Bush offers condolences for airstrike in Afghanistan
President Bush spoke by phone with Afghan President Hamid Karzai to offer condolences for the U S airstrike that killed up to 44 civilians in Oruzgan province. Investigators returned to Kabul as a joint probe advances and plan a news conference on preliminary results.
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Afghanistan
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Washington
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United States
Kabul
Oruzgan
U.S. Central Command
Tampa
Fla
U.S. Army
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Texas Floods Surge Over Central and South Regions
Heavy rain worsens flooding in Texas as floodwaters tear at foundations and threaten dams. More than 4,000 displaced this week, seven dead, tens of millions in damage. Medina River crested near Bandera, New Braunfels flooded. 100 plus structures damaged. Historic rainfall affects a 100 by 150 mile region.
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Texas
San Antonio
Medina
Bandera
Richard Evans
FDA approves sweetener Neotame for wide use
FDA approved Neotame a nonnutritive sweetener 7000 to 13000 times sweeter than sugar for marketing in candies soft drinks and other products. It dissolves in water acts as a mealtime sweetener or ingredient with negligible calories and safety supported by over 113 studies. NutraSweet Co. manufactures Neotame and FDA officials note chemical similarity to aspartame.
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Food and Drug Administration
FDA
NutraSweet Co
Mount Prospect, Ill
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Russia proposes six member crew mission to Mars by 2015
Moscow outlines an international Mars project with a six person crew. Two spaceships would carry the crew for up to two months, with NASA and ESA cooperation and a roughly 440 day mission costing about 20 billion dollars, Russia shouldering 30 percent.
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European Space Agency
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Fewer migrant deaths reported as crossings decline
Mexico claims deaths among migrants trying to enter the United States are down in the first half of the year with 167 total and 117 Mexicans. While officials cite better desert awareness, rights groups say declines may reflect fewer crossings and heightened Border Patrol activity.
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United States
Foreign Department
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Steven Camarota
Center For Immigration Studies
Washington, D.C
Arturo Solis
Center For Border Studies
Reynosa
Kat Rodriguez
Human Rights Coalition
Tucson
Ariz
Rodriguez
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