Bush veto of child health bill roils 2008 campaigns
President Bush privately vetoed a plan to expand the children's health insurance program to about four million more low income kids funded by higher tobacco taxes. Democrats vow an override while Republicans doubt defections. Critics call the veto heartless as election pressure builds.
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Fiercer duck-billed dinosaur found near Grand Staircase
Salt Lake City report confirms Gryposaurus monumentensis, a 75 million year old duck-billed herbivore with a 30 foot body and 10 foot height, discovered in 2002 near the Arizona line. Paleontologists describe its compact skull and powerful jaw as a weed whacker of the Cretaceous, capable of crunching most plants.
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Salt Lake City
North Korea pledges nuclear disarm at year end talks
North Korea vowed to detail its nuclear programs and disable all activities at its main reactor complex by year end. The accord followed Kim Jong Il Roh Moo Hyun talks in Pyongyang and a U S led disablement plan with funding and expert access to ensure a thorough dismantling process.
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First of 3000 workers evacuated from South African mine
In Carletonville South Africa Harmony Gold Mining Elandsland Mine evacuated about 3000 miners after a pipe collapsed a water column damaging the main elevator. First 74 surfaced after 1 am Thursday. Miners waited below ground with ventilation and a phone link to surface as officials planned a 10 hour evacuation. Miners were safe though angry hungry and frustrated.
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