JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ruled out negotiations to free a captured Israeli soldier Monday as his nation’s tanks and troops gathered along the Gaza Strip border in anticipation of an operation against Palestinian militants. “This is not a matter of negotiations, this is not a matter of …
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MOUNT AIRY, N.C. – Fans of Don Knotts, who played bumbling Deputy Barney Fife on “The Andy Griffith Show,” still want a statue to honor him, despite legal problems that appear to have killed the project. Tom Hellebrand and Neal Shelton, two fans of the ’60s family comedy, were trying …
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OTTAWA – Research In Motion (RIMM) Thursday unveiled a plan that it says will let its addictive BlackBerry e-mail device work even if it loses a patent dispute, and said the workaround will prevent a shutdown of service in the United States. In an announcement made as the clock ticked …
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WASHINGTON – Gettysburg was the site of one of the largest battles fought on American soil, but today it is playing host to a different type of fight: Whether slot machines should come to town. A proposal that would bring gambling a little more than a mile away from the …
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JAKARTA, Indonesia – Scientists exploring an isolated jungle in one of Indonesia’s most remote provinces discovered dozens of new species of frogs, butterflies and plants, as well as mammals hunted to near extinction elsewhere, members of the expedition said Tuesday. The team also found wildlife that were remarkably unafraid of …
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BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand‘s embattled prime minister dissolved parliament Friday, forcing new elections as he seeks to deflect growing calls for his resignation over corruption allegations. Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra‘s decision means he must face an election battle just one year after winning a second term in a landslide victory. …
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysia’s ambition to send an astronaut to space next year should inspire other Muslim countries to embark on space exploration, an Islamic professor said Tuesday. However, Muslims who travel to space must tackle religious challenges such as performing prayers at zero gravity and ensuring their meals …
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JERUSALEM – The moderate Palestinian president publicly warned Hamas militants on Monday that he has the authority to bring down their month-old government and told them it was high time they recognized Israel. President Mahmoud Abbas’ warning, which raised the stakes in his fierce power struggle with Hamas, drew a …
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MOSCOW – Russia’s leading space company on Tuesday laid out an ambitious plan to send manned missions to the moon by 2015, build a permanent base to tap its energy resources and dispatch a crew to Mars between 2020 and 2030. The vision presented by Nikolai Sevastyanov, the head of …
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif – Google Inc. (GOOG), the top online search engine, is unveiling a calendar service that allows users to store appointments online, receive reminders about them and share those plans with others. The offering, available starting Thursday at http://www.google.com/calendar, is designed to make it easy for users to …
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