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NKorea wants both Koreas to probe ship sinking - Yahoo! News

UNITED NATIONS – North Korea, which has vehemently denied accusations that it sank a South Korean warship, is calling for a new joint investigation by both Koreas "to verify objectively the truth of the incident."

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Mummified monkeys and a 6,420-year-old kid

Unusual 17th-century Dutch horse burial site found - Yahoo! News

AMSTERDAM – Archeologists have uncovered a mass grave with the complete skeletons of 51 horses buried side-by-side, probably the long-forgotten equine victims of a 17th century battle over a strategic Dutch river.

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China, US open disease study center in Shanghai - Yahoo! News

SHANGHAI – American and Shanghai health authorities opened an epidemiology center in the Chinese city Tuesday to train experts in sleuthing out ways to prevent chronic and epidemic diseases.

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APNewsBreak: Skakel att'y to cop to Conn. tax plea - Yahoo! News

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – A celebrity attorney who represented Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel in his murder trial has agreed to plead guilty to failing to pay almost $400,000 in taxes.

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Stewart's red hot look at 'Eclipse' event

Cruise crashes in nonsensical "Knight and Day" - Yahoo! News

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Compared to secret agent Roy Miller, James Bond is a risk-averse, low-profile kind of guy.

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Lessons from failed Cold War spy mission in China - Yahoo! News

WASHINGTON – Detail by painful detail, the CIA is coming to grips with one of the most devastating episodes in its history, a botched cloak-and-dagger flight into China that stole two decades of freedom from a pair of fresh-faced American operatives and cost the lives of their two pilots.

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CBC News - Saskatchewan - Trans-Canada at Sask.-Alberta border still shut

A large hole has formed along the flooded portion of the Trans-Canada Highway in Saskatchewan. (Submitted to CBC)The Trans-Canada Highway at the boundary between Alberta and Saskatchewan remained closed Saturday morning because of flooding, authorities said.

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Company, estate to help cover LA Jackson memorial - Yahoo! News

LOS ANGELES – The estate of Michael Jackson and entertainment company AEG have agreed to contribute $1.3 million to help cover public costs related to the pop star's memorial service last year at Staples Center, officials said.

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