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Car bomb kills 6 in shopping area north of Baghdad

A police spokesman in Diyala province, Ghalib al-Karkhi, says Wednesday’s attack in a shopping area in the village of Abu Sayda also wounded 17 …
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Israeli Arab sentenced for murder of American girl

Court spokeswoman Ayelet Filo said Yehiya Farhan was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences, or 102 years, on Wednesday. One of his victims, …
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Bangladesh garment workers paid inhumanly low

In recent months, thousands of garment workers demanding higher wages have protested on the streets, attacked factories and blockaded highways in …
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Weather threatens to shut down British Petroleum’s Gulf well work

Retired U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said tropical weather could force crews on the water to abandon their watch over the experimental cap …
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Obama administration tries to defuse racial furor

The administration dismissed a black U.S. Agriculture Department official after video excerpts were posted in which she appeared to acknowledge …
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War general says United States exit from Iraq on track

General Raymond Odierno says the Iraqi security forces are doing much of the work already and that security has improved significantly. Odierno says …
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British lawmakers to study deepwater drilling decision

The Energy and Climate Change Committee made the announcement Wednesday. Committee chairman Tim Yeo said the committee intends to question British …
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NATO fears Somali pirates moving to south Red Sea

Commodore Michiel Hijmans said Wednesday there has been at least one attack in the region recently and he is "very concerned" there might be …
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American watchdogs: mortgage program is not working

Special inspector general for the financial bailouts Neil Barofsky said Wednesday that the program has not "put an appreciable dent in foreclosure …
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British Petroleum reduces number of boats skimming oil in Gulf

The move comes after British Petroleum stopped oil from barreling into the Gulf of Mexico last week. It has some worried the oil giant is forgetting …
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Flight diverted after 30 hurt in severe turbulence

The Tuesday flight was the airline’s third this year during which passengers were hurt because of turbulence. The flight originated at Dulles …
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German inquiry into top cleric ends with no proof

Prosecutor Christoph Hettenbach says in a statement released Wednesday that the investigation into Freiburg Archbishop Robert Zollitsch has been …
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Ex-Romanian dictator Ceausescu and wife exhumed

Ceausescu ruled Romania for 25 years with an iron fist before being ousted and executed during the 1989 anti-communist revolt in which more than …
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United Nations court orders retrial for former Kosovo premier

The original trial for Ramush Haradinaj and two former Kosovo Liberation Army comrades was marred by intimidation that left two prosecution …
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Iran says scientist provided information on CIA

American authorities have claimed Shahram Amiri willingly defected to the U.S. but changed his mind and decided to return home without the $5 …
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Stocks gain on strong results from banks

Apple easily surpassed profit forecasts and, more importantly, raised its revenue outlook above analysts’ expectations when it released results …
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Coca-Cola net income up 16%, volume rises

Coca-Cola left its 2010 guidance unchanged but says it remains cautious about meeting its targets. The company says it earned $2.37 billion, or …
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North Korea on damage control at Asia security meeting

The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations issued a statement following a foreign ministers’ meeting Tuesday condemning the sinking of the …
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