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Amid searing change in the Middle East and North Africa, President Barack Obama will address U.S. policy toward the region in a speech that could be delivered as early as next week. Aides said Obama's emphasis would be regional and political, highlighting the democratic values that have linked the popular uprisings that started in Tunisia and Egypt and quickly spread throughout the region. But

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Speakers at a United Nations forum on Monday urged the world's poorest nations to help their vulnerable citizens by pursuing good governance, while some leaders said rich countries had not done enough to help developing regions. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was among some 8,000 delegates who converged on Istanbul for the conference on "least-developed countries," which lists 48 members in

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BEIJING (AP) -- A fight broke out between an employee and a customer at an Apple store in China's capital amid a frenzy to buy the newly launched white iPhone 4, a witness said. Thirty-year-old Wang Ming said Saturday's scuffle at the Apple store in Beijing's Sanlitun district was between a "foreign" Apple staffer and a Chinese customer. An Apple spokeswoman in China, Carolyn Wu, said the store "

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TIRANA, Albania (AP) -- Less than four months after opposition anger over contested national elections triggered deadly clashes with police, Albanians vote for local authorities on Sunday - at the close of a campaign marred by bombings and political violence. Half a dozen candidates have suffered beatings or had their cars or homes targeted in explosions, the latest of which injured an opposition

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SHANGHAI (AP) -- Chinese car and battery maker BYD Co. is awaiting approval from China's stock regulators for a share offering on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange aimed at raising cash for a major expansion. The China Securities Regulatory Commission is due to review the application on Monday. BYD did not give any timetable for its initial public offering in the prospectus seen Friday on the CSRC's

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NORCROSS, Ga. (AP) -- It was a day of infamy they don't remember. Sixth-graders in Jacob Cole's social studies class relived the terror of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks this week in a lesson intended to help them understand what the death of Osama bin Laden means. The students at Ivy Preparatory Academy charter school near Atlanta covered their faces as they watched the images of jets flying

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Almost every Senate Republican said Thursday they will vote against any Obama administration choice to head a new agency designed to protect consumers from harmful financial activities unless changes are made in the agency that Republicans say has been given too much power. "No person should have the unfettered authority presently granted to the director of the Consumer

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HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Vietnamese security forces quashed a rare protest of hundreds of ethnic Hmong Christians calling for an independent state, officials said Thursday. Giang Thi Hoa, vice president of the People's Committee in Dien Bien province, said the situation was brought under control after several days. She did not provide more details. Another People's Committee official said the Hmong

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ROME (AP) -- The United States and Italy are warning Syria that it will face penalties and increasing isolation if it does not halt its violent crackdown on pro-reform demonstrators. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini say Syrian authorities must be pressured to end the violence that has left more than 550 people dead since the uprising

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MADRID (AP) -- The number of people in Spain filing claims for unemployment benefits dropped in April by about 64,000 in the first decline this year, the government said Wednesday as it reported a bit of good news for a country struggling to recover from recession. The Labor and Immigration Ministry said the fall left the total number of people receiving benefits at just shy of 4.27 million. The

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- New airline safety regulations, including long-sought rules aimed at preventing exhausted pilots from flying, will be harder to issue if an industry-backed measure supported by House Republicans becomes law, federal aviation and safety officials are warning Congress. A bill providing authority for Federal Aviation Administration programs that the House passed in March contains

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JERUSALEM (AP) -- The small doorway to the traditional site of Jesus' tomb cracked open to reveal a bright flame and tens of thousands of worshippers cheered ecstatically, marking the pinnacle of Easter Week's holy fire ceremony in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. The annual ritual has been practiced for at least the last 1,200 years on the day before Easter, which celebrates Jesus' resurrection

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Mitt Romney is organizing a phone bank fundraiser in Las Vegas next month. Tim Pawlenty is holding regular "friendraising" meetings in big-money California and elsewhere. Haley Barbour hunkers down soon with finance operatives in cash-rich New York and other lucrative places. Republican presidential hopefuls are in the midst of a fundraising frenzy as they seek to raise mounds of

