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AFP - Security forces in northwest China used tear gas to quell two days of violent protests by thousands of people who used axes, chains and iron bars to attack police, witnesses and officials said on Wednesday.

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Reuters - Activist hedge fund manager William Ackman on Wednesday urged Target Corp to form a real estate investment trust that owns the land under its stores and spin off a 20 percent stake of that company into an initial public offering.

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AP - The post office is telling Bob Hope: “Thanks for the memories.”

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AP - Flight controllers were revamping plans Wednesday for the remaining spacewalks during space shuttle Endeavour’s visit to the international space station, after a crucial tool bag floated away during repair work.

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A US-Russian team announces that it has sequenced most of the genome of a woolly mammoth found in Siberia.

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AFP - Health authorities in Spain Wednesday expressed outrage over a raffle being organised by a nightclub in which the prize is breast enlargement surgery.

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Former Brazil striker Ronaldo admits he could retire, despite fighting back from a serious knee injury.

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Reuters - Auto executives appeared on Capitol Hill for a second day on Wednesday to argue their case for a $25 billion aid package as legislators in both houses and in both parties seemed to move closer to a deal.

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Reuters - Stocks extended losses on Wednesday as financial shares tumbled and uncertainty surrounding the prospects for a rescue of the U.S. auto industry fueled concerns about the deepening economic slump.

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AP - Scientists for the first time have unraveled much of the genetic code of an extinct animal, the ice age’s woolly mammoth, and with it they are thawing Jurassic Park dreams.

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