 Reuters - Resurgent China opened the Olympics on
Friday with volleys of fireworks at a spectacular ceremony that
wove ancient Chinese history with modern wizardry and aimed to
draw a line under months of political controversy.
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 Reuters - Anti-American Iraqi Shi'ite cleric
Moqtada al-Sadr would dissolve his Mehdi Army militia if the
United States started withdrawing troops according to a set
timetable, a spokesman said.
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 Reuters - American labor leaders are urging their
white working class members to put aside racial biases that
could undermine Barack Obama's union-backed bid to become the
United States' first black president.
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 Reuters - A judge on Friday allowed indicted
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to post $50,000 bond to get out
of jail but ordered new restrictions on his movements, while
new charges were filed against the embattled mayor.
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 Reuters - A jury of
U.S. military officers sentenced Osama bin Laden's driver on
Thursday to just 5 1/2 years in prison -- most of which he has
already served - in the first U.S. war crimes tribunal since
World War Two.
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 Reuters - August 8 promises to be a lucky day for
Liu Chuan who is getting married and has a ticket for the
opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
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 Reuters - A man with self-described mental health
problems was ordered held without bail in Florida on Thursday
on charges that he had threatened to assassinate Democratic
presidential candidate Barack Obama or President George W.
Bush.
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Reuters - After 12 years of litigation, a
federal judge rejected claims that the government owed American
Indians $47 billion for mismanaging their money held in a
special trust fund, but ruled they were owed less than 1
percent of the amount sought.
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 AFP - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday condemned "aggressive actions" by Georgian troops in South Ossetia, and said that Russia would be compelled to retaliate.
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