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President Nestor Kirchner and first lady Cristina Fernandez will switch jobs in December after Argentines elected a female president for the first time and launched their country's most powerful political dynasty since Juan and Evita Peron.

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California governor - actor Arnold Schwarzenegger has told a magazine that marijuana is not a drug. The ex-Hollywood actor said that he had not taken drugs, even though he was shown smoking a joint in 70s documentary Pumping Iron. Schwarzenegger told GQ: “That is not a drug. It's a leaf…my drug was pumping iron, trust me.” Reports [...]

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The US embassy in Azerbaijan was on full alert on Monday after security forces in the oil-rich republic said it had been the target of a planned attack by a group of radical Islamist fighters captured outside Baku, the capital, at the weekend.

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A man accused of pulling a gun as O.J. Simpson and others confronted two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room ...

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Porter Wagoner was a country singer who mixed rhinestone suits, a towering pompadour and cornball jokes with direct, simple songs over a career best known for his partnership with Dolly Parton.

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The country's leading pediatricians group is making its strongest push yet to have all children screened for autism twice by age 2, warning of symptoms such as babies who don't babble at 9 months and 1-year-olds who don't point to toys.

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K-Fed's lover, Nicole Narain, tells News of the World that K-Fed lives in constant fear that Britney Spears may one day end up killing their ...

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It's just the best way. Still, the build-up to any holiday is half the fun. Whether you and your kids eagerly anticipate all the TV specials, or you're just looking for something to do while your trick or treaters come down from the sugar high, Babble has created two handy entertainment guides for the season. Gwynne Watkins gives you spooky book options , outlining age appropriate fare for all. And...

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First we look at the sad state of Canada’s health care system: 1. A typical Canadian seeking surgery had to wait 18.3 weeks in 2007 between referral from a general practitioner and treatment (averaged across all 12 specialties and 10 provinces surveyed), reaching an all-time record high, up from 17.8 weeks in 2006. Which bares a [...]

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Roger Federer beat Jarkko Nieminen 6-3, 6-4 Sunday to win his second straight Swiss Indoors and clinch the No. 1 ranking for the fourth consecutive year. Federer joins Pete Sampras, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl as the only men's players to end the season ranked No. 1 four or more times since the inception of the ATP rankings in 1973. Federer, who had failed to win his home tournament...

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The much hyped and much delayed update to Apple Inc's Mac operating system has finally hit the stores. The new update is expected to be another kitty in Apple’s bag which boasts of powerful products like iPods and iPhones. Referred to as Leopard, the update has gone one sale this Friday all over the globe. The [...]

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The man who staged a fake Federal Emergency Management Agency news conference has lost a chance to be National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell's top public information officer.

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Two university campuses were gripped by grief this morning, a day after a fast-moving fire swept through a beach house at a resort in North Carolina.

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Can't get to Milan, Italy, to see Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece "The Last Supper?" As of Saturday, all you need is an Internet connection. Officials put online an image of "The Last Supper" at 16 billion pixels -- 1,600 times stronger than the images taken with the typical 10 million pixel digital camera.

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Ehud Olmert said that the early stage cancer was not life-threatening and would not distract from his work.

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