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Kremlin officials promised to complete a troop withdrawal from Georgia by Friday, but a top Russian general said it could be 10 days before the bulk of the troops left. Full story
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Deal reached to pull U.S. troops
Iraq and the U.S. pushed close to a deal Thursday setting a course for American combat troops to pull out of Iraqi cities by next June on the way to broader withdrawal from the long and costly war by 2011. Full story
Missionaries defy ban at Olympics
Christian groups who flouted a Chinese ban on missionaries are calling their evangelizing a success. Full story
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Zambia's president dead at 59
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa died in a French hospital Tuesday at 59, nearly two months after he was hospitalized for a stroke, the country's vice president said.
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Kidnapping wave outrages Mexico
Suspicions of police involvement in kidnap-killings have moved Mexico, a nation where many had grown numb to kidnappings and drug cartels' beheadings and midday shootouts.
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Lost baby whale euthanized
An abandoned baby whale that has been attempting to suckle boats in the waters off north Sydney will be euthanized because it is in such poor condition, an environmental official said Thursday.
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Russians dig in but promise Georgia pullout
Kremlin officials promised to complete a troop withdrawal from Georgia by Friday, but a top Russian general said it could be 10 days before the bulk of the troops left.
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Gitmo prisoner boycotts his war crimes trial
An alleged al-Qaida recruiter said Friday he wants nothing to do with his trial at Guantanamo Bay, calling it a "legal farce" and telling his Pentagon-appointed lawyer not to defend him.
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Saudi ban on female drivers may be eroding
When Ruwaida al-Habis' father and two brothers were badly burned in a fire, she had no choice but to break Saudi Arabia's ban on women drivers to get them to a clinic.
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Taliban bombs kill 59 at Pakistan arms site
Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the gates of Pakistan's main weapons complex Thursday, killing 59 people and dashing hopes for an end to political turmoil.
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U.S., Iraq close to deal on pullout
The draft agreement with Iraq would link troop reductions to achievement of certain security milestones, although the details have not been made public.
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