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 Mexican shootout kills dozens of people
Bahamas News.Net
25 or more people have died in a gunfight between Mexican soldiers and suspected drug gang members near the northern Mexican city of Monterrey.  Stephen Hawking says the universe created itself
Bahamas News.Net
A new book written by famous British physicist, Stephen Hawking, claims that God did not create the universe and the "big bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics.  Israeli girl hurt in car stoning
Bahamas News.Net
A twelve-year-old girl, riding in a car which was driving through Tapuach Junction in the West Bank, has been hit with a stone which came through the window. Former egg farm workers say complaints ignored
Washington Times
U.S. Agriculture Department employees worked full-time at two Iowa egg farms at the center of a salmonella outbreak and massive recall, but two former workers said they ignored complaints about condit... Police question scientist in Miami airport scare
Washington Times
Passengers head out of the terminal at Miami International Airport early Friday morning, Sept. 3, 2010. A spokesman for the airport said four of its six concourses were evacuated as a police bomb squa... Unemployment rate rises to 9.6 as 54,000 jobs are lost
Washington Times
Labor Day weekend. But the unemployment rate rose in August for the first time in four months as more people entered the market looking for work.Companies added a net total of 67,000 new jobs last mon... Some flooding on N.C. Outer Banks as Earl passes
Washington Times
BUXTON, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Earl roared past the North Carolina Outer Banks early Friday, flooding some parts of the narrow vacation islands and knocking out electricity before driving north a... Monster Azerbaijani Flag Is No More...For Now
RadioFreeEurope
Well, it did. The flag was damaged by the wind and had to be taken down, which is perhaps no surprise given that some etymologists believe Baku's name originates from the Persian for "wind-pounde... Video Shows Karrubi's Home Damaged After Attack
RadioFreeEurope
of opposition leader Mehdi Karrubi.Reports today also say dozens of plainclothes agents and Basij forces have surrounded the area where Karrubi lives.Karrubi's son told RFE/RL's Radio Farda that hard-... State Department Set To Increase Presence In Iraq
RadioFreeEurope
With U.S. combat troops out of Iraq and the U.S. military presence continuing to thin out in the coming months, thousands of civilians are moving in to carry out the largest U.S.-led foreign reconstru... Invitation: Can Democracy Take Root in Kyrgyzstan?
RadioFreeEurope
, the only country in the world to host both Russian and American military installations, has been rocked by political instability and murderous violence over the past year. In April, a mob overthrew ... Defendants Convicted in Portugal Sex Abuse Trial
International Herald Tribune
Filed at 9:21 a.m. ET LISBON, Portugal (AP) -- A Portuguese court found six men and one woman guilty Friday of crimes relating to child sex abuse in a major trial that lasted nearly six years, a pros... NY near worst for road ruin
New York Post
09/03/2010 8:19 AM Crossing into NY from any of the adjoining states is like leaving a developed country and driving into the backwaters of some banana republic. IS it because NY is skimping on highw... 6.3-magnitude quake shakes Alaska's Aleutian Islands
Channel News Asia
WASHINGTON : A strong, magnitude 6.3 earthquake shook Alaska's remote Aleutian Islands early Friday, the US Geological Survey reported. The quake struck just southeast of Adak Island at 2:16 am l... Suicide blast at Tajikistan police base, 25 hurt
Channel News Asia
DUSHANBE : A suicide bomber in an explosives-packed car wounded at least 25 police officers in an attack on their base in Tajikistan Friday that left the building in flames, interior ministry official... UK vow on military ties with France
The Independent
Defence Secretary Liam Fox promised "closer co-operation" with the French today as military budgets face being squeezed on both sides of the Channel. Dr Fox, who was in Paris for tal... Israeli and Palestinian leaders face critics of talks
The Independent
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned Friday from the resumption of Mideast negotiations in Washington to confront internal opposition to his peace moves, just as his Palestinian counte... Oil rig explodes off US Gulf coast
The Independent
A mile-long oil sheen spread from an offshore oil platform burning in the Gulf of Mexico today. Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Coklough said the sheen, about a mile long and 100ft wide, was s... Silver lining in jobs report
CNN
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Businesses are hiring, but not enough to make up for the massive losses of temporary government jobs. The economy lost a total of 54,000 jobs in August, according to the Lab... A quicker jobs recovery
CNN
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- A jobless recovery? Hardly.By historical standards, the labor market is recovering nicely -- job growth has started earlier than in past recessions. 43 killed in Pakistan blast
CNN
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- At least 43 people have been killed and 78 others wounded in a bomb blast during an Al Quds day rally in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, authorites said. Ex-MI6 man sentenced over leaks
BBC
'Strange young man' Houghton had tried to sell copies of electronic files containing details of information gathering software and staff lists to the agents in The Netherlands. The Dutch authorities... Fringe defends ticket sales total
BBC
Organisers of the Edinburgh Fringe have defended their decision to count customers of free shows in their box office sales. They claimed on Monday that almost two million tickets had been sold for th... Women rescued in 'brothel raids'
BBC
Police have raided a number of properties suspected of being used as brothels in Belfast. It is understood that they rescued a number of foreign women believed to have been forced to work as prostitu... MP says paper 'hacked' his phone
BBC
A Welsh MP says he believes his answer machine messages were intercepted by journalists at the News of the World. Rhondda MP Chris Bryant said the Metropolitan Police told him his name appeared on ma...
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