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Aug 31, 2010 Edgar Valdez Villarreal, 37, who was born in the United States and grew up in a middle class home in Texas, got his improbable nickname because his blue eyes and fair complexion were said to make him resemble a Ken doll. |
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Aug 31, 2010 Iraqi Commanders Say They Are Ready to Handle Security |
| As US forces formally hand over control to the Iraqi Security Services, there are questions as to whether the Iraqi army is up to the challenge. | |
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Aug 30, 2010 Kim Jong Il, Facing Tighter US Sanctions, Extols China's Economic Gains |
| North Korean leader Kim Jong Il praised the economic advance of the Chinese provinces bordering his country, which faces tighter US sanctions aimed at choking his regime's cash line from the arms trade. | |
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Aug 30, 2010 Pair held after screeners find odd items in checked luggage |
| Dutch police have detained two men who flew from Chicago to Amsterdam on Sunday night after US screeners found suspicious-looking items in their checked luggage before they departed, US law enforcement officials said. | |
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