Massacre survivor: Victims refused narco work
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 21:31:00 CST
QUITO, Ecuador - One of two known survivors of a drug gang's massacre in northern Mexico of 72 undocumented Central and South American migrants said in an interview broadcast Thursday that they were killed because they refused to work for the traffickers.
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Axl Rose tries Dublin's patience, sends crowd home
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 21:28:00 CST
DUBLIN - Axl Rose, it seems, needs a little more patience — and a much louder alarm clock.
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Indonesian volcano spews new burst of ash
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 21:13:00 CST
TANAH KARO, Indonesia - An Indonesian volcano sent a new, powerful burst of hot ash high into the air early Friday, violently shaking homes and trees along the slopes and sending panicked villagers scurrying back to safety.
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14 cops killed in Colombia ambush, rebels blamed
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 21:11:00 CST
BOGOTA - Suspected leftist rebels killed 14 police officers and wounded seven in an ambush of a five-truck convoy in southern Colombia, a police commander said Thursday.
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Lawmaker: Australian leaders trying to buy power
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 21:02:00 CST
CANBERRA, Australia - A key independent lawmaker accused the leaders of Australia's two main political parties of attempting to buy power Friday as they battle to form the nation's first minority government since World War II.
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Election official: Chavez breaking campaign rules
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 20:57:00 CST
CARACAS, Venezuela - An electoral official accused President Hugo Chavez and his allies of breaking campaign laws by using state-run media to berate rivals and praise friends ahead of this month's legislative elections.
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FBI: 6 accused in forced labour of 400 Thai workers
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 20:55:00 CST
HONOLULU, Hawaii - Six recruiters were accused Thursday of luring 400 labourers from Thailand to the United States and forcing them to work, according to a federal indictment that the FBI called the largest human-trafficking case ever charged in U.S. history.
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Most Asian stocks rise on improving US data
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 20:51:00 CST
TOKYO - Most Asian stock markets climbed Friday as investors took heart from improving U.S. housing and jobs data amid lingering worries over the pace of the global economic recovery.
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Calderon: Violence price worth paying in drug war
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 20:25:00 CST
MEXICO CITY - President Felipe Calderon tried to rally frustrated Mexicans behind his increasingly bloody drug war Thursday, saying he knows violence has surged under his watch, but arguing that it is the price of confronting powerful and brutal cartels.
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Pearl Harbor marks 65th anniversary of WWII's end
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 20:03:00 CST
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Don Fosburg recalled friends and family killed in World War II as he marked the 65th anniversary of the end of the conflict on Thursday.
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Typhoon kills 5 South Koreans
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 20:02:00 CST
SEOUL, South Korea - The death toll from Typhoon Kompasu, which battered the Korean peninsula with strong winds and heavy rains, rose to five in South Korea, an official said Friday.
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Earl's winds and rains blow into US coast
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 20:00:00 CST
BUXTON, N.C. - Rain squalls and gusting winds from Hurricane Earl are becoming more pronounced along the East Coast.
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Mexico: Soldiers kill 25 in gunbattle near border
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 19:57:00 CST
MONTERREY, Mexico - A shootout between soldiers and suspected drug cartel members in northeastern Mexico left 25 purported gunmen dead Thursday, the military said.
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Dolphins caught, not killed, in Japan cove
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 19:52:00 CST
TOKYO - Dolphins have been herded into a cove as part of an annual hunt in the Japanese seaside town made famous by an Oscar-winning documentary about their slaughter, Sea Shepherd said Friday. A town official said none were killed.
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LA police ID owner of trunk containing baby bodies
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 19:24:00 CST
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Investigators have identified the owner of a trunk in which the mummified remains of two babies were found, bringing them a step closer to solving the intriguing international mystery.
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Arizona governor stumbles during debate
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 19:08:00 CST
PHOENIX - It will go down as one of the most painful openings to a political debate in recent memory.
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Afghan president says airstrike killed civilians
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 18:30:00 CST
KABUL - NATO said an airstrike in northern Afghanistan killed about a dozen insurgents, but President Hamid Karzai said the victims were campaign workers seeking votes in this month's parliamentary elections.
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SAfrica to end amnesty for illegal Zimbabweans
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 18:22:00 CST
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's government is withdrawing the special status granted to illegal Zimbabwean immigrants who fled their country's economic meltdown and political violence, a spokesman said.
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US sues Arizona sheriff in civil rights probe
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 18:19:00 CST
PHOENIX - The Justice Department sued the nation's self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff" on Thursday, calling Joe Arpaio's defiance of an investigation into his office's alleged discrimination against Hispanics "unprecedented."
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Mozambique riots spotlight world food price spike
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 18:17:00 CST
JOHANNESBURG - A few pennies' increase in the price of a loaf of bread can mean the difference between getting by and going hungry — and erupting in anger — in the world's poorest countries.
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