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Obama meets with Merkel

Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama arrived in Berlin on Thursday, meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel and kicking off the European leg of his overseas trip amid...

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In Germany, Obama urges joint fight against terror

Obama tells Berlin throng there are more walls to be torn down in fighting terror, extremism

Iran ends cooperation with UN nuclear arms probe

Iran indicates end of cooperation with UN probe for secret nuclear weapons programs

Israelis, Palestinians: Mixed feelings about Obama

Israelis, Palestinians agree: Obama made good impression but aimed at his voters

Cyclone-battered fisheries worsen Myanmar's pain

Myanmar's fishing families, vital industry struggle to survive after cyclone

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South Texas gets first look at Dolly's damage

2008-07-24 11:44:54 ByBy CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press Writer The Associated Press

South Texas officials begin cavassing Rio Grande Valley to assess damage from Hurricane Dolly

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Today In History

On July 24, 1858,

Republican senatorial candidate Abraham Lincoln formally challenged Democrat Stephen A. Douglas to a series of political debates; the result was seven face-to-face encounters.

In 1783,

Latin American revolutionary Simon Bolivar was born in Caracas, Venezuela.

In 1847,

Mormon leader Brigham Young and his followers arrived in the Great Salt Lake Valley in present-day Utah.
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