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Families Search for Dirty War's Missing
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AP - Clara Petrakos knows this much: the baby was born on the floor of a clandestine detention center during Argentina's Dirty War. Now, 29 years later, Petrakos is searching for the sister she never knew.
Toshiba Delays High-Def DVD Player Debut
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AP - Toshiba Corp. said Friday it has postponed the release of high-definition DVD players in the United States until April, a month later than planned, so that it can synchronize the sales with title releases from Hollywood studies.
Tim Hortons Raises Nearly $672M in IPO
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AP - Canadian coffee and doughnut chain Tim Hortons Inc. raised nearly $672 million Thursday in its initial public offering as the chain prepares to fully separate later this year from its corporate parent, Wendy's.
Blossom Forecasting Is Crucial in Japan
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AP - One would think Eishin Murakata has a pleasant, relaxing job. In springtime, he strolls every day to the same cherry tree in central Tokyo and gazes up at the boughs. When he spots a full bud on the verge of blossoming, he carefully snaps a photograph.
Doubt over DR Congo poll deadline
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DR Congo officials meet later to discuss extending Thursday's deadline for candidates to register for June's polls.
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Nikkei gains as property stocks rise
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Reuters - Tokyo's Nikkei average rose 0.82 percent on Thursday after gains in U.S. stocks and as investors bought real estate firms such as Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd. ahead of a government land price survey due later in the day.
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Stone: I Have No Problem Doing Nude Scene
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AP - Sharon Stone, who returns as the seductive Catherine Tramell in "Basic Instinct 2," says she has no problem doing a nude scene — if it's right for the role.
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Former Universal chief could soon start new job
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Reuters - Former Universal Pictures chairman Stacey Snider might be sprung from her contract with the studio sooner rather than later and could assume her new post as co-chairman and CEO of DreamWorks in a couple of weeks.
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Groups Prepare for Contested Seal Hunt
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AP - Protesters, celebrities and fishermen were gearing up for Canada's hotly debated seal hunt, set to get under way later this week in the gulf off the Atlantic Ocean.
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8 Years Later, It's Huskies Vs. Huskies
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AP - Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun remembers it vividly.
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8 Years Later, It's Huskies Vs. Huskies
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AP - Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun remembers it vividly.
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Israel Reopens Gaza Crossing
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AP - Israel on Tuesday reopened the Gaza Strip's main cargo crossing to alleviate a food shortage in the area, Palestinian officials said.
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Toshiba tipped to launch next-generation DVD player this month
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AFP - In a bid to take a lead in the battle for dominance in next-generation DVD players, Toshiba Corp will start selling the world's first HD DVD player in Japan later this month, a report says.
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South Korean Stem-Cell Scientist Fired
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AP - The scientist who stunned the medical world with claims he created the first cloned human embryos and extracted stem cells from them — research later found to have been faked — was fired Monday by South Korea's most prestigious university.
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UN's top human rights body delays its swan song
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AFP - The discredited UN Human Rights Commission, due to be replaced later this year, adjourned its final annual meeting for another week.
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Leading index falls 0.2 percent in February
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Reuters - A key gauge of U.S. economic activity fell 0.2 percent in February, the New York-based Conference Board said on Monday in a report that suggested the economy may begin slowing later in the year.
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UN's top human rights body delays its swan song
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AFP - The discredited UN Human Rights Commission, due to be replaced later this year, adjourned its last ever annual meeting for another week.
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Blair-backing paper adds voice to calls for British PM to go
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AFP - Prime Minister Tony Blair awoke to another editorial-page appeal to stand down sooner rather than later, as a flap over financing for his Labour Party refused to go away.
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Piracy Remains Threat in Southeast Asia
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AP - Following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Washington and its allies feared militants could inflict global economic devastation with a high seas assault in the Malacca Strait in Southeast Asia — one of the world's busiest shipping lanes.
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Guardian adds voice to calls for Blair to go
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AFP - The Guardian, voice of the middle-class liberals, added its voice to calls for Prime Minister Tony Blair to step down sooner rather than later, amid a scandal over financing for his Labour Party.
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Space station crew free up orbiting parking lot
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Reuters - Crew on board the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday took a short flight in their Soyuz craft to free up a docking bay for their replacements arriving later this month, Russian mission control said.
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Live: Newcastle v Liverpool
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Match report to follow later.
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Allawi Says Iraq in Middle of Civil War
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AP - Iraq's former interim prime minister said the increasing attacks across his country can only be described as a civil war, and that the United States and Europe could be touched by spreading violence, according to an interview aired Sunday.
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Avery, Cammalleri Help Kings Beat Blues
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AP - Sean Avery, the NHL leader in penalty minutes, played the entire game carrying a pink stick. Nobody gave him a hard time about it for obvious reasons. Besides, it was for a noble cause. Avery scored the tying goal early in the third period and Michael Cammalleri got the go-ahead goal less than 4 minutes later on a power play, helping the Los Angeles Kings beat the St. Louis Blues 3-1 on Saturday night.
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Rumsfeld: leaving Iraq like giving Nazis Germany
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Reuters - Leaving Iraq now would be like handing postwar Germany back to the Nazis, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in a column published on Sunday, the third anniversary of the start of the Iraq war.
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