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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The man who received the world's first self-contained artificial heart had been in ``dire'' condition, but the device may enable him to have a long and productive life, one of his doctors said Wednesday.

DURBAN, South Africa (AP) - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat condemned what he called Israel's racist practices Saturday but declined to label Israel a racist state, an apparent compromise in how Palestinians would criticize Israel at the World...

DURBAN, South Africa (AP) - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat condemned what he called Israel's racist practices Saturday but declined to label Israel a racist state, an apparent compromise in how Palestinians would criticize Israel at the World...

LONDON (AP) - British and French officials cleared the luxury Concorde for takeoff, laying out a series of safety modifications Wednesday that will enable the world's only commercial supersonic jet to return to service a year after a deadly crash...

LONDON (AP) - British and French officials cleared the luxury Concorde for takeoff, laying out a series of safety modifications Wednesday that will enable the world's only commercial supersonic jet to return to service a year after a deadly crash...

PARIS (AP) - The supersonic Concorde got its wings back Wednesday - just over a year after a deadly crash - with French and British officials clearing the fleet of 12 aircraft for flight once safety modifications are made.

DURBAN, South Africa (AP) - Arab states on Thursday rejected a compromise text of how the Middle East conflict should be referred to in the World Conference Against Racism's final declaration, the second such failure this week.

DURBAN, South Africa (AP) - Arab states on Thursday rejected a compromise text of how the Middle East conflict should be referred to in the World Conference Against Racism's final declaration, the second such failure this week.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. announced Wednesday that it will close the Decatur, Ill., plant that produced most of the 6.5 million tires the company was forced to recall last summer.