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- Sinking Ferry Leaves 29 Dead, 17 Missing
- JAKARTA, Indonesia (Nov. 22) - Rescuers saved more than 240 people aboard a crowded Indonesian passenger ferry that sank Sunday in rough waters off Sumatra island, but 29 people have died and at least 17 others were missing, officials said.…
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WDBJ7.com- Management blamed in China mine blast that kills…
- Beijing, China (CNN) -- Chinese officials blamed poor management and inadequate precautions for an explosion at a mine that killed 104 people, state-run media said Monday. In addition to those killed, 60 miners remained hospitalized from…
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Seattle Post Intelligencer- Brazil says world must engage Iran, but urges Ahmadinejad to…
- Silva's comments followed a three-hour private meeting with his increasingly alienated Iranian counterpart, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad _ the first Iranian leader to visit Brazil since pro-U.S. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi toured Brazil in…
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CBS News- Lawyer: 9/11 Defendants Will Tell Jury 'Why They Did It'
- NEW YORK — The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday. Scott Fenstermaker, the lawyer for accused…
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Town Hall- Bombings, shooting kill 12 around Afghanistan
- KABUL -Bombings and shootings killed 12 people across Afghanistan, including four American troops and three children, as President Barack Obama convened his war council again Monday to fine-tune a strategy to respond to the intransigent…
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Seattle Post Intelligencer- NYC tavern owner says he'll unveil what he calls is the…
- NEW YORK (AP) — You'll need to be 21 to take a bite out of this Thanksgiving turkey . New York City tavern owner Paul Hurley said he'll unveil what he is calling the nation's first 100-proof turkey on Monday. A spokesman for the owner of…
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10Connects.com- Embassy says Japanese engineer released by captors in Yemen
- SAN'A, Yemen – A Japanese engineer seized by Yemeni tribesmen seeking to swap him for a prisoner with Al Qaeda links was released Monday after a week in captivity, his embassy said. Takeo Mashimo returned to the capital, San'a, after a day…
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Tri-City Herald- Iran sentences former VP to prison
- TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Tehran sentenced a former vice president to six years in prison for his alleged role in plotting against the Islamic republic in post-election unrest. Iranian media announced during the weekend that former Vice…
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Wikinews- Iran begins war games to protect nuclear sites
- TEHRAN, Iran -Iran on Sunday began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from attack, state TV reported, as an air force commander boasted the country could deter any military strike by Israel. It said…
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Boston Globe- 2 bomb blasts leave 7 dead, 52 wounded in India
- GAUHATI, India -Suspected militants set off two bombs outside a police station in India's restive northeast on Sunday, killing seven people and wounding more than 50, police said. Five people died instantly after two blasts went off within…
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