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Attack of the photo-shopped missiles....
Fliers Complain About X-Rated Security Screenings
Police arrest man accused of taking 42 cents from mall fountain
Beijing to set up Olympic protest zones
China's emerging rivalry with America as a global superpower will move into the sporting arena next month...
... as its Olympic athletes strive to oust their US counterparts from the top of the medals table for the first time...
Robinson is now 106 - and she began using the Internet at 98...
A man trying to exterminate insects in his apartment blew it up instead...
Scaly symbiosis?
... challenging the nation to produce every kilowatt of electricity through wind, sun and other Earth-friendly energy sources within 10 years ....
Bush Sewage Plant makes ballot
Obama's foreign policy infrastructure examined as he stumps abroad...
A spacecraft has filmed the Earth and its moon from 31 million miles away
Obama is not "a comical figure..."
Tijuana: "Historians say photographers here started painting donkeys in the 1940s so the light-colored animals wouldn't fade into the background in black-and-white photos"
"Some tourists who were enjoying Dubai's simmering sun Monday said the new campaign left them confused about what is considered appropriate in Dubai: "I understand that I have to respect the rules of the country," said John MacLean, a British tourist on holiday with his girlfriend. But, he added, "I am not sure if I can kiss her or touch her in public.""
Next in line: air passengers to check-in with mobile phones...
China is expanding sales of foreign newspapers and magazines for next month's Beijing Olympics
... and asking hotels and restaurants in the city to take dog meat off the menu
Who Owns Antiquity?
... target of an "X-ray radiation plot" during his trip to Rome for the UN food summit earlier this month?
Mandela's 8 Lessons of Leadership
US share of foreign tourists slips
The governmental role that companies play online...
... is taking on greater importance as their services - from online hangouts to virtual repositories of photos and video - become more central to public discourse around the world. It's a fallout of the Internet's market-driven growth, but possible remedies, including government regulation, can be worse than the symptoms."
Now more than ever, it's the old guy against the agent of change.
Not just a speech?
"Yo Harper!"
China asks: "Why can't we make a cartoon as popular as 'Kung Fu Panda'?"
6 things you should never say to a car salesman
Man rips head from Hitler wax figure
"Kent Couch leaves his gas station in Bend, Ore., on Saturday, July 5, 2008, riding a lawn chair rigged with more than 150 giant party balloons in an attempt to fly to Idaho..."
"People would rather barbecue burgers with Barack than munch meats with McCain..."
I found gas in my backyard...
Mr Sarkozy hit out at a technician who failed to reply when he said "hello" when placing his microphone.
Democracy works in the weirdest ways...
Trying to name a sewage plant after Bush...
Bush hosts Abu Dhabi crown prince at Camp David {just photo}...
Newspapers on the right track with video
Survey: Social networks don't engage
How Boris Johnson became a war criminal
ElBaradei: "If Iran wants to turn to the production of nuclear weapons, it must leave the NPT, expel the IAEA inspectors, and then it would need at least, considering the number of centrifuges and the quantity of uranium Iran has...It would need at least six months to one year"
Denver asks: What's your opinion about marijuana lounges in airports?
Top U.S. newspaper-related sites year-to-date 2008
STRANGE and SCARY WORLD
"The Justice Department's former top criminal prosecutor says the government's terror watch list likely has caused thousands of innocent Americans to be questioned, searched or otherwise hassled. Former Assistant Attorney General Jim Robinson would know: he's one of them..."
"It is a politician's dream: Handing out cold, hard cash to people on the street as they plead for help. Iraq's prime minister has been doing just that in recent weeks, doling out Iraqi dinars as an aide trails behind, keeping a tally..."
"On the one hand, the image of the United States has improved slightly in many countries over the past year. On the other, the new optimism appears to be driven largely by the fact that Bush will soon be leaving office."
Bush: “I think that in retrospect I could have used a different tone, a different rhetoric.”
US accused of holding terror suspects on prison ships
Condi "said Israeli actions are having a "negative effect" on the atmosphere for talks, and she stressed that the United States won't regard any settlements Israel builds now as permanent Israeli territory..."
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