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02/08/2010
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11 soldiers dead, 50 trapped in Kashmir avalanche
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SRINAGAR, India -- A massive avalanche hit an Indian army training center at a ski resort town in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday, killing at least 11 soldiers and trapping nearly 50 others.
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02/08/2010
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Iran to cut ties with British Museum over loan
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Iran said it will cut ties with the British Museum on Monday because of the museum's failure to lend Tehran an ancient Babylonian artifact described as the world's earliest bill of rights.
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02/08/2010
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Italy minister defends boost for McDonald's burger
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ROME -- Italy's agriculture minister defended his sponsorship of McDonald's new all-Italian burger Monday amid criticism that he is selling out to a multinational corporation and sacrificing Italy's culinary reputation in the process.
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02/08/2010
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Chrysler pledges $550 million to build Fiat 500 in Mexico
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MEXICO CITY -- Chrysler Group LLC says it will invest $550 million to build the Fiat 500 minicar at its assembly plant near Mexico City.
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02/08/2010
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Lawyer: Pitt and Jolie sue over split claim
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LONDON -- Celebrity couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have begun legal action against a British tabloid that reported they were going to split, a lawyer acting on their behalf confirmed Monday.
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02/08/2010
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Report: Alligator kills 11-year-old girl in Brazil
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SAO PAULO -- A 13-foot alligator has reportedly attacked and killed a girl who was swimming in a Brazilian jungle river.
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02/08/2010
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Body found in airplane wheel well at Tokyo airport
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TOKYO -- Japanese authorities said Monday they are trying to identify a body found inside one of the landing gear compartments on a Delta Airlines plane flight that arrived in Tokyo from New York.
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02/08/2010
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Marijuana worth more than $9 million found in warehouse
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(FRANKLIN PARK) Illinois State Police discovered more than $9 million worth of marijuana while searching a west suburban warehouse last week and arrested four people for trafficking.
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02/08/2010
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3 aldermen were critical to Cohens election
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The Watchdogs: Scott Lee Cohen might have startled some by winning the Democratic
Party primary race for lieutenant governor -- but probably not voters
on the North and Northwest sides of Chicago and in broad swaths of
suburbia and Downstate, who gave him his margin of victory.
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02/08/2010
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38 workers, CTA reach deal; canceled services remain
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A tentative deal that allows 38 CTA maintenance workers to keep their jobs in return for concessions is a sign that other unions may be ready to cut a deal and get canceled buses back on the road, CTA chief Richard Rodriguez said today.
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02/08/2010
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Connected firm wins Metra-bus contract
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A clout-heavy company with two generations of ties to the Daley family
has been awarded a $3.3 million contract to build a "transfer center"
meant to make it easier for commuters at Metra's LaSalle Street station
to switch to CTA buses. Walsh Construction will convert a surface parking lot at the southeast
corner of Congress and Financial Place into a bus turnaround.
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