Floods kill 3 in along Mexico's Gulf coast
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Floods have killed at least three people in a Mexican Gulf coast state where authorities are struggling to persuade thousands of people to leave their inundated homes. Officials in the town of Huimanguillo say three...
9 suspects in Mexico Indian village massacre freed
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Mexico's highest court ordered the release of nine more people convicted in a 1997 massacre of Indians, ruling Wednesday their convictions were based on illegally obtained evidence. New trials were ordered for 16...
British deaths raise questions about Afghan police
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The killing of five British troops by a rogue Afghan policeman underlines concerns about training and discipline within the ranks and possible insurgent infiltration of a police force that the U.S. hopes will be its...
3 Mexican doctors accused of selling newborns
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Three doctors and a nurse have been arrested for allegedly selling newborns after telling mothers their babies had died at a private hospital in Mexico City, authorities said Wednesday. Police uncovered the scheme...
President Lugo fires Paraguay's military chiefs
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President Fernando Lugo fired Paraguay's military chiefs Wednesday, a day after denying he had worries about a coup amid calls for his impeachment. In a statement given to journalists at the presidential palace, Lugo...
Italian judge convicts 23 in CIA kidnap case
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An Italian judge found 23 Americans and two Italians guilty Wednesday in the kidnapping of an Egyptian terror suspect, delivering the first legal convictions anywhere in the world against people involved in the CIA's...
Swine flu reaches Yanomami Indians in the Amazon
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Swine flu has appeared among Venezuela's Yanomami Indians, one of the largest isolated indigenous groups in the Amazon, and a doctor said Wednesday that the virus is suspected in seven deaths, including six infants. ...
El Salvador sends 2,500 soldiers to fight crime
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El Salvador's defense minister says the army will send an additional 2,500 soldiers to crime-plagued parts of the country to increase security. Gen. David Munguia Payes says the troops will join 1,200 other soldiers...
Dutch islands offer amnesty to illegal immigrants
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The Netherlands Antilles has launched an amnesty program that will provide residence and working papers for thousands of illegal immigrants. Hundreds of people lined up outside an immigration office in St. Maarten on...
Israel: Commandos seize huge Iranian arms shipment
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Open crates from a cargo ship seized Wednesday by Israel revealed dark green missiles inside. Containers from the vessel bore writing in English that said "I.R. Iranian Shipping Lines Group." Israel alleged that the...
Prosecutors won't appeal decision to try Chirac
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Paris prosecutors said Wednesday they will not appeal a judge's decision to order former French President Jacques Chirac to stand trial in an alleged corruption case that predated his presidency. The case would mark...
Equatorial Guinea coup-plotter returns home to UK
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British mercenary Simon Mann has threatened to settle some old scores after arriving home Wednesday following more than five years in African jails for a failed plot to take over Equatorial Guinea's oil riches. Some...
US officials visit isolated Myanmar, meet Suu Kyi
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The highest-ranking American diplomat to visit Myanmar in 14 years offered improved relations Wednesday if its military regime moves toward democracy, putting into action the Obama administration's new policy of...
UN climate pact work moves on, deadline in doubt
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Negotiators at a U.N. climate conference in Spain further defined plans for reducing greenhouse emissions and continued work on a draft climate change treaty, with next month's deadline for a legal document increasingly...
Kenyan attorney mulls legal action against US
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Kenya's attorney general said Wednesday he is seeking legal advice about whether he can sue the U.S. government for revoking his travel visa. Attorney General Amos Wako told journalists that he received the U.S....
Iraq vote may be delayed, election head warns
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The official charged with carrying out Iraq's crucial January polls warned Wednesday that they will be delayed if parliament doesn't approve a key electoral bill. Any delay in the Jan. 16 elections could plunge Iraq...
Clinton: US wants Israel settlement halt 'forever'
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton defended the U.S. stance toward Israeli settlement building to worried Arab allies on Wednesday, saying Washington does not accept the legitimacy of the West Bank enclaves and...
State media: Quake injures 700 in southern Iran
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An earthquake struck a key port city in southern Iran early Wednesday, injuring at least 700 people and cutting power and telephone lines, the state news agency reported. IRNA said 100 of the injured had been...
No more duck house: Britain cuts lawmaker expenses
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Drain the moat, tear down the duck house, fire the housekeeper. British lawmakers face strict new allowance rules following a scandal over their outrageous expense claims. The rules published Wednesday will ban...
BVI judge hears requests before sentencing US man
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A Rhode Island man convicted of killing his wife during a 1999 scuba trip should serve at least 25 years in prison before getting parole, prosecutors in the British Virgin Islands told a judge on Wednesday. David...
Russia stresses tolerance on national holiday
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Tens of thousands of people took part in Moscow street rallies and concerts Wednesday on a new national holiday that the Kremlin tried to portray as a celebration of Russia's ethnic diversity. The Moscow rallies were...
Report: Suspend Zimbabwe over diamond smuggling
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Investigators for the world's diamond control body say Zimbabwe should be suspended because its security forces are raping women, killing illegal miners and smuggling gems out of a diamond field in the troubled...
Bill Clinton links extremism, lack of opportunity
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Former President Bill Clinton on Wednesday drew a link between extremism and lack of opportunity in the Middle East, telling students in the region that suicide bombers are driven by a feeling they have more to gain in...
Swiss freeze Libya deal as Gadhafi saga drags on
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The Swiss government on Wednesday suspended a deal to repair its damaged relations with Libya until two Swiss citizens held in the Arab country are allowed to return home. Switzerland also toughened visa restrictions...
