McCain: Tension between aides, Palin 'no big deal'
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U.S. Sen. John McCain said Saturday that he enjoyed reading running mate Sarah Palin's new memoir and downplayed any tension between their campaign aides as "no big deal." "I enjoyed the book and she and I are dear...
China coal mine blast death toll jumps to 87
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Rescuers worked in frigid cold to reach 21 miners trapped underground Sunday as the death toll from a huge gas explosion in a northern Chinese coal mine jumped to 87. The pre-dawn blast Saturday at the state-run...
Chavez praises alleged terrorist Carlos the Jackal
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President Hugo Chavez is praising Carlos the Jackal, the imprisoned Venezuelan once notorious for a series of Cold War-era bombings, assassinations and hostage dramas, saying he was a "revolutionary fighter" and not a...
Life requested for US suspect in Italy murder case
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Prosecutors on Saturday requested life in prison for an American student and her ex-boyfriend accused in the fatal stabbing of her British roommate during a drug-fueled sex game _ charges the U.S. woman dismissed as...
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State news agency says death toll in northeast China coal mine blast jumps to 87. ...
McCain links political correctness to shootings
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Sen. John McCain says he has no doubt that "political correctness" played a role in preventing concerns about the alleged Fort Hood gunman from reaching the right people. The Arizona senator says it remains to be...
Venezuela captures wanted Colombian fugitive
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Venezuelan authorities have captured a former Colombian official wanted for collaborating with outlawed right-wing paramilitary fighters. Magally Moreno, 39, is wanted by Colombian authorities on charges of aggravated...
Mexico says drug witness died in apparent suicide
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A top drug cartel suspect who turned state's evidence has been found dead in an apparent suicide, while a body found in Guerrero state was identified as a rebel leader who accused the state governor of drug ties,...
Swiss police: man attacked by bear in park
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A bear has attacked a man who entered its enclosure at a new park in Switzerland, and a policeman opened fire on the animal to defend the intruder. Police say the 25-year-old man and the 3-year-old bear both were...
Iran to hold war games to protect nuclear sites
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Iran will begin large-scale air defense war games Sunday aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from possible attack, a senior military commander said Saturday, reflecting the country's concern that Israel could...
Pope and Anglican leader agree on closer relations
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After offering a home in his church to disaffected Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI assured the archbishop of Canterbury on Saturday that he is still committed to seeking closer relations between Catholics and Anglicans. ...
Mumbai still vulnerable 1 year after attack
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The walls that the rockets blew out have not been repaired, and the plaster is a dense scattershot of bullet holes. Dozens of holes, blasted by grenades, pockmark the linoleum floors. One year after the terror attack...
Gaza militants agree to halt rocket fire
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Hamas announced Saturday evening that it has reached an agreement with other militant groups in Gaza to stop firing rockets at southern Israeli towns to prevent retaliatory attacks. Hamas has mostly refrained from...
Italian police arrest 2 linked to Mumbai attacks
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Italian police on Saturday arrested a Pakistani father and son who allegedly spent just over $200 to set up a reliable and untraceable phone network that was used by the militants who carried out last year's terror...
Sri Lanka to release 136,000 Tamil war refugees
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Sri Lanka will release next month the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in the squalid and overrun government camps where they've been detained since the country's civil war ended six months ago, a top official...
Azerbaijan threatens force over Nagorno-Karabakh
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President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan said Saturday his nation may resort to military force if talks with Armenia on resolving a long-standing territorial dispute produce no result. Aliyev said he expects to hold talks...
Saudi: 4 pilgrims die of swine flu before hajj
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Saudi health officials announced the first deaths from swine flu of this year's annual pilgrimage to Mecca, as four pilgrims succumbed to the disease soon after arriving in Saudi Arabia. The Health Ministry said none...
Life requested for US suspect in Italy murder case
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Prosecutors on Saturday requested life in prison for an American student and her ex-boyfriend accused in the fatal stabbing of her British roommate during a drug-fueled sex game _ charges the U.S. woman dismissed as...
Coal mine blast kills 42 in China, 66 trapped
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Rescuers working in frigid cold and darkness tried to reach 66 people believed trapped a third of a mile (half a kilometer) underground after a huge gas explosion Saturday ripped through a coal mine in northern China,...
Rocket hits outside luxury hotel in Afghan capital
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A rocket hit outside the luxury Serena Hotel in Afghanistan's capital late Saturday, wounding two people, the Interior Ministry said. The heavily guarded Serena regularly houses visiting diplomats, officials and...
Mubarak vows not to tolerate attacks on Egyptians
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President Hosni Mubarak entered Egypt's bitter soccer row with Algeria on Saturday, vowing in a televised speech that attacks on Egyptians abroad will not be tolerated. Mubarak did not mention Algeria by name in his...
