Brazil toddler has 50 sewing needles inside body
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A 2-year-old boy has as many as 50 metal sewing needles inside his body, apparently stuck there one by one, a doctor treating him said Wednesday. Brazilian media said the boy's ex-stepfather was detained. Dr. Luiz...
Court: UK is hiding info already made public
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Details of U.S. interrogation techniques that Britain is fighting to keep secret are no different from what has already been made public by President Barack Obama, according to parts of a U.K. court ruling that were...
Brazil court supports US dad in son's custody case
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A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that a 9-year-old boy living in Brazil should be returned to his American father, but the case will likely be appealed again, officials said. U.S Secretary of State Hillary Rodham...
Mexico links animal activists to car burnings
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Investigators have found evidence linking an animal rights group to homemade bombs that burned seven vehicles in Mexico City, a prosecutor said Wednesday. The symbol of a local version of the Animal Liberation Front...
Iran tests missile, stoking tensions with the West
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Iran on Wednesday test fired an upgraded version of an advanced missile capable of hitting Israel and parts of Europe, an apparent show of strength aimed at discouraging attacks on its nuclear facilities. The test of...
Severed heads of 6 police found in Mexican plaza
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The severed heads of six state police investigators were found at a public plaza Wednesday in the northern Mexican state of Durango. The heads were found in the township of Cuencame a day after the officers were...
Paraguay-Brazil energy treaty going nowhere fast
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It's been nearly five months since the presidents of Brazil and Paraguay agreed on a breakthrough deal to triple Paraguay's income from the world's second-largest hydroelectric dam, but the money won't be flowing...
US, 5 others pledge $3.5B to protect rainforests
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Negotiators moved closer to a deal to protect the world's forests with a pledge from the United States and five other countries to spend $3.5 billion over the next three years to slow their destruction. The plan to...
Austrian angry over divorce kills court official
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A drunk teacher unhappy with a judge's ruling in his divorce case returned to the courthouse Wednesday and fatally shot one of its employees, authorities said. The gunman, 57, was arrested after gunning down a...
Colombian pyramid scheme mastermind gets 30 years
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A man whose pyramid investment scheme bilked fellow Colombians out of hundreds of millions of dollars has been sentenced to 30 years and eight months in prison for a money-laundering conviction. The Colombian judge...
Salvadoran police: filmmaker killed over gang film
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Police in El Salvador arrested 10 more gang members Wednesday in the September killing of French journalist Christian Poveda, and said he was apparently killed because he showed gang members committing illegal acts in...
BBC slammed for debating Ugandan bill to kill gays
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The British Broadcasting Corp. suffered criticism from lawmakers Wednesday for inviting debate on whether homosexuals should face execution in Uganda. The broadcaster launched an on-line debate over a proposed Ugandan...
Lugo accepts DNA test for third paternity claim
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President Fernando Lugo has agreed to take a DNA test following a judicial request presented by a third woman who claims he fathered her child, the leader's lawyer said Wednesday. In October, Hortensia Damiana Moran,...
Madagascar coup leader calls for elections
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The man who took power in Madagascar by force defied efforts to negotiate a solution to the island nation's political crisis by appearing on national TV Wednesday to issue a unilateral call for elections. Andry...
Demand for new states could change India's map
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From scores fasting in demand of a new state in India's hilly northeast to a powerful chief minister suggesting her region be split up, the map of the nation is facing an overhaul. Ethnic minorities and activists in...
Pakistani court deals US-backed president big blow
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Pakistan's top court struck down an amnesty Wednesday that had protected U.S.-allied President Asif Ali Zardari from corruption charges, setting the stage for political turmoil at a time when America seeks a united...
Palestinian village caught amid Israel settlements
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The head of this Palestinian village can't scan the horizon without being reminded of everything his people have lost. From the roof of the village council building, Abdelnasser Bedawi can see six of the nine Israeli...
Minister says burqa-style veils impede citizenship
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France's immigration minister said Wednesday that he wants the wearing of Muslim veils that cover the face and body to be grounds for denying citizenship and long-term residence. Eric Besson said he planned to take...
Terror monitor: Tape of captured US soldier due
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The Taliban have announced they will release a new video of a U.S. soldier captured in Afghanistan, a U.S.-based terrorism monitoring group said Wednesday. SITE Intelligence Group, a U.S.-based terrorist tracking...
Berlusconi has trouble eating, stays in hospital
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Premier Silvio Berlusconi is in pain and having trouble eating and will stay in the hospital at least until Thursday recovering from an attack by a mentally ill man that broke his nose and two teeth, doctors said. ...
Supreme Court: London Jewish school discriminated
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A Jewish school discriminated against a child when it refused to admit him because it did not recognize his mother as Jewish, Britain's highest court ruled Wednesday. Critics said the decision interfered with...
Iraq PM implicates security in Baghdad blasts
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Dozens of suspected plotters in last week's deadly suicide bombings that killed 127 people in Baghdad were linked to security forces, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Wednesday. The revelation came as the...
Ex-Bolivian candidate disappears to escape charges
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The runner-up in Bolivia's presidential race has dropped out of sight to escape what he says are politically motivated charges of election fraud. Manfred Reyes Villa tells ATB television that he won't leave the...
Romania marks 20 years since anti-communist revolt
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With chants of "Liberty," grizzled former fighters in this snow-dusted city Wednesday relived their role in toppling communist Eastern Europe's most repressive dictator. But most Romanians paid little heed _ focusing...
Liechtenstein royal cancels major UK art exhibit
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The prince of Liechtenstein has canceled a major London art exhibition because British officials have held up the export of a Renaissance painting he bought in 2006, officials said Wednesday. Prince Hans-Adam II pulled...
