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Italy plans body scanners for train stations

Body scanners have been in use on an experimental basis in three Italian airports since March, but concerns have been raised over possible …
Reuters

Top court to hear California prisoner release case

The nation’s high court agreed to step into the long-running legal battle over California’s 33 adult prisons and their often-criticized medical care …
Reuters

Wreck of World War II freighter believed found off Albania

A joint U.S.-Albanian team said Monday the wreckage found last weekend probably was part of the 8,000-ton Rosandra, which sank after being hit by a …
Interns

Kennedy documents show death threats as late as 1985

Previously secret files released Monday showed that on May 23, 1985, the U.S. Capitol Police passed onto the FBI a copy of a letter sent to the Secret …
Interns

European Union companies: debt crisis is hurting recovery

The euro has shed some 20 percent of its value over the past six months as financial markets lost confidence in European governments’ ability to rein …
Interns

Bulgarian court acquits 2 suspected crime bosses

Brothers Krasimir and Nikolai Marinov were also found innocent of participating in an organised crime gang. The Sofia City Court sentenced four other …
Reuters

Scientists retrieve capsule, seeking asteroid dust

The Hayabusa explorer returned to Earth overnight after a seven-year, 4-billion mile (6-billion kilometer) journey, burning apart on re-entry in a …
Interns

Opposition urge confidence vote, add to Merkel’s woes

The chancellor is under fire from members of her government of conservatives and the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) over an austerity drive …
Reuters

Report: U.S. finds mineral riches in Afghanistan

"There is stunning potential here," Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of the United States Central Command, told the paper in a report published …
Interns

After euro zone crisis, what next?

As the markets headed south that Friday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner had spoken to his European counterparts on an emergency conference …
Reuters

Sweden arrests activists over nuclear break-in

The activists entered Forsmark some 115 kilometres north of Stockholm early on Monday and several gained access to a building rooftop, police said. …
Reuters

No Pakistan victory in Orakzai despite hue and cry

Pakistani military analysts say the victory announcement — much like U.S. President George W. Bush’s 2003 "mission accomplished" moment — was based …
Interfax-Ukraine

Chinese man mauled to death after entering tiger enclosure

The man, surnamed Zhang, was visiting the Qinling wild animal park on Sunday in Xi’an, capital of northern Shaanxi province, with his 17-year-old …
Reuters

Colombia troops rescue three hostage officers

Rebels from the FARC or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia have been battered by President Alvaro Uribe’s U.S.-backed security drive that has …
Reuters

North, South Korea to address U.N. over ship sinking

South Korea had been expected to brief the Security Council some time this week on an international investigation into the sinking of the corvette …
Reuters

Chavez: Beer tycoon wants Venezuela presidency

Chavez, an avowed foe of U.S. ‘imperialism,’ did not provide evidence to back the claim that the owner of Empresas Polar had political ambitions, …
Reuters

Flemish separatists triumph in Belgian election

Belgium can ill afford drawn-out coalition talks because policy paralysis could make the country more vulnerable on financial markets that are …
Reuters

Israel to set up own inquiry into Gaza ship raid

The internal inquiry into the March 31 raid, which falls short of a U.N. proposal for an international investigation, was decided on after …
Reuters
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