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U.N.: Iran Has Used Plutonium for Years

VIENNA, Austria – Iran (search) has acknowledged it worked with small amounts of plutonium, a possible nuclear arms component, years longer than it previously admitted, according to a confidential U.N. report made available Wednesday to The Associated Press. The report, which could be delivered as early as Thursday to a …

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Marines Seek Ammo After Harrier Crash

PHOENIX – About 300 Marine base workers walked shoulder to shoulder through a southern Arizona neighborhood Thursday in search of any stray ammunition from the crash of a bomb-laden Harrier jet (search). As each section was cleared, officials planned to let residents return to the last 52 homes still evacuated …

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Floodwaters Kill 29 at School in China

BEIJING – A torrent of water rushed down a mountain in northeast China on Friday and hit a primary school, killing 29 people, most of them students, and leaving another four people missing, the government said. Twenty-seven of the victims in Shalan, a town in Heilongjiang province (search), were students, …

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