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A leak at a western Pennsylvania chemical plant formed a toxic cloud on Saturday. Some residents fled their homes while others huddled indoors with windows shut, authorities said. Officials said three people were taken to area hospitals.

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Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Sunday that his government will guarantee all deposits in the country's banks and financial institutions for the next three years.

Two separate battles that militants fought with Afghan and NATO troops in southern Afghanistan over the weekend left at least 100 insurgents dead, authorities said Sunday.

Sen. John McCain called a statement by a Georgia congressman Saturday, which compared the feeling at recent Republican rallies to those of segregationist George Wallace, "a brazen and baseless attack."

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President Bush on Saturday once again tried to reassure a nervous public that world leaders were working together to address what is unfolding as the worst global financial crisis since the Great Depression, CNNMoney reports. It's vital that countries don't undermine others, Bush told world finance ministers.

The United States today removed North Korea from its list of states that sponsor terrorism. The two nations reached agreement "on an number of important verification measures" of North Korea's nuclear program, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said.

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Evangelist Billy Graham was hospitalized Saturday after tripping and falling over one of his dogs the night before at his home in western North Carolina, a hospital statement said.

At least 900 Christian families have fled Mosul in the past week, terrified by a series of killings and threats by Muslim extremists ordering them to convert to Islam or face possible death, officials said Saturday. Deputy Gov. Khasro Goran said 13 Christians have been slain in the past two weeks.

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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin charged into the culture wars Saturday in Pennsylvania, painting Sen. Barack Obama as a radical on abortion rights. He "hopes that you won't notice how absolutely radical his idea is on this until it's too late," she said.

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Far-right Austrian politician Joerg Haider has died in a car accident, police said Saturday.

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