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Earnings at General Electric Co. rose 77 percent in the first quarter as its financial services business continued to rebound. But Wall Street was expecting stronger revenue from GE's industrial side and shares fell. GE, which makes everything from light bulbs to wind turbines and health care equipment, reported net income of $3.43 billion, or 31 cents per share, for the three

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NEW YORK (AP) -- AT&T Inc. used to draw in subscribers by the millions with the lure of the iPhone. Now, it's mostly selling iPhones to its own customers, who are trading up from other AT&T phones. The drop in recruitment from other carriers was made clear Wednesday as AT&T said it added just 62,000 net new subscribers on contract-based plans in the first quarter, a record low. In many previous

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HAVANA (AP) -- Raul Castro proposed term limits Saturday for Cuban politicians - including himself - a remarkable gesture on an island ruled for 52 years by him and his brother. The 79-year-old president lamented the lack of young leaders in government, saying the country was paying the price for errors made in the past. Castro told delegates to a crucial Communist Party summit that he would

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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) -- Damage estimates increased for the two California harbors hardest hit by last week's tsunami, while one Northern California county declared a state of emergency Tuesday because of extensive damage to its waterfront. Port Director Lisa Ekers revised her estimate to $22.5 million in tsunami-related damage to Santa Cruz Harbor, up from $17 million, the Santa Cruz Sentinel

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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) -- Tears streamed down Maisara Mucharam's face as she watched aerial shots of the tsunami pummeling Japan's coast and remembered the day, six years ago, when her youngest daughter was ripped out of her arms by the heavy salty sea. Survivors of the 2004 tsunami that started off Indonesia sat glued to their TV sets, stroking each other's hands, as images of last Friday's

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China plans to spend nearly $200 billion this year to build 10 million low-cost homes and will regulate rents. A senior government official says the project and regulatory changes are part of a wider plan to temper surging housing prices and tackle growing inequality. Chinese officials made a bold promise to spread prosperity to the country's poor majority and ease the burden of surging housing

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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- Kendall Marshall penetrated into the lane and found Tyler Zeller for a layup to beat the horn as No. 6 North Carolina rallied from 19 down in the second half to beat Miami 61-59 in Friday's quarterfinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. Zeller finished with 13 points for the top-seeded Tar Heels (25-6), who escaped the upset with a frantic comeback in the

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Movie rentals are coming to Facebook. Warner Bros. says it is testing a service that will offer select movies for purchase or rental through the public pages of these movies on the world's largest online social network. Starting Tuesday, Facebook users who visit the official page of "Batman: The Dark Knight" can click a "watch" icon and pay 30 Facebook credits, or $3, to watch

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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) -- Minnesota Twins star Justin Morneau hit a three-run double in a spring training "B" game on Tuesday, the first time he's played since a concussion sidelined him in July. The 2006 AL MVP was at first base a day after he received medical clearance from his doctor following an hour-long conversation. "We figured now is as good a time as any to see if my body was ready for

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CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) -- Even as a dictator plundered the country's mineral wealth for years, Karim Conte still could afford to buy medicine for his sick relatives and a new outfit for his wife to wear during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. So when Guineans chose their first democratically elected leader ever last year, Conte thought life could only improve. Instead prices have since spiraled

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Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi have carried out air strikes on the outskirts of a rebel-held eastern town, continuing a counter-offensive against anti-government protesters trying to topple the government. Witnesses say Libyan warplanes struck positions around the oil port of Ras Lanuf on Monday. There were no reports of casualties. Earlier, residents were seen leaving the town,

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SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) -- A tour bus struck a disabled car on an interstate highway during an ice storm in northeastern Pennsylvania, killing a man who was apparently standing next to the vehicle and injuring an unknown number of other people, officials said Monday. The crash involving a Martz bus occurred after 11 p.m. Sunday along Interstate 380 in Clifton Township, near Scranton, Lackawanna County

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The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says rising food prices in Asia are hurting the poor but have yet to reach a crisis level. The U.N. body says if the price of oil continues to increase the region's food prices will follow suit. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says in Asia food prices have been affected by rising costs but not as dramatically as in other

