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A two-page summary of an intelligence report obtained by The Associated Press said the deal could be completed within weeks. It said Tehran was willing to pay $450 million for 1,350 tons of purified uranium ore. Iran needs the material to feed its uranium enrichment program.

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I admit that papier mache is firmly associated for me with my lumpy kindergarten creations, but these Papier Mache Sailboats from Ann Wood really float my boat. (Sorry, sorry, it's so hard for me to resist a pun.) They're lateen rigged, which is part of what gives them that jaunty, sloping look. There are a ton of detailed step-by-step photos, so check out the how-to! I can totally envision this as a New Year's ritual as you load up your boat with wishes for the coming year.

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Almost exactly five years ago, on the day after Christmas in 2004, enormous swells of water engulfed the city of Banda Aceh at the tip of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, killing an estimated 230,000 people. San Francisco photographer Lianne Milton wanted to see how the city was faring. She traveled there this past November and documented a surprising recovery.

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Doctors say the needles are small and don't pose a significant threat to the 2-year-old, who had a total of 31 needles stuck in him. Police accuse the boy's stepfather, who allegedly said he wanted to kill the child to spite his wife, of attempted murder.

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Here's an unconventional noisemaker made from some prescription bottles and odds and ends by Instructables user buellboy492.

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Alli of One Pearl Button created these fun Betsy McCall magnetic paper dolls as a gift for her niece. She used images from the Betsy McCall paper doll web site, and transferred them to thin magnets. By putting them all together in a small tin, she was able to create a toy that's great for home or on-the-road use. Brilliant! She's updated and added a tutorial for creating your own.

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The president said he wants a preliminary accounting completed by Thursday into what went wrong that allowed explosives to make it onto a Detroit-bound airliner last week. He said deficiencies in the system led to a "catastrophic breach of security."

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The Brazilian family of a 9-year-old boy returned by court order to his U.S. father said Tuesday it will fight to regain custody. A request from Sean Goldman's Brazilian grandmother to let the boy have a chance to make his own wishes known was initially denied, but the Supreme Court has not issued a final ruling on that matter.

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The attempted bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight on Christmas Day has thrown a spotlight on the nation of Yemen, after an al-Qaida group that's based there claimed responsibility for the foiled attack. But the United States had already been ramping up its operations in Yemen to counter the al-Qaida threat there.

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President Obama started the year promising a big push to promote Arab-Israeli peace, but his administration ends the year, as one U.S. official recently put it, in a cul-de-sac. The U.S. has been unable to get Israeli-Palestinian talks started, and many Arab states have been frustrated.

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If you're hosting an intimate New Year's Eve bash (instead of a wild and crazy party for the masses), these charming dollar store table settings from A Little Hut could be just the ticket.

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what should we call the boy child?

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In the wake of the unsuccessful Christmas Day terrorist attack on a Northwest flight bound for Detroit, many Americans seemed to react with a collective shrug and some humor. Experts say the reaction is perfectly appropriate to the risk level shown so far.

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Disregarding international appeals for clemency, China has executed a British citizen on charges of drug smuggling. The man's relatives say he had a history of mental illness and was unwittingly lured into the smuggling operation by drug dealers.

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There are new details about the suspect in the attempted bombing of a trans-Atlantic flight over Detroit last week. Investigators are sifting through hundreds of Internet postings that appear to have been written by the 23-year-old Nigerian accused of trying to blow up the plane.

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