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LONDON — Many European flights took to the skies Tuesday for the first time in days but the travel chaos was far from over: London’s airports were still closed, a massive flight backlog was growing and scientists feared that history could repeat itself with yet another volcanic eruption in Iceland …
KGO · April 20, 2010, 1:06 PM (PST)
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BAGHDAD – Iraqi and U.S. troops killed a regional leader of al-Qaida in Iraq in an early morning raid Tuesday, as security forces continue to put pressure on the terrorist organization following the reported deaths of its two top-ranking figures over the weekend, officials said. Abu Omar al-Baghdadi …
msnbc.com · April 20, 2010, 12:45 PM (PST)
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(AP) SYDNEY – The biweekly water aerobics class at a holiday park in northern Australia was postponed Tuesday when an unwanted guest entered the pool _ a 5-foot-long crocodile. Workers at the Howard Springs Holiday Park on the outskirts of the tropical northern city of Darwin went to the pool to …
WNYT · April 20, 2010, 12:52 PM (PST)
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BRASILIA, Brazil – A Brazilian judge on Tuesday suspended the bidding process on one of the world’s largest hydroelectric dam projects for a third time. Judge Antonio Carlos Almeida ruled in favor of an environmental organization that claims the project would cause serious social and environmental …
WJLA · April 20, 2010, 12:45 PM (PST)
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SAO PAULO – The detention of an 83-year-old priest in Brazil for allegedly abusing boys as young as 12 has added to the scandals hitting the Roman Catholic Church in Latin America, even as Chile’s bishops asked pardon on Tuesday for past sexual abuse cases. The allegations against Monsignor Luiz …
msnbc.com · April 20, 2010, 12:45 PM (PST)
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BANGKOK – Thailand ‘s bloody political crisis has been scaring away tourists for weeks but took a new turn Tuesday when some of the capital’s finest hotels sent guests packing for fear of violence at their doorsteps. The Grand Hyatt and InterContinental hotels in Bangkok told guests they would …
YAHOO! · April 20, 2010, 12:45 PM (PST)
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NAIROBI, Kenya- Shipping companies with U.S. interests don’t know if they are allowed to pay ransoms to Somali pirates anymore after President Obama declared them an "extraordinary threat," even as pirates extended their reach farther than ever toward Asia, hijacking three Thai vessels, officials …
Boston Globe · April 20, 2010, 12:52 PM (PST)
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BRASILIA, Brazil – Renato de Jesus gives a tour of the trash-strewn lot where he has lived all his life, just yards (meters) from Brasilia’s gleaming federal government promenade built 50 years ago as an emblem of the South American country’s promise. Click to enlarge In this April 7, 2010 photo …
Times Daily · April 20, 2010, 12:45 PM (PST)
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A woman prepares water for tea at a courtyard near her collapsed house in Jiegu town, quake-hit Yushu, west China’s Qinghai province, Saturday, April 17, 2010. Hundreds of victims of an earthquake that struck western China were cremated Saturday as necessity forced local Tibetans to break with …
San Francisco Chronicle · April 20, 2010, 10:22 AM (PST)
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WASHINGTON – The State Department summoned the senior Syrian diplomat in Washington on Monday to accuse his government of "provocative behavior" in supplying arms to the Iranian-aligned militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. A department statement announcing the complaint was imprecise about the …
Washington Examiner · April 20, 2010, 8:06 AM (PST)
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