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International efforts are underway to help thousands of foreigners evacuate from Libya and provide humanitarian aid to those who have sought refuge along the country's borders. U.S. President Barack Obama says he has approved the use of U.S. military aircraft to help evacuate Egyptians who have fled to the Libyan-Tunisian border. He also said Thursday that U.S. relief organizations are sending

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Lawyers for a Puerto Rican senator and the owner of a security company told jurors that federal prosecutors failed to prove the pair took part in a bribery scheme as a corruption trial ended Friday in the U.S. island territory. Displaying a picture of Swiss cheese to represent holes in the prosecution's case, the lawyer for Sen. Hector Martinez said there was no

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Demonstrations won't be tolerated in Saudi Arabia and its security forces will act against anyone taking part in them, the Interior Ministry said Saturday, a day after about 100 members of the Shiite minority staged a protest in an eastern region of the kingdom. The warning was another attempt by Saudi Arabia to get ahead of the unrest that has swept the Arab world in

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BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese police are further intensifying pressure on foreign reporters, warning them to stay away from spots designated for Middle East-inspired protests and threatening them with expulsion or a revoking of their credentials. The warnings show how unnerved the authorities are by the online calls for protests every Sunday. The appeals, which started two weeks ago, have attracted few

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. economy expanded in January and early February in all parts of the country, but businesses reported they are under pressure to raise their prices. A Federal Reserve survey released Wednesday showed that all 12 of the Fed's regions reported growth at a "modest to moderate pace" and it pointed to a pickup in job creation in each. Retail sales picked up in 10 of the 12

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MIAMI (AP) -- A team of elite divers donned wetsuits and air tanks and descended into the murky waters beneath the 498-foot container ship M/V Seaboard Pride, on a mission in the dark to search for an unusual stowaway: drugs. The seven members of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement dive team, formed in 2004 and the only one of its kind in the U.S., were searching for large metal boxes

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AMARILLO, Texas (AP) -- Stunned and weary residents of a Texas Panhandle town were allowed to return to what was left of homes on Monday, a day after fleeing one of several wind-driven wildfires that scorched some 190 square miles in the state. Shaken residents of rural Mesilla Park who spent Sunday night in a shelter in nearby Amarillo waited in their cars at a roadblock until authorities gave

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United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay has called for international intervention in Libya to stop mass killings and bloodshed that she said may amount to crimes against humanity. Her comments Friday came as European defense ministers met in Hungary, where NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen did not rule out enforcing a no-fly zone above Libya among other measures to end the

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Google has tweaked the formulas steering its Internet search engine to take the rubbish out of its results. The overhaul is designed to lower the rankings of what Google deems "low-quality" sites. That could be a veiled reference to such sites as Demand Media's eHow.com, which critics call online "content farms" - that is, sites producing cheap, abundant, mostly useless content

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(FT) -- China will build another 45 airports over the next five years, the industry regulator said on Thursday, raising fresh questions about the potential for overcapacity in the transport sector. Li Jiaxing, the head of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, said that the new investments would take the total number of airports in the country to 220, even though most of the existing

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(CNN) -- An injury time goal from Mario Gomez in the San Siro gave Bayern Munich a 1-0 win over title holders Inter Milan in their Champions League last 16, first leg tie Wednesday night. Bayern had the better in the repeat of last year's final and hit the woodwork in either half before Gomez pounced after Arjen Robben's shot had only been pushed out by Julio Cesar. The other tie Wednesday was

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Solid holiday sales and improvements in its branded credit card business helped Target's fourth-quarter profit rise almost 11 percent, but a company official cautioned Thursday that the economy is a "wild card." The discounter said two major initiatives - offering more food and giving shoppers a 5 percent discount if they use Target Corp.'s branded cards - would help drive a key

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The killing of four Americans by suspected Somali pirates in the Arabian Sea is putting the spotlight on challenging international military and legal efforts to end widespread piracy off of Somalia. Experts are suggesting a range of other approaches, including more economic engagement, strategic attacks and reducing ransom payments as possible solutions. While there have been growing

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An official of the Islamic Human Rights Commission, a non-governmental organization, said the violent repression of anti-government protesters by the Libyan administration could mark, in his words, the beginning of the end of Moammar Gadhafi's over four-decade rule. Mohammed El-Sayed, researcher for the Islamic Human Rights Commission on Libya, told VOA his organization strongly condemns the

