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Obama remains diplomatic on oil and guns

President concluded his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa this weekend. The trip signals the continent's mounting importance to the United States

Video Pick

An Internet phenomenon

What do rollerskating babies and Evian water have in common? Nothing really. But the viral video has become an online sensation

A man is gored by a bull on July 10, 2009 in Pamplona, during the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in northern Spain.

Spaniard dies at Pamplona's running of the bulls

It is the first fatality at the annual event in almost 15 years

Former vice-president Dick Cheney speaks at the Gerald R. Ford Foundation's annual Journalism Awards on June 1, 2009 in Washington.

Bush's ghosts threaten Obama's agenda

Word that Cheney may have broken the law by concealing CIA program from congress could overshadow health-care reform and Supreme Court nominee

Two killed in renewed unrest in China

State news agency reports Uyghur men shot by police in Urumqi were attacking another man ‘with clubs and knives' when security forces opened fire

Kim Jong-Il said to have pancreatic cancer

North Korean leader has life-threatening pancreatic cancer, a news report said Monday, and considering his age, he is expected to survive no more than five years

Shuttle launch postponed – again

Poor weather leads to scrubbing of Endeavor take-off for fourth time; Canadian Julie Payette is among astronauts headed for 16-day mission at the International Space Station

'I feel okay'

Miners survive 25 days under ground

Trapped in a flooded coal mine in southern China, three men drank dirty water and chewed coal before rescuers burrowed through a collapsed tunnel to reach them

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