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| Iraqi police enter shrine, arrest militiamen By Reuters. Friday August 20, 2004. 3:30pm |
| Financial Times - Aug 20, 2004 |
| Police had not found radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, the source said. "The Iraqi police are now in control of the shrine, along with the religious authorities," said senior Interior Ministry spokesman Sabah Kadhim. |
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| Kerry Campaign Demands Withdrawal of Vietnam War Book |
| Scotland on Sunday - Aug 20, 2004 |
| US Senator John Kerry's campaign team today called for a book which contains proven falsehoods about the presidential candidate's Vietnam war record to be taken off the shelves. |
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| Abu Ghraib probe points to top brass: report |
| Xinhua - Aug 20, 2004 |
| WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- A US Army investigation into the abuse at Abu Ghraib prison finds that the scandal was not just caused by a small circle of rogue soldiers but resulted from failure of leadership at the highest level of the US command in ... |
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| Berlusconi bandana hides mystery |
| BBC News - Aug 20, 2004 |
| A pirate-style white bandana used by Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is believed to be hiding a lot more than a shiny scalp. |
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| Bombs explode in Nepal capital |
| Reuters - Aug 20, 2004 |
| KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's embattled government has offered to meet a demand by Maoist rebels to end their blockade of the capital after the guerrillas set off two bombs in and around Kathmandu. |
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| Avian flu 'discovered in pigs' |
| BBC News - Aug 20, 2004 |
| Scientists in China say they have discovered a highly virulent strain of bird flu virus in pigs. An official at the China National Avian Flu Reference Laboratory said the H5N1 virus strain had been found in pigs at several farms in the country. |
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| Australia plays down US treaty spat over Taiwan |
| Reuters AlertNet - Aug 20, 2004 |
| SYDNEY, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Australia on Friday played down a diplomatic row sparked by Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, who said Australia would not be obliged to help its key ally, the United States, if Taiwan were attacked by China. |
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| Dust storms on the rise globally |
| New Scientist - Aug 20, 2004 |
| Dust storms are increasing globally with far-reaching consequences for the environment and human health, scientists are warning. |
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| Cleric's Lawyer Decries British Prison |
| Guardian - Aug 20, 2004 |
| LONDON (AP) - A lawyer for a radical Muslim cleric fighting extradition to the United States on terrorism charges complained Friday that the cleric and other Muslim prisoners were being offered food forbidden by their religion. |
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| Making a splash at Diana fountain |
| BBC News - Aug 20, 2004 |
| Only a dozen people queued in the morning sunshine for the reopening of the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain in London's Hyde Park. |
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| Serial attacker link to Marsha murder? |
| ITV.com - Aug 20, 2004 |
| Police are investigating links between a woman's murder and the killing of a student amid fears that a serial attacker could be on the loose. |
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| Oil Prices Hit New Record on Fears of Iraqi Insurgency |
| New York Times - Aug 20, 2004 |
| ARIS, Aug. 20 Oil prices hit a new record today after the Iraqi insurgency increased its pressure on the country's oil infrastructure and traders feared growing unrest might interrupt crude exports. |
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| Unions 'close to BA deal' |
| Guardian - Aug 20, 2004 |
| Union negotiators today claimed they were close to agreeing a pay deal with British Airways to avoid a bank holiday strike and the resulting travel chaos. |
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| Google shares bounce up 18% in trading debut |
| International Herald Tribune - Aug 20, 2004 |
| In the stock's first day of trading, investors bought, sold and flipped shares at a furious pace, with the price ending just above $100 - 18 percent higher than where it started. It was, in other words, everything the company's founders, Sergy Brin and ... |
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| Heave ho as clifftop rippers get their rocks off |
| Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) - Aug 20, 2004 |
| Atlantic storms are causing waves so large and powerful they are ripping giant boulders from the top of cliffs in exposed areas of Britain and hurling them 50 metres inland. |
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| Napster Jumps on Chart Bandwagon |
| Digital-Lifestyles.Info - Aug 20, 2004 |
| Napster will be launching its own downloaded music chart on Virgin Radio at 7pm on August 29th. The chart will be compiled from the top 20 most popular tracks bought each week from Napster UK service. The chart will also include tracks that have been ... |
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| Holes found in Windows XP update |
| BBC News - Aug 20, 2004 |
| Barely hours after home users started securing their PCs with a key update for Windows XP, security experts have found ways around it. |
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| Harmison takes eight, England near clean sweep |
| Reuters - Aug 20, 2004 |
| LONDON, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Steve Harmison took eight wickets against a hapless West Indies to leave England in sight of a seventh successive victory on day two of the fourth test at the Oval on Friday. |
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| Forlan to sign five-year deal with Villarreal |
| Reuters - Aug 20, 2004 |
| MADRID, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Manchester United's Uruguayan striker Diego Forlan will be signing a five-year contract with Villarreal, the Primera Liga side said on Friday. |
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| Phelps Wins Fifth Gold, Seventh Medal |
| Reuters - Aug 20, 2004 |
| ATHENS (Reuters) - Michael Phelps clinched his fifth gold medal and became the first man since Mark Spitz to hold four individual Olympic swimming titles when he won the 100 meter butterfly final Friday. |
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| Author Sought So Peter Pan Copyright Never Grows Up |
| Reuters - Aug 20, 2004 |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Peter Pan was the boy who would never grow old, but even the magical powers of Neverland can't stop time from running out on his copyright. |
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| Shrek 2 breaks British box office records |
| Ireland Online - Aug 20, 2004 |
| The film has already made $82.1m (66.8m) at cinemas across the country, beating the previous record of $79.m (64.8m), held by Toy Story 2. |
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| Edinburgh Diary Day 2 |
| Empire Online - Aug 20, 2004 |
| Racing through the Edinburgh streets from Empire's home base to Lothian Road for the first press show of the day, there's still a bounce in Empire's Cuban heels after The Motorcycle Diaries party last night. But talking of diaries, what shape does a ... |
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| Temporary secretaries abroad spell danger for UK patients |
| Freelance UK - Aug 20, 2004 |
| The employment of Indian secretaries on the sub-continent to type up British patients'medical notes is causing confusion and concern, according to leading health experts. |
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| Smallest-Ever Baby Is Now 14, Happy and Healthy |
| Reuters - Aug 20, 2004 |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The tiniest baby ever to survive at birth is now a 14-year-old high achiever, the doctors who delivered her reported on Wednesday. |
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| Child experts back five-in-one jab |
| Guardian - Aug 20, 2004 |
| Child health experts today threw their support behind the new five-in-one vaccine to protect babies against serious diseases such as whooping cough and polio. |
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