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WORLD / NEWS Wed Jun 11, 2008 @ 8:23am neoform

BBC News -- Kerstin Fritzl, the 19-year-old whose illness in April alerted the Austrian authorities to a major incest scandal, will make a full recovery, doctors say. They say the woman, who spent her life as a captive in a cellar, has taken her first steps since.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue May 27, 2008 @ 8:18am neoform

MSNBC -- Aftershocks have rumbled across the region since the major quake — including one Tuesday measured by the U.S. Geological Survey at magnitude 5.7 — adding to jitters among survivors and in some cases causing more damage. No damage or injuries were repo.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Feb 20, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

CNN -- A major earthquake shook western Indonesia on Wednesday afternoon, killing at least three and injuring 25 others, officials in the country told CNN. The magnitude 7.5 quake's epicenter was about 195 miles (315 km), south-southeast of Banda Aceh, on the.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Sep 12, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

USA Today -- President Vladimir Putin has dissolved the Russian government on the request of the prime minister, the Kremlin said Wednesday, a major political shakeup that comes less than three months before crucial parliamentary elections. In announcing the dissol.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Jul 10, 2007 @ 9:21am neoform

Associated Press -- Thousands of Argentines cheered and threw snowballs in the streets of Buenos Aires on Monday as the capital's first major snowfall since 1918 spread a thin white mantle across the region. Wet snow fell for hours in the Argentine capital, accumulating i.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Jun 6, 2007 @ 9:02am neoform

FOX News -- Oman evacuated tens of thousands Wednesday, suspended oil exports and closed the major port of Sohar as a weakening Cyclone Gonu roared toward the Strait of Hormuz — the world's major transport artery for Persian Gulf oil. Oil prices rose amid foreca.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri May 4, 2007 @ 9:44am neoform

BBC News -- The growth in greenhouse gas emissions can be curbed at reasonable cost, experts at a major UN climate change conference in Bangkok have agreed. Boosting renewable energy, reducing deforestation and improving energy efficiency can all help, they said... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Mar 24, 2007 @ 10:10pm neoform

CNN -- Japan issued a tsunami warning for the country's Sea of Japan coast after a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 struck early Sunday. No major damage or injuries were immediately reported. The quake occurred shortly before 10 a.m. (010.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Feb 14, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

allafrica.com -- Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf gained major ground in a campaign to cancel her country's debts with the announcement Tuesday that Washington will write off some 358 million dollars in debts incurred by Liberia's previous undemocratic regimes... Read More

WORLD / OPINION Tue Nov 14, 2006 @ 12:56am neoform

NewsMax -- Thirty-nine years ago this week, Ernesto "Che" Guevara got a major dose of his own medicine. Without trial he was declared a murderer, stood against a wall and shot. Historically speaking, justice has rarely been better served. If the saying "What goes.. Read More