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Guatemala mudslides kill at least 38; 2 buses hit
(AP)
AP - Torrential rains from a tropical depression caused landslides that have killed at least 38 people in Guatemala — some of them rescuers trying to save people already buried under a wall of mud.
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Want cheapskates to spend? Hawk gizmos that save
(AP)
AP - How do you get penny pinchers to spend these days? Pitch products that promise to save them money.
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Congo: 70 dead, 200 missing in 2 boat capsizes
(AP)
AP - Two boats capsized over the weekend in separate incidents on Congo's vast rivers, leaving 70 people dead and 200 others feared dead, and both vessels were heavily loaded and operating with few safety measures, officials said Sunday.
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Venus wins but never finds comfort at US Open
(AP)
AP - Venus Williams struggled with her serve. She kept tugging at her dress. Every bit as big a nuisance was her opponent, Shahar Peer.
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Despite formal combat end, US joins Baghdad battle
(AP)
AP - Days after the U.S. officially ended combat operations and touted Iraq's ability to defend itself, American troops found themselves battling heavily armed militants assaulting an Iraqi military headquarters in the center of Baghdad on Sunday. The fighting killed 12 people and wounded dozens.
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Basque ETA call to halt attacks met with caution
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Basque rebel group ETA called a halt to armed attacks on Sunday but the government said the declaration was not enough and urged the weakened organization to renounce violence once and for all.
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Twelve killed in suicide assault on Iraq army base
(Reuters)
Reuters - Up to six suicide bombers, some armed with rifles, tried to storm an army base in Baghdad on Sunday, killing 12 people and wounding 36 less than a week after Washington declared U.S. combat operations in Iraq over.
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ETA declares ceasefire in Basque independence battle
(AFP)
AFP - Basque separatist fighters ETA declared a ceasefire Sunday in their flagging, decades-long campaign of bombing and shooting for a homeland independent of Spain.
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US troops fire back as suicide bombers kill 12 in Baghdad
(AFP)
AFP - American troops were among those who fired back to repel a coordinated suicide attack on an Iraqi army complex that killed 12 people on Sunday, days after US forces officially ended combat operations in the country.
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Obama to propose permanent research tax credit
(Reuters)
Reuters - President Barack Obama will ask the Congress on Wednesday to increase and permanently extend a tax credit for business research as a way of boosting job growth, an administration officials said on Sunday.
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