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UN fears for children as Pakistan floods threaten towns

The floods are Pakistan’s worst-ever natural disaster in terms of the amount of damage and the number of people affected, with more than six million …
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Security problems seen in Egypt’s museums

Security for Egypt’s treasures is under scrutiny after the Aug. 21 theft of a van Gogh painting from another museum in Cairo revealed some alarming …
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Chinese province orders crash airline to drop name

A Henan Airlines passenger jet crashed Tuesday while trying to land at night at a small airport in the country’s northeast, killing 42 people. …
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Cuba embraces two surprising free-market reforms

The moves, published into law in the Official Gazette on Thursday and Friday and effective immediately, are significant steps as President Raul …
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France wants European Union seat at Mideast peace talks

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says it would be "too bad" if the EU were locked out — noting the bloc’s political involvement in the …
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Two cars explode in Mexico where 72 bodies found (photos)

The prosecutor, Roberto Jaime Suarez, disappeared Wednesday in the town of San Fernando, where the bodies of the migrants were found, the Tamaulipas …
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Suit: Priest impregnates U.S. teenager

The lawsuit, filed Thursday, alleges that the Rev. Luis A. Bonilla Margarito carried on a sexual relationship with the teen while he was the …
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British Airways apologizes for crash message

The carrier said Friday, August 27, it had apologized for causing customers distress after an emergency message was accidentally triggered. Passengers …
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Venezuelan politician raffles breast implants

"Some people raffle TVs and we decided to offer this. It’s an interesting prize and there’s a lot of interest," Gustavo Rojas, an opposition …
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U.N. rights body rebukes France for mistreating Roma

The 18 independent experts voiced concern that some of the hundreds of Roma flown to Romania in recent weeks under what France calls a voluntary …
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Updated: South African girl survives attack, then dies in crash

Liesel Augis was only six years old when she was raped, beaten unconscious with a brick and thrown into a fire by a family friend in 2006. She …
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Permission to laugh at Brazil election – for now

Carlos Ayres Britto, vice president of the country’s Supreme Court, late on Thursday, August 26, suspended a rule banning TV and radio programs from …
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Scientists: We’ve cracked wheat’s genetic code

Wheat is grown across more of the world’s farmland than any other cereal, and researchers said Friday they’re posting its genetic code on the …
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North Korean leader’s trip spurs succession speculation

The highly unusual visit to China was Kim’s second in three months and its timing even more odd because it came as former President Jimmy Carter was …
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China silent on North Korea’s Kim visit

Coinciding with the unconfirmed trip, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter left Pyongyang on Friday with an American, Aijalon Mahli Gomes, who was …
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Japan gives rare tour of gallows to spur debate

All executions in Japan are carried out by hanging, and no media coverage of executions is permitted. Inmates on death row do not know when they …
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Scientists crack wheat’s genetic code

The draft gene map is for a variety called Chinese Spring wheat and gives scientists and breeding companies access to 95 percent all wheat genes — …
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U.S. official: Pakistani militants exploiting floods

The disclosure follows State Department warnings that insurgents may also be targeting foreign aid workers responding to the floods, and raises the …
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