Sharp series of aftershocks strike New Zealand
(AP)
Tue, 7 Sep 2010, 28 mins agoAP - A sharp series of about 20 aftershocks rattled New Zealand's earthquake-hit city of Christchurch overnight, and earthquake experts warned Tuesday that another powerful tremblor might hammer the region in coming days.
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Death toll 45 in Guatemala mudslides; more missing
(AP)
Tue, 7 Sep 2010, 45 mins agoAP - Searchers on Monday pulled five more bodies from a mud-covered highway where back-to-back landslides buried bus passengers and people trying to save them. The deaths raised the official toll from rain-fueled mudslides in Guatemala to 45.
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Lawyer: Iran woman could be stoned to death soon
(AP)
Mon, 6 Sep 2010, 3 hours agoAP - The lawyer for an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned on an adultery conviction said Monday that he and her children are worried the delayed execution could be carried out soon with the end of a moratorium on death sentences for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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Suicide attack in NW Pakistan kills 17 people
(AP)
Mon, 6 Sep 2010, 4 hours agoAP - A Taliban suicide bomber detonated a car in an alley behind a police station in a strategically important town in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 17 police and civilians in an explosion that shattered the station and neighboring homes.
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Spain not convinced new Basque truce is credible
(AP)
Mon, 6 Sep 2010, 5 hours agoAP - How many cease-fires can you announce and break before everyone stops paying attention?
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Lax safety in Congo makes river travel dangerous
(AP)
Mon, 6 Sep 2010, 6 hours agoAP - In a country of dense rain forests with few paved roads, boarding an overcrowded boat on a treacherous river is simply a way of life. This weekend, journeys on the dangerous waterways stole the lives of up to 270 people.
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Afghan foreign troops death toll hits 500 for 2010
(Reuters)
Mon, 6 Sep 2010, 7 hours agoReuters - The number of foreign troops killed in Afghanistan this year has reached at least 500, compared with 521 in all of 2009, according to an independent monitoring site on Monday and a tally compiled by Reuters.
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NATO asks for more troops for Afghanistan
(AP)
Mon, 6 Sep 2010, 9 hours agoAP - The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan is asking for 2,000 more soldiers to join the 140,000-strong international force here, NATO officials said Monday. It was unclear how many would be Americans.
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Rare color footage of London blitz found
(AP)
Mon, 6 Sep 2010, 10 hours agoAP - Rare color footage of the bomb damage inflicted on London during World War II has surfaced on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Blitz.
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Report: 2,000 more NATO troops may be Afghan-bound
(AP)
Mon, 6 Sep 2010, 11 hours agoAP - NATO may deploy 2,000 more soldiers to Afghanistan to join the 140,000-strong international force already there, an official said Monday.
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Israeli FM pushes for new settlement construction
(AP)
Mon, 6 Sep 2010, 12 hours agoAP - Israel's hard-line foreign minister said Monday that his party will try to block any extension of Israel's settlement slowdown, a move that could derail the recently launched Mideast peace negotiations.
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Report: Van der Sloot concedes extorting Holloways
(AP)
Mon, 6 Sep 2010, 14 hours agoAP - The Dutchman charged with killing a 21-year-old Peruvian woman and suspected in the disappearance of U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway has acknowledged extorting money from Holloway's parents and says he did it to get back at them.
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Colombian is world's shortest man at 27 inches
(AP)
Mon, 6 Sep 2010, 16 hours agoAP - Edward Nino Hernandez is in many ways a typical 24-year-old Colombian male. He loves to dance reggaeton, dreams of owning a car — preferably a Mercedes_ and wants to see the world.
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Female, single, over 30: Iraqis count cost of war
(AP)
Mon, 6 Sep 2010, 18 hours agoAP - Only one of Nidal Haidar's six sisters is married. She has given up on ever getting hitched.
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Chile mine disaster exposes old family feuds
(AP)
Sun, 5 Sep 2010 10:10:05 PMAP - While a fire warms their campsite, the icy feeling between Cristina Nunez Macias and her mother-in-law is as palpable as the cold Atacama desert.
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Despite formal combat end, US joins Baghdad battle
(AP)
Sun, 5 Sep 2010 08:52:35 PMAP - Days after the U.S. officially ended combat operations and touted Iraq's ability to defend itself, American troops found themselves battling heavily armed militants assaulting an Iraqi military headquarters in the center of Baghdad on Sunday. The fighting killed 12 people and wounded dozens.
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Vatican: stoning in Iran adultery case 'brutal'
(AP)
Sun, 5 Sep 2010 05:04:30 PMAP - The Vatican raised the possibility Sunday of using behind-the-scenes diplomacy to try to save the life of an Iranian widow sentenced to be stoned for adultery.
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Hit on Iran would spell Israel's 'eradication': Ahmadinejad
(AFP)
Sun, 5 Sep 2010 04:38:47 PMAFP - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ruled out an attack on the Islamic republic over its nuclear programme, during a visit to Qatar on Sunday, because any such action would result in Israel's destruction.
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UPS 747 had smoke in cockpit before Dubai crash
(AP)
Sun, 5 Sep 2010 03:00:50 PMAP - Pilots on board a UPS cargo plane faced radio problems and smoke in the cockpit as they struggled to maintain altitude before crashing into the desert outside Dubai last week, investigators said Sunday.
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French bid to ban veils worries allies, tourists
(AP)
Sun, 5 Sep 2010 08:38:51 AMAP - Protests in Pakistan, al-Qaida warnings, skittish Muslim tourists: France's plan to do away with burqa-style veils is already reverberating far beyond its borders.
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