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at 4:57 on February 9, 2010, EDT.

Shuttle astronauts inspect their ship on way to space station, no major problems suspected

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Endeavour's astronauts inspected their ship early Tuesday for any launch damage as they raced toward a 200-mile-high rendezvous with the International Space Station.

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at 12:51 on February 8, 2010, EDT.

British PM Gordon Brown promises home care for cancer sufferers as election heats up

LONDON - You know an election is coming when British politicians suddenly promise sweeping improvements to the National Health Service, a simultaneous source of national pride and worry.

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at 12:27 on February 8, 2010, EDT.

Pakistani police seize militants allegedly hoping to kill Americans in attack on 5-star hotel

LAHORE, Pakistan - Authorities arrested six suspected Taliban militants with a suicide vest and hand grenades allegedly on their way Monday to attack a five-star hotel and kill Americans in Pakistan's cultural capital, said police.

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at 18:55 on February 8, 2010, EDT.

Egypt arrests 3 top leaders, other senior members of the Muslim Brotherhood opposition

CAIRO, Egypt - The No. 2 leader of Egypt's opposition Muslim Brotherhood and two other top figures were arrested by police Monday in a dawn sweep targeting members of the nation's most powerful opposition group.

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at 21:10 on February 8, 2010, EDT.

NYC man accused of killing 5 of his girlfriend's cats pleads guilty to slaying 1 kitten

NEW YORK - A graphic designer accused of surreptitiously killing a series of his girlfriend's cats pleaded guilty Monday to aggravated animal cruelty, ending an eerie case in which authorities said the unsuspecting woman kept replacing her dying pets.

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at 12:28 on February 8, 2010, EDT.

Bus collides with SUV and plunges down ravine in south China, killing 7 and injuring 50

BEIJING - A bus collided with a sport utility vehicle Monday and plunged down a mountain ravine in southern China, killing seven people and injuring 50, state media reported.

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at 11:29 on February 7, 2010, EDT.

Special faith-based loans helping Kandahar's poor to prosper

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The old mullah fingers the orange and red beads as a visitor looks over a sheet of paper he has been handed.

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at 15:43 on February 7, 2010, EDT.

Mid-Atlantic region digs out from historic piles of snow now that flakes have stopped

WASHINGTON - Residents of the U.S. capital and Mid-Atlantic states Sunday began digging out through piles of wet, heavy snow in below-freezing temperatures while power crews tried to restore electricity to hundreds of thousands of homes and clear streets for the commute on Monday.

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at 22:32 on February 7, 2010, EDT.

Doctors say Argentina's ex-President Kirchner emerges OK from emergency carotid artery surgery

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Ex-President Nestor Kirchner, husband of Argentina's current leader and a hopeful to resume the office, emerged successfully from emergency surgery on a key artery to his brain Sunday, his doctors said.

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at 5:50 on February 9, 2010, EDT.

China sentences activist who investigated children's deaths in 2008 quake to 5 years' jail

BEIJING - A Chinese court Tuesday sentenced an activist who investigated the deaths of thousands of schoolchildren in the country's massive 2008 earthquake to five years in jail for inciting subversion of state power, the man's lawyer said.

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