BEIJING – U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and China’s foreign minister on Friday called for resumed talks aimed at ending North Korea’s nuclear program and appealed to the North for restraint amid fears it might conduct a second nuclear test. Rice and Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said they agreed …
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WASHINGTON – President Bush on Monday condemned North Korea’s reported nuclear test as a provocative act and called on the U.N. Security Council to take immediate action. Bush said the U.S. was working to confirm North Korea’s claim. “Nonetheless, such a claim itself constitutes a threat to international peace and …
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WAIKOLOA, Hawaii – Frightened and unable to sleep in her posh, ocean-view hotel room after riding out the island’s most recent earthquake, Doris Christianson crept out of bed and found a decidedly more down-market place to lay her head. In a note to her husband, Bob, she wrote: “I’m in …
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Eight Pakistani militants suspected of links to Al Qaeda have been arrested in connection with attempted rocket attacks in and near the capital of Islamabad, the interior minister said Friday. Intelligence agents and police had also recovered weapons, ammunition and explosives in the raids, staged at undisclosed …
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SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco abandoned its bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics after plans for a new bayfront stadium collapsed when the San Francisco 49ers said they intend to move to Silicon Valley. Los Angeles and Chicago are now the remaining U.S. candidates to hold the games following …
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ANDERSON, Missouri – The owner of a Missouri group home for the elderly and mentally ill where a fire killed 10 people was a felon who under state law should not have been running such a facility. Robert Joseph Dupont, 61, was convicted of conspiracy to commit fraud in 2003 …
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Griff Jenkins is reporting for Fox News Talk from Iraq. In place of an updated blog, you can listen to Griff on Brian and the Judge Thursday, November 16th in the 9am ET hour. Listen to FOX News Talk NOW! Missed it? Visit Brian and the Judge’s website and listen …
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OSLO, Norway – The United Nations ranked Norway as the world’s best nation to live in for a sixth consecutive year, prompting aid minister to tell Norwegians to stop whining about wanting more. Oil-rich Norway, with its generous welfare state, topped the U.N. Development Program‘s human development index, based on …
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Republican Rep. Heather Wilson has bested more than one tough opponent in her Democratic-leaning House district, where many voters depend on military and defense jobs. But this year, the five-term incumbent’s toughest challenge is overcoming her own party. Albuquerque voters’ distaste for President Bush, Republicans and the …
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WASHINGTON – President Bush will meet next week with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Amman, Jordan, amid rising violence in Iraq and unsettling developments elsewhere in the Middle East. In the Nov. 29-30 meeting the two leaders will discuss efforts to tackle the deteriorating security situation in Iraq, but …
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