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(AP) Earthquakes continue to rattle the California-Mexico border, but there are no reports of damage or injuries.The U.S. Geological Survey says a quake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.2 struck at 5:01 a.m. Wednesday in Mexico. It was centered in Baja California, about 13 miles south of the California city of ...
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(AP) Assailants broke into a house and killed six family members before dawn Wednesday in an area north of Baghdad that was once a stronghold of al-Qaida in Iraq, Iraqi officials said.The dead included a couple and two daughters, and two brothers of the husband, according to a police officer in ...
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(AP) Saddam Hussein's regime was not Britain's main security concern in the years before the invasion of Iraq, Foreign Office officials testified Wednesday at an inquiry probing Britain's role in the war.William Ehrman, who was the Foreign Office's director of international security from 2000 to 2002, said that "in terms of ...
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(AP) A Swiss adventurer has gone down in the Atlantic while trying to fly from Morocco to Spain on jet-powered wings. A rescue helicopter has pulled him from the water and he appears to be unhurt.Yves Rossy took off from Tangiers on Wednesday but halfway through an expected 15-minute flight he ...
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(AP) A United Nations report leaked to The Associated Press confirms that one of Africa's most brutal rebel movements relies on a vast, international network of supporters in at least 25 countries including in the United States and Europe who facilitate arms trafficking, money transfers and day-to-day operational support.The findings are ...
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(AP) Rare, heavy rainstorms soaked pilgrims and flooded the road into Mecca, snarling Islam's annual hajj as millions of Muslims headed for the holy sites. The downpours add an extra hazard on top of intense concerns about the spread of swine flu.Pilgrims in white robes holding umbrellas, some wearing face masks ...
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(AP) A federal judge has ordered Connecticut officials to promote 14 firefighters who won a reverse discrimination case that was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton ruled Tuesday that the civil rights of white New Haven firefighters were violated when city officials threw out the results ...
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(AP) 2010 Nissan Armada Titanium 4X4BASE PRICE: $37,210 for 4X2 SE; $42,140 for 4X2 Titanium; $42,810 for 4X4 SE; $44,940 for 4X4 Titanium.AS TESTED: $45,960.TYPE: Front-engine, four-wheel drive, eight-passenger, full-size sport utility vehicle.ENGINE: 5.6-liter, double overhead cam V-8.MILEAGE: 12 mpg (city), 18 mpg (highway).TOP SPEED: NA.LENGTH: 207.7 inches.WHEELBASE: 123.2 inches.CURB WEIGHT: ...
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(AP) Large sport utility vehicles aren't as fashionable as they once were. So today's buyers of big SUVs are apt to be the people who really need them _ for towing horse trailers, boats and motorhomes and for carrying large groups of people.The 2010 Nissan Armada handles all these tasks capably ...
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(AP) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has proposed a 10-month freeze on West Bank settlement construction in what he says is an attempt to jumpstart Mideast peace talks.Netanyahu's office released a statement saying he would bring the proposal to his Security Cabinet later Wednesday.The freeze would not include east Jerusalem _ ...
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(AP) A rare Siberian tiger fitted by Vladimir Putin with a radio-tracking collar has vanished, a Russian environmentalist said Wednesday, dramatizing the plight of a species some conservationists fear may be approaching extinction.Russia's prime minister drew worldwide publicity in 2008 when he shot the five-year-old female tiger with a tranquilizer gun ...
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(AP) A senior Foreign Office official has testified that Saddam Hussein's regime was not the British government's main concern in 2001.Sir William Ehrman says in remarks before the country's Iraq Inquiry that Britain was focused on threats from Iran, Libya, and North Korea.Ehrman _ the director of international security from 2000 ...
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(AP) He's done the Swiss Alps and the English Channel, soaring over them on a jet-powered wing. For his next trick, a daredevil pilot aims to go intercontinental, flying from North Africa's tip to Europe's southern fringe.If all goes well _ and tricky winds are a source of worry _ Yves ...
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(AP) Former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey as "an intermediary step" that could lead to a run for the White House.Dobbs told former Sen. Fred Thompson's radio program on Monday that he had been urged to run for president and would talk ...
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(AP) A University of Nevada, Reno philosophy professor has been honored by the Carnegie Foundation as Nevada Professor of Year.Tom Nickles is among 38 professors in the nation to receive the recognition this year. He is the seventh UNR professor to be so honored in the last 10 years.UNR President Milton ...
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(AP) An Iranian cleric says religious authorities have started taking control of schools, part of a wider ideological drive by hard-liners to wage what authorities call a "soft war" against Western influence.Cleric Ali Zolelm is quoted by the Etemad paper on Wednesday as saying schools in several provinces have been transferred ...
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(AP) A Russian environmentalist says a rare Siberian tiger fitted with a radio-tracking collar by Vladimir Putin has vanished.Vladimir Krever of the World Wildlife Fund said Wednesday the satellite tracking device has been silent since mid-September, possibly due to battery failure, a broken collar or poachers.Russia's prime minister shot the five-year-old ...
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(AP) Reno police have suspended the liquor licenses of four area businesses caught selling alcohol to minors.The offenders cited in the sting operation using underage volunteers are the Reno Asian Market, PJ's Discount Liquor, Ben's Fine Wine and Spirits and the AM-PM Mini Mart.The harshest penalty went to the Reno Asian ...
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(AP) Palestinian officials are rejecting an expected offer from Israel's prime minister to partially freeze West Bank settlement construction, even before it is made public.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office is refusing to comment on Israeli reports that he will announce the freeze later Wednesday.Earlier this week, Israel TV said the freeze ...
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(AP) Rare rainstorms are soaking pilgrims as millions of Muslims from around the world gather for Islam's annual hajj pilgrimage.Saudi authorities are warning pilgrims to move carefully amid Wednesday's storms, the first in years to occur during the hajj. The rains add an extra hazard to the pilgrimage, which has been ...
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(AP) Judges at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal have ordered the resumption of a Serb nationalist's trial almost a year after it was suspended amid claims of witness intimidation.Vojislav Seselj is accused of using hate-laced speeches to incite atrocities by Serb forces in Bosnia and Croatia in conflicts as the former ...
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(AP) The Taliban's reclusive leader has issued a Muslim holiday message calling on Afghans to break off relations with the government, which he calls a "stooge" administration.Mullah Omar's message ahead of Eid comes a week after President Hamid Karzai reached out to the Taliban during his inauguration speech, saying it was ...
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(AP) Cutting global warming pollution would not only make the planet healthier, it would make people healthier too, said U.S. and world officials, as they released studies calculating the health benefits of a less sickly climate.Slashing carbon dioxide emissions could save millions of lives, mostly by reducing preventable deaths from heart ...
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(AP) Prisoner swap talks between Hamas and Israel have hit a snag over some of top militants the Islamic group wants to be freed and a deal is unlikely in the coming days, Hamas officials said Wednesday.Israel is objecting to some of the names put forward by Hamas, a senior official ...
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(AP) A double bombing on Wednesday injured 25 civilians in the Iraqi city of Karbala ahead of an Islamic holiday, officials said.One bomb first exploded in a restaurant, drawing onlookers and police, before a suicide bomber on a motorcycle then drove toward the crowd and detonated his explosives, said a provincial ...
