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2 Sri Lankan rebels surrender to advancing troops

Wednesday, April 22,2009 10:26 p.m.

Two Tamil Tiger officials surrendered to the Sri Lankan army on Wednesday, and refugees joined a stream of more than 80,000 people the government says have fled a war zone that appeared to shrink by the hour.

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Israel denies violating international law in Gaza

Wednesday, April 22,2009 10:25 p.m.

An internal Israeli investigation into the Gaza war released Wednesday found no violations of international law, outraging human rights groups that allege war crimes were committed.

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Police investigating death of Freddie Mac official

Wednesday, April 22,2009 8:54 a.m.

WASHINGTON – David Kellermann, the acting chief financial officer of mortgage giant Freddie Mac, was found dead at his home Wednesday morning in what police said was an apparent suicide.

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Ahmadinejad drops Holocaust denial from speech

Tuesday, April 21,2009 10:26 p.m.

A day after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad caused an uproar with a speech attacking Israel at a U.N. conference on racism, the U.N. said Tuesday that Ahmadinejad had actually dropped language from the speech that described the Holocaust as “ambiguous and dubious.”

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Asia stocks fall after US does on banking fears

Tuesday, April 21,2009 10:25 p.m.

Asian stock markets tumbled Tuesday, with benchmarks in Tokyo and Hong Kong down 3 percent or more after news of mounting bad loans at Bank of America rekindled worries about the financial system and halted Wall Street’s six-week rally.

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Pharmacies plan to translate drug instructions

Tuesday, April 21,2009 10:20 p.m.

Five major pharmacy chains agreed Tuesday to print drug instructions at their New York stores in five languages other than English and indicated that they plan to expand the option to other states.

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Med student held without bail in Craigslist death

Tuesday, April 21,2009 10:20 p.m.

Prosecutors said Tuesday they found a semiautomatic weapon at the home of a Boston medical student who has been ordered held without bail on charges he shot to death a masseuse he had lured to a hotel through Craigslist.

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Mom loses grip on kids after car falls into Arkansas lake

Monday, April 20,2009 10:03 p.m.

A woman whose car plunged off a dead-end road into a lake in rainy, dark weather reportedly told the sheriff she tried to rescue her three young sons from the vehicle but lost her grip on them in the water.

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Bomber strikes US soldiers meeting Iraqi officials

Monday, April 20,2009 10:02 p.m.

A suicide bomber wearing an Iraqi army uniform struck a U.S. military delegation visiting the mayor of violence-wracked Baqouba on Monday, injuring at least eight American soldiers and killing three Iraqi civilians.

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Iran’s president sparks walkout at UN meeting

Monday, April 20,2009 10:01 p.m.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the West of using the Holocaust as a “pretext” for aggression against Palestinians, prompting European diplomats to walk out Monday from a speech disrupted by jeering protesters in rainbow wigs tossing red clown noses at the hardline leader.

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Zimbabwe governor confesses to raiding bank accounts

Monday, April 20,2009 10 p.m.

Zimbabwe’s central bank governor said Monday that he took hard currency from the bank accounts of private businesses and foreign aid groups without permission, saying he was trying to keep his country’s cash-strapped ministries running.

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Thousands attend opening of Holocaust museum

Monday, April 20,2009 10 p.m.

Thousands of people on Sunday attended the opening of a $45 million Holocaust museum in this Chicago suburb perhaps best known for an aborted march by neo-Nazis decades ago.

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Millions of pounds of released pharmaceuticals taint US waterways

Sunday, April 19,2009 10:15 p.m.

U.S. manufacturers, including major drugmakers, have legally released at least 271 million pounds of pharmaceuticals into waterways that often provide drinking water – contamination the federal government has consistently overlooked, according to an Associated Press investigation.

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Iran president urges full defense for US reporter

Sunday, April 19,2009 10:14 p.m.

Iran’s president said Sunday that an American journalist convicted of spying for the U.S. should be allowed to offer a full defense during her appeal, a day after she was sentenced to eight years in prison.

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US boycotting, Iran starring at UN racism meeting

Sunday, April 19,2009 10:14 p.m.

The United Nations opens its first global racism conference in eight years on Monday with the U.S. and at least five other countries boycotting the event out of concern that Islamic countries will demand that it denounces Israel and bans criticism of Islam.

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SAT-optional: Will trend take off or sputter?

Sunday, April 19,2009 10:12 p.m.

If you’re one of those students afraid standardized test scores don’t paint the full picture of your potential, your options are growing. More and more colleges don’t require the SAT or ACT exams.

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Stone-throwing Afghan crowd swarms protest

Wednesday, April 15,2009 10:54 p.m.

Hundreds of Afghans swarmed a demonstration of more than 100 women protesting Wednesday against a new marriage law they say restricts wives’ rights. The women were pelted with small stones as police struggled to keep the two groups apart.

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Jurors decry post-trial arrest of Egyptian student

Wednesday, April 15,2009 10:29 p.m.

Four jurors who acquitted an Egyptian college student of federal explosives charges criticized U.S. immigration authorities on Wednesday for trying to deport him, saying it was a “blatant disregard” of their verdict.

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