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Mumbai still vulnerable 1 year after terror attack
60 mins ago
The walls that the rockets blew out have not been repaired, and the plaster is a dense scattershot of bullet holes. Dozens of holes, blasted by grenades, pockmark the linoleum floors.
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Canadian woman loses benefits over Facebook photo
11 mins ago
A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun.
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Israeli aircraft strike tunnels, arms factories
22 mins ago
The Israeli military says its aircraft have attacked two weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip.
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Hugo Chavez invites Fidel Castro to Venezuela
73 mins ago
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is inviting his mentor Fidel Castro to visit Venezuela during the coming months.
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China coal mine blast death toll jumps to 87
2 hours 14 mins ago
Rescuers worked in frigid cold to reach 21 miners trapped underground Sunday as the death toll from a huge gas explosion in a northern Chinese mine jumped to 87 _ the deadliest blast to hit the beleaguered industry in nearly two years.
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McCain: Tension between aides, Palin 'no big deal'
2 hours 37 mins ago
U.S. Sen. John McCain said Saturday that he enjoyed reading running mate Sarah Palin's new memoir and downplayed any tension between their campaign aides as "no big deal."
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Chavez praises alleged terrorist Carlos the Jackal
3 hours 51 mins ago
President Hugo Chavez is praising Carlos the Jackal, the imprisoned Venezuelan once notorious for a series of Cold War-era bombings, assassinations and hostage dramas, saying he was a "revolutionary fighter" and not a terrorist.
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Life requested for US suspect in Italy murder case
3 hours 54 mins ago
Prosecutors on Saturday requested life in prison for an American student and her ex-boyfriend accused in the fatal stabbing of her British roommate during a drug-fueled sex game _ charges the U.S. woman dismissed as "pure fantasy."
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