Pressures on Pakistan's president mount
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Pakistan's unpopular president is coming under increasing pressure from the powerful army and political opponents to resign or relinquish most of his powers, fueling political turmoil just as the West wants the country...
Afghanistan to be given timetable for progress
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Countries backing Afghanistan's government are going to demand that it meet specific security benchmarks, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday, outlining a plan to let foreign troops gradually hand control...
Honduras hopes to move past coup with election
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Hondurans choose a new president Sunday whose first challenge will be defending his legitimacy to the world and his people, and ending a debilitating, five-month-long crisis caused by Central America's first coup in...
Iranian lawmaker: Iran could leave nuclear treaty
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A conservative Iranian legislator warned Saturday that his country may pull out of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty after a U.N. resolution censuring Tehran _ a move that could seriously undermine world attempts to...
Venezuela turns to cloud-seeding to battle drought
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Hugo Chavez says he is starting to "bombard" clouds now that Cuba has provided Venezuela with cloud-seeding help in an effort to produce rain and alleviate the effects of a severe drought. The Venezuelan president said...
America wages new war in Vietnam - on AIDS
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When her husband fell ill with AIDS, doctors at the hospital turned him away, fearing they would catch the virus. "They told him, 'There's nothing we can do for you. Just go home and wait to die,'" said Do Thi Phuong....
German trial is new twist in Demjanjuk saga
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John Demjanjuk once was the focus of the world's attention for the bloodcurdling crimes he stood accused of. Today, he's attracting notice for being the lowest-ranking person to go on trial for Nazi crimes in World War...
Swiss vote on anti-Islam move to ban new minarets
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Swiss voters are deciding in a referendum Sunday whether to accept a ban on the construction of minarets, which right-wing parties regard as symbols of militant Islam. The move _ led by the Swiss People's Party, which...
US man wanted for ecoterror sentenced in China
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An American man wanted for ecoterrorism attacks in the western United States has been sentenced to three years in a Chinese prison for making illegal drugs. Justin Franchi Solondz, 30, was given the sentence Friday,...
A look at prosecutions of Nazi suspects in Germany
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A look at recent prosecutions of suspected Nazi war criminals in Germany. _ November, 2009: Prosecutors file charges against former SS Sgt. Adolf Storms on 58 counts of murder in connection with a massacre of Jewish...
Chronology of Demjanjuk case, Adv29
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Key dates in the case of John Demjanjuk: _ 1920: Born in Ukraine. _ 1942: Captured by German forces while serving in the Soviet Red Army. _ 1952: Demjanjuk emigrates to the U.S., claims to have spent much of World...
Death toll in Bangladesh ferry capsize rises to 40
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Rescuers searched inside the submerged cabins of a triple-deck ferry Sunday for scores of people believed to be missing after it capsized near a dock in southern Bangladesh, killing at least 40, authorities said. The...
US soldiers: Afghan war more challenging than Iraq
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Veterans of Iraq recall rolling to war along asphalted highways, sweltering in flat scrublands and chatting with city-wise university graduates connected to the wider world. Now fighting in Afghanistan, U.S. soldiers...
Russia: Bomb caused train crash that killed 26
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A powerful homemade bomb sent a high-speed Moscow-to-St. Petersburg train careening off its tracks, Russian officials said Saturday, killing at least 26 people in what officials consider an act of terrorism. The head...
Dubai looks to oil-rich neighbor for possible aid
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As world markets absorbed the shock of Dubai's debt crisis, the ruler of the once-booming city-state left town for an important meeting in a desert palace. His hosts: the leaders of neighboring Abu Dhabi whose balance...
Canada close to nuclear deal with India
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Canada has concluded negotiations on a nuclear cooperation agreement with India to sell nuclear technology and materials to the energy-starved South Asian nation, Canada's prime minister said Saturday. Conservative...
10,000 E. African albinos in hiding after killings
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The mistaken belief that albino body parts have magical powers has driven thousands of Africa's albinos into hiding, fearful of losing their lives and limbs to unscrupulous dealers who can make up to $75,000 selling a...
Lima apologizes to Afro-Peruvians for abuses
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The government of Peru is apologizing to its Afro-Peruvian population for the first time for centuries of abuse, exclusion and discrimination. An executive resolution says discrimination against black Peruvians still...
Bangladesh ferry capsizes at dock; 37 dead
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A triple-deck ferry packed with hundreds of travelers heading home for an Islamic festival capsized as they disembarked in southern Bangladesh, leaving at least 37 dead and scores missing, authorities said Saturday. ...
Pakistani president turns over nuclear authority
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Pakistan's president relinquished command of its nuclear arsenal to the prime minister, a political ally, and signaled he was ready to shed more power as he faces growing pressure to resign. The move came as an amnesty...
3 Americans die in cargo plane crash in China
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A Zimbabwe-registered cargo plane crashed in flames during takeoff from Shanghai's main airport Saturday, killing three American crew members and injuring four others on board. The accident closed two runways at the...
Unlikely politician tries comeback in Mexico
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A street vendor-turned-politician has thrown Mexico City's most populous district into political chaos by trying to reclaim the post of borough chief he won as a stand-in candidate in July elections. Rafael Acosta _...
Raul Castro praises Cuban army as well prepared
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Raul Castro toured military installations and met with his armed forces high command during three days of extensive war games, saying his forces' preparedness inspires more respect than possession of an advanced weapon...
Knox's parents investigated for defamation
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The parents of American student Amanda Knox are being investigated for alleged defamation for saying Italian police abused their daughter before arresting her in the 2007 slaying of her British roommate. Curt Knox told...
