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RAWALPINDI, Pakistan – Militants stormed a mosque near Pakistan's army headquarters, killing at least 36 worshippers, including six military officers, during Friday prayers as they sprayed gunfire and threw grenades before blowing themselves up, officials said. Full Story »
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MEXICO CITY - Kidnap victims freed from a rehab center in Mexico City said they were snatched from the streets and held in slave-like conditions — beaten, robbed and forced to work 16 hours a day making shopping bags and clothes pins. Full Story »
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GSTAAD, Switzerland - Roman Polanski's life took a dramatic turn for the better Friday as he traded a Swiss jail for house arrest surrounded by family in his luxury Alpine chalet. Full Story »
A verdict is expected for the 22-year-old American student on trial for killing her roommate while studying abroad in Italy Full Story »
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LONDON (AFP) - Following the departure of interior designer Justin Ryan, just three contestants remain in the jungle battling it out in the final of "I'm a Celebrity..." on Friday. Full Story »
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BAGHDAD - Members of an Iranian opposition group claimed Friday that Iraqi authorities are limiting their access to outside health care at a camp in northern Iraq where they have been under watch since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003. Full Story »
' HAVANA - Cuba hit back Thursday at 60 prominent U.S. black leaders who challenged its race record, with island writers, artists and official journalists calling the criticism an attack on their country's national identity. Full Story »
CAIRO (Reuters) - Two Nile river passenger ferries collided Friday in northern Egypt, with up to 38 people feared missing when one boat broke in half and the other overturned, security and ambulance sources said. Full Story »
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AFP) - Australia will play three-time champions Germany while North Korea face favourites Brazil at the World Cup in South Africa as Asian nations were dealt a tough hand on Friday. Full Story »
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's economy added far more jobs than expected in November, more than erasing the losses in October and suggesting stronger fourth-quarter growth as predicted by the Bank of Canada. Full Story »
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SYDNEY - A man dove face-first into an extremely venomous, peanut-sized jellyfish in waters off northeast Australia and medics flew him to a hospital intensive care unit to treat the potentially fatal sting, officials said Friday. Full Story »
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — At least 30 people were killed and scores wounded Friday in an attack on a mosque in a military area in the garrison city of Rawalpindi. Full Story »
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New Delhi - Sri Lanka's government freed hundreds of thousands of Tamils from vast internment camps in the north of the island Tuesday – prompted as much by upcoming elections as concerns over human rights, say analysts. Full Story »
Dueling film versions of last year's bloody conflict reprise old arguments and ensure that the war of words between the two nations continues Full Story »
HAVANA - Highly anticipated immigration talks between Cuba and the United States have been pushed back because of scheduling concerns that each side blames on the other, another hint that reconciliation may be more difficult than it once appeared. Full Story »
UNITED NATIONS - The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Friday that the Sudanese president's recent avoidance of traveling abroad to high-level events bodes well for his ultimate arrest for alleged war crimes in Darfur. Full Story »
Even as he trumpeted a slowdown in the nation's job losses Friday, President Barack Obama put finishing touches on a proposal he'll unveil next week to "jump-start" business hiring across America. Full Story »
The parents of a teenager accused of strangling his 10-year-old brother to satisfy a craving to kill pulled the teen out of high school two weeks before the killing, a school district official said Friday. Full Story »
Washington, DC — We have the best medical professionals in the world, but fewer and fewer Americans can afford to pay for the care they can provide. The trends indicate that problem will get much worse. Full Story »
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