Reuters - A self-confessed killer dubbed the "Ogre
of the Ardennes" faces trial on Thursday for raping and
murdering seven young women with the help of his wife in one of
the worst serial murder cases in recent French history.
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French couple face trial for serial killings (Reuters)
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 7:39pm EDT
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Historic win for Sri Lanka over Windies (AFP)
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 7:05pm EDT
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AFP - Chaminda Vaas played a starring role with the ball, as Sri Lanka created a bit of history, when they completed a 121-run victory over West Indies in the opening Test on Wednesday.
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Militiamen holding out in Basra fighting (AP)
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 6:16pm EDT
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AP - Iraq's prime minister warned gunmen in the oil port of Basra to surrender their weapons by Friday or face harsher measures, as clashes between security forces and Shiite militia fighters spread throughout the south and in Baghdad.
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Libya offers new deal to terror victims (Reuters)
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 6:12pm EDT
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Reuters - Libya has proposed a "comprehensive"
new deal to the United States aimed at resolving a string of
cases to compensate terrorism victims, a senior U.S. official
said on Wednesday.
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Rabbi calls for Israel to exact revenge (AP)
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 5:37pm EDT
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AP - A prominent rabbi urged the Israeli government Wednesday to avenge the shooting attack that killed eight Jewish seminary students earlier this month, saying members of the Palestinian gunman's family should "hang ... from a high tree." -
Foreign reporters watched on Tibet tour (AP)
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 5:15pm EDT
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AP - Nearly two weeks after anti-Chinese riots and an ensuing crackdown, helmeted paramilitary police with batons checked identification papers in Lhasa's old Tibetan quarter Wednesday, even as the government said the city was returning to normal.
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Cell phone shutdown angers Afghans (AP)
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 4:32pm EDT
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AP - Taliban attacks on telecom towers have prompted cell phone companies to shut down service across southern Afghanistan at night, angering a quarter million customers who have no other telephones.
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AP IMPACT: Shiite enclave back on edge (AP)
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 4:21pm EDT
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AP - Shiite militiamen are everywhere. Police and Iraqi army checkpoints are nowhere in sight. U.S. soldiers are keeping their distance.
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Bird flu hits staple of Egypt's streets (AP)
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 1:36pm EDT
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AP - Chickens used to roam every dusty street in every village across Egypt, and many of its city alleys too.
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Australia's Rudd vows more activist foreign policy (Reuters)
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 4:54am EDT
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Reuters - Australia will play a more activist
role in world affairs as it seeks too boost its middle-power
influence, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Wednesday ahead of
a major overseas trip.