city code enforcers chided for violence
BEIJING (AP) -- A branch of city governments China set up to monitor everything from unlicensed street vendors to unauthorized construction is rife with abuse of power, stoking already high social tensions, a rights group said Wednesday....
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Azerbaijan basks in glitz, fears exposure
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) -- On a recent evening on Baku's seaside promenade, throbbing Euro-dance music blared out from an open-air concert as families strolled by. Cafes serving fragrant skewered meat served throngs of locals and foreigners....
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Pro-Hamas students holed up on West Bank campus
BIR ZEIT, West Bank (AP) -- At 26, Saed Qasrawi is among the oldest students at Bir Zeit University in the West Bank....
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Australia: No deal was made in Indonesia drug case
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Australia denied Wednesday that it had agreed to treat young Indonesian people smugglers more leniently in return for Indonesia reducing the prison sentence of a high-profile Australian drug trafficker....
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