 | Tropical Storm Hernan churns in Pacific
Tropical Storm Hernan is gaining strength, as it churns far off Mexico's Pacific coast.
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 | Iraqis: U.S., Iraq close to deal
Two Iraqi officials say the U.S. and Iraq are close to a deal under which all American combat troops would leave by October 2010 with remaining U.S. forces gone about three years later.
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 | Pakistan's Musharraf faces impeachment
Pakistan's ruling coalition has announced it will seek the impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf.
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 | Bush arrives in Beijing for Summer Olympics
President Bush is in China, setting the stage for him to become the first U.S. president to attend Olympic Games on foreign soil.
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 | ECB, BoE leave interest rates unchanged
The European Central Bank has kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.25 percent even as the 15 countries that use the euro face continued high inflation and fears of slowing growth.
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 | Iraqi official defends spending
An Iraqi lawmaker close to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is defending the government's record on spending for reconstruction, saying critics are overlooking Baghdad's progress the past three years.
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 | Officials: 25 militants, two troops dead in Pakistan
Security officials say Pakistani troops have killed at least 25 militants in fighting near the Afghan border.
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 | Guantanamo jurors hear testimony in penalty phase
The Guantanamo jury that convicted Osama bin Laden's driver is back in court for the penalty phase of the trial.
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 | Bush meets with Myanmar activists
President Bush is heading for China this morning, where he'll meet with communist leaders and enjoy some Olympic action.
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 | China on Bush: Don't interfere in our affairs
China has responded to President Bush's speech criticizing Beijing for repression, saying no one should interfere in other countries' internal affairs.
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 | Israel to release over 150 Palestinian prisoners
The pledge came after a meeting with President Mahmoud Abbas, who is pushing for the release of imprisoned politicians, as well as hundreds of others with more than 20 years behind bars, women and minors.
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 | 13 drown in boat accident in northern India
A police official says a boat carrying people home from work capsized overnight in northern India killing 13 people.
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 | Hundreds of French troops deploy to Afghanistan
NATO says that hundreds of French troops have been deployed to train and mentor Afghan security forces in southern Afghanistan.
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| Tropical storm forms off Mexico
Tropical Storm Hernan is the eighth named storm of the Pacific hurricane season.
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 | Bush rebukes and praises China
With all eyes on Beijing, President Bush has bluntly told China that America is strongly opposed to the way the government represses its people.
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