World Scene: United States
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Ganja guru guilty in retrial   After fighting for years to clear his name, a prominent marijuana advocate known as the "ganja guru" was convicted again on Wednesday on charges of cultivating and distributing the weed.
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The United States today reclaimed the lead in global supercomputing more than two years after Japanâs Earth Simulator shook the computing world by claiming the top spot.
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By Kevin Eckstrom, Religion News Service | posted 09/16/2004 9:00 am. The US State Department on Wednesday for the first time included Saudi Arabia on a list of eight &quot;countries of particular concern&quot; for not
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The Rest of the World team took a 3Â½-2Â½ lead over the United States on Friday after the first round of the UBS Cup. The Americans have never lost this Ryder Cup-style match play tournament featuring players aged 40-and-over.
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Description: Commentator John Pomfret has just returned to the US after six years of covering Beijing for the Washington Post. He says China&#39;s growing economic power is good for the rest of the world, including America.
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The US remains the world&#39;s leading producer of junk e-mail, according to security firm Sophos. The US is the source of 42 percent of spam, easily outstripping South Korea, which, with 13 percent
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America's major wars and the length of U.S. participation:
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Russia is one of the biggest, most powerful men's volleyball teams in the world. Already well aware, the United States received another reminder.
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The United States is the world leader in nanotechnology -- the newly blossoming science of making incredibly small materials and devices -- but is not paying enough attention to the environmental, health and safety risks posed by nanoscale products, says a report released yesterday by the...
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The United States is the richest nation on Earth, the world&#39;s biggest beneficiary of the global economy. But will it last? Not that long ago, the ``global economy&#39;&#39; meant that routine factory jobs were going overseas.
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World News, January 7th, 2005, 6:10 a.m.) The benefit concerts have already begun in many parts of the world, with thousands packing auditoriums in China, Norway and Finland.
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WASHINGTON -- Washington DC, has made the top ten list of most dangerous metropolitan areas in the United States. Camden, NJ, was named to the top spot, overtaking Detroit.
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The best of times, or the worst of times. The US economy is the strongest in years, or is mired in the deepest employment crisis in decades.
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The United States is losing its leadership role in particle physics as its best brains move to sunny Switzerland. But fear not: There's always another giant accelerator on the horizon. By John Borland.
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The Middle East is entering a historic process. Iraq under US occupation, and Palestine under Israeli occupation will hold two critical elections in January (if they are not postponed).
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D uring the past few weeks two news events of global importance have occurred that have received extensive international press coverage: the election of George Bush to lead the United States for four more years, and the death of Yasser Arafat, leader of
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