AP - After days of violent protests, Brazilian soldiers took advantage of a calm Tuesday to hand out food in a Haitian slum. But some recipients said the gifts would not sustain their families for long.
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Brazil soldiers hand out food in Haiti (AP)
Posted: April 15th, 2008, 11:05pm EDT
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Plane veers off runway in Congo, bursts into flames (AP)
Posted: April 15th, 2008, 11:01pm EDT
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AP - A Congolese jetliner carrying 79 passengers and crew crashed on takeoff Tuesday, careening off a runway into a busy neighborhood and bursting into flames. At least 21 people were killed, but most of those aboard survived, an airline official said.
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US military deaths in Iraq at 4,036 (AP)
Posted: April 15th, 2008, 10:57pm EDT
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AP - As of Tuesday, April 15, 2008, at least 4,036 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,291 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. -
Nigerians urged to treat their currency decently (AFP)
Posted: April 15th, 2008, 10:29pm EDT
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AFP - In Nigeria, where officials are keen to clean up a reputation for massive corruption, authorities insist that humble citizens show more respect for the country's currency, the naira.
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17 killed as train crashes into bus (AP)
Posted: April 15th, 2008, 10:23pm EDT
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AP - An official says at least 17 people were killed when a train plowed through a packed bus at a railway crossing in central Bangladeseh. -
Bombings kill nearly 60 in Sunni areas of Iraq (AP)
Posted: April 15th, 2008, 6:48pm EDT
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AP - Bombings blamed on al-Qaida in Iraq tore through market areas in Baghdad and outside the capital on Tuesday, killing nearly 60 people and shattering weeks of relative calm in Sunni-dominated areas.
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French bill takes aim at those who glamorize the ultra-thin (AP)
Posted: April 15th, 2008, 6:05pm EDT
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AP - In image-conscious France, it may soon be a crime to glamorize the ultra-thin. A new French bill cracks down on Web sites that advise anorexics on how to starve and could be used to hit fashion industry heavyweights, too.