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Crude oil spill in Port Arthur, Texas; Daniele International recalls salami
A Rhode Island meat company is recalling 1.2 million pounds of pepper-coated salami because of concerns about salmonella contamination.
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Afghanistan War Deaths
Total number of U.S. military deaths since 2001 and names of the U.S. troops killed recently in the Afghanistan war, as announced by the Pentagon:
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Two U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan; Japan ruling party figure questioned
AFGHANISTAN A roadside bomb killed two U.S. service members in southern Afghanistan on Saturday as the country's top NATO commander acknowledged that an increased risk to foreign troops will accompany an influx of reinforcements aimed at routing the Taliban.
Hundreds gather in Port-au-Prince to bury archbishop killed in quake
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- Hundreds of the capital's Catholic faithful gathered Saturday to bury Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot, killed with scores of parishioners when the Jan. 12 earthquake broke apart the cathedral where he worked and prayed.
World Digest: Britain raises its terror threat level to ’severe’
BRITAIN Britain raised its international terrorism threat level Friday from "substantial" to "severe," its second-highest level, Home Secretary Alan Johnson said.
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Defense Department official sentenced in spy case
A Defense Department official convicted on espionage-related charges was sentenced Friday to three years in prison.
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...Hezbollah’s relocation of rocket sites to Lebanon’s interior poses wider threat
BEIRUT -- Hezbollah has dispersed its long-range-rocket sites deep into northern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley, a move that analysts say threatens to broaden any future conflict between the Islamist movement and Israel into a war between the two countries.
Polanski loses bid to be sentenced in absentia
LOS ANGELES -- Director Roman Polanski lost his bid Friday to be sentenced without returning to the U.S. when a judge ruled the director must be present in court if he wants to resolve his 32-year-old sex case.
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U.S. troops to help oversee Haiti ports, roads in earthquake relief
The United States on Friday secured formal approval for the U.S. military to help oversee all Haitian air and sea ports, and to help secure Haitian roads in support of international relief efforts, according to an agreement signed in Haiti...
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BAGHDAD -- Vice President Biden arrived in Baghdad on Friday night in hopes of defusing a political crisis over the disbarment of hundreds of candidates in an upcoming election.
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