Palestinians threaten Israel with 1-state solution
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The Palestinians should give up seeking an independent state and pursue a single country in which they would enjoy equal rights with Israelis, the chief Palestinian negotiator in Mideast peace talks said Wednesday. The...
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Italian court convicts 23 Americans of kidnapping in CIA rendition of Muslim cleric. ...
Officials: Pakistan army enters Taliban stronghold
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Pakistani soldiers battled Taliban fighters Wednesday in the streets of a key militant stronghold, officials said, as government forces pressed ahead with their offensive in the tribal region of South Waziristan. The...
IRA veterans aid NIreland dissidents, report says
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Irish Republican Army dissidents are posing their greatest security threat in Northern Ireland since the province's peace accord 11 years ago _ and are receiving help from a handful of IRA veterans in plotting gun and...
8 children drown in Indian boat accident
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At least eight children drowned Wednesday when a boat carrying at least 35 students capsized in southern India, police said. Rescue workers were searching for the other children and their fate was not immediately...
Study: Fiddler crabs exchange sex for survival
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In the world of fiddler crabs, the best form of protection for females is, apparently, having sex with the neighbors, according to an Australian study published Wednesday. Researchers from The Australian National...
In Tokyo, Bush reminisces about baseball days
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Exactly a year after Barack Obama was voted to replace him as president, George W. Bush was in Japan on Wednesday talking about his former life _ in sports. Bush, a former part-owner of the Texas Rangers baseball team,...
Malaysia rejects call to release 10,000 Bibles
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The Malaysian government has refused to release 10,000 Bibles confiscated for using the word "Allah" to refer to God, a banned translation in Christian texts in this Muslim-majority country, an official said Wednesday. ...
Georgia's FM renounces Russian citizenship
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Georgia's foreign minister renounced his Russian citizenship Wednesday, formally cutting ties with Moscow that were formed in the Soviet era. Grigol Vashadze, 51, an ethnic Georgian and veteran diplomat, graduated in...
Vietnam storm death toll rises to 91
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The death toll from Tropical Storm Mirinae rose to 91 in Vietnam on Wednesday as authorities stepped up rescue and relief operations in the country's central region. In the hardest-hit province of Phu Yen, 26 more...
State media: Quake injures 700 in southern Iran
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An earthquake struck a key port city in southern Iran early Wednesday, injuring at least 700 people and cutting power and telephone lines, the state news agency reported. IRNA said 100 of the injured had been...
Anthropology giant Claude Levi-Strauss dead at 100
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After weeks crossing the high seas, Claude Levi-Strauss breathed in his first lungful of the New World, a perfume tinged with pepper or tobacco. The sensory awakening was the start of a journey that turned a young...
Tokyo train stations use lights to stem suicides
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Alarmed by a rise in people jumping to their deaths in front of trains, some Japanese railway operators are installing special blue lights above station platforms they hope will have a soothing effect and reduce...
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Israeli military says navy has seized arms ship 100 miles off Israel's shore. ...
UK: 5 British soldiers killed in Afghanistan
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Britain's defense ministry says five soldiers have been killed in southern Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defense says the five _ three from the Grenadier Guards and two from the Royal Military Police _ died from gunshot...
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Afghan authorities say a policeman was attacker in killing of 5 British soldiers. ...
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British defense ministry says 5 soldiers killed in Afghanistan. ...
Pacific diplomatic row deepens
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New Zealand and Australia expelled Fiji's top diplomats Wednesday after the military-ruled nation threw out their emissaries, and the Australian leader vowed to stay tough on Fiji to prevent a coup culture from...
Mexican troops kill federal agent in gunbattle
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Police and soldiers killed a federal agent driving one of three cars that ignored orders to stop in northern Mexico, triggering a chase and gunbattle Tuesday, authorities said. The police and troops were on a joint...
Report: SKorean tycoon dead of apparent suicide
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The ousted chairman of South Korea's oldest conglomerate, the Doosan Group, was found dead in an apparent suicide, a news report said Wednesday. Park Yong-oh was found dead at his Seoul home in what appeared to be a...
American, Russian wounded in Panama resort town
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Panamanian police say they have arrested two teenage boys for allegedly wounding an American and a Russian tourist in a botched robbery attempt. Police spokesman Roberto Ballesteros says investigators believe the...
Floods force 44,000 people from homes in Mexico
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Flooding after days of heavy rain along Mexico's Gulf Coast has forced more than 44,000 people from their homes. Tabasco state Gov. Andres Granier says several rivers jumped their banks, flooding homes in more than 90...
Turbulence caused crash that killed Mexico's No. 2
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Investigators have confirmed that turbulence from a larger plane caused the crash of a government jet that killed Mexico's interior secretary and 15 other people a year ago. Lead government investigator Gilberto Lopez...
Mexico mayor announces death before body is found
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Mauricio Fernandez couldn't have been happier. Here he was, being sworn in again as mayor of one of northern Mexico's most exclusive communities, and he had wonderful news to share: "Black Saldana, who apparently is...
Clinton diverts to Egypt for Mideast peace talks
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made a hastily arranged stop in the Egyptian capital Tuesday to consult with a longtime Arab ally amid indications of a shifting U.S. strategy for getting Israel and the...
NKorea claims to expand arsenal of atomic bombs
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North Korea claimed Tuesday that it has successfully weaponized more plutonium for atomic bombs, a day after warning Washington to agree quickly to direct talks or face the prospect of a growing North Korean nuclear...