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1 hr ago | KOMOradio

Docs pull 1.5 lbs of nails from man's stomach

Doctors in the city of Cajamarca said they removed 1.5 pounds of metal from Abanto's stomach, including nails, coins, and rusted copper wire and scrap metal.

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Related Topix: South America, Peru, Offbeat

6 hrs ago | Reuters

Millions of Brazilians in the dark

Nov 11 - A huge power cut brings chaos to Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro and cities in at least four other Brazilian states.

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Related Topix: South America, Brazil,

10 hrs ago | Connecticut's WB 20

Airbus' biggest buyer for A380 says delivery delayed, but Emirates airline still may buy more

Emirates airline, the biggest buyer of the "superjumbo" Airbus A380, said Wednesday it is considering increasing its order for the double-decker plane despite delays on existing orders.

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Related Topix: United Arab Emirates, France,

15 hrs ago | The Star Online

China and Malaysia agree to enhance strategic cooperation

PUTRAJAYA: Chinese President Hu Jintao said China and Malaysia have agreed to work to enhance their strategic and cooperative relationship.

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Related Topix: China, Asia, Hu Jintao

Tue Nov 10, 2009

KOMOradio

Report: Blackwater OK'd $1M plan to pay off Iraqis

Former top executives at Blackwater Worldwide say the U.S. security contractor sent about $1 million to its Iraq office with the intention of paying off officials in the country who were angry about the fatal shootings of 17 civilians by Blackwater employees, The New York Times reported Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Middle East, Iraq, North Carolina,

KAKE-TV Wichita

Pentagon: 300 Doses Of H1N1 Vaccine At Guantanamo

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 The Pentagon says a small shipment of H1N1 flu vaccine has arrived at the Guantanamo Bay military prison.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Cuba

KFVS

Bodies of 6 UK war dead return from Afghanistan

Veterans saluted and mourners laid flowers on hearses as hundreds paid tribute Tuesday to six soldiers killed in Afghanistan - including five shot to death by an Afghan police officer who turned against them.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, Prison, Europe, United Kingdom, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Newsday.com

Police: Bomb kills 20 in northwest Pakistan market

The bombing in Charsadda city was the third attack in as many days in or close to Peshawar , the capital of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province.

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New York City's Hometown Newspaper - ...

Obama close to deciding Afghan troop deployment

French Foreign Legionnaires leave combat outpost near Kabul on Monday. President Obama A is nearing a decision to add tens of thousands more forces to Afghanistan , though not quite the 40,000 sought by his top general there.

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, US Military, Fort Drum, US Army, Fort Drum, NY

Mon Nov 09, 2009

KLEW-TV Lewiston

Navies of 2 Koreas exchange fire

Navy ships of the two Koreas exchanged fire Tuesday along their disputed western sea border, South Korean military officers said.

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Related Topix: North Korea, Asia, US Military, US Navy, South Korea,

KSL-TV Salt Lake City

Brazil college backs down on mini-dress expulsion

A Brazilian woman whose short, pink dress caused a near riot at a private college and led to her expulsion will be allowed to return to class.

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Related Topix: Brazil

Reuters

Merkel, Trabants celebrate wall fall

Nov. 9 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, joined thousands of others to walk across a former checkpoint in celebration of 20 years since the wall's collapse SOUNDBITE: GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL MUS, ONLOOKER FROM THE NETHERLANDS Georgina Cooper, Reuters No videos currently selected.

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Related Topix: Europe, Germany

snafu-ed.blogspot.com | Iria

"Anti-Consent, Pro-Rape" Facebook Page Shut Down After Criticism

A pro-rape Facebook page, set up by a group of past and present elite Australian college students, has been taken down, but still ran from early August until late October, authorities say.

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Related Topix: Snafu, Pop/Rock

www.israelnationalnews.com | Hesed

32 Arab Children Killed Working in Smuggling Tunnels

No fewer than 32 children have been killed over the past three years while working in Gaza arms smuggling tunnels, according to a new report released in the Palestinian Authority.

The report, prepared by an organization called the Palestinian National Society for Democracy and Law, was released on Saturday. It deals with the child abuse perpetrated on child laborers in the tunnels used to smuggle weapons, arms and other items from Egypt into Gaza.

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Myphl17.com

Germany celebrates day Berlin Wall collapsed, paving the way for reunification

With prayers, music and pomp, Germany on Monday remembered the 20th anniversary of the day the Berlin Wall fell, sending East Germans flooding west and setting in motion events that soon led to the country's reunification.

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Related Topix: Europe, Germany, Angela Merkel, Horst Koehler, East Berlin, PA

MiamiHerald.com - Miami & Ft. Lauderd...

US military: 2 American pilots die in Iraq

The U.S. military says two American pilots have died in a helicopter crash in Iraq.

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Related Topix: Iraq

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Enfield Independent

Brown to mark fall of Berlin wall

Gordon Brown is to join other world leaders in Germany for the celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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Related Topix: Europe, Germany, Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel

680News

Interior minister in El Salvador reports 91 dead in flooding following 3 days of rain

Three days of heavy rains in El Salvador touched off floods and slides that have killed at least 91 people, the government said Sunday.

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The State

Turkey to admit Sudan leader despite Darfur charge

Turkey said Sunday that Sudan's internationally indicted leader, President Omar al-Bashir, will not attend a conference of Muslim nations in Istanbul.

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Related Topix: Turkey, Middle East, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Abdullah Gul, Hamid Karzai

The Cyprus Weekly

British soldier killed in Afghanistan...

Britain's Defence Ministry says a British soldier has been killed in southern Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

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