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40% of guns used in Mexico crimes originated in Texas
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:00:00 GMT |
Forty percent of Mexico gun crimes traced by the ATF last year used guns originally sold in Texas, according to a report issued Tuesday by a coalition of U.S. mayors. |
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China blacks out towns to meet energy goal
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:16:03 GMT |
Rolling blackouts and enforced power cuts are affecting key industrial areas. The prosperous eastern city of Taizhou turned off street lights and ordered hotels and shopping malls to cut power use. |
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4 Al-Qaida-Linked Prisoners On The Lam In Iraq
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:26:23 GMT |
An Iraqi officials said the four inmates who broke out of Baghdad's Camp Cropper, seen in this 2008 photo, were facing the death penalty. |
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West should not lead corruption fight
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:14:56 GMT |
Afghanistan's top prosecutor said Thursday that while President Hamid Karzai backs the work of Western-supported anti-corruption teams, he wants investigations to be led by Afghans and free of interference from international advisers. |
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CNN names Piers Morgan as Larry King's replacement
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:09:06 GMT |
British tabloid veteran Piers Morgan, hired by CNN to start as Larry King's replacement as a prime-time interviewer in January, promised that he "came here to win." CNN nailed down the final piece of its prime-time makeover on Wednesday, after months where it was clear the "America's Got Talent" panelist was its top choice. |
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Suicide Attack In Russia Kills 9, Wounds Over 100
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:43:14 GMT |
Share + Sep 9, 2010 5:37 am US/Eastern SERGEI VENYAVSKY, Associated Press Writer ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia A suicide car bomber hit the central market of a major city in Russia's restive North Caucasus region on Thursday, killing at least nine and wounding more than 100 people, officials said. |
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Blind Chinese activist lawyer released from prison but promptly confined in rural village
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:28:53 GMT |
A blind, self-taught activist lawyer who documented forced abortions and other abuses was released from a Chinese prison Thursday and promptly confined in his rural village with limited access to communication, a relative said. |
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Recovery will be choppy
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:28:57 GMT |
Britain should be braced for a "choppy and uneven" recovery, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has warned - as a survey predicted the north of England would fare worst under Government spending cuts. |
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Pakistan to charge 3 in attempted Times Square bombing
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:07:46 GMT |
Pakistan will soon bring terrorism charges against three men alleged to have helped the failed Times Square bomber meet up with militant leaders close to the Afghan border and send him money to carry out the attack, a senior police officer said yesterday. |
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Circus fish-swallowing act dropped in Australia
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:13:51 GMT |
A Russian circus touring Australia has dropped an act in which a performer swallows a live fish then regurgitates it after complaints that it was in poor taste and inhumane. |
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