Reports: 101-yr-old Brazil architect back at work
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Famed 101-year-old Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer is reportedly back at work just weeks after surgery for gallstones and an intestinal tumor. The daily newspaper O Globo reports that Niemeyer is working on a...
Iraqi parliament seeks to end election crisis
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Iraqi lawmakers on Saturday sought a compromise in a dispute over an election law that was vetoed by a vice president, throwing national polls slated for January into question. Parliament had planned to vote Saturday...
Afghan road builder's dream thwarted by violence
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Khalid Khan stares through the dusty window pane, down across the rooftops of the capital, and wonders if they really know where he lives. Once on the front lines of the international effort to rebuild Afghanistan, the...
Germany to send trial observer to NY
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A German government official says the nation will send an observer to the upcoming trial in New York of the professed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks and four accused henchmen. Justice Ministry...
Iraq working for release of Americans held in Iran
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An Iraqi official says Baghdad has contacted Tehran in a bid to secure the release of three Americans detained in Iran, but has received no reply. Foreign undersecretary Labid Abawi said Saturday that Iraq has sent...
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Prosecutors request life in jail for US student on trial for killing British roommate in Italy. ...
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Police report an explosion near the luxury Serena Hotel in Afghanistan's capital. ...
Buddhists from 2 Koreas hold joint ceremony
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Buddhist monks from South and North Korea held a joint ceremony at a temple in the communist country Saturday in a continuation of civic exchanges between the nations despite a bloody naval skirmish earlier this month. ...
3 men blow themselves up in Pakistani Kashmir
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Three suspected militants blew themselves up as police gave chase Saturday in the Pakistani part of disputed Kashmir, authorities said. No other casualties were reported, but the incident underscored fears that...
Afghan police are weak link in security force
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Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the country to Afghans so American and other foreign...
Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin
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A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. Experts say the historian may be reading too much into the...
Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found
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Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, an Italian museum director said...
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Chinese authorities say 11 people confirmed dead in coal mine explosion, 128 trapped. ...
Pro-Castro mob attacks spouse of top Cuban blogger
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The husband of an acclaimed dissident Cuban blogger was punched and shouted down by a pro-government mob Friday after he challenged the presumed state agents who earlier roughed up his wife to a street corner debate. ...
Mexico shifts strategy in border city violence
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Mexico's top domestic security official said Friday that sectors of the general public have cooperated with drug cartels in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez, and the government is about to launch new social...
Argentina forces dirty war orphans to provide DNA
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Valuing truth over the right to privacy, Argentina's Congress has authorized the forced extraction of DNA from people who may have been born to political prisoners slain a quarter-century ago _ even when they don't want...
Floods devastate UK Lake District, much of Ireland
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Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes. Military...
Kidnapped Britons say Somali pirates may kill them
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A retired British couple snatched from their yacht by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday they fear they could be killed within a week or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom demand is not paid. ...
McCain urges Obama to speed up Afghan decision
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U.S. Sen. John McCain predicted success in the Afghan war effort Friday if President Barack Obama makes a decision quickly to send the reinforcements requested by his top commander there. The Arizona senator told a...
Afghan police are weak link in security force
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Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the country to Afghans so American and other foreign...
Lesbian US war deserter wins stay of deportation
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A lesbian who deserted the U.S. military and fled to Canada must be given another chance to plead her case for refugee status, Canada's Federal Court ruled Friday. Judge Yves de Montigny said the board erred last...
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Spokesman says world's largest atom smasher circulates beam of protons after yearlong repairs. ...
6 world powers press Iran on nuclear issue
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Representatives of six world powers urged Iran on Friday to accept a U.N. plan aimed at delaying its ability to build a nuclear weapon, as the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency warned Tehran not to miss the...
Mexican reporter on organized crime goes missing
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Authorities in the western Mexican state of Michoacan are investigating the disappearance of a journalist who wrote about organized crime. Michoacan state's attorney general says police are looking for people who had...
US envoy criticizes coverage of Obama China visit
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Washington's ambassador to Beijing hit out Friday at negative U.S. media coverage of President Barack Obama's visit to China, saying it failed to take into account important progress on many issues. Although producing...
Mumbai still vulnerable 1 year after attack
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The walls that the rockets blew out have not been repaired, and the plaster is a dense scattershot of bullet holes. Dozens of holes, blasted by grenades, pockmark the linoleum floors. One year after the terror attack...
Gates: US to do its part to slow Afghan corruption
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The United States will do its part to reduce corruption in Afghanistan by examining its own contracts and projects, even as it is demanding the same from the Afghan government, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said...
Kidnapped Britons say Somali pirates may kill them
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A British couple being held hostage by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday that they fear they will be killed or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom is not paid soon. Paul and Rachel Chandler were...
WHO investigating Norway swine flu mutations
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The World Health Organization said Friday it is investigating samples of variant swine flu linked to two deaths and one severe case in Norway, but that so far the significance of the mutation is unclear. Norway's...