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Worldwide News
| 04/07/2008
Afghan official: US strikes kill 22 civilians(AP)
| |  AP - The U.S. military said airstrikes by its attack helicopters hit two vehicles carrying insurgents in eastern Afghanistan. The province's governor said 22 civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed.
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| 04/07/2008
Video shows hostages rejoicing at moment of rescue(AP)
| |  AP - Video taken during the rescue of 15 rebel hostages shows them filing grim-faced toward the helicopter that would fly them to safety, then hugging one another and crying with joy after they are aloft and realize they are free.
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| 04/07/2008
U.S. marks Independence Day with fireworks, revelry(AP)
| |  AP - The nation's largest fireworks display exploded in a spectrum of color over the East River, temporarily stealing the spotlight from New York's world-famous skyline and helping to create a brilliant end to a day of July Fourth celebrations nationwide.
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| 04/07/2008
Former Republican NC Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86(AP)
| |  AP - Former Sen. Jesse Helms, an unyielding champion of the conservative movement who spent three combative and sometimes caustic decades in Congress, where he relished his battles against liberals, Communists and occasionally a fellow Republican, died on the Fourth of July. He was 86.
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| 04/07/2008
Smith will come good says Prince(AFP)
| |  AFP - Ashwell Prince told South Africa cricket fans not to worry about the form of Graeme Smith after the Proteas captain's first, and possibly only, innings before next week's first Test against England saw him make just 35 against Middlesex here Friday.
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| 04/07/2008
Larry Harmon, longtime Bozo the Clown, dead at 83(AP)
| |  AP - Larry Harmon wasn't the original Bozo the Clown, but he was the real one. Harmon, who portrayed the wing-haired clown for more than half a century, died Thursday of congestive heart failure, said his publicist, Jerry Digney. He was 83.
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| 04/07/2008
Tension builds over Coney Island rebuilding plan(AP)
| |  AP - The Fourth of July weekend has always been one of the most exciting times of the year for Coney Island: Crowds line the boardwalk to watch the hot-dog eating contest, visitors take terrifying roller coaster rides, and beachgoers frolic in the sand and surf.
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