| Afghan challenger drops out of election (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2009 12:56 AM PDT  AP - Afghan presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah announced Sunday he would not participate in next weekend's runoff election but stopped short of calling on his supporters to boycott the balloting.
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| Third party challenges in NJ, NY are warning sign (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 11:32 PM PDT  AP - Third party candidates are shaking up two major races in elections Tuesday, and the success of those candidacies is a warning shot fired at both major parties by voters angry at government and disillusioned by politics as usual.
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| After all the fuss, public health plan covers few (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 10:44 PM PDT  AP - What's all the fuss about? After all the noise over Democrats' push for a government insurance plan to compete with private carriers, coverage numbers are finally in: Two percent.
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| Reversed HR call helps A-Rod, Yankees beat Phils (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2009 12:31 AM PDT  AP - Guess who showed up for Halloween dressed as sluggers?
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| Calif. searchers scour seas 2 days after air crash (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2009 12:34 AM PDT  AP - Crews will search the Pacific's chilly waters overnight for nine people lost two days ago when a Marine Corps helicopter and a U.S. Coast Guard plane crashed in midair, though hope of finding survivors fades with each hour, a top Coast Guard commander said Saturday.
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| Clinton calls Israeli concessions 'unprecedented' (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 09:40 PM PDT  AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that Israel is making "unprecedented" concessions on West Bank settlement construction — a position clearly at odds with the prevailing Palestinian view.
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| 6 bodies found, Ohio rape convict arrested (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2009 12:52 AM PDT  AP - Anthony Sowell regularly reported to the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office, as required since his release from prison after serving 15 years for a rape conviction, authorities say.
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| No trick: 2,000 kids knock on White House door (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 09:22 PM PDT  AP - President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on Saturday doled out presidential M&Ms and dried fruit mixes to more than 2,000 trick-or-treaters, marking their Halloween at a White House event partly aimed at honoring military families.
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| Not all boom counties cough up gains in recession (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 09:36 PM PDT  AP - In the state capital's downtown core, $500,000 decorative street lights beam down on bustling crowds who've come to dine and play along a recently revitalized pedestrian plaza.
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| No. 10 Oregon runs past No. 4 USC 47-20 (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 10:25 PM PDT  AP - Jeremiah Masoli and Oregon trampled the Southern California Trojans, leaving the kings of the Pac-10 in serious danger of relinquishing the throne they've held for the last seven seasons.
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| Karzai rival pulls out of run-off (Reuters) Posted: 01 Nov 2009 12:44 AM PDT  Reuters - Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah said on Sunday he will not take part in this week's run-off vote because demands he made for a fair vote had not been met by the government and election officials.
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| Obama says new data shows economy recovering (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 10:44 PM PDT  Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Saturday this week's positive job and economic growth figures proved that his big spending efforts to stimulate the economy were working.
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| Clinton urges Abbas to talk without settlement halt (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 04:12 PM PDT  Reuters - Hillary Clinton turned U.S. pressure on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday when she endorsed Israel's view that its expansion of settlements on occupied land should not be a bar to resuming peace talks.
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| Canadian police arrest two men sought by FBI (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 01:57 PM PDT Reuters - Two men sought by the FBI and linked to a Detroit Muslim leader killed by U.S. authorities were arrested in Windsor, Ontario on Saturday, Canadian police said. |
| U.S. sends six Uighurs from Guantanamo to Palau (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 07:19 PM PDT Reuters - The Obama administration has sent six Uighur Chinese detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay to the Pacific island nation of Palau, the Justice Department said on Saturday. |
| Senior Iran MPs reject U.N. atom fuel plan (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 04:45 PM PDT  Reuters - Senior Iranian lawmakers voiced opposition on Saturday to a U.N.-drafted nuclear fuel deal, casting further doubt on a proposal aimed at easing international tension over Tehran's atomic activities.
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| Bush, Gorbachev, Kohl mark Berlin Wall's fall (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 11:34 AM PDT  Reuters - George Bush, Mikhail Gorbachev and Helmut Kohl paid their respects to the ordinary people who were behind the peaceful revolution of 1989 that brought down the Berlin Wall at an emotional ceremony in Berlin on Saturday.
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| Republican in New York race suspends campaign (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 11:31 AM PDT Reuters - The Republican candidate in a closely watched U.S. congressional race in New York state abruptly suspended her campaign on Saturday in a move that could boost a conservative's battle against a Democrat next Tuesday. |
| Abdullah to announce Afghan run-off decision (AFP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 07:35 PM PDT  AFP - Abdullah Abdullah is to announce Sunday whether he will run in next weekend's Afghan presidential election run-off after the incumbent Hamid Karzai snubbed a series of demands laid down by his challenger.
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| Abdullah pulls out of Afghan run-off election (AFP) Posted: 01 Nov 2009 12:54 AM PDT  AFP - Opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah announced on Sunday that he was pulling out of this week's run-off presidential election in Afghanistan.
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