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Saturday, November 21, 2009
Europe

E-mail leak turns up heat on global warming advocates

By Herald staff
In an embarrassing blow to the movement to combat global warming, hackers have posted hundreds of e-mails from a world-renowned...
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Asia Pacific

China says 42 dead, 66 trapped in mine explosion

In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, rescuers go down the exploded coal mine in Hegang City, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, on Saturday evening.
By Associated Press
BEIJING — A gas explosion tore through a state-run coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 42 people...
Asia Pacific

Rocket hits outside luxury hotel in Afghan capital

Afghan police and Army soldiers rush to the scene where a rocket hit outside the luxury Serena Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday.
By Associated Press
KABUL — A rocket hit outside the luxury Serena Hotel in Afghanistan’s capital late Saturday, wounding two...
Europe

Italian police arrest 2 linked to Mumbai attacks

By Associated Press
ROME — Italian police on Saturday arrested a Pakistani father and son accused of helping fund and providing logistical support for last year’s terrorist...
Asia Pacific

Chinese activist detained during Obama trip

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A leading Chinese human rights lawyer who tried unsuccessfully to meet with President Barack Obama in...
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Europe

Life requested for US suspect in Italy murder case

U.S. murder suspect Amanda Knox reacts during a hearing at Perugia’s court, Italy, Saturday.
By Associated Press
PERUGIA, Italy — Prosecutors requested life sentences Saturday for an American student and her former Italian...
Europe

Galileo’s lost fingers, tooth found at auction

A finger attributed to Galileo Galilei.
By Associated Press
ROME - Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei’s corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century...
Americas

Mexico says new data reflect economic recovery

By Associated Press
MEXICO CITY — Rising oil prices and increased exports are slowly dragging Mexico’s economy out of a severe recession,...
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Middle East

Iran to hold war games to protect nuclear sites

By Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran will begin large-scale air defense war games Sunday aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities...
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Europe

Police: 17 arrests in soccer match-fixing probe

Representatives of police, public prosecutors and UEFA during a news conference about sports betting fraud, at the police headquarters in Bochum, Germany, Friday.
By Associated Press
FRANKFURT — German prosecutors investigating match-fixing in soccer say 15 people in Germany and two in Switzerland...
Europe

Russia president criticizes ruling party over vote

By Associated Press
ST.PETERSBURG, Russia — Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday chided officials in the ruling Kremlin-backed party with unprecedented bluntness,...
Europe

Pope and Anglican leader agree on closer relations

In this picture made available by the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI, left, shakes hands with the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams during their meeting at the Vatican, Saturday.
By Associated Press
VATICAN CITY — The archbishop of Canterbury held his first talks Saturday with Pope Benedict XVI since the Roman...
Europe

Quick restart of Big Bang machine stuns scientists

CERN scientists control computer screens showing traces on Atlas experiment of the first protons injected in the LHC during its switch on operation in CERN’s control room, near Geneva, Switzerland.
By Associated Press
GENEVA — Scientists moved Saturday to prepare the world’s largest atom...
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Europe

Nightmare is over for British man

By Associated Press
LONDON - A British man who said he was having a nightmare about fighting off an intruder when he strangled his wife to death...
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Friday, November 20, 2009
Asia Pacific

Gunman opens fire on Saipan; 5 dead

By Associated Press
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands — A gunman went on a rampage on the Pacific resort island of Saipan on Friday, killing four people and wounding six...

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