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SF Gate
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Investigators examined the scorched hull of a jetliner Wednesday to determine what caused the plane to veer off a runway and burst into flames, killing at least 29 people, officials said.
Sudan Civil Aviation Authority spokesman Abdel Hafez Abdel Rahim..
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CNN
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Israeli defense officials say they have identified an unlikely new threat to national security -- Facebook. A new list of rules announced Thursday aims to prevent soldiers and Defense Ministry employees from revealing classified information on social netw..
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CNN
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The death toll from the collapse of a police headquarters building in Angola's capital over the weekend has risen to 24, officials said Monday. Rescue crews pulled nine bodies from the debris of the six-story building that served as headquarters for polic..
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CNN
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth will open Heathrow's $8.6 billion new Terminal 5 at 1100 GMT, one day after a security scare at one of the world's busiest international airports. Officials said the queen's long-planned visit was not likely to be affected by Thu..
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CNN
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Authorities in Indian Kashmir have begun poisoning stray dogs in an anti-rabies program that aims to kill some 100,000 dogs in the region's main city, officials said Thursday. Animal rights activists vowed to go to court in a bid to stop the slaughter pla..
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CNN
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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..
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CNN
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American fighter jets intercepted two Russian bombers, one of which buzzed a U.S. aircraft carrier in the western Pacific on Saturday, U.S. military officials told CNN Monday. Russia's Defense Ministry said Tuesday that there was no violation of flight re..
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SF Gate
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Last year, Chinese officials celebrated the completion of the Three Gorges Dam by releasing a list of 10 world records. As in: The Three Gorges is the world's biggest dam, biggest power plant and biggest consumer of dirt, stone, concrete and steel. Ever...
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CNN
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A section of a bridge under construction in southern Vietnam collapsed Wednesday, killing at least 52 workers and injuring 97 others, officials said. The bridge was being built across the Hau River, a branch of the Mekong River, in the southern city of Ca..
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CNN
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Hurricane Dean churned toward a second dangerous encounter with Mexico on Wednesday, as government officials warned residents of Veracruz and other coastal towns to prepare for its arrival. The storm is expected to hit central Mexico after crossing Campec..
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CNN
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More than 180 trapped miners in China have slim hopes of survival as the shafts they were working in are almost completely filled with the raging waters from a broken levee. Officials said on Sunday operations in other coal mines in Shangdong province had..
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BBC News
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Japanese officials have confirmed further leaks of radioactive material from a nuclear power plant following Monday's earthquake in central Japan.
In addition to a leak of radioactive water, drums containing nuclear waste burst open and radioactive gas..
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CNN
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Ten people drowned and thousands fled to higher ground as a tropical cyclone lashed Pakistan's coastline with heavy rains and high winds, officials said.
Navy ships rescued 75 people from four floundering vessels Tuesday and were searching for more boa..
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Guardian Unlimited
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The Ministry of Defence plans to open its "X-Files" on UFO sightings to the public for the first time. Officials have not yet decided on a date for the release of the reports, which date back to 1967, but it is hoped to be within weeks.
The move follow..
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FOX News
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A passenger train crashed into a minibus carrying local council officials at an unmanned rail crossing in southern India on Monday, killing 11 people and injuring another 12 in the vehicle, police said.
Seven of the injured were hospitalized in serious..
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News.com.au
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AN Italian journalist kidnapped in Afghanistan has been handed over to embassy officials after two weeks in captivity and days after his driver was executed, an Afghani news agency said.
Taliban military commander Mullah Dadullah said Daniele Mastrogia..
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Washington Post
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Authorities are considering taking an 8-year-old boy who weighs 218 pounds into protective custody unless his mother improves his diet, officials said Monday. Social service officials will meet with family members Tuesday to discuss the health of Connor M..
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Yahoo News
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An animal lover was mauled to death by cheetahs after entering their cage at a zoo in northern Belgium, authorities and zoo officials said Monday. Karen Aerts, 37, of Antwerp, was found dead in the cage, Olmense Zoo spokesman Jan Libot said. Police sai..
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CNN
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Senior U.S. officials said on Tuesday they would be unable to meet deadlines set by Canberra for the trial of Australia's sole Guantanamo Bay inmate, as Prime Minister John Howard stepped up pressure over the case...
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Reuters
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Rude immigration officials and visa delays keep millions of foreign visitors away from the United States, hurt the country's already battered image, and cost the U.S. billions of dollars in lost revenue, according to an advocacy group formed to push for..
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