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'); document.write(''); document.write('BARIYAPUR, Nepal (AP) — The ceremony began with prayers in a temple by tens of thousands of Hindus before dawn Tuesday. Then it shifted to a nearby corral, where in the cold morning mist, scores of butchers wielding curved swords began slaughtering buffalo calves by hacking off their heads.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Maine and Vermont are moving ahead of other states on regulating pollution in storm water running off roofs and parking lots, which often carries oil and other toxic substances.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NUKU\'ALOFA, Tonga (AP) — A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific island nation of Tonga, sending panicked residents into the streets at night, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Visitors to South Africa\'s premier holiday destination who are worried about becoming victims of the country\'s high crime rate could find themselves instead robbed by a more furry kind of felon: baboons.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Democratic candidate for agriculture commissioner has a response to Republican calls to \"Drill, Baby, Drill.\"
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'); document.write(''); document.write('GENEVA (AP) — The number of people worldwide infected with the virus that causes AIDS — about 33 million — has remained virtually unchanged for the last two years, United Nations experts said Tuesday.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — Models of the Obama White House, the Obama home in Chicago and the house Michelle Obama grew up in are on display at holiday train shows at the Chicago Botanic Garden and the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge says the government\'s latest plans for making Columbia Basin dams safer for salmon look good, but a legal flaw could delay his approval.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia\'s opposition leader Tuesday pledged his party\'s support for contentious legislation proposed by the government aimed at curbing the country\'s greenhouse gas emissions.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('BEIJING (AP) — A panda research center in northwestern China has been closed to visitors as a precaution to protect the endangered species from catching swine flu, state media reported on Tuesday.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Global warming cannot be reversed unless the United States and China commit to meaningful cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions, the EU said Tuesday.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('MAUNA LOA OBSERVATORY, Hawaii (AP) — The readings at this 2-mile-high station show a troubling upward curve as the world counts down to crucial climate talks: Global warming gases are building in the atmosphere at record levels from emissions that match scientists\' worst-case scenarios.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A leading climate change scientist said hackers breaking into a university\'s computer server and then posting documents online show the nasty politics of global warming.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('BEIJING (AP) — China will send two giant pandas to an Australian zoo this Friday as part of a joint research program.
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