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MANCHESTER, England - The strongest earthquake to hit Britain in more than two decades was felt across large parts of the country early Wednesday, officials said. Some homes had minor damage and one man was injured by a collapsing chimney.
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The 5.3-magnitude quake struck at about 1 a.m. and was centered about 125 miles north of […]

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BERLIN - Police dogs in the western city of Duesseldorf will no longer get their feet dirty when on patrol — the entire dog unit will soon be equipped with blue plastic fiber shoes, a police spokesman said Monday.News.Enttwist.com
“All 20 of our police dogs — German and Belgian shepherds — are currently being trained to […]

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KABUL, Afghanistan - NATO soldiers on patrol in eastern Afghanistan Tuesday hit a roadside bomb that killed two of the troops, while NATO said it found and destroyed $400 million worth of opium in the south.
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The soldiers were conducting a routine patrol when they bomb went off in the Sharan district of Paktika province, said […]

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WHO aims to prevent cancer deaths by reducing smoking in developing nations
Smoking kills 900,000 people every year in India, and unless corrective action is taken soon that number will increase to 1 million smoking-related deaths annually by 2010 and beyond, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine and conducted by […]

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Bhutto was in tears as she descended the steps of a commercial flight that brought her from Dubai to Karachi, where jubilant crowds of flag-waving, drum-thumping supporters waited to give her a rousing welcome.
KARACHI, Pakistan - Benazir Bhutto made a dramatic return to Pakistan on Thursday, ending eight years of exile to launch an ambitious […]

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