A Caribbean Christmas for Justice Sotomayor
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Sonia Sotomayor showed off her Spanish skills and love of Puerto Rican food Wednesday on her first visit to Puerto Rico as a U.S. Supreme Court justice. At a news conference on arrival at San Juan's international...
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Opposition party says Pakistan's president should resign following court overturn of amnesty. ...
Russia hails Nauru recognizing Abkhazia, S.Ossetia
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Russia said Wednesday that it could expand ties with the South Pacific island nation of Nauru after the world's smallest republic recognized two breakaway provinces of Georgia that had declared independence with Russian...
Deaths over housing lead to China reform call
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Yue Xiyou died after trying to defend his fiancee's apartment from a wrecking crew. A woman named Tang Fuzhen protested another demolition by standing on the roof and setting herself on fire. The struggle for urban...
A breakdown of Iran's missile arsenal
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A breakdown of Iran's missile arsenal: ___ SAJJIL 1 and 2: The Sajjil 2 is Iran's most advanced two-stage, surface-to-surface missile. It is powered entirely by solid fuel, which increases the weapon's accuracy. The...
PR bar shootout suspect caught in Virgin Islands
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A convicted killer suspected of masterminding a bar shooting that left eight people dead in Puerto Rico was arrested aboard a 30-foot boat just after it entered a marina in the U.S. Virgin Islands, federal officials...
SAfrica ex-health boss dies; touted garlic for HIV
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South Africa's former health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, who gained notoriety for her dogged promotion of lemons, garlic and olive oil to treat AIDS, has died. She was 69. The ruling African National Congress...
Diplomat: Pakistan holding up some US visas
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Pakistan has held up visas for U.S. diplomats, military service members and others, apparently because of hostility within the country toward the expansion of U.S. operations in Pakistan, a senior U.S. diplomat said...
Swiss say they will accept 1 Guantanamo detainee
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Switzerland will take in one detainee from the U.S. detention facility for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in the hope of helping President Barack Obama to close down the prison, the government said...
Britain says Livni welcome despite arrest warrant
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown phoned former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni Wednesday to say she is still welcome in Britain, despite a recent attempt by pro-Palestinian activists to have her arrested during...
Guinea soldier: I shot the president
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Guinea's former presidential guard chief said Wednesday he shot the country's military strongman earlier this month because the junta leader wanted him to take the blame for a massacre by troops of pro-democracy...
NKorean diplomats jailed for cigarette smuggling
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A Swedish court has sentenced two North Korean diplomats to eight months in prison for trying to smuggle cigarettes into the Nordic country. The Stockholm District Court ruled Wednesday that the diplomats _ a man and...
Gunmen fire on Honduran journalist's car, 1 killed
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Gunmen have attacked the car of a Honduran television journalist, killing her pregnant daughter but leaving her uninjured. Police spokesman Orlin Cerrato said Wednesday two gunmen on a motorcycle shot at Karol...
PLO extends Abbas' presidential term
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The Palestine Liberation Organization indefinitely extended Mahmoud Abbas' term as Palestinian president on Wednesday and endorsed his refusal to negotiate with Israel unless it freezes all settlement construction. The...
Philippine volcano rumbles with fresh explosions
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The Mayon volcano, which has blown its top nearly 40 times in 400 years, menaced nearby residents with small eruptions of ash and lava Wednesday as Philippine authorities moved more than 30,000 people to shelters in...
Dubai says moving ahead with Tiger Woods course
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Tiger Woods' business partners in Dubai on Wednesday wouldn't comment on the golfer's personal woes, but say despite the emirate's cash problems they are still pushing ahead with plans to build a course he laid out . ...
NATO to cut troop levels in Kosovo
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Despite opposition from Serbia, NATO's commander for Southeast Europe said the alliance will cut down its force in Kosovo by some 4,500 troops in January for possible use in hotspots like Afghanistan or Iraq. Adm. Mark...
Gaidar, Russia's free-market architect, dies at 53
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Yegor Gaidar, who oversaw Russia's painful economic transition from communism to the free market in the 1990s, died Wednesday, an aide said. He was 53. Gaidar died unexpectedly of a blood clot at his Moscow-area home...
Ancient Egyptian wall paintings to return to Luxor
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Egypt's antiquities chief says the wall paintings that caused a feud between Egypt and the Louvre Museum will be returned to their original location in a tomb south of Egypt. In a statement Wednesday, Zahi Hawass says...
SAfrica's ANC battles to rein in young firebrand
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South Africa's ruling party is trying to rein in a young firebrand who is sowing discord among its old Communist allies, threatening President Jacob Zuma's efforts to build unity as the country grapples with economic...
Japan coalition leader wants US base off Okinawa
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The leader of one of Japan's ruling coalition parties said Wednesday she wants a U.S. Marine base moved off the southern island of Okinawa, deepening a dispute with Washington over the future of the airfield. Mizuho...
4 white rhinos to move from Czech zoo to Kenya
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Four rare northern white rhinos will be moved from a Czech zoo to Africa to live in the wild in an attempt to save the species from being wiped out, officials said Wednesday. Two male rhinos called Sudan and Suni and...
Bomb kills 4 Afghan police in western province
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A roadside bomb killed four police officers in western Afghanistan and two soldiers died in separate militant attacks, the latest against the country's struggling security forces, officials said Wednesday. The attacks...
Tribunal charges 2 Khmer Rouge with genocide
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The U.N.-assisted tribunal trying former leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge has charged two defendants with genocide for the first time. Tribunal spokesman Lars Olsen said Wednesday the co-investigating judges issued...
Philippines arrests alleged militant wanted by US
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An alleged founder of an al-Qaida-linked Philippine militant group who is wanted by the U.S. government in the kidnapping of an American missionary 16 years ago was arrested in Manila on Wednesday, an official said. ...