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Worldwide News
| 06/03/2010
Dictator's son winner of Togo election(AP)
| |  AP - Togo's election commission on Saturday declared the son of the country's late dictator winner of the presidential race, extending the family's rule into a fifth decade in a deep blow to Togo's opposition, which vowed to take to the streets in protest.
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| 06/03/2010
2 Darfur peacekeepers missing after ambush(AP)
| |  AP - Two international peacekeepers have gone missing in south Darfur along with half a dozen vehicles and equipment after an ambush on their patrol, the U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission in the region said Saturday.
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| 06/03/2010
Iraq's vote key test for a democracy in progress(AP)
| |  AP - Billed as a key test of Iraq's nascent democracy, Iraqis fear Sunday's parliamentary election will lead to a protracted period of uncertainty as the winners and losers try to cobble together a new government— even as American forces prepare to go home.
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| 06/03/2010
Hailstorm delays sports, trains in Australia(AP)
| | AP - A severe thunderstorm dumped hail and rain on the eastern Australian city of Melbourne on Saturday, delaying sporting events, shutting down transportation and forcing the evacuation of a train station when the storm tore a hole in its roof. > more |
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| 05/03/2010
Togo Tip-Toeing Toward Reconciliation(OneWorld.net)
| | OneWorld.net - LOMÉ, Mar 4 (IRIN) - As up to 3.2 million Togolese cast their ballotsin the presidential election on 4 March, IRIN asked voters and expertswhat it would take to reach true reconciliation after decades ofpolitical violence. This is the first of a two-part series on Togo'sroad to reconciliation. > more |
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| 20/02/2010
Vegas hotel unveils Elvis extravaganza(AP)
| |  AP - Three decades after Elvis Presley took his last bow on the Las Vegas Strip, where he once reigned as king, the magicians of Cirque du Soleil have tried to summon back the power of this supreme entertainer in a show titled,"Viva Elvis."
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| 20/02/2010
Dalai Lama doesn't fault Obama for low-key meeting(AP)
| |  AP - Just days after meeting with President Barack Obama, the Dalai Lama said Saturday that he was not offended by the low-key reception he received and understands that the president must be practical despite his stated commitment to championing human rights worldwide.
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| 20/02/2010
Ala. shooting suspect brilliant, but social misfit(AP)
| |  AP - Amy Bishop's intelligence was never debatable. Even as a child, she didn't hesitate to tell people when they were wrong. As she grew older, earned a Harvard Ph.D and claimed a genius IQ of 180, her brilliance could come with a bluntness, condescension and volatile self-righteousness.
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| 20/02/2010
IRS worker killed in crash was a loyal family man(AP)
| |  AP - The family of a longtime Internal Revenue Service employee killed when a pilot harboring an anti-IRS grudge flew his plane into his office remembered the Vietnam veteran Saturday as devoted family man who likely would have tried to save his co-workers from the burning building before escaping himself.
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| 20/02/2010
Pa. school official defended in webcam spy case(AP)
| |  AP - A suburban Philadelphia school district accused of secretly switching on laptop computer webcams inside students'homes says it never used webcam images to monitor or discipline students and believes one of its administrators has been"unfairly portrayed and unjustly attacked."
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| 20/02/2010
Top U.S. commander sees progress in 2 campaigns(AP)
| |  AP - The U.S. commander overseeing troops in Iraq and Afghanistan said Saturday that the military is on pace in its plans to shift away from a combat mission in Iraq, but he warned that casualties will worsen in Afghanistan.
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| 19/02/2010
NJ Sen. Frank Lautenberg, 86, has stomach lymphoma(AP)
| |  AP - Sen. Frank Lautenberg, at 86 the nation's second oldest U.S. senator, has curable lymphoma of the stomach, his office said Friday. Doctors for the Democrat found B-cell lymphoma that will require treatment over the next few months, spokesman Caley Gray said in a news release. He will not be resigning, Gray said.
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| 19/02/2010
Texas plane crash exposes gap in US air security(AP)
| |  AP - After 9/11, cockpit doors were sealed, air marshals were added and airport searches became more aggressive, all to make sure an airliner could never again be used as a weapon. Yet little has been done to guard against attacks with smaller planes.
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| 19/02/2010
Hearsay hearing for Drew Peterson comes to an end(AP)
| |  AP - A hearing for Drew Peterson ended Friday night with the same question it began with a month ago:Is there enough evidence to convince a judge that the former police officer may have killed his third and fourth wives to keep them from testifying before a jury?
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| 19/02/2010
Small stolen plane lands at Los Angeles airport(AP)
| | AP - A man with an expired student pilot license allegedly stole a single-engine plane from a small airfield near San Diego, flew it north and made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport early Friday, authorities said. > more |
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