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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) -- Marcus Morris had 27 points and No. 3 Kansas brushed off the suspension of point guard Tyshawn Taylor, romping past Oklahoma State 92-65 on Monday night. The Jayhawks (26-2, 11-2 Big 12) hit eight of their first 10 shots and pulled away from the outmanned Cowboys with an 18-2 spree that led to a 52-28 halftime bulge. Marshall Moses had 27 points for Oklahoma State (16-11, 4

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(CNN) -- Caroline Wozniacki claimed her first title of the season on Sunday with a straight-sets win over Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova at the WTA Dubai Tennis Championships. Denmark's Wozniacki -- who will leapfrog Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters to become world No. 1 for a second time on Monday -- took just 75 minutes to dismiss double grand slam winner Kuznetsova 6-1 6-3. The 20-year-old

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MIAMI (AP) -- A Delta plane's engine failed in mid-air over Florida, forcing the flight to make an emergency landing Sunday morning, authorities said. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said it was a so-called "contained" engine failure, meaning small parts such as fan blades came out the back of the engine. A more dangerous scenario would be if the pieces penetrated the

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- The Pakistani Taliban claimed Saturday it shot dead a retired Pakistani spy who once mentored its Afghan brethren and sided with the U.S. against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. The claim contradicted Pakistani government assertions in January that the ex-spy, Sultan Amir Tarar, died of a heart attack while being held captive by militants in northwest Pakistan. If

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While you're Taking diamond engagement rings, take carefully as these ring is something that your future wife wish hopefully wear for the rest of her life. Not entirely diamond rings are engagement rings. Diamond engagement rings typicaly have one diamond bigger than the rest or consist of a single diamond. These types of diamond engagement rings are called a solitaire. Long time ago, women wore

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CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt said it will reopen historical sites to tourism on Sunday as it sought to revive a key industry shattered in the turmoil that ousted President Hosni Mubarak. Archaeologists were cheered by the recovery of the most important artifact stolen from Cairo's Egyptian Museum, a rare statue of King Tut's father. A 16-year-old anti-government protester found the statue of the Pharaoh

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Clumps of moldy corn crashed down around Lael Steinhoff, burying him above his waist for more than three hours before rescue workers could free him from a grain bin on his western Iowa farm. Steinhoff, 61, was one of the lucky survivors last year when a record number of grain bin accidents were recorded as U.S. farmers continued to increase production and deal with

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The use of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, during childbirth fell out of favor in the United States decades ago, and just two hospitals - one in San Francisco and one in Seattle - still offer it. But interest in returning the dentist office staple to the delivery room is growing: respected hospitals including Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center plan to start offering it, the federal government is

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The UN Children's Fund warns thousands of Ivorian refugees, who have fled to Liberia, are threatened by disease outbreaks. UNICEF says cramped living conditions are increasing health and protection risks for children and women. The United Nations reports more than 36,300 Ivorian refugees have fled to Liberia, 85 percent are children and women. The UN Children's Fund says communities along the

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A senior official of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said embattled Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo is wasting "everybody's" time after his administration began a legal challenge of the regional bloc's decision to recognize former Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara as winner of Ivory Coast's presidential run-off vote. Sonny Ugoh, communications director of ECOWAS, told VOA

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House Speaker John A. Boehner said Sunday he thought the Obama administration handled "a very difficult situation" in Egypt about as well as possible, undercutting potential Republican presidential candidates who have charged that President Obama botched the U.S. response to a popular revolt against a key ally. Boehner, the nation's top Republican elected official, told NBC's "Meet the Press"

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WHITE SWAN, Wash. - WHITE SWAN, Wash. -- Dozens of firefighters battled a blaze fueled by strong winds on the Yakama Indian Reservation Saturday night that consumed 20 homes, officials said. The fire apparently started in one house and then spread in the unincorporated town of White Swan in south-central central Washington state with the help of 40 mph winds. No residents were hurt but two

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Washington (CNN) -- The United States slammed Iran's "hypocrisy" for arresting opposition figures and the blocking of world media outlets as TV networks focus their attention on the uprising in Egypt and the widespread unrest in other parts of the Arab world. "For all of its empty talk about Egypt, the government of Iran should allow the Iranian people the same universal right to peacefully

