Oil price surges above $143 a barrel

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British soldier killed in Afghanistan

An explosion in southern Afghanistan killed a NATO soldier on Saturday.

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Model dies in fall from New York building

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Dutch relaxed about pot smoking ban

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Top seed Ivanovic crashes out of Wimbledon

China's Zheng Jie sent top seed and world number one Ana Ivanovic crashing out of Wimbledon in an astonishing third round shock on Friday.

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U.S. high court rejects Washington gun ban

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule Thursday on the constitutionality of the District of Columbia's handgun ban, but the decision likely will have broader implications and could change the course of debate on the Second Amendment.

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Pillow talk lands Chinese officials in jail

Corruption and mistresses don't make good bedfellows.

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Turkey mentality worries favorites Germany

Skipper Michael Ballack believes Turkey's mentality is the greatest threat to Germany's European Championship title ambitions going into tonight's semifinal in Basle.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/football/06/25/euro.germany/index.html?eref=edition

Ground-to-air missiles guard Olympic venues

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Sarkozy challenges Israel over Jerusalem

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Spain beat Italy at Euro 2008

Spain beat world champions Italy on penalties to reach the semifinals of Euro 2008 after the match had ended scoreless.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/football/06/22/italy.spain/index.html?eref=edition

Rare Monroe-Gable footage auctioned

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Martha Stewart denied UK visa

Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart hopes to return to the United Kingdom as soon as a reported travel ban stemming from her criminal history is "resolved," the chairman of the company she founded said Friday.

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'Air rage' supermodel gets community service

Supermodel Naomi Campbell has been sentenced to 200 hours of community service after pleading guilty to assaulting two police officers following an "air rage" incident at London's Heathrow Airport.

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Ex-spy chief held in mid-air poisoning case

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Sixth severed foot surfaces off Canadian coast

A severed foot -- the sixth this year -- washed up on the shore of a Canadian island on Wednesday, police said.

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Legendary Hollywood dancer Cyd Charisse dies

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Reports: Police hurt, held hostage in Peru

More than 20 police officers have been hurt and at least 60 are being held hostage amid protests in southern Peru over mining revenue, according to the Peruvian News Agency and other reports.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/06/17/peru.protests/index.html?eref=edition

Amy Winehouse 'faints, hospitalized'

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No breakthrough in S. Korean-U.S. beef talks

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Obama blasts McCain on energy reform

Sen. Barack Obama told voters in Wayne, Pennsylvania, on Saturday that he'll cut taxes for the middle class, raise taxes for the wealthy and pour more money into what he calls green energy.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/14/campaign.wrap/index.html?eref=edition

NASA identifies shiny object trailing shuttle

The debris spotted floating away from space shuttle Discovery has been preliminarily identified as a thermal clip from the shuttle's brake system, NASA said Friday.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/06/13/shuttle.discovery/index.html?eref=edition

Deadly 'witch hunt' troubles Kenya

Justus Bosire's grandmother was killed, his father went missing, in a witch hunt in western Kenya that has killed 15 people, most of them elderly women. Bosire's grandmother was 86 years old.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/12/kenya.witches/index.html?eref=edition

Fuel protest truckers urged back to work

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Google founder finds place on space trip

Google co-founder Sergey Brin has paid $5 million to secure a seat on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, officials said Wednesday.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/06/11/google.founder.space/index.html?eref=edition

Bush, Merkel likely to focus on Iran

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Real Madrid defiant over Ronaldo saga

Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon mounts a robust defense of his club's conduct in the Cristiano Ronaldo saga, saying it will be an "impossible operation" to sign the Portuguese star from Manchester United.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/football/06/10/real.ronaldo/index.html?eref=edition

Astronauts put finishing touches on lab

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F1 star Hamilton suffers Canadian calamity

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica claimed his first victory in Formula One and moved to the top of the drivers' championship after a disastrous error by previous leader Lewis Hamilton at the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday.

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Sri Lanka: 50 detained after bombings

At least 50 people were detained during a house-to-house search following two bus bombings in Sri Lanka which killed at least 22 people Friday, police said.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/07/sri.lanka.arrests/index.html?eref=edition

Israeli politician threatens Iran over nukes

An Israeli Cabinet member said the Jewish state "will attack" Iran if it doesn't halt its efforts to develop nuclear weaponry, according to a newspaper report Friday.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/06/israel.iran/index.html?eref=edition

World's oldest WWI veteran turns 112

Britain's oldest man and the oldest veteran from World War I celebrated his 112th birthday Friday with a party and a fly-past at an air force base.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/06/oldest.veteran/index.html?eref=edition

Teachers held in Australian child porn sting

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Pakistan scientist denies nuclear charge

The Pakistani scientist who admitted leaking nuclear secrets to North Korea, Iran and Libya has again recanted his confession.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/04/pakistan.nuclear/index.html?eref=edition

Cathedral sex session incurs wrath of law

A man and a woman have been charged by police in Italy after they were found having sex in a confessional.

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Brigitte Bardot convicted in race case

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U.S. restoring scholarships to Gaza students

The U.S. has reversed its decision to take Fulbright scholarships away from seven Gaza-based students, saying it is working with Israel to let them leave the Palestinian territory to study at American universities.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/02/gaza.fulbright/index.html?eref=edition

Oil price drops below $127 a barrel

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Jamaican runner becomes world's fastest man

Jamaica's Usain Bolt is officially the fastest man on the planet as he set a new world record for the 100 meters of 9.72 seconds at an international meeting in New York.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/06/01/athletics.bolt/index.html?eref=edition

Shuttle heads for space station with loo relief

The space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven launched into a sunny sky Saturday in the latest effort to bring supplies to the international space station.

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