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• U.S. removes N. Korea from terror list
WASHINGTON - After North Korea relented on nuclear inspection demands, the U.S. on Saturday erased from a terrorism blacklist the communist country President Bush once branded part of an "axis of evil." The U.S. step, assailed by some conservatives ...
• Zimbabwe's president claims key ministries
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, locked in a standoff with the opposition in power-sharing talks, went ahead Saturday and laid claim to all key ministries as he tries to retain his iron grip on the struggling southern African ...
• Quake kills 12 in Russia's North Caucasus
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia - A strong earthquake hit Chechnya and other parts of Russia's North Caucasus Saturday, killing at least 12 people and damaging scores of hospitals, schools and other buildings, emergency officials said. The quake hit around 1 p ...
• Three killed in U.S. missile attack in Pakistan
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan - A suspected U.S. missile strike killed three people close to the Afghan border, two Pakistani intelligence officials said. The attack took place late Saturday close to the market in Miran Shah in north Waziristan, officials said ...
• Scientists sequence giant panda's genome
Brought on by the Olympics, the transformation of Beijing reflects change across all of China, albeit at a much faster pace in the capital. With the Olympic Games in Beijing, the thorny issue of the future of Tibet and its spiritual leader are back ...