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Here's something unexpected about "Cedar Rapids": It's a comedy set in Iowa that doesn't make fun of people from the Midwest. Instead, this comedy about an innocent who goes to an insurance convention is about having a moral compass and knowing when to do the right thing. It's also quite vulgar - and quite funny. The film stars Ed Helms ("The Office," "The Hangover") as a small town Wisconsin guy

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For more than a decade, the vast farm fields of rural southwestern Idaho provided Enrico Ponzo the isolation he needed to hide from his past as a former New England mobster accused of trying to whack his boss. He introduced himself to his neighbors as Jeffrey Shaw, a man who went by the nickname "Jay." He paid for everything in cash. He bought his house in his girlfriend's name. But his past

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A journalist in Haiti has been shot to death on a street in the capital, Port-au-Prince. Reports say the journalist, Jean Richard Louis Charles, had just emerged from a bank when three men attacked him and shot him in the head. A police officer nearby shot and killed one of the gunmen. The other two attackers escaped. Police are investigating. Some reports say the shooting was an attempted

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Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman says the ongoing political protests in the country will sharply cut its economic growth this year. Suleiman, who is trying to convince protesters to end the demonstrations, said Wednesday that Egypt's economy might advance by 3.4 percent in 2011. In December, the government predicted 6 percent growth for 2011, but that was before the street protests started

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Thailand and Cambodia are stepping up diplomatic efforts to prevent more fighting along their border. But the two countries accuse each other of using banned weapons in their battles in the past few days near a 900-year-old Hindu temple. The two countries exchanged allegations Wednesday, over the use of internationally banned cluster bombs. The internationally funded Cambodian Mine Action Center

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Washington (CNN) -- The rape of a child may be linked to a gap in a program intended to remove criminal aliens from the country. Under the federal Secure Communities program, law enforcement agencies run the fingerprints of people they arrest against immigration databases, aiming to find illegal immigrants. The most dangerous are then removed from the country by Immigration and Customs

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A storm is brewing in Europe over a German-French plan that would impose stricter, uniform economic rules on the 17 nations that use the euro currency. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy proposed the plan last week. It called for the debt limits of each country to be written into their national constitutions, a common European corporate tax, higher retirement

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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The founder of a Muslim-oriented New York television station was convicted Monday of beheading his wife in 2009 in the studio the couple had opened to counter negative stereotypes of Muslims after the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Muzzammil "Mo" Hassan never denied that he killed Aasiya Hassan inside the suburban Buffalo station the couple established to promote cultural understanding

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In Bangladesh, scores of protesters have been injured in a nationwide strike called by the main opposition party, which is demanding early elections. The demonstrators were injured in clashes with police, which used water canons and batons to disperse opposition activists enforcing a countrywide strike in the capital, Dhaka. Several buses had been set on fire the previous night. Thousands of riot

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The killers were ruthless. They showed up at the Las Cruces Bowl shortly before it was scheduled to open at 8 a.m. on a quiet Saturday, just an ordinary sleepy weekend in a laid-back college town about 40 miles north of the Mexican border. After stepping through an unlocked door, the two men herded a snack bar cook, Ida Holguin, bowling alley manager Stephanie Senac, her 12-

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The Egyptian government has tried to restore a sense of normality in Cairo after almost two weeks of opposition protests by re-opening banks and encouraging people to return to work. Egyptian authorities opened some bank branches in the capital, Sunday, for the first time in a week, and customers lined up to withdraw money. But, the government ordered the banks to limit the size of withdrawals

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MUNICH - A new U.S.-Russia nuclear arms control treaty went into effect Saturday, securing a key foreign policy goal of President Barack Obama and raising hopes among officials on both sides that it will provide the impetus for Moscow and Washington to negotiate further reductions. "The treaty marks significant progress toward President Obama's vision of a world without nuclear weapons," U.S.

