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WORLD IN BRIEF: Iraq sentences militia leader to death
Last Updated: 6:14 PM 11/19/09 - (Full Story) |
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WORLD IN BRIEF: Killer: Student at murder scene
Last Updated: 6:48 PM 11/18/09 - PERUGIA, Italy — A man appealing his conviction for murdering a British student testified Wednesday that he heard her arguing with her American roommate Amanda Knox minutes before she was slain. (Full Story) |
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WORLD IN BRIEF: Iran sentences 5 to death after election turmoil
Last Updated: 6:41 PM 11/17/09 - TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has sentenced five defendants to death in a mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the unrest that followed the disputed June presidential election, state television reported Tuesday. (Full Story) |
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WORLD IN BRIEF: China censors Obama’s call for free Web
Last Updated: 6:35 PM 11/16/09 - BEIJING — President Barack Obama prodded China about Internet censorship and free speech, but the message was not widely heard in China where his words were blocked online and shown on only one regional television channel. (Full Story) |
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WORLD IN BRIEF: Suicide attack kills 11 at police checkpoint
Last Updated: 12:10 PM 11/14/09 - PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide car bomber attacked a police checkpoint in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing 11 people, including four children, the latest in a wave of militant attacks that have claimed more than 300 lives in the past month. (Full Story) |
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WORLD IN BRIEF: UK navy ship watched as pirates took 2
Last Updated: 9:20 PM 11/13/09 - LONDON — The crew of a Royal Navy vessel watched as a British couple was abducted by Somali pirates, unable to rescue them without endangering their lives, the British military said Friday. (Full Story) |
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WORLD IN BRIEF: Palestinians: Call off vote
Last Updated: 7:00 PM 11/12/09 - RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian election officials on Thursday recommended calling off January’s presidential vote, a step that could result in embattled President Mahmoud Abbas staying in office indefinitely. (Full Story) |
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WORLD IN BRIEF: Soldier’s body found in river
Last Updated: 7:54 PM 11/11/09 - KABUL — Military divers have found the body of a U.S. paratrooper who disappeared last week along with another soldier as the two tried to retrieve airdropped supplies from a river in western Afghanistan, NATO said Wednesday. (Full Story) |
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WORLD IN BRIEF: UK police suspect pilot of being drunk
Last Updated: 7:09 PM 11/10/09 - LONDON — A United Airlines pilot was arrested aboard a flight to Chicago on suspicion of being drunk, police and an airline official said Tuesday. (Full Story) |
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WORLD IN BRIEF: Israeli PM calls for peace talks with Palestine
Last Updated: 8:20 PM 11/09/09 - WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday called for an immediate resumption of peace talks with Palestinians and pledged more steps to improve economic conditions in Palestinian areas. (Full Story) |
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