Police: murderous moose a suspect in Swedish death
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Swedish police say they've cleared a man who was arrested for allegedly murdering his wife after deciding the culprit was most likely a moose. Police spokesman Ulf Karlsson says "the improbable has become probable" in...
Sahara activist reported weak from hunger strike
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An award-winning Western Sahara independence activist who has been on a nearly two-week hunger strike since Morocco expelled her from the disputed territory is so weak she can hardly stand or speak, supporters said...
Afghanistan to be given timetable for progress
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Countries backing Afghanistan's government are going to demand that it meet specific security benchmarks, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday, outlining a plan to let foreign troops gradually hand control...
Hajj devil stoning ritual biggest swine flu risk
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Millions of Muslim pilgrims, many wearing surgical masks, jostled together shoulder-to-shoulder furiously casting pebbles at stone walls representing the devil Saturday _ the hajj ritual of highest concern to world...
Chronology of Demjanjuk case
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Key dates in the case of John Demjanjuk: _ 1920: Born in Ukraine. _ 1942: Captured by German forces while serving in the Soviet Red Army. _ 1952: Demjanjuk emigrates to the U.S., claims to have spent much of World...
A look at prosecutions of Nazi suspects in Germany
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Recent prosecutions of suspected Nazi war criminals in Germany: _ November 2009: Prosecutors file charges against former SS Sgt. Adolf Storms on 58 counts of murder in connection with a massacre of Jewish forced...
SKorea fishing boat sinks off Uruguay; no one hurt
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A South Korean fishing vessel has burned and sunk in the port of Uruguay's capital. Navy officials say all 38 crew members are safe. Navy spokesman Anselmo Borges says Saturday's fire began in the bunk area and spread...
German trial is new twist in Demjanjuk saga
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John Demjanjuk once was the focus of the world's attention for the bloodcurdling crimes of which he stood accused. Today, he's attracting notice for being the lowest-ranking person to go on trial for Nazi crimes in...
America wages new war in Vietnam _ on AIDS
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When her husband fell ill with AIDS, doctors at the hospital turned him away, fearing they would catch the virus. "They told him, 'There's nothing we can do for you. Just go home and wait to die,'" said Do Thi Phuong....
Flooding traps 16 in northern China coal mine
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Flooding trapped 16 coal miners in northeastern China on Saturday, while the death toll from a gas blast at another mine rose to 10. China's mining industry is the world's deadliest, with most accidents blamed on poor...
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Russian news agencies: Security chief says traces of explosives found at train crash site. ...
Australia welcomes giant pandas with city party
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Two giant pandas from China were welcomed to Australia on Saturday with gifts of bamboo and a city party before settling into their new home, a 25-acre (10-hectare) natural enclosure at the Adelaide Zoo. Four-year-old...
Summit may help settle Latin American spats
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Latin American leaders have a chance to defuse some of their continent's political tensions at a summit opening Sunday. The annual Iberoamerican meeting brings together 19 Latin American countries and European nations...
12 inmates escape prison in western Afghanistan
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A dozen prisoners escaped jail through a tunnel they dug from their cell to the outside in western Afghanistan, police said Saturday. Afghan police arrested three men for the shooting death of an Afghan Red Crescent...
Pope lauds '84 Argentina-Chile peace agreement
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Pope Benedict XVI hailed a 1984 Vatican-mediated friendship agreement between Argentina and Chile as a "luminous example" of peace winning out over war during an audience Saturday with the presidents of both countries. ...
Death toll from floods in Saudi reaches 106
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A Saudi official says the death toll from the unusually heavy rains that hit western Saudi Arabia has reached 106. The official says rescue teams were looking for possible survivors from the downpours that caused heavy...
Man wanted on US terror charges sentenced in China
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An American man wanted in the United States on terrorism charges has been sentenced in China for making illegal drugs, a court official said Saturday. Justin Franchi Solondz was given three years in prison Friday, the...
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US Embassy spokesman says 3 Americans die in Zimbabwe cargo plane crash in Shanghai. ...
First civil lawsuit starts in China milk scandal
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A court is hearing the country's first civil lawsuit by a man whose child was sickened in China's vast tainted milk scandal, state media reported Saturday. At least six children died last year after drinking...
Guatemala mob kills, burns 3 suspected criminals
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Police say a mob in Guatemala burned to death two men and a woman suspected of killing a local bus driver. Photos show the half-burned bodies lying in a street in the western city of Solola. Police say the three were...
Japan launches 5th spy satellite
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Japan launched its fifth spy satellite into orbit Saturday in a bid to boost its ability to independently gather intelligence, the government said. The domestically developed H-2A rocket carrying the $565 million...
Abbas says Israeli settlement freeze not enough
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas dismissed an Israeli plan to halt new construction of West Bank settlements as insufficient on Friday, saying it won't be enough to restart peace talks. The Palestinian president said...
New Zealanders mark 30-year-old air tragedy
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About 70 New Zealanders stood in silence in the Antarctic snow Saturday to remember 257 people who perished 30 years earlier when an airplane smashed into a nearby mountain in New Zealand's worst air disaster. After a...
Flooding traps 17 in northern China coal mine
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A work safety official says flooding has trapped 17 coal miners in northeastern China. The official in Jilin province says the flooding occurred Friday afternoon at the mine in Meikou city. He says workers are...
Britain, France back global fund for climate ills
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The leaders of Britain and France gave their backing Friday to a global fund that would provide billions of dollars to poor countries to help them reduce the output of greenhouse gases linked to climate change. British...
Bison return as Mexico releases 23 animals from US
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Bison have returned to Mexico for the first time since the 1800s, with Mexican authorities releasing 23 donated U.S. animals in northern Chihuahua state. Parts of northern Mexico once constituted the southern range for...