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International agencies are calling for an end to female genital mutilation, which every year threatens some three million girls in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and in some Western countries. The appeal is part of the observance of the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation. An estimated 100 to 140 million girls and women worldwide currently live with the consequences of

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The 2,000-mile band of wintry weather that swept across the country this week did more than shut down highways, cancel flights and dump unseemly amounts of snow. For Midwestern ranchers, it threatened their livelihood -- cattle. That's why the U.S. Department of Agriculture is urging farmers to catalogue any livestock that may have died from the storm so they can qualify for millions in federal

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Childhood obesity has been steadily rising in the U.S. in the past 30 years, and a new study from American University in Washington, D.C. has found that a child's weight may depend on how much their mothers were away at work growing up. The research team studied body mass index (BMI) data from 990 children in grades 3, 5 and 6 who lived in cities across the country. They found that the total

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A researcher for the U.S.-based Human Rights Watch told VOA she is "extremely concerned" about what she described as government-sponsored violence perpetrated against anti-government protesters, who demand Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak step down after nearly three decades in power. Heba Morayef said the government, in her words, has the clear responsibility not only to protect freedom of

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Russia's top security official says the suicide bomber who killed 36 people at a major Moscow airport last week was under the influence of powerful drugs at the time of the attack. Russia's Federal Security Service chief Alexander Bortnikov said Thursday that an autopsy of the suspected bomber showed a "huge amount of highly potent drugs and psychotropic substances." Last week, Russian

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Coverage of the events in Egypt have quite an audience in sub-Saharan Africa. "People have stayed glued to their television and radio and relaxation spots we call beer parlors on Lagos," says Nigerian Professor Innocent Chukwuma, executive director of the voter advocacy group the CLEEN Foundation. He says the events are drawing unprecedented public requests for more news on the crisis. "People

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(CNN) -- South Korea midfielder Park Ji-Sung has confirmed his immediate retirement from international football. The Manchester United star won his 100th international cap at the Asian Cup last week, as South Korea lost on penalties to eventual winners Japan in the semifinals. Speaking at a press conference of the Korea Football Association in the country's capital Seoul on Monday, the 29-

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Nigeria's government says continuing religious and ethnic violence in central regions will not disrupt nationwide elections in April. At least 200 people have died in that violence, in the last month. Most of the violence is centered on the Plateau State capital, Jos, where rival gangs of Christian and Muslim youths have engaged in revenge attacks since Christmas Eve bombings that killed 80

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Grammy-winning singer and composer Cassandra Wilson is a master of pop and jazz melodies. Wilson's new album "Silver Pony" reveals why she's also considered one of today's most engaging story tellers. Cassandra Wilson never strayed far from the music she heard growing up. On "Silver Pony," she acknowledges her R&B roots with a sultry rendition of Stevie Wonder's "If It's Magic." And then, digging

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Ukraine's government says it has banned former prime minister and lead opposition figure Yulia Tymoshenko from leaving the country to attend a meeting of top officials in Brussels. Tymoshenko is under investigation for corruption and abuse of office while she led the government from 2007 to 2010. She has denied the charges, and said she is the subject of political repression. Ukrainian

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The space shuttle Discovery will make its last journey to its seaside launch pad in Florida tonight (Jan. 31) to once again prepare to fly its final mission before being retired with the rest of NASA's orbiter fleet. NASA plans to start rolling Discovery out to Launch Pad 39A at its Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., at 8 p.m. EST (0100 Feb. 1 GMT) using its massive Apollo-era

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College freshmen's emotional health hit an all-time low this academic year, reflecting the stress of wanting to succeed and the cost of acquiring a quality education during a struggling economy, a report from UCLA's Higher Education Research Institute says. In the survey of more than 200,000 first-time freshmen at 279 colleges and universities, only 52% rated their emotional health high or above

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In preparation for a projected enrollment boom, Fairfax County education officials unveiled a plan Thursday to renovate a slew of aging schools at a cost of $805 million through the next decade. The plan also funds renovations at 27 schools, as well as the construction of one middle school and one elementary school. An unexpected savings of $31 million from lower than estimated construction costs

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The Obama Administration claimed Friday its health care law will bring down costs for everyone once it takes full effect in 2014, even as the President made fun of its critics. "You may have heard once or twice that this is a job-crushing, granny-threatening, budget-busting monstrosity. That's about how it's been portrayed by opponents," he joked to laughter among the crowd at a FamiliesUSA

