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Cancer Drug May Keep Lockerbie Bomber Alive for 5 Years (16 March 07:56) |
| The Lockerbie bomber is at the center of a fresh row after it emerged he is taking a cancer drug that could keep him alive for five more years, The Sun reported on Monday. |
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British Boy Kidnapped in Pakistan Freed (16 March 03:24) |
| Kidnappers released a 5-year-old British boy unharmed Tuesday almost two weeks after abducting him from his grandparents' house in central Pakistan, British and Pakistani officials said. |
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Somalia Signs Deal With Militia in Fight Against Insurgents (15 March 11:20) |
| Somalia's government signed an agreement with a powerful militia on Monday that offers high-level militants senior government positions in return for their military support during a long-pla... |
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German Diocese Suspends Priest Amid Sex Abuse Charges (15 March 11:17) |
| Pope Benedict XVI's former diocese says it has suspended a priest convicted in 1986 of sexually abusing minors and accepted the resignation of his superior. |
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Drug Gang to Blame for Killings of US Consulate Workers (15 March 10:35) |
| A suspected Mexican drug gang gunned down two cars carrying families with ties to the U.S. consulate on Saturday, killing an American couple and a Mexican man in the country's deadliest city... |
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Iran Bans Leading Pro-Reform Political Party (15 March 10:29) |
| Iran's hard-line government says the country's largest pro-reform political party has been banned as part of the crackdown on the opposition. |
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Netanyahu Jerusalem Building Doesnt Hurt Arabs (15 March 09:42) |
| Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Jewish building in east Jerusalem does not hurt the city's Palestinian residents. |
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UK Lawmaker Found Dead Inside Home (15 March 09:30) |
| U.K. Labour Party lawmaker Ashok Kumar was found dead at his home in Middlesbrough, northern England, Monday, his office said. |
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Pakistan Police Find Cache of Explosives in Lahore (15 March 09:20) |
| Pakistani police discovered a cache of bomb-making equipment and thousands of pounds of explosives Monday in an empty Lahore shop where authorities said a string of attacks on the eastern ci... |
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US Military Hands Over Prison to Iraqi Government (15 March 09:18) |
| The U.S. military has turned over a prison holding some 2,900 detainees to Iraqi authorities. |
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UN Expert No Korean Farm Controls Causing Hunger (15 March 09:12) |
| North Korea should let farms produce freely and allow food to be sold in local markets because the communist government cannot provide enough food for its people, a U.N. human rights investi... |
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Thai PM Rejects Protesters Call for New Elections (15 March 08:28) |
| Thailand's prime minister, backed by a formidable military force, rejected an ultimatum to dissolve Parliament on Monday as tens of thousands of red-shirted protesters vowed to wet the seat ... |
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Georgian Opposition Condemns Phony TV War Report (15 March 08:16) |
| Georgia's opposition politicians are denouncing the government over a hoax television broadcast that said Russia had invaded and the president had been killed. |
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South Africas Youth Leader Convicted of Hate Speech (15 March 07:23) |
| A court convicted the governing party's youth leader of hate speech Monday after he said the woman who once accused South Africa's president of rape had had a 'nice time' because she stayed ... |
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Teams Forcibly Evacuate Mozambique Flood Victims (15 March 07:04) |
| Authorities say rescue teams have evacuated 6,000 people, some of them forcibly, from flood-stricken districts in central Mozambique. |
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Rocket Attack Kills 1 at NATO Base in Afghanistan (15 March 06:57) |
| An early morning rocket attack on the largest U.S. military hub in Afghanistan killed one person Monday, NATO said. In the east, meanwhile, Afghan authorities thwarted three would-be homicid... |
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Car Bombs Explode During Nigerian Amnesty Talks (15 March 06:42) |
| Twin car bombs exploded outside a government building where amnesty talks were underway Monday in Nigeria's restive and oil-rich region, wounding two people and causing panic, a government s... |
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Pope to Lend Decisive Voice to Catholic Sex Abuse Debate (15 March 06:15) |
| A top Vatican official says Pope Benedict XVI will speak with a 'clear and decisive voice' when he addresses clerical sex abuses in Ireland in a forthcoming letter. |
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Egypt Arrests Israeli Journalist Along the Border (15 March 06:03) |
| Egyptian security officials arrested an Israeli journalist as he tried to sneak across the porous Israeli-Egyptian border with African migrants, his newspaper reported Monday. |
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Vatican Denies Celibacy Requirement Led to Sex Abuse Scandal (14 March 11:21) |
| The Vatican has strongly denied that its celibacy requirement is the root of the sex abuse scandal convulsing the church in Europe and has again defended Pope Benedict XVI's handling of the ... |
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Pakistani Jets Pound Taliban Hide-Outs Killing 17 (14 March 10:48) |
| Pakistani fighter jets pounded Taliban hide-outs near the Afghan border Sunday, killing 17 insurgents, local officials said. |
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Yemen Launches Airstrike on Al Qaeda Hideout (14 March 09:45) |
| Yemen's embassy in Washington says its nation's air force launched an airstrike on an al Qaeda hideout ahead of a likely terror attack. |
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Taliban Kandahar Bombings a Warning to NATO (14 March 09:20) |
| Deadly bomb attacks in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar were a warning to NATO's top general that the Taliban are ready for a coming offensive in their heartland, the insurgents said Sun... |
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Afghan Official Wants More Troops After Series of Blasts (14 March 09:16) |
| The governor of Kandahar province demanded more security around Afghanistan's largest southern city Sunday after a series of explosions killed dozens of people in the Taliban heartland. |
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Transformer Issue Causes Massive Blackout in Chile (14 March 08:50) |
