KABUL (Reuters) - An Afghan peace council to pursue talks with the Taliban has been set up, President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday, the latest step in a gradual move toward reconciliation with the Islamist insurgents.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Rep. Geoff Davis Saturday blasted President Barack Obama's "Recovery Summer," pointing to a high rate of unemployment and "anemic levels" of economic growth.
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CHICAGO, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- A federal judge said the physical and psychological scars suffered by two Chicago girls justified sending an arsonist to prison for 25 years.
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MIAMI, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- A registered sex offender on the run from a Texas halfway house has been captured near Miami International Airport, police said.
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JAKARTA, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Officials in Indonesia say scores of people stayed away from their homes near Mount Sinabung for fear of another eruption of the volcano Saturday.
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SANTIAGO, Chile, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said work on a third rescue tunnel would begin soon at the site where 33 miners have been trapped for more than a month.
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QUETTA, Pakistan, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Police officials Saturday said the death toll from a suicide bombing in Quetta, Pakistan, had reached 58 with more than 100 injured.
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By RAVI NESSMAN 2010-09-04T15:17:51Z DAIRA DINPANAH, Pakistan (AP) -- Abdul Rehman and his family live under a tree next to a pile of rubble on a newly created island where his house used to be....
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Swedish authorities say they aren't buying a lawyers claim that he doesn't know where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is these days.
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BEIJING, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Poor traffic management and road design are responsible for a massive traffic jam involving more than 10,000 trucks in China, officials say.
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LISBON, Portugal, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Judges in Portugal have convicted six people of rape and running a pedophile ring at a state-run home for needy children in a trial lasting nearly six years.
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MOSCOW, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says Volgograd and Saratov will get $33 million to help in recover from wildfires that killed at least 50 people.
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NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- A major piece of evidence in this summer's massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill is headed toward the ocean's surface for a federal inspection, an official said.
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BEIJING, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Talks between two of President Obama's top advisers and Chinese officials will cover monetary policy and national security, the White House said.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- A strong majority of U.S. voters approve of setting term limits for members of Congress, a Fox News poll indicated.
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexican judge ordered Edgar "La Barbie" Valdez, believed to be one of the country's top drug bosses, held for 40 more days of investigation, the federal prosecutor's office said on Saturday.
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ATLANTA, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Craigslist blocked its "adult services" section in the United States after attorneys' generals in 17 states complained the Internet site promoted prostitution.
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QUETTA, Pakistan, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Police officials Saturday said the death toll from a suicide bombing in Quetta, Pakistan has reached 58 with more than 100 injured.
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MIAMI, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm warning for the coasts of Maine and Nova Scotia, expecting the storm Earl to hit land Saturday.
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FOX GLACIER, New Zealand, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- A plane crash on the west coast of New Zealand has killed nine people, including tourists from Australia, England, Ireland and Germany, officials say.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - A German Islamist held by U.S. troops in Afghanistan and interrogated since July has revealed details of planned attacks on targets in Germany and Europe, a news weekly reported Saturday.
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By 2010-09-04T10:37:13Z DUBLIN (AP) -- Anti-war protesters hurled shoes and eggs at Tony Blair on Saturday as he arrived for the first public signing of his fast-selling memoir....
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. President Obama said Saturday the middle class has taken "some hard shots" and his administration will do "everything we can to accelerate job creation."
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By PATRICK CONDON 2010-09-04T07:55:46Z FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) -- Despite the smells of fried dough and roasted meat wafting from the Minnesota State Fair, Salim and Zuleyha Ozonder were focused on the people who were leaving, not the food or festivities beckoning from across the street....
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MEHMOOD KOT, Pakistan (Reuters) - Crime and the sale of donated aid supplies are undermining the aid effort for Pakistan's flood victims.
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