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Guinea Bissau vote goes smooth amid hopes for stability (AFP)
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AFP - Guinea Bissau voted Sunday in parliamentary elections that international observers hope will boost stability in a poor west African nation which has become a hub for South American drug traffickers.
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Tibetan exiles gather to discuss future of Tibet (AP)
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AP - Several hundred Tibetan exile leaders gathered in northern India on Sunday for a landmark meeting widely expected to determine the direction of the movement that has struggled for decades to win autonomy from China.
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At least 3 dead in China subway tunnel collapse (Reuters)
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Reuters - At least three people were killed and 17 more were trapped when a half-built subway tunnel in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou collapsed, leaving a huge crater that also engulfed 11 vehicles, state media said on Sunday.
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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,200 (AP)
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AP - As of Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, at least 4,200 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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Japan's Ozaki wins Tokyo women's marathon (AFP)
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AFP - Japan's Yoshimi Ozaki staged a come-from-behind victory to take her first career title at the Tokyo International Women's Marathon on Sunday.
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Guinea Bissau set to go to the polls (AFP)
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AFP - Tiny, poverty stricken Guinea Bissau, seen as a major African drugs hub, goes to the polls Sunday for parliamentary elections observers hope will bring stability to the West African nation.
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UN envoy to meet Congo rebel leader amid fighting (AP)
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AP - U.N. officials in Congo say the world body's special envoy is on his way to meet the Central African country's main rebel leader in a bid to end the crisis.
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Prison terms devastate Myanmar democracy movement (AP)
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AP - In a devastating week for Myanmar's democracy movement, dozens of its members have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms, as the military-ruled government locks away writers and Buddhist monks as well as musicians, a poet and at le...
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4 Gaza militants killed in retaliatory airstrike (AP)
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AP - An Israeli airstrike killed four Palestinian militants launching mortars at Israel from the Gaza Strip on Sunday, Palestinian officials said, just hours after another group of militants struck Israel in a separate rocket attack.
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Bloodshed at Urban Music Awards (AFP)
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AFP - Three people were injured in ugly scenes at the Urban Music Awards ceremony, with one person seriously hurt, police said on Sunday.
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Doctors lead Tijuana march against violence (AP)
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AP - More than 1,500 demonstrators marched through the violence-plagued border city of Tijuana on Saturday to protest the current of killings and kidnappings.
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Booming Gulf looks overseas for agriculture needs (AP)
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AP - In the dunes around this sun-scorched desert village, where camels still plod along dusty roads an hour south of Dubai's skyscrapers, they're making the wasteland bloom.
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Villa leaves Gunners down and out in Premier League action (AFP)
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AFP - Arsenal's title challenge suffered a hammer blow on Saturday as a 2-0 home defeat at the hands of Aston Villa left them nine points adrift of the Premier League pacesetters Chelsea and Liverpool.
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Iraq's government approves security pact with US (AP)
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AP - Iraq's Cabinet overwhelmingly approved a security pact with the United States on Sunday, ending prolonged negotiations to allow American forces to remain for three more years in the country they first occupied in 2003.
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Truck halt on Pakistan pass could dent US supply (AP)
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AP - Pakistan temporarily suspended oil tankers and trucks with sealed containers from using a key passage into Afghanistan, an official said Sunday, a move that will likely impact supplies heading to U.S. and NATO troops.
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