| The area affected covered a 1243 miles stretch affecting about 80 per cent of Chile's population of 17 million people, officials told AFP. |
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British Couple Appeals Dubai Kissing Conviction (14 March 06:44) |
| A British couple is appealing a jail sentence after being accused of sharing a passionate kiss in a Dubai restaurant. |
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Magnitude 66 Quake Sways Buildings in Tokyo (14 March 05:02) |
| A strong magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit off the eastern coast of Japan on Sunday, rattling buildings across a broad swath of the country, including the crowded capital. |
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Partial Count in Iraq Provinces Has Prime Minister In Lead (14 March 12:57) |
| Partial counts from all of Iraq's 18 provinces show the prime minister's bloc leading in the country's key parliamentary elections. |
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Bolivia Drops Bid to Host Miss Universe Pageant (14 March 12:54) |
| Bolivia is dropping its bid to host the Miss Universe pageant because it would cost more than anticipated. |
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Israeli PM Plays Down Dispute With US Over Settlements (14 March 11:53) |
| Israel's prime minister tried to play down a serious diplomatic dispute with the United States on Sunday, urging calm after another stern rebuke from Washington over plans to build 1,600 new... |
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Partial Count in All Iraq Provinces Has Prime Minister In Le (14 March 11:46) |
| Partial counts from all of Iraq's 18 provinces show the prime minister's bloc leading in the country's key parliamentary elections. |
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Venezuelan Web site Rejects Chavezs Allegations (14 March 11:43) |
| A Venezuelan Web site that was accused by President Hugo Chavez of spreading false reports of killings said Sunday the government is trying to restrict criticism. |
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Avalanche in Canada Mountains Kills 2 Others Missing (14 March 11:39) |
| An avalanche struck a rally of up to 200 snowmobilers in Canada's Rocky Mountains on Saturday, killing at least three people and leaving an unknown number missing, police said. |
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Mexico Drug War Hits New Bloody Level in Border City (13 March 10:52) |
| Bodies are piling up, several journalists are reportedly missing or dead and once-busy streets are empty after dark. |
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UK Rejects Calls to Raise Criminal Age From 10 to 12 (13 March 09:46) |
| The U.K. government rejected calls from one of its advisers to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12, the Times of London reported Saturday. |
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Vatican Officials Defend Pope on Abuse (13 March 07:11) |
| The Vatican on Saturday denounced what it called aggressive attempts to drag Pope Benedict XVI into the spreading scandals of pedophile priests in his German homeland, and contended he has l... |
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23 Christians Wounded in Egypt Bishop Says (13 March 06:58) |
| An Egyptian bishop says 23 Coptic Christians have been wounded when extremist Muslims attacked a church community center in a western province. |
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Homicide Attack at Security Checkpoint in Pakistan Kills 13 (13 March 03:57) |
| A homicide bomber driving a motorized rickshaw blew himself up at a security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, officials said, killing at least 13 people, injuring 52 and unde... |
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Report N Korea to Rejoin Nuclear Talks in April (13 March 02:07) |
| North Korea plans to head back to the bargaining table early next month for talks aimed at ending its nuclear weapons program, a news report said Saturday. |
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Vandals Ransack Former Nazi Concentration Camp (13 March 12:28) |
| Vandals sprayed anti-Semitic graffiti on Holocaust memorials at a former Nazi concentration camp in Poland, desecration that authorities discovered Saturday and are investigating. |
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Nudes Photographer Meets Resistance In the Holy Land (13 March 12:20) |
| Dov Litvinoff, head of the Tamar Regional Council, vowed he wouldn't support the project "logistically nor in terms of budget." |
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Iran Says it Broke Up US-Backed Cyber War Networks (13 March 12:17) |
| A judiciary statement says the networks were set up by Iranian opposition groups, including the armed People's Mujahedeen, and that 30 of their members were arrested. |
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4 Homicide Attacks Hit Afghanistan Killing 30 (13 March 12:11) |
| The Afghan president's half-brother says at least 30 people have died and dozens more hurt in four suicide attacks in the southern city of Kandahar. |
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Housing Still Elusive in Haiti Ahead of Torrential Rains (13 March 11:48) |
| Trash and sewage are piling up at the squalid tent camps that hundreds of thousands have called home since Haiti's devastating earthquake and with torrential rains expected any day, autho... |
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Last US Missionary Detained in Haiti Faces New Charge (13 March 11:35) |
| Judge Bernard Saint-Vil says Laura Silsby has been charged for a newly discovered, alleged attempt to bus child earthquake survivors to the Dominican Republic on Jan. 26. |
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Third Bomb Hits Pakistans Lahore City (12 March 09:36) |
| Pakistani news reports say another bomb has exploded in the eastern city of Lahore, hours after twin homicide bombings killed at least 43 people and wounded about 100. |
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Iraqi PM Starts Laying Groundwork for New Government (12 March 08:44) |
| The Iraqi prime minister's bloc said Friday it has started laying the groundwork to form a coalition government. |
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43 Dead 100 Wounded in Pakistan Bomb Attacks (12 March 08:40) |
| A pair of homicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other Friday, killing at least 43 people in this eastern city and wounding about 100, police sa... |
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Brown Sarkozy Slam US Protectionism Over Plane (12 March 08:27) |
| The French and British leaders accused the United States of protectionism on Friday over a contract to build a new Air Force refueling tanker. |
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Yemeni Authorities Seize Broadcast Equipment From Al-Jazeera (12 March 06:48) |
| Al-Jazeera television says Yemeni authorities confiscated broadcasting equipment from the station's San'a offices after complaining of its coverage of the country's restive southern region. |
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