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Canadian officials say they intend to extradite a Tunisian billionaire fugitive who is the brother-in-law of Tunisia's ousted president, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. The interim Tunisian government issued an arrest warrant for Belhassen Trabelsi on Wednesday. The government has also issued an arrest warrant for Mr. Ben Ali, who fled the country, and other members of his family. Trabelsi is accused of

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African foreign ministers meeting in Addis Ababa are being confronted with several late-breaking developments as they survey the continent's rapidly changing security landscape. Reports of non-agenda items such as Tunisia, Egypt and - more recently Gabon - have inserted themselves into the dialogue. These African Union foreign ministers talks were meant to be primarily about Ivory Coast, Somalia

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Tunisia is expected to overhaul its interim government Thursday, a day after issuing an international arrest warrant for its deposed president and six members of his family. The Cabinet reshuffle is likely to remove loyalists of ousted President Zine El Abidine Ali in an effort to end ongoing protests in the north African nation. The caretaker government includes some former opposition leaders,

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A prominent Egyptian reform campaigner is set to return to the country, as anti-government activists plan a new massive rally in the capital. Mohamed ElBaradei, the former head of the U.N. nuclear agency, is expected to return to Egypt Thursday to join demonstrators protesting against President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year-old rule. The activists have used social media websites to call for a big

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Maryland public schools won $250 million from President Obama's Race to the Top education initiative in 2010, but are now faced with the challenge of preparing teachers as well as students for a new science-oriented curriculum. The state's application promised huge advances in science, technology, engineering and math education -- called STEM -- including having a STEM-certified teacher in every

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Sudan's government has interfered 23 times with the United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission, or UNAMID, in recent months, according to a United Nations Security Council briefing Wednesday. Rebels or civilians were responsible for three other instances of interference. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice spoke to reporters after the briefing and said, "We have been frustrated and

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The latest round of UN-mediated talks aimed at reunifying the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus have failed to achieve the hoped for breakthrough. But, UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon says progress is being made. This is the first time since November that the Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders have met. The last meeting in UN headquarters in New York ended without much optimism. There was

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WASHINGTON - A government official says the financial overhaul enacted last summer won't deliver on its promise to end bailouts. Special Inspector General Neil Barofsky says in a report released Tuesday that recent comments by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and other top regulators suggest the government would rescue banks if one of them threatened the broader financial system. Geithner said

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Jenny McCarthy and Milla Jovovich stopping by THE Hospitality Suite at the Nivea for Men Mansion hosted by Pascal Mouawad on Friday, January 14. The starlets scooped up over $8,000 dollars worth of diamonds and $3,000 dollars in Lipsy Clothing. "Entourage" starlet Perry Reeves hitting up the HBO Luxury Lounge in Beverly Hills on Friday, January 15 happily accepting a Brahmin handbag. Mind you, at

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Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- An American attorney representing Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier said Saturday that the former dictator returned to Haiti in hopes of recovering millions frozen in Swiss bank accounts and channeling them through a U.S. intermediary to help rebuild his troubled homeland. In the past, Duvalier has attempted to personally claim the $5.7 million in a bank account

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Police in Tunisia have fired tear gas at anti-government protesters to try to break up demonstrations outside the prime minister's office. The confrontation Monday comes after protesters gathered overnight outside the building in the capital, Tunis, in defiance of a curfew order. On Sunday, hundreds of people took to the streets to demand that holdovers from former president Zine El Abidine Ben

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GENEVA - A $21.7 billion development fund backed by celebrities and hailed as an alternative to the bureaucracy of the United Nations sees as much as two-thirds of some grants eaten up by corruption, The Associated Press has learned. Much of the money is accounted for with forged documents or improper bookkeeping, indicating it was pocketed, investigators for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,

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NEW YORK (AP) - Citigroup is giving its CEO a big raise. The New York-based bank is lifting Vikram Pandit's base salary to $1.75 million from just $1 a year effective immediately, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. The announcement comes after Citigroup (C) reported its first full year of profits since Pandit took over the top job in 2007. The bank also

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