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Two military-grade rockets early Thursday struck in and near Jordan’s port of Aqaba, one slamming into a warehouse and the other splashing into the Red Sea, a Jordanian security official said. No