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    Chevron confirms shooting incident at Nigeria facility (AFP)

    Nigerian separatist militants on the Escravos River. US oil giant Chevron Sunday confirmed a shooting incident at one of its facilities in southern Nigeria, after a top militia group declared an AFP - US oil giant Chevron Sunday confirmed a shooting incident at one of its facilities in southern Nigeria, after a top militia group declared an "oil war" in the region.


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    Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:50:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Few safeguards for Mexican produce heading north (AP)

    Field manager Julio Aleman stands beside a pepper field  in Hidalgo, Mexico, where U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials have checked for and found salmonella, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. While some Mexican producers grow fruits and vegetables under strict sanitary conditions for export to the U.S., many don't and they can still send their produce across the border easily.  (AP Photo/ Monica Rueda)AP - At the end of a dirt road in northern Mexico, the conveyer belts processing hundreds of tons of vegetables a year for U.S. and Mexican markets are open to the elements, protected only by a corrugated metal roof.


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    Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:40:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Israeli government debates settler evacuation (AP)

    Backdropped by a poster showing Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian mourners gather during the funeral of Hassan Hmeid, 16, in the West Bank village of Tekoa, near Bethlehem, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008. Hmeid was shot and killed Saturday by Israeli troops operating in the village, Palestinian sources said. The Israeli military said troops fired one live round and used unspecified crowd dispersal equipment when they were attacked by a violent crowd in the village but could not say for certain what caused the fatal wound.(AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP - Israel's government had its first discussion Sunday of a plan to offer West Bank settlers cash to leave their homes, a largely symbolic step taken as the prime minister approaches the premature end of his term.


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    Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:54:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Pope calls French bishops to order after Lourdes mass (AFP)

    During the Pope's visit to Lourdes, he will visit each of the four locations frequented by Bernadette - the peasant girl whose visions of the Virgin Mary in 1858 led to the town becoming the world's most important Christian shrine. Duration: 02:05(AFPTV)AFP - Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday celebrated mass before 150,000 faithful in the shrine town of Lourdes before urging French bishops to defend church doctrine on marriage and divorce.


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    Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:37:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Russia pilots proud of flights to foreign shores (AP)

    A Tupolev-160 warplane during combat training flight near the Engels air force base in the Saratov region, about 700 km (450 miles) southeast of Moscow in this   December, 1997, file photo. The Tu-160, known as the Blackjack in the West, is a long-distance strategic bomber capable of carrying out nuclear strikes. Two Russian strategic bombers landed in Venezuela on Wednesday as part of military maneuvers  an unprecedented deployment to the new ally's territory amid increasingly tense relations with the United States. The Russian Defense Ministry said the two Tu-160 bombers flew to Venezuela on a training mission and will conduct training flights over neutral waters in the next few days before returning to Russia, according to a statement carried by Russian news wires.  (AP Photo/ File)AP - The Russian long-range bombers that have resumed missions into the Western Hemisphere nearly 20 years after the end of the Cold War are delivering a clear message: Russia wants to be seen as a global superpower once again.


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    Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:44:42 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Pope urges pilgrims at Lourdes to cling to hope (AP)

    Pope Benedict XVI, sitting in his popemobile, is greeted by wellwishers and faithful as he leaves following an outdoors Mass in Lourdes, southwestern France, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008. Tens of thousands of people gathered in a muddy field to join the pontiff for a Sunday Mass marking the 150th anniversary of a peasant girl's religious visions in Lourdes, which millions of people visit each year, many praying for physical or spiritual healing. Benedict is making a three-day pilgrimage to the Lourdes sanctuary.(AP Photo/Bob Edme)AP - People must cling to hope even in dire circumstances like injustice and torture, Pope Benedict XVI told the faithful at Sunday Mass in Lourdes, which has become a shrine for desperate causes and hope against all odds.


