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Toyota recalls 437,000 Priuses, hybrids globally
4:04AM CT
TOKYO (AP) - Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems — the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker.
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China sentences quake activist to 5 years' jail
3:44AM CT
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese court Tuesday sentenced an activist who investigated the deaths of thousands of schoolchildren in the country's massive 2008 earthquake to five years in jail for inciting subversion of state power, the man's lawyer said.
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Reports: Ukraine's Tymoshenko to challenge vote
3:36AM CT
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has refused to concede the presidential race to opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and plans to legally challenge the results, Ukrainian and Russian media reported Tuesday.
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China releases first national pollution census
3:18AM CT
BEIJING (AP) - China has revealed its most ambitious measure of what explosive development has done to its environment, saying Tuesday its first national pollution census has mapped nearly 6 million sources of industrial, residential and agricultural waste.
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Marines wait in the cold for Afghan offensive
3:17AM CT
OUTPOST BELLEAU WOOD, Afghanistan (AP) - Take a desert of yellow-orange dust so flat it looks like Mars, with a freezing wind that blows so hard it can lift a large tent.
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NATO warns Afghans to keep their 'heads down'
3:12AM CT
KABUL (AP) - NATO and Afghan officials on Tuesday urged Taliban militants holding a southern town to lay down their arms and warned civilians there to "keep your heads down" as U.S. and Afghan troops prepare their first major offensive of the U.S. troop surge.
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Iran to stop enrichment if given nuclear fuel
2:49AM CT
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - The head of the Iran's atomic agency said Iran would not enrich uranium to a higher level if the West provides the fuel it needs for the Tehran research reactor.
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NKorea's Kim Jong Il sends nuclear envoy to China
2:20AM CT
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea's Kim Jong Il reportedly dispatched his top nuclear envoy to Beijing on Tuesday to discuss restarting nuclear disarmament talks, a day after pledging Pyongyang's commitment to a nuclear-free Korean peninsula.
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Haitians confront new threat: deadly spring rains
Feb 8 2010 6:22PM CT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Survivors of Haiti's catastrophic earthquake have had one saving grace: There's been no significant rain since the disaster. But that won't last.
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UK's Iraq inquiry turns focus to Bush officials
Feb 8 2010 3:18PM CT
LONDON (AP) - Britain's inquiry into the Iraq war will seek meetings with former members of the Bush administration after taking evidence from Tony Blair and other key British officials, the panel's chairman said Monday.
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