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U.S. has role in Africa's unplanned baby bonanza
McClatchy Newspapers – Sun Dec 13, 12:01 pm ET Sent 312 times

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SIRAKANO, Uganda — At age 45, after giving birth to 13 children in her village of thatch roofs and bare feet, Beatrice Adongo made a discovery that startled her: birth control. Full Story »
20,000 evacuated as Philippine volcano oozes lava
AP – 54 mins ago Sent 245 times

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MANILA, Philippines - Authorities moved thousands of villagers from harm's way near the Philippines' most active volcano Tuesday after it oozed lava and shot plumes of ash, and said they probably would spend a bleak Christmas in an evacuation center. Full Story »
Dubai's $10B bailout by Abu Dhabi calms fears
AP – Mon Dec 14, 2:22 pm ET Sent 220 times

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Oil-rich Abu Dhabi pumped $10 billion into its indebted neighbor Monday, sending stocks soaring while sparing Dubai and the rest of the Emirates federation the humiliation of an imminent default by one of the struggling Arab boomtown's star companies. Full Story »
Jailed Amanda Knox tells AP that she's scared
AP – Sun Dec 13, 3:24 pm ET Sent 169 times

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PERUGIA, Italy - Amanda Knox sounded casual, surprised even, by the simple question as it came through the door of her prison cell in English on Sunday: "How are you?" Full Story »
Officials: Berlusconi in hospital until Wednesday
AP – 21 mins ago Sent 149 times

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ROME - Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi must stay in the hospital until at least Wednesday and should probably cancel all public activities throughout the Christmas season, hospital officials said Tuesday. Full Story »
Report: UN-backed Congo troops killing civilians
AP – Tue Dec 15, 12:49 am ET Sent 140 times

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JOHANNESBURG - U.N. peacekeepers in Congo are violating the laws of war and should immediately stop backing Congolese troops who have deliberately killed hundreds of civilians in an operation to oust rebels in eastern Congo, Human Rights Watch said. Full Story »
Berlusconi attacker apologizes for "cowardly" act
Reuters – 1 hr 12 mins ago Sent 140 times

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ROME (Reuters) - An Italian man who broke Silvio Berlusconi's nose and teeth by striking him with a souvenir model has apologized to the Italian prime minister for his "cowardly and rash act," the attacker's lawyers said. Full Story »
Iran to try 3 Americans who crossed Iraqi border
AP – Mon Dec 14, 3:54 pm ET Sent 71 times

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TEHRAN, Iran - Iran said Monday a court will try three Americans who wandered across the border from Iraq last July and became ensnared in an increasingly bitter standoff with the West over Tehran's nuclear program. Full Story »
Spain: Catalan villages vote for independence
AP – Sun Dec 13, 6:44 pm ET Sent 66 times

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VILAFRANCA DEL PENEDES, Spain - A smattering of villages and towns in rich, independence-minded Catalonia gave a lukewarm embrace to the idea of breaking away from Spain in a rare vote Sunday at the grassroots level. Full Story »
Chile runoff pits Ex-president against billionaire
AP – Mon Dec 14, 2:01 am ET Sent 65 times

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SANTIAGO, Chile - A conservative billionaire who fell shy of a first-round presidential victory can win a January runoff if he peels enough voters away from the center-left coalition that has governed Chile for nearly two decades. Full Story »
DNA map shows pandas may lack meat taste buds
AP – Mon Dec 14, 6:45 am ET Sent 57 times

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BEIJING - Genome mapping showing that pandas may prefer a bamboo-based diet because they can't taste meat could unlock secrets to ensuring the survival of the endangered species. Full Story »
Thais probe destination for seized NKorean weapons
AP – Tue Dec 15, 1:01 am ET Sent 54 times

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BANGKOK - Thai authorities focused Tuesday on the mammoth task of inspecting 35 tons of weapons seized from a cargo plane loaded in North Korea, as details of the aircraft's alleged shady past emerged but its ultimate destination remained a mystery. Full Story »
Castro says US on offensive in LatAm despite Obama
AP – Mon Dec 14, 9:24 pm ET Sent 44 times

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HAVANA - Fidel Castro says President Barack Obama's "friendly smile and African-American face" are hiding Washington's sinister intentions for Latin America — more evidence of a new cooling in U.S.-Cuba relations after a thaw had seemed possible just months ago. Full Story »
In Afghanistan, Marines live a tough camp life
McClatchy Newspapers – Sun Dec 13, 2:52 pm ET Sent 40 times

FOB HASSANABAD, Afghanistan — The young Marines at this outpost could be on a camping trip to Hell. Full Story »
Israeli chief rabbi visits mosque that was torched
AP – Mon Dec 14, 12:25 pm ET Sent 39 times

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YASUF, West Bank - Israel's chief rabbi made a rare visit to a Palestinian village on Monday to condemn the torching of a mosque allegedly by Jewish extremists, saying the attack brought back memories of the Holocaust. Full Story »
Harassment across Arab world drives women inside
AP – Tue Dec 15, 3:41 am ET Sent 31 times

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CAIRO - The sexual harassment of women in the streets, schools and work places of the Arab World is driving them to cover up and confine themselves to their homes, said activists at the first-ever regional conference addressing the once taboo topic. Full Story »
Explosions in 2 major Iraq cities kill 9 people
AP – 1 min ago Sent 31 times

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BAGHDAD - Car bombs and other explosions ripped through Iraq's capital and a major northern city on Tuesday, killing nine people and showing again the ease with which insurgents manage to slip past security. Full Story »
Mullen: Most of surge troops will arrive by August
AP – 30 mins ago Sent 31 times

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KABUL - The top U.S. military officer said Tuesday that he's confident that most of the 30,000 additional troops that are being sent to Afghanistan will be there by August. Full Story »