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North Dakota OKs the spraying of oil wastewater on roads for dust and ice

BISMARCK, N.D. - North Dakota's health department will allow salty oil field wastewater to be sprayed on roads as a de-icer or for dust control even though oil companies and environmental groups have ...

At least one dead and 33 others rescued at flooded coal mine in China

BEIJING - Flooding at a mine in central China killed at least one miner but rescuers have pulled 33 other trapped workers to safety after a 23-hour ordeal. The miners were lifted out of a flooded s...

UN resolution would increase the size of its Congo peacekeeping force

UNITED NATIONS - A proposed UN resolution would increase the 17,000-strong UN peacekeeping force in conflict-wracked Congo by about 3,100 troops and police. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the...

Obama and McCain meet, bury campaign pain and pledge co-operation

CHICAGO - No longer foes but not yet allies, president-elect Barack Obama and John McCain buried their bitter campaign in public smiles and searched for common ground in private on Monday, discussing ...

Georgia calls for independent war probe into last August's Russian invasion

UNITED NATIONS - Georgia's UN ambassador has called for an independent international investigation to determine whether Georgia or Russia started the war in South Ossetia in August that badly damaged ...

Guyana suspends search for plane in Amazonian jungle; Canadian among missing

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Guyana has suspended its search for a U.S.-registered plane with three people aboard that disappeared over dense Amazonian jungle two weeks ago. Transportation Minister Robeson...

Canadian biker on trial in S.Dakota says it was shoot or be killed

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - A Hells Angels biker accused of shooting five rivals at Custer State Park in 2006 told jurors he would have been killed had he not fired at Outlaws Motorcycle Club members surround...

It's unpacking day for astronauts at International Space Station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla - Astronauts hitched a giant shipping crate full of home improvement "goodies" to the International Space Station on Monday, a critical step for boosting the population in orbit. ...

Heavy lake-effect snow hits Great Lakes states, closing some schools

CONSTABLEVILLE, N.Y. - A blast of cold wind spread snow along the Great Lakes from Michigan to New York on Monday, dumping more than half a metre on this central New York town. Snow doesn't usually...

Fighting continues in Congo despite rebel promises of ceasefire

KANYABAYONGA, Congo - Villages in the mountains of eastern Congo that once housed tens of thousands of people were nearly deserted Monday after Congo's army clashed with rebels in some of the worst fi...