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- Rub-a-dub-dub one man in a tub crosses the Irish Sea
- 60 states to lobby U.N. for currency transaction tax
- Near Kandahar, the Prize Is an Empty Town
- Pressure Rises on Shaken Afghan Bank
- Books of The Times: At the Center of the Storm, but Still a Mystery
- Apple Upgrades iPod Lineup and Apple TV
- Gunman Takes Hostage in Maryland
- Victoria Azarenka Collapses During Open Match
- Aircraft crashes into North Sea
- South Armagh diesel plant raided
- Chile miners receive food via tube
- Defining Freedom in Baghdad
- Hostages Reported Taken in Maryland
- Hostage taken at US Discovery HQ
- Top Gear's 'The Stig': Revealed?
- Tabloid Hack Attack on Royals, and Beyond
- Ivanovic Tries to Recapture Old Form
- Aid group says workers safe after Congo rebel attack
- BBC staff vote for strike over pension overhaul
- Blair 'warned on economy' in 2005
| Rub-a-dub-dub one man in a tub crosses the Irish Sea Posted: 01 Sep 2010 12:20 PM PDT At an age when many people are thinking about how to get in and out of the bath, Mervyn Kinkead has put his own tub to a use which belies his advancing years.
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| 60 states to lobby U.N. for currency transaction tax Posted: 01 Sep 2010 12:26 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - A group of 60 nations, including France, Britain and Japan, will propose at the U.N. this month that a tax be introduced on international currency transactions to raise funds for development aid, ministers said on Wednesday.    
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| Near Kandahar, the Prize Is an Empty Town Posted: 01 Sep 2010 12:10 PM PDT While many security operations in Afghanistan are joint ones between NATO and Afghan forces, in most of them, the phrase "Afghan-led" is little more than a polite fiction. This was an exception.   
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| Pressure Rises on Shaken Afghan Bank Posted: 01 Sep 2010 12:32 PM PDT Afghanistan's top bank official tried to calm fears of a meltdown of the Kabul Bank a day after the bank changed its leadership following the discovery of losses approaching $300 million. 
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| Books of The Times: At the Center of the Storm, but Still a Mystery Posted: 01 Sep 2010 12:40 PM PDT Tony Blair's memoir, "A Journey," sheds little light on his political vision or on why he took Britain to war against Iraq.   
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| Apple Upgrades iPod Lineup and Apple TV Posted: 01 Sep 2010 12:40 PM PDT Apple on Wednesday introduced a social media service geared to music lovers that is built into iTunes, revamped its lineup of iPods and unveiled an upgraded version of its set-top box. 
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| Gunman Takes Hostage in Maryland Posted: 01 Sep 2010 12:01 PM PDT A gunman who may have an explosive device has taken at least one person hostage, the authorities said. 
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| Victoria Azarenka Collapses During Open Match Posted: 01 Sep 2010 12:48 PM PDT Victoria Azarenka of Belarus showed signs of dizziness earlier in her match at the U.S. Open. After collapsing on the court, she was taken to a local hospital. 
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| Aircraft crashes into North Sea Posted: 01 Sep 2010 12:15 PM PDT A light aircraft with two people on board travelling from Germany to Norfolk plunges into the North Sea off the Suffolk coast.
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| South Armagh diesel plant raided Posted: 01 Sep 2010 09:25 AM PDT An illegal diesel laundering plant has polluted a rural area of South Armagh, according to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
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| Chile miners receive food via tube Posted: 01 Sep 2010 09:43 AM PDT New pictures have been released of the miners trapped underground in Chile.
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| Posted: 01 Sep 2010 11:06 AM PDT "I am free to read the newspaper I want, but what I will read is that my mother is dead." 
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| Hostages Reported Taken in Maryland Posted: 01 Sep 2010 11:36 AM PDT SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) -- Police in a Washington, D.C., suburb say a gunman has taken at least one person hostage at the headquarters of Discovery Communications. 
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| Hostage taken at US Discovery HQ Posted: 01 Sep 2010 12:50 PM PDT A man with a gun takes at least one hostage inside the Discovery Communications HQ in Silver Spring, near Washington DC.
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| Top Gear's 'The Stig': Revealed? Posted: 01 Sep 2010 11:43 AM PDT The BBC has lost a legal fight to stop publication of a book which reveals the identity of Top Gear's driver The Stig.
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| Tabloid Hack Attack on Royals, and Beyond Posted: 01 Sep 2010 12:49 PM PDT How a London paper listened in on the private voice mail messages of the rich and famous, including Britain's Prince Harry and Prince William. 
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| Ivanovic Tries to Recapture Old Form Posted: 01 Sep 2010 11:34 AM PDT Unseeded Ana Ivanovic of Serbia, a No. 1 in 2008, beat Zheng Jie of China, the No. 21 seed, in a match that lasted less than an hour. 
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| Aid group says workers safe after Congo rebel attack Posted: 01 Sep 2010 12:49 PM PDT KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congolese rebels attacked a group of aid workers at a remote airstrip in restive eastern Congo Monday, forcing six of them to flee into bush before being rescued, a spokesman for the aid group said Wednesday.   
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| BBC staff vote for strike over pension overhaul Posted: 01 Sep 2010 11:26 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Staff at Britain's BBC voted on Wednesday to strike in protest against the state-funded broadcaster's plans to reduce a large pension deficit by capping the growth of pensionable pay, unions said.   
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| Blair 'warned on economy' in 2005 Posted: 01 Sep 2010 10:52 AM PDT The UK should have addressed its public deficit back in 2005, former Prime Minister Tony Blair has told the BBC.
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