City Room: Port Authority Seeks Big Toll Increase Posted: 05 Aug 2011 12:44 PM PDT A $4 toll increase for E-ZPass users could go into effect as soon as this fall on the three major Hudson River crossings.  
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Iraq agrees to discuss US security role Posted: 05 Aug 2011 12:37 PM PDT Official says "almost unanimous" decision reached to authorise negotiations with US to "boost" capacity of Iraqi forces.  
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Woods wobbles at Bridgestone Invitational Posted: 05 Aug 2011 12:24 PM PDT Returning to competition for the first time since May, Tiger Woods has a mixed second round at Bridgestone Invitational.  
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China's Xinjiang 'terrorism' claim questioned Posted: 05 Aug 2011 11:34 AM PDT Experts say state policies towards region's ethnic Uighur Muslims, not "Islamic extremism", at root of violence.  
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4 Afghans gunned down in anti-NATO demonstration Posted: 05 Aug 2011 08:45 AM PDT Four people were shot dead Friday in an anti-NATO demonstration in southern Afghanistan during an exchange of gunfire that took place amid a protest over civilian casualties, police said.  
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Officers Found Guilty in Hurricane Katrina Bridge Shootings Posted: 05 Aug 2011 12:10 PM PDT Two people were killed in the shootings, which happened on Danziger Bridge in New Orleans while the city's streets were still flooded.  
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NASA probe embarks on journey to Jupiter Posted: 05 Aug 2011 11:48 AM PDT The $1.1bn Juno spacecraft will study how the planet was formed in a bid to unlock secrets of the early solar system.  
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China's Xinjiang 'terrorism' claim questioned Posted: 05 Aug 2011 11:34 AM PDT Experts say state policies towards region's ethnic Uighur Muslims, not "Islamic extremism", at root of violence.  
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Woods slips back in second round Posted: 05 Aug 2011 11:19 AM PDT Tiger Woods finds the second round harder going in his return to action at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.  
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VIDEO: Twenty four hours that rocked the markets Posted: 05 Aug 2011 11:39 AM PDT Instability on the stock markets has continued, despite better-than-expected US jobs figures, as investors worry about the European debt crisis.  
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VIDEO: Rebel fighters 'low' on ammunition Posted: 05 Aug 2011 11:30 AM PDT Rebel fighters in western Libya say they are running "dangerously low" of ammunition, and are now using their reserves.  
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Yes, Congress Is in Session (for a Few Seconds, Anyway) Posted: 05 Aug 2011 12:30 PM PDT Since neither chamber gave permission for the other to adjourn, one representative and one senator must show up every three days, gavels in hand.  
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Cuba rejects US contractor appeal Posted: 05 Aug 2011 12:07 PM PDT Cuba's Supreme Court rejects an appeal by US aid contractor Alan Gross against his 15-year sentence for crimes against the state.  
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Sudan blocks South's oil shipment Posted: 05 Aug 2011 11:09 AM PDT Sudan blocks a shipment of oil from the new state of South Sudan, accusing it of failing to pay customs duties.  
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VIDEO: Leaders on holiday amid the turmoil Posted: 05 Aug 2011 11:04 AM PDT Amid all the financial turmoil, there has been some criticism that so many European leaders are on holiday rather than addressing the crisis.  
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VIDEO: Nasa spaceship heading for Jupiter Posted: 05 Aug 2011 10:46 AM PDT Nasa's unmanned spacecraft, Juno, launches from Cape Canaveral, beginning its voyage to the planet Jupiter.  
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Jury Convicts 5 Officers in Post-Katrina Shootings Posted: 05 Aug 2011 11:33 AM PDT The case involved fatal shootings of two people on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina, and a cover-up.  
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Poland's former deputy PM Andrzej Lepper dead at 57 Posted: 05 Aug 2011 10:44 AM PDT WARSAW (Reuters) - Andrzej Lepper, a former Polish deputy prime minister and leader of the small, populist Self-Defense Party, died on Friday, police said, and local media said he may have committed suicide.  
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Turkey Stops Iranian Arms Shipment to Syria Posted: 05 Aug 2011 10:04 AM PDT Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the country's authorities have intercepted an arms shipment from Iran to Syria. He said an investigation has been launched but didn't elaborate.  
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Cuba court upholds sentence for jailed American Posted: 05 Aug 2011 12:59 PM PDT HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's Supreme Court has upheld the 15-year prison sentence of jailed American aid contractor Alan Gross for trying to set up Internet networks in Cuba, in a damaging decision for U.S.-Cuba relations.  
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