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Earthquake strikes Solomon Islands
June 26, 2010 at 3:20 AM |
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| A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck near Kira Kira in the Solomon Islands on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. |
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Military official disputes Rolling Stone
June 25, 2010 at 11:08 PM |
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| In the Rolling Stone article that got him fired, Gen. Stanley McChrystal says of the aides who surround him "I'd die for them. And they'd die for me." But the military men around McChrystal are now silent. |
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Israelis, Palestinians hold meetings
June 25, 2010 at 8:16 PM |
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| High-ranking officials from Israel and the Palestinian Authority came together Friday in one of their first meetings since an Israeli attack on a boat delivering aid to the Gaza Strip at the end of last month. |
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2010 China floods death toll hits 377
June 25, 2010 at 7:16 PM |
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| Workers were trying to shore up two dikes on an eastern China river Friday as the area dealt with continued deadly flooding, state-run media news media reported |
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Leaders gather for G8, G-20 in Canada
June 25, 2010 at 4:44 PM |
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| President Barack Obama arrived in Ontario on Friday for a series of high-stakes economic meetings with leaders from around the world. |
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4 U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan
June 25, 2010 at 3:19 PM |
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| The NATO-led command in Afghanistan on Friday reported three troop deaths, two on Friday in attacks in the east and south, and another in a bombing on Thursday. The fatality in southern Afghanistan was the result of an improvised explosive device. |
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4 dead, 5 wounded in Kashmir fighting
June 25, 2010 at 2:34 PM |
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| Four people were killed and five were wounded during violence Friday in Indian-administered Kashmir, a paramilitary official said. |
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Archaeologists probe mass infant burial
June 25, 2010 at 2:28 PM |
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| English archaeologists said Friday they are trying to figure out why 97 babies were buried around a Roman-era villa that may have been used as a brothel. |
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16th person dies from arson bus attack
June 25, 2010 at 2:19 PM |
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| A 16th person has died from burns suffered in a Sunday night arson attack on a mass transit bus in El Salvador, authorities said Friday. Two other people were shot to death in a separate attack on another bus around the same time. |
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ICC: Africa war crimes trial postponed
June 25, 2010 at 1:30 PM |
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| The trial of a man accused of war crimes in the Central African Republic has been postponed, the International Criminal Court said Friday. |
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Demonstrators rail against brutality
June 25, 2010 at 1:20 PM |
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| Mohamed ElBaradei, the former chief of the U.N. atomic agency and now an Egyptian reformist figure, joined thousands of people in Alexandria on Friday to protest the killing of an Egyptian man and shine the light on police brutality. |
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Defense concludes 'rogue trader' case
June 25, 2010 at 12:02 PM |
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| Defense lawyers wrapped up their case Friday for French trader Jerome Kerviel, who is on trial for allegedly betting 50 billion euros (US $61 billion) of a French bank's money without its knowledge. |
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150,000 homeless after Brazil floods
June 25, 2010 at 10:58 AM |
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| Federal aid is flowing to rain-ravaged areas of northeastern Brazil and the number of missing has diminished to less than 140, but more than 150,000 people remained homeless or displaced Friday, the government said. |
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Water discovery hints at life on Mars
June 25, 2010 at 10:42 AM |
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| The European Space Agency says conditions favorable to life may have existed on Mars, after spacecraft find evidence of widespread water over the red planet. |
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Michael Jackson's dad to sue doctor
June 25, 2010 at 10:35 AM |
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| Michael Jackson's father will file a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court against Dr. Conrad Murray on Friday, the anniversary of the pop star's death, Joe Jackson's lawyer said. |
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Americans in Kyrgyzstan put on alert
June 25, 2010 at 10:35 AM |
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| U.S. citizens in Kyrgyzstan have been advised to stay close to their homes and keep an emergency kit available during Sunday's constitutional referendum, according to a news release from the U.S. Embassy in the troubled nation. |
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Islamist websites mock McChrystal exit
June 25, 2010 at 10:22 AM |
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| The recent change in commanders in Afghanistan is proof the U.S and its allies have lost the war, statements posted on two Islamist websites said Thursday. |
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Tensions 60 years after Korean War
June 25, 2010 at 9:02 AM |
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| North and South Korea marked the 60th anniversary of the Korean War with sober commemorations and sharp rhetoric as tensions continued to ripple between the two countries over the sinking in March of a South Korean warship. |
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China flooding claims over 200 lives
June 25, 2010 at 8:39 AM |
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| Soldiers and rescue workers on Friday pulled stranded people out of deluged swathes of southern China inundated by 11 days of heavy rain, state media said. |
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India pledges new aid for Bhopal victims
June 25, 2010 at 6:15 AM |
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| India has announced a new financial package for victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster as the case shot back to prominence after a court ruling this month. |
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Hong Kong passes electoral reform
June 25, 2010 at 5:35 AM |
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| Hong Kong's Legislative Council on Friday passed a compromise electoral reform package that paves the way for universal suffrage in the Chinese territory. |
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Israel bombs targets in Gaza
June 25, 2010 at 5:24 AM |
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| The Israeli military said Friday it bombed a weapons storage facility in the northern Gaza Strip and two "terror tunnels" in the southern Gaza Strip. |
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