TruemorsPakistan agrees to get counterinsurgency training from US
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Zimbabwe detains opposition leaders
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Inquiry recommends that volunteering be recognised as job-seeking activity
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Marriott considers hotel in Baghdad's Green Zone
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Fla. Democrats offer plans to rerun primary
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Iconic daredevil Evel Knievel dies at 69
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Houses hold up Katrina recovery- Bloggers Respond
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By Brad Heath, USA TODAY
NEW ORLEANS — An ambitious effort to bulldoze more than 9,000 rotting houses still standing after Hurricane Katrina has slowed sharply this year,... 
Motivation through Hardship
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NY State Assembly Gets Tough on Poop
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The Summit Perspective...
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Why do we climb? Because it's there?
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"MIT scientists have engineered yeast that can improve the speed and efficiency of ethanol production, a key component to making biofuels a significant part of the U.S. energy supply. MIT professor of chemical engineering Gregory Stephanopoulos (left), postdoctoral associate...
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