"Reuters - Acerbic comedian Jon Stewart made
his debut as Oscar host on Sunday with lots of good-natured
jokes about gay cowboys and Hollywood excess while aiming his
sharpest barbs at his two favorite targets...
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"Reuters - President George W. Bush will soon
make a formal request to Congress for a line-item veto --
authority that would give him power to cancel specific spending
items in budget bills, an administration official said on
Sunday."
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"AP - Osama bin Laden promised never to be captured alive and declared the United States had resorted to the same "barbaric" tactics used by Saddam Hussein, according to an audiotape purportedly by the al-Qaida leader that was posted Monday on a militant Web site."
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"AP - A push from the Detroit Pistons, an MVP performance by LeBron James and a putback by Dwyane Wade decided an NBA All-Star game that went down to the final seconds."
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"AP - Women who use the Ortho Evra birth-control patch face twice the risk of developing blood clots than those who take the pill, the patch's manufacturer said late Thursday, citing recent company-funded research."
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"AP - Israel will clamp down on Palestinian areas, cutting the West Bank off from Gaza, banning Gaza workers from Israel and halting most funding, in a campaign to weaken the violent Hamas as it assumes power."
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"AP - China and Iran are close to setting plans to develop Iran's Yadavaran oil field, according to published reports, a multibillion-dollar deal that comes as Tehran faces the prospect of sanctions over its nuclear program."
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"Reuters - A Pakistani Muslim cleric and his
followers offered rewards amounting to over $1 million for
anyone who killed Danish cartoonists who drew caricatures of
the Prophet Mohammad that have enraged...
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"Reuters - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov
said on Friday Moscow would supply military hardware to the
Palestinian Authority only if Israel agreed."
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"AP - A fierce storm system swept across the Midwest moving eastward on Friday, ripping the roof off an Indiana church, pelting Arkansas with hail and cutting power to thousands in Michigan."
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"Reuters - Doping struck the Winter Olympics on
Thursday, bruising a Games that officials had hoped would
restore the image of clean sports competition after the
scandals of the Athens Summer Games."
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"Reuters - The United States on Thursday faced
mounting international calls to close its Guantanamo prison,
with U.N. investigators saying detainees there faced treatment
amounting to torture."
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