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Prediction: India, China will be economic giants
USATODAY.com -
Fri Jan 14, 6:26 AM ET
By the year 2020, China and India will be vying with the United States for global economic supremacy, the nation's top intelligence analysts predict, and al-Qaeda will have withered away - only to be replaced by smaller, more splintered but equally deadly groups of terrorists.
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Iraq New Terror Breeding Ground
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Fri Jan 14, 1:09 PM ET
Iraq has replaced Afghanistan as the training ground for the next generation of "professionalized" terrorists, according to a report released yesterday by the National Intelligence Council, the CIA director's think tank.
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Speaker Touts Stripping to 8th Graders
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The principal of a Palo Alto middle school may not invite a popular speaker back to an annual career day after he told girls they could earn a good living as strippers.
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Probe Lands on Saturn Moon; Sends Photos
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A European space probe Friday sent back the first detailed pictures of the frozen surface of Saturn's moon Titan, showing stunning black and white images of what appeared to be hilly terrain riddled with channels or riverbeds carved by a liquid.
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Indonesia Muslims Warn Against Evangelism
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Fri Jan 14, 4:15 PM ET
A senior Islamic leader warned foreign relief workers Friday of a serious backlash from Muslims if they bring Christian proselytizing to tsunami-struck Sumatra along with humanitarian help.
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Bread Guitarist Jimmy Griffin Dies
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Fri Jan 14,10:08 AM ET
Jimmy Griffin, an
Academy Award-winning songwriter and former guitarist for the
1970s pop group Bread, died Tuesday in Nashville of
complications from cancer. He was 61.
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Rising Water Prompts Calif. Evacuations
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Hundreds of Riverside County residents were evacuated as a precaution Friday after water began seeping through a dam's earthen extension and authorities released millions of gallons into a river to relieve pressure.
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Tsunami May Have Swallowed Ancient Town
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Fri Jan 14, 1:32 PM ET
For generations, the people of Poompuhar have spoken of the days when their sleepy fishing town was the capital of a powerful kingdom, and traders came from Rome, Greece and Egypt to deal in pearls and silk.
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'Ali G' Comedian Risks Riot at U.S. Rodeo
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Thu Jan 13, 1:07 PM ET
British comedian Sasha Baron Cohen
escaped a near-riot at an American rodeo while filming his
satirical "Da Ali G Show."
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Kerry Tries to Improve U.S.-France Ties
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Fri Jan 14, 3:05 PM ET
Sen. John Kerry's French connection was treated as a liability during his bid for the U.S. presidency. On Friday, he used his popularity here to try to help rebuild strained ties between Paris and Washington, and expressed confidence that would happen.
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Notorious Taxis Take Mayor for a Ride
Reuters -
Fri Jan 14, 8:36 AM ET
Prague Mayor Pavel Bem got a close-up
look at how the city's notorious taxi drivers operate this week
when he went undercover for a ride and was overcharged by some
500 percent.
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Bush Plans Sharp Cuts in HUD Community Efforts
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Fri Jan 14, 3:26 PM ET
The White House will seek to drastically shrink the Department of Housing and Urban Development's $8 billion community branch, purging dozens of economic development projects, scrapping a rural housing program and folding high-profile anti-poverty efforts into the Labor and Commerce departments, administration officials said yesterday.
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Texas AG Sues Student Over Spamming
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Fri Jan 14, 4:06 PM ET
The state attorney general filed a lawsuit against a 22-year-old college student and his business partner, accusing them of illegally sending hundreds of thousands of unsolicited, misleading e-mails.
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Graner Found Guilty in Iraq Prisoner Abuse
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Army Spc. Charles Graner Jr., the reputed ringleader of a band of rogue guards at the Abu Ghraib prison, was convicted Friday of abusing Iraqi detainees in a case that sparked international outrage when photographs were released that showed reservists gleefully abusing prisoners.
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