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Full Text (426 words)A Hezbollah militant died in a car bombing in Syria.
Imad Mughniyeh was the suspected mastermind behind most of the group's deadliest attacks over the last 25 years. He was accused of involvement in the 1983 U.S. Embassy bombing in Beirut, the 1985 hijacking of a TWA flight and the 1994 suicide bombing of a Jewish cultural center in Buenos Aires. Hezbollah blamed Israel for the killing.
Bush ordered new sanctions against Syria over alleged efforts to undermine stability in Iraq and meddle in Lebanon.
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Obama released an economic package of tax cuts and spending aimed at the working and middle classes, with an estimated cost of more than $140 billion.
Bush signed an economic-stimulus bill that will provide tax rebates of $300 to $1,200 to millions of people.
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An opposition leader in Pakistan accused Musharraf of planning to rig next week's election, a move he warned could tear the country apart.
A suspect in Bhutto's killing wanted to avenge a friend's death in last year's siege of the Red Mosque, police said.
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The Senate passed a measure banning the use of waterboarding. House Democrats threatened to let a temporary surveillance bill expire.
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Iran's centrifuges are processing small amounts of uranium gas that can be used in nuclear warheads, diplomats said.
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Iraq's parliament voted to hold provincial elections on Oct. 1 that could give the Sunni minority a stronger voice.
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The government plans to approve a 28-mile virtual fence along the Mexican border in Arizona, Chertoff said.
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Danish newspapers reprinted a caricature of Muhammad after police revealed a plot to kill the cartoonist.
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A Georgian tycoon who said he was the target of an assassination plot died in Britain of apparent heart failure.
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Kenya's electoral chief acknowledged the presidential vote, which sparked weeks of violence, may have been rigged.
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Lakes Mead and Powell could dry up within 13 years, scientists warned, depriving the Southwest of key water sources.
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An Italian soldier died in an ambush in Afghanistan. Roadside bombs killed seven people in two separate attacks.
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East Timor extended a state of emergency until Feb. 23 in the wake of an assassination attempt on the president.
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Serbia's leader urged Kosovo's Serbs to stay put after the province declares independence, a move expected soon.
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Baseball star Roger Clemens told a congressional panel that he never used steroids or human growth hormone.
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Malaysia's government dissolved Parliament, opening the way for elections.
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Floods in southern Africa are threatening nearly 150,000 children, Unicef said.
