Meanwhile, China said it will send observers to join the U.N. monitoring mission, the state-run China Daily newspaper reported, citing a foreign ministry spokesman.

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Those killed in the Sky Express crash were identified by Virginia State Police as Karen Blyden-Decastro, 46, of Cambria Heights, N.

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As Al Gore's former U.S. Senate pal, Timothy Wirth, observed, representing the U.S. as Clinton-Gore administration's undersecretary of state for global affairs at the U.N.

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The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency reported Sunday that a delegation of U.N. observers was visiting the al-Khaldiyeh neighborhood of Homs.

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Mr. Thein Sein visited New York last September and met with then-U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the sidelines of the U.N.

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After receiving the honor during a ceremony at the Tennessee-Kentucky state line, Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Loheide (LOH'-hyd) of Patchogue, N.

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Permitted by Musharraf to return to Pakistan last year, Sharif is now banking the PML-N's fortunes on a platform of renewing the country's top judiciary -- removed by Musharraf during a state of emergency.

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