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Jul 05, 2008

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Saturday Jul 5

New book uses food to explore Mandela's life

A new book examining Nelson Mandela's life was launched Saturday with a feast that included everything from the spaghetti casserole he was brought in jail to the soured milk he longed for while living ...

Saturday Jul 5

Man rips off wax Hitler's head

A man tore the head off an Adolf Hitler wax figure at Madame Tussauds' new branch in Berlin in what appeared to be a symbolic protest on the museum's opening day Saturday, police said.

Saturday Jul 5

Bomb not aimed at me

Belarus' authoritarian president said Saturday he does not believe a bomb that tore through a concert he was attending was aimed at him.

Saturday Jul 5

Arrest made in London murders

British police arrested a suspect Saturday in the brutal murders of two French students who were tied up and stabbed scores of times before their bodies were set alight.

Saturday Jul 5

Kashmiri protesters clash with police

Thousands of protesters clashed with police in Indian Kashmir's main city Saturday over allegations that government forces set fire to a local Muslim shrine, officials said.

Saturday Jul 5

Policeman killed, 5 wounded in Russia

Russian officials say attacks in the restive Caucasus regions have left one policeman dead and at least five others injured.

Friday Jul 4

Orangutan populations declining sharply

Orangutan numbers have declined sharply on the only two islands where they still live in the wild and they could become the first great ape species to go extinct if urgent action isn't taken, a new study says.

Friday Jul 4

Pakistan nuclear proliferation case 'closed'

Pakistan's Foreign Ministry insisted Saturday that its nuclear proliferation case was closed, a day after the disgraced architect of its atomic program claimed the army under President Pervez Musharraf helped ...

Friday Jul 4

Lawmaker killed in southern Afghanistan

An Afghan official says gunmen in southern Afghanistan have assassinated a lawmaker.

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