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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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Iowa State University researchers have developed a technology that detects a single molecule of the virus associated with cervical cancer in women.That’s a significant improvement over the current test for the human papillomavirus, said Edward Yeung, an Iowa State Distinguished Professor and the Robert Allen Wright Chair in Chemistry who led the research team that […]

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Researchers fresh from an eight-week scientific drilling expedition off the Pacific coast of Japan have reported their discovery of strong variation in the tectonic stresses in a region notorious for generating devastating earthquakes and tsunamis, the Nankai Trough. The scientists conducted their expedition aboard the new scientific drilling vessel Chikyu, drilling deep into the zone […]

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Thomas Edward Brady, Jr. (born August 3, 1977 in San Mateo, California) is an American football quarterback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. After playing college football at Michigan, Brady was drafted by the Patriots in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft.
Due largely to his performance in the playoffs […]

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Sliding support among Democrats on the panel, which will vote on the nomination Tuesday, makes it somewhat less likely the full Senate will send Mukasey to a Justice Department that has been leaderless for weeks.
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Friday he won’t support Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey, further undercutting his chances […]

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