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Nine killed in US train crash
At least nine people have been killed and 70 injured after two subway trains collided in Washington DC during the afternoon rush hour.
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Video: Targeting Taliban’s Bankroll
The U.S. military tried to cut the Taliban’s money supply by destroying Afghanistan’s poppy fields. Now the U.S is targeting heroin traffickers who bankroll the Taliban. Armen Keteyian reports.
‘Neda’ becomes symbol of rebellion
Distressing footage depicting the death of a young Iranian woman at a demonstration in Iran has turned her into a galvanizing symbol for the country s protest movement.
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27 killed in Iraqi bombs
A bomb devastated a minibus carrying students to their final exams in Baghdad today, one of a string of blasts across Iraq that killed 27 people just two days after the deadliest attack in more than a year.
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Iraqi bomb death toll rises to 73
The death toll from Iraq’s deadliest bomb attack in more than a year rose to 73, police said today, a day after a suicide bomber detonated a truck packed with explosives near the northern city of Kirkuk.
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11 Air France bodies identified
Medical examiners identified the first 11 of 50 bodies recovered from the Air France flight that plunged into the Atlantic three weeks ago, officials said.
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US, Venezuela to restore ambassadors
Venezuela and the United States said yesterday they will restore their ambassadors more than nine months after president Hugo Chavez expelled the US envoy in his final diplomatic bout with the Bush administration.
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Jailed Journalist Says Prison “Bearable”
Laura Ling, Held In North Korea With Fellow Reporter, Sounded Scared In Phone Call, Husband Says
Web slows after pop star’s death
Websites struggled to cope with traffic last night and this morning as millions of internet users went online to read about the death of pop star Michael Jackson.
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US drone kills 45 in Pakistan
A US drone killed at least 45 Pakistani Taliban militants yesterday when it struck after a funeral of an insurgent commander killed earlier in the day, Pakistani intelligence officials said.
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New Commons speaker elected
British lawmakers picked a 46-year-old moderate Conservative to drive reform as speaker of parliament’s lower house today, but analysts say fixing the damage after an expenses scandal will take more than a new face.
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