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US economic, military and political dominance is likely to decline over the next two decades, according to a new US intelligence report on global trends.The National Intelligence Council (NIC) predicts China, India and Russia will increasingly challenge US influence.It also says the dollar may no longer be the world's major currency, and food and water shortages will fuel conflict.However, the

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An American who suffered from AIDS is said to have been cured of the disease 20 months after receiving a targeted bone marrow transplant normally used to fight leukemia.While researchers — and the doctors themselves — caution that the case might be no more than a fluke, others say it may inspire a greater interest in gene therapy to fight the disease that claims 2 million lives each year. The

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A group of liberal pranksters created a fake issue of the New York Times with a wide headline that declares "Iraq War Ends". For those who missed the joke, the realistic-looking paper was dated July 4, 2009, and came with a weather forecast calling for "recent gloom passing ... strong leftward winds."The Times's City Room blog writes:In an elaborate hoax, pranksters distributed thousands of free

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The US secret service is reported to have assigned president-elect Barack Obama the code name "Renegade".This is in keeping with a tradition since the second world war of ascribing code names to presidents.While the White House nor the Obama camp is unlikely to confirm them, such code names are seldom regarded as closely guarded secrets and quickly leak out.The Chicago Tribune, Obama's hometown

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TIME published its version of Best 50 Inventions of 2008: from a genetic testing service to an invisibility cloak to an ingenious public bike system to the world's first moving skyscraper — here are TIME's picks for the top innovations of 20081. The Retail DNA TestBefore meeting with Anne Wojcicki, co-founder of a consumer gene-testing service called 23andMe, I know just three things about her:

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Grey New York, the global ad agency, released an image today reminding voters to "Let the Issues Be the Issue" as they go to the polls on Election Day.The image features the two senators, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain, whose hard-fought battle for the White House is drawing to a close, with their skin colors switched.Tor Myhren, Grey New York's Chief Creative Officer, said, "

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By Mike Collett-White -- LONDON (Reuters)A grim-faced 007 is on the warpath in the latest James Bond movie "Quantum of Solace," the sequel to box office hit "Casino Royale" starring Daniel Craig as the world's most famous fictional spy.Bond shows no mercy as he crosses Europe and South America to discover why the woman he loved betrayed him before she died.He also battles evil eco-terrorist

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Republican nominee for vice-president Gov. Sarah Palin spoke Tuesday to CNN's Drew Griffin in her first interview with the network. Here is the transcript of this interview:(CNN) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks with CNN's Drew Griffin Tuesday.CNN: You seemed to be very much on your game. You get huge crowds. Even bigger crowds than [Republican presidential candidate Sen.] John McCain. Why is

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He says that marital relations were rare as a result of her obsession with exercise, and that making love to Madonna "was like cuddling a piece of gristle".A gaunt-looking Madonna was seen leaving the Kabbalah Centre in New York on Saturday. Wearing shades and a baseball cap it seemed the marriage break-up was taking its toll on the 50-year-old mega-star. But the pop queen's obsession with

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Call me pervy, but I found myself highly amused by last night's subplot on My Own Worst Enemy in which Christian Slater's superspy Edward breaks out a (presumably?) fictitious sexual technique called "The Hummingbird" on Angie, the wife of his hapless suburban alter-ego, Henry. Mind you, part of me was just thrilled to see the underrated Mädchen Amick (an actress I've enjoyed on such failed

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Britain's Ministry of Defence on Monday made public its secret files on UFO sightings, with the dossier including a range of reports from a close encounter with a UFO over Kent and a letter from a woman claiming to be an alien warrior.The 19 different incidents were recorded between 1986 and 1992, and published on the National Archives website.Among the recorded incidents was a letter dated March

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Anne Pressly, a 26-year-old morning anchor for KATV’s Channel 7 in Little Rock, Arkansas, was found in her home early Monday morning suffering from severe wounds that have been described as life-threatening.Pressly was reportedly found by her mother who arrived at her house around 4:30 a.m. after she failed to answer a phone call. Pressly’s mother found her in bed bleeding severely and suffering

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The groom's best friend just has to carry the wedding rings — how hard can that be?

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Colin Powell, a Republican and retired general who was President Bush's first secretary of state, broke with the party Sunday and endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president, calling him a "transformational figure" while criticizing the tone of John McCain's campaignIn an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press," Powell backed Obama over fellow Republican John McCain, calling the Democratic nominee

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Watch this little dog as he runs into an equally adorable pal in the mirror.

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A New York woman gave birth to three identical sons this past week. According to doctors, this is extremely rare, occurring in as few as 1 in 100 million births. So how do the mother and father tell their sons apart? Color-coded diapers, perhaps?Forgive Kerry and Desmond Lyons if they sometimes mix up their sons' names. After all, they're brand new and look alike.The rare set of identical

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