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Fish pedicures are creating a big splash in Virginia
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Ready for the latest in spa pampering? Prepare to dunk your tootsies in a tank of water and let tiny carp nibble away.
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Ebert Leaving 'At the Movies' in rift with Disney-ABC
Roger Ebert is leaving the balcony. The famed film critic announced yesterday that he is cutting ties with the nationally syndicated program he and the late critic Gene Siskel made famous, a day after Richard Roeper said he was quitting the show.
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Freshness tests
Produce is the most thrown-out food in U.S. households. And no matter how picky you are when you dig through those mounds of fruits and veggies at supermarkets and farm stands, you may sometimes still end up with a mealy peach or a tasteless tomato.
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Obama visits Iraqi leaders, gets support for withdrawal
BAGHDAD – Face to face with Iraq's leaders, Barack Obama gained fresh support yesterday for the idea of pulling all U.S. combat forces out of the war zone by 2010. But the Iraqis stopped short of actual timetables or endorsement of Obama's pledge to withdraw troops within 16 months if he wins the presidency.
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Rivals in Zimbabwe agree to hold talks on sharing power
HARARE, Zimbabwe – Three months after the voting and violence began, Zimbabwe's embattled President Robert Mugabe and his bitter opposition rival agreed yesterday to hold talks immediately about sharing power to end the country's political crisis.
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Guantanamo judge throws out evidence, calling it 'coercive'
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba – The judge in the first American war crimes trial since World War II barred evidence yesterday that interrogators obtained from Osama bin Laden's driver, ruling he was subjected to “highly coercive” conditions in Afghanistan.
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Super Bowl indecency fine for CBS tossed out
PHILADELPHIA – A federal appeals court yesterday threw out a $550,000 indecency fine against CBS Corp. for the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show that ended with Janet Jackson's breast-baring “wardrobe malfunction.”
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- Rice accuses Iran of not taking nuclear program talks seriously
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice accused Iran yesterday of not being serious at weekend talks about its disputed nuclear program despite the presence of a senior U.S. diplomat, and warned it may soon face new sanctions.
- Rival leaders in Zimbabwe agree to discuss power-sharing deal
HARARE, Zimbabwe – Three months after the voting and violence began, Zimbabwe's embattled President Robert Mugabe and his opposition rival agreed yesterday to hold talks immediately about sharing power to end the country's political crisis.
- Oil industry guarded about Iraq's offer of service contracts
LONDON – The oil industry is cautious about Iraq's decision to offer foreign companies long-term contracts to develop its largest producing fields, with any windfalls seen as distant and likely to go to a select few companies.
- Pakistani court silences atomic-secrets scientist
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – A court silenced the disgraced architect of Pakistan's atomic weapons program yesterday, weeks after he implicated President Pervez Musharraf in the delivery of nuclear technology to North Korea.
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Explosions rip buses in southern China
KUNMING, China – Two explosions on buses during yesterday morning's rush hour killed at least two people and injured 14 in downtown Kunming, the capital of southwest China's Yunnan province, the local public security bureau said.
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Troop reductions in Iraq likely by end of year
BAGHDAD – Iraq's security has improved so much, even as U.S. troop levels have dropped, that President Bush seems likely to order thousands more soldiers home by year's end.
- Aid truck's arrival in Sadr City illustrates desperation of locals
BAGHDAD, Iraq – As the armored truck rounds the street corner, nurse Lamyia Hussein Mohammed paces the crayon-scribbled hallways of a Sadr City elementary school with an army-issued rifle over her shoulder.
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Staff Sgt. Danny P. Dupre, 28, of Lockport, La., died July 14 of wounds from combat in Anbar province. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
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