While the focus now is on a possible agreement in coming days or weeks, anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist told CNN earlier this week that the nation should gird for long-range battle.

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Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) told CNN's "Late Edition" that she already has an alternate anti-tobacco bill in the works.

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In a statement obtained by CNN, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency CEO Travis T.

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JORDAN, Montana (CNN) -- The FBI will not accept an offer from white separatist Randy Weaver to help end the standoff between members of a Montana anti-government group and federal agents, sources told CNN Sunday.

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World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) director general David Howman told CNN the list of banned substances runs to 10-15 pages, with hundreds of drugs currently prohibited.

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Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Armed men in trucks with anti-aircraft guns mounted on them surrounded the Libyan Foreign Ministry in Tripoli early Sunday and refused to allow ministry staff to enter the building, a ministry official said.

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- Nelson Mandela, the indomitable anti-apartheid campaigner who emerged from decades of imprisonment to lead his country into a new era, will this week be joined audience of thousands and a star-studded guest list to mark his 90th birthday.

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Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- An ultraconservative Islamist presidential candidate known for his anti-American views may be disqualified because of his mother's links to the United States, Egypt's Interior Ministry said Thursday.

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Pelton, speaking to CNN's Paula Zahn from London, said he could not characterize Walker as anti-American.

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- There is no space in the boardroom for worrying about anti-American sentiment, says a U.S. negotiating coach.

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