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  • Fay looks like it could be a 'boomerang storm'

    At least seven possible tornadoes were reported Tuesday in eastern Florida as Tropical Storm Fay battered parts of the state with high winds and heavy rain, the National Hurricane Center said.


  • NATO: Russia not honoring cease-fire terms

    NATO has called for Russia to honor all six points of a cease-fire agreement brokered by the EU last week to end the fighting in Georgia. NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said that "there can be no business as usual with Russia under the present circumstances."


  • Sarkozy to visit troops in Afghanistan

    French President Nicholas Sarkozy was expected in Afghanistan hours after fighting near the capital that left 10 French soldiers dead.


  • Thai authorities hold rocker Glitter

    Thai authorities detained British rock star Gary Glitter at an airport in Bangkok shortly after he was freed from a Vietnamese prison, having served nearly three years there for child molestation.


  • Bolivians strike for share of natural gas profits

    Five of Bolivia's nine states staged a civic strike Tuesday, protesting against President Evo Morales and demanding a larger share of the country's natural gas revenues.


  • 43 dead in Algerian suicide bombing

    An attack on a military school in Algeria killed 43 people and wounded another 38 on Tuesday, the interior ministry said.


  • Blaze engulfs Egyptian parliament

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  • Karadzic alleges war crime judge biased

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  • Typhoon Nuri batters northern Philippines

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  • Zambia's president dies in French hospital

    Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa died Tuesday at a hospital in Paris, France, nearly two months after suffering a stroke, a Zambian official told CNN.


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