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More than 60 dead in battle for Jamaica drug kingpin
Gun battles raging in the Jamaican capital have left more than 60 people dead, mostly civilians, as troops fanned out across the city...
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Eighty-nine deaths have been linked to public complaints of unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles, the U.S. government said Tuesday...
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North Korea said Tuesday it was severing all ties with South Korea and cutting communications links in protest at claims that it had...
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Trooper Larry Rudd "would have been a very senior soldier in the Queen's army," if his life had not been ended suddenly by a homemade...
Wal-Mart employee foils a shoplifter — and loses her job
Heather Ravenstein tried to save Wal-Mart some money Friday by foiling a shoplifter's plan to steal a $600 computer, but it cost her...
West plays down Iran gesture, sticks to sanctions drive
Western powers said on Tuesday Iran's continued stockpiling of enriched uranium devalued its deal to give up some of its potential...
Thai court issues arrest warrant for ex-PM
A Thai court issued a warrant Tuesday for the arrest of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on charges of terrorism springing...
Woman prepares to take over in first for Trinidad and Tobago
Kamla Persad-Bissessar, the first female president-elect of Trinidad and Tobago, began picking a cabinet on Tuesday and preparing ...
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The Somali defendants in Europe's first trial of suspected pirates from the African country on Tuesday protested their innocence in...
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U2’s much-anticipated date at Commonwealth Stadium on June 23 has been postponed until 2011 because of Bono’s back surgery.
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