AP - Gunmen assassinated a top aide of anti-American leader Muqtada al-Sadr on Friday, sharpening a Shiite power struggle that has already triggered fighting between the cleric's followers and the U.S.-backed Iraqi government.
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Top aide to al-Sadr assassinated in Iraq (AP)
Posted: April 11th, 2008, 7:14pm EDT
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Doctor jailed in failed Glasgow attack (AP)
Posted: April 11th, 2008, 7:12pm EDT
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AP - A British court sentenced an Indian doctor Friday to 18 months in prison for withholding information about last year's botched terrorist attack on crowded airport in Scotland.
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Harry Potter author joins writers' call for Darfur action (AFP)
Posted: April 11th, 2008, 7:04pm EDT
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AFP - Top children's writers including Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling have signed an open letter calling on world leaders to take urgent action over Darfur to protect the stricken region's children.
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Dalai Lama opens 'compassion conference' in Seattle (AFP)
Posted: April 11th, 2008, 6:59pm EDT
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AFP - The Dalai Lama opened a conference on compassion here Friday, but avoided mentioning the situation in Tibet on his first foreign trip since China's crackdown in the Himalayan territory.
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Russia to build new space launchpad (AP)
Posted: April 11th, 2008, 6:48pm EDT
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AP - President Vladimir Putin ordered his government Friday to speed up construction of a new cosmodrome and development of a booster rocket in a bid to revive the nation's space glory.
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Mexicans recall Marine suspect in cabin (AP)
Posted: April 11th, 2008, 6:20pm EDT
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AP - People wondered about the bearded foreigner who moved into a rustic cabin weeks ago in the pine-clad mountains surrounding this picturesque village.
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Zimbabwe bans political rallies (AP)
Posted: April 11th, 2008, 5:33pm EDT
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AP - Police banned political rallies on Friday as the crisis deepened over Zimbabwe's unresolved presidential election, with a senior police official warning that anyone who defies the order "will be dealt with severely."
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Food prices add to Haitians' struggles (AP)
Posted: April 11th, 2008, 4:58pm EDT
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AP - Joseph Francois has a cupboard filled with dishes but rarely takes them out, even at the best of times.
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France: Hostages held off Somalia freed (AP)
Posted: April 11th, 2008, 3:36pm EDT
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AP - Helicopter-borne French troops swooped in on Somali pirates Friday after they freed 30 hostages from a yacht, seizing six of the hijackers and recovering sacks of money apparently ransom paid by the ship's owners.
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AP photographer: 2 years in detention (AP)
Posted: April 11th, 2008, 2:47pm EDT
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AP - Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein begins his third year in U.S. military detention Saturday with the bulk of accusations against him dropped by Iraqi judges and press freedom groups renewing calls for his release.
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Airline slammed on deaf policy (AP)
Posted: April 11th, 2008, 3:19am EDT
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AP - Ludwig van Beethoven would not be allowed to fly alone on a Tiger Airways flight if he were alive today because of the Singapore-owned airline's purported policy on deaf passengers, a government minister said Friday.