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Iran: Former German official says war imminent

Is Ireland on Brink of Rejecting EU Treaty?

Myanmar cyclone victims die waiting for help

Myanmar starts mass evictions from cyclone camps

China plans for possible evacuation of 1.3 million

Croatian ex-general sentenced by The Hague for war crimes

Israel: Livni: Prepare to replace Olmert

Tiffany hopes to ride out Wall Street storms

Outrage as French judge annuls Muslim marriage over bride's virginity lie

Wonder membrane soaks up pollution

Cluster Bomb Treaty Loopholes 'Dangerous'

Riddle of Diggers of Celtic Wood

The latest in technology? Billboards that look back

Russia's Deadly Roads

Brussels aims to cut fish trawls by 25%

Malnutrition Is Cheaper to Fight Than Global Warming

'No one is above the law in Israel': Arabs  want "this kind of accountability and transparency in the Islamic world."

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US NEWS

Clinton set to claim victory in popular vote

Wikipedia watchdog an unofficial guardian of Clinton page

Greenspan Says Inflation, Not `Bubbles,' Is Greater U.S. Threat

Anguished silence fills Bear Stearn offices

McClellan: No swans in this sewer

Sharon Stone: Blond bombshell

Analysts say oil is the new dotcom bubble

Four Japanese gang figures got liver transplants at UCLA

Amnesty calls for Guantánamo to be closed

U.S. faces criticism over biofuel policy

Al-Qa'ida beaten, claims CIA chief Michael Hayden

Tainted Drug Imports Set Off Warnings That U.S. Regulators Didn't Follow

Tax rebates fail to spark consumer spending

U.S. Mulls Allowing Guns in National Parks

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ART & AUCTIONS

Artfact International Auction Listings

Christie's hits record in Hong Kong

No breakfast at Tiffany's for
France's king of luxury

'Most important' colored
diamond sells for $8.9M

Patek Philippe timepieces sweep Christie's
sale. Top watch sold for $4,016,504

Special Reports

Could Methane Trigger a Climate Doomsday
Within a Human Lifespan?

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The world's rubbish dump: a garbage
tip that stretches from Hawaii to Japan

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