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'); document.write(''); document.write('GENEVA (AP) — A Swiss court granted Roman Polanski bail on Wednesday, accepting $4.5 million to allow him to remain under house arrest at his chalet. The director will stay in prison for up to 10 days while the Swiss government decides whether to appeal.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The heaviest rain to hit Islam\'s annual hajj pilgrimage in years soaked the faithful and flooded the road to Mecca, snarling traffic as millions of Muslims headed for the holy sites. The downpours add an extra hazard on top of intense concerns about the spread of swine flu.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan charged seven men on Wednesday in last year\'s Mumbai terror attacks, its first indictments in a case watched closely by India and the United States to see if Islamabad makes good on promises to punish those responsible.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel\'s prime minister on Wednesday proposed a 10-month freeze on new West Bank settlement construction in what he said was an attempt to jump-start Mideast peace talks.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('KABUL (AP) — The Taliban\'s reclusive leader has ruled out talks with President Hamid Karzai and called on Afghans to break off relations with his \"stooge\" administration.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Islamic religious authorities have begun tightening their grip on Iranian public schools, a report said Wednesday, as hard-liners expand an ideological \"soft war\" against Western influence.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('AMPATUAN, Philippines (AP) — Philippine authorities, under intense public pressure to make arrests in the country\'s worst election massacre, said Wednesday they are investigating a member of a powerful clan allied with the government along with four police commanders.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — One of Africa\'s most brutal rebel movements relies on a vast, international network of supporters in at least 25 countries including in the United States and Europe, a United Nations report said.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('ATLANTERRA, Spain (AP) — A Swiss adventurer ditched safely into the chilly waters between Morocco Spain Wednesday after a technical malfunction ended the first attempted intercontinental crossing on jet-powered wings.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AP) — A rare Siberian tiger fitted by Vladimir Putin with a radio-tracking collar has vanished, a Russian environmentalist said Wednesday, dramatizing the plight of a species some conservationists fear may be approaching extinction.
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