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The planned startup of Iran's first reactor Saturday generates concern in the West while Tehran plans to celebrate the milestone in what it says is its right to produce nuclear energy.

Engineers begin loading fuel into Iran's first nuclear reactor



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Authorities investigating the 2008 crash of Spanair flight 5022 have discovered a central computer system used to monitor technical problems in the aircraft was infected with malware.

Malware implicated in fatal Spanair plane crash



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A new tropical depression has formed in the Atlantic, but the system is far from land.

Tropical depression forms in the Atlantic



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With renewed economic uncertainty, American investors have withdrawn a staggering $33.12 billion from stock market mutual funds so far this year.

NYT: Small investors flee market



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Emmy-winning CBS News correspondent Harold Dow, who helped shape the documentary program "48 Hours" and covered the kidnapping of Patricia Hearst and the Sept. 11 attacks, has died. He was 62.

'48 Hours' correspondent Harold Dow dies at 62



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Supporters and opponents of a proposed Muslim cultural center and mosque near the World Trade Center site staged competing rallies in downtown Manhattan on Sunday, kept apart by police and barricades.

Muslim center dispute sparks New York rallies



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Chile's president euphorically waved the note, written deep inside a collapsed mine, that his country waited 17 agonizing days to see: "All 33 of us are fine in the shelter," one of the trapped miners wrote in red letters.

33 trapped Chilean miners alive after 17 days



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A traffic jam stretching more than 60 miles in China has entered its ninth day with no end in sight, state media reported.

Worst traffic jam ever? Gridlock spans 60 miles



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A 12-hour hostage drama aboard a hijacked Philippine bus ended in bloodshed Monday when an angry ex-policeman demanding his job back gunned down eight Hong Kong tourists before police stormed the vehicle and a sniper killed him.

Officials: 8 tourists die after ex-cop seizes bus 



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A 22-year-old Mexico woman won the Miss Universe pageant Monday night after donning a flowing red gown and telling an audience it's important to teach kids family values.

Miss Mexico takes Miss Universe crown