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GM CEO forced out as part of government plan

Time and time again, General Motors Corp.’s board of directors reaffirmed its support for Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner, even as the company piled up billions of dollars in losses and begged for government loans to stay alive.




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North Korea launch threatens to undo disarmament

North Korea’s plans to launch a rocket as early as this week in defiance of warnings threatens to undo years of fitful negotiations toward dismantling the regime’s nuclear program.


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Insurgents kill 9 police in southern Afghanistan

Insurgents staged two attacks against police in Afghanistan on Thursday, killing nine officers and wounding six others, officials said, in the latest violence against the lightly armed force that has born the brunt of rising attacks across the country.


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Bobcat walks into Arizona bar; 2 men wounded

A bobcat attacked three people in the central Arizona community of Cottonwood, including two men who were bitten by the animal after it wandered inside a bar.



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17 injured after tornado rips through Mississippi

Severe weather across the South unleashed tornadoes in rural Mississippi, including one that shattered dozens of homes, flattened a church and injured at least 17 people, authorities said Thursday.


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AIG executive resigns on NY Times op-ed page

An American International Group Inc. executive who received a retention bonus worth more than $742,000 after taxes has resigned publicly–in an Op-Ed column in The New York Times.


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Despite warrant, Egypt welcomes foreign president

Egypt, one of the strongest U.S. allies in the Middle East, welcomed Sudan’s president on Wednesday despite an international warrant seeking his arrest on charges of war crimes in Darfur.


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US cameraman leaves China

A cameraman who was traveling with two American journalists reportedly detained in North Korea has left China.


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Critics oppose Border Patrol herbicide plan

 Critics are protesting a Border Patrol plan to poison vegetation along a 1.1-mile stretch of the Rio Grande riverbank to eliminate dense foliage used as hiding places by illegal immigrants and smugglers.


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Afghan TV station falls under government crackdown

The manager of an Afghan television network who refused to censor images of women dancing in short skirts and plunging necklines was arrested in what appeared to be a new sign of the government’s struggle to define the role of Islam in a country once led by extremists.


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Centrist Labor joins new Israeli government

Israel’s Labor Party voted Tuesday to join the incoming government of Benjamin Netanyahu, lending a moderate voice to a coalition dominated by hardliners and easing concerns of a head-on confrontation with Washington over Mideast peacemaking.


In this Feb. 28, 2005 file photo, John Demjanjuk arrives at the federal building in Cleveland for an immigration hearing. German prosecutors said Wednesday they have charged retired Ohio auto worker John Demjanjuk with more than 29,000 counts of accessory to murder for his time as a guard at the Nazis' Sobibor death camp, and will seek his extradition from the U.S.

US takes steps to deport alleged Nazi to Germany

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CLEVELAND — The U.S. government said Tuesday it is asking German officials for travel documents needed to deport accused World War II Nazi guard John Demjanjuk, who is charged in Europe with 29,000 counts of accessory to murder.



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Sudan leader visits Eritrea despite arrest warrant

Sudan’s president traveled to Eritrea on Monday, choosing one of Africa’s most politically isolated nations for his first trip abroad since an international court sought his arrest on charges of war crimes in Darfur.



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South Africa bars Dalai Lama from peace conference

South Africa barred the Dalai Lama from a peace conference in Johannesburg this week, hoping to keep good relations with trading partner China but instead generating a storm of criticism.