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LILLE, France (AFP) -- French health authorities said Friday they suspected a third person of being infected after coming into contact with a man confirmed to be suffering from a new SARS-like virus ...
Updated : 2013.05.10 21:08
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DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- A woman buried in the wreckage of a collapsed garment factory building for 17 days was rescued Friday, a miraculous moment set against a scene of unimaginable horror where t...
Updated : 2013.05.10 21:06
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DHAKA (AP) ― The death toll from a garment factory building that collapsed more than two weeks ago outside the Bangladeshi capital soared past 1,000 on Friday, while the list of the dead from a fresh...
Updated : 2013.05.10 20:49
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ROME (AFP) ― Italian knitwear impresario Ottavio “Tai” Missoni, whose distinctive colorful zigzag dresses became a global fashion empire, died on Thursday at his home in northern Italy at 92, his ...
Updated : 2013.05.10 20:21
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A worldwide gang of criminals stole $45 million in a matter of hours by hacking their way into a database of prepaid debit cards and then draining cash machines around the globe, federal prosecutors ...
Updated : 2013.05.10 15:53
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The Ohio man who helped free three kidnapped women has become an overnight Internet sensation, thanks to his frank interview style. Charles Ramsey, a 43-year-old dish washer at a local restaurant, r...
Updated : 2013.05.10 12:05
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who has irked Washington with his frequent criticism of American military operations in his country, said Thursday that his government is now ready to let the U.S. have...
Updated : 2013.05.10 09:55
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The three women held in captivity inside a U.S. home for about a decade were starved and raped, and one woman had five pregnancies aborted when the suspect punched her in the stomach, a police report...
Updated : 2013.05.10 09:52
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Syria will supply “game-changing” weapons to Hezbollah, the chief of the Lebanese militant group said Thursday, less than a week after Israeli airstrikes on Damascus targeted alleged shipments of adv...
Updated : 2013.05.10 09:22
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Indonesia's elite anti-terrorism unit conducted several bloody operations to root out suspected Islamic militants, killing seven and arresting 13 others, police said Thursday as they continued to inv...
Updated : 2013.05.09 19:48
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DAMASCUS (AFP) ― Syria’s main opposition National Coalition said Wednesday any political settlement to the country’s two-year-old civil war must start with President Bashar al-Assad’s ouster, implici...
Updated : 2013.05.09 19:41
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PARIS (AP) ― A 65-year-old Frenchman is hospitalized after contracting France’s first case of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS, and French health authorities said Wednesday they are try...
Updated : 2013.05.09 19:41
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CLEVELAND (AP) ― Authorities filed rape and kidnapping charges Wednesday against a U.S. man after three women missing for about a decade were found alive at his home. The women were subjected to prol...
Updated : 2013.05.09 19:40
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VATICAN CITY (AP) ― The Vatican signed an agreement with the U.S. Treasury Department to exchange financial information as part of its efforts to comply with international anti-money laundering and ...
Updated : 2013.05.09 19:38
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The leader of Tibet's exiled government said Wednesday he would accept the Chinese Communist Party's rule in the territory, assuring Beijing it faced no threat to its sovereignty if it eases its grip...
Updated : 2013.05.09 16:06