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    Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:52:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Roadside bombs strike Iraq police convoy, kill 5 (AP)

    In this July 15, 2008 file photo, Iraqi lawmaker, Mithal al-Alousi, 2nd left, talks with internally displaced persons in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi legislators say parliament has voted to lift the immunity of a Sunni Arab lawmaker Mithal al-Alousi who visited Israel.  The parliament has also banned  al-Alousi from traveling outside Iraq or attending parliamentary sessions. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Three roadside bombs planted in succession struck a police convoy in one of Iraq's most dangerous provinces on Sunday, killing five policemen. In Baghdad, the leader of a Sunni group allied with the U.S. died when his booby-trapped car exploded.


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    Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:30:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Tibet monk in hiding tells of interrogation, abuse (AP)
    AP - Jigme, a Tibetan Buddhist monk, says he had just finished having a pair of shoes mended when four uniformed guards jumped from a white van and dragged him inside. -- read full article
    Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:22:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Afghanistan: US killed civilians after false tip (AP)

    Afghan police officers stand guard near the site of a bomb explosion in Paghman, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008. A remote-controlled bomb ripped apart an Afghan provincial governor's vehicle Saturday, killing Logar Province Gov. Abdullah Wardak and three others, officials said. A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP - An American bombing that killed up to 90 Afghan civilians last month was based on false information provided by a rival tribe and did not kill a single Taliban fighter, the president's spokesman said Sunday.


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    Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:14:41 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Australian man refused bail on 'bizarre' prayer sex assault charges (AFP)

    File photo shows police officers sealing off a city road. An Australian churchgoer accused of sexually assaulting a woman during prayer sessions meant to lift a black magic curse on her has been refused bail, it has been reported.(AFP/File/Anoek De Groot)AFP - An Australian churchgoer accused of sexually assaulting a woman during prayer sessions meant to lift a black magic curse on her was refused bail Sunday, it was reported.


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    Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:33:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    China vows better food safety after baby milk scandal (AFP)

    A child looks on while drinking milk from a milk in Beijing. China has vowed to improve its food safety supervision after confirming 432 babies suffered from kidney stones and at least one died after drinking contaminated milk powder.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - China vowed Sunday to improve its food safety supervision after confirming 432 babies suffered kidney stones and at least one died after drinking contaminated milk powder.


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    Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:48:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Zimbabwe parties agree on new Cabinet (AFP)

    A Zimbabwean reads The Herald newspaper in Harare. Zimbabwe's political leaders have agreed on a new government of 31 ministries to be formed after the signing of a power-sharing deal.(AFP/Desmond Kwande)AFP - Zimbabwe's political leaders have agreed on a new government of 31 ministries to be formed after the signing of a power-sharing deal on Monday, state media reported on Sunday.


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    Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:44:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Nicaragua's Ortega says no meeting with Bush (AP)

    Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, left, embraces a student during an award ceremony for public school teachers and students in Managua, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008.  Ortega says he will reject an invitation to meet with George W. Bush out of 'solidarity' with Bolivia in its diplomatic spat with Washington. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega says he will reject an invitation to meet with President Bush out of "solidarity" with Bolivia in its diplomatic spat with Washington.


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    Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:23:28 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,155 (AP)

    Neighbourhood patrol members talk to a U.S. soldier outside their headquarters in western Baghdad's Radhwaniya district  September 13, 2008. About 200 members of the neighbourhood patrol received their salaries from the U.S. forces in Radhwaniya on Saturday, a patrol leader said. Picture taken September 13, 2008.     REUTERS/Omar Obeidi(IRAQ)AP - As of Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, at least 4,155 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.


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    Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:25:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Two die from Paris river crash injuries: police (AFP)

    A tourist boat glides past the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. Two people who were seriously injured when a pleasure boat carrying 12 people sank in the River Seine in Paris have died.(AFP/File/Jean-Pierre Muller)AFP - Two people, who were seriously injured when a pleasure boat carrying 12 people sank in the River Seine in Paris, died Sunday, police said.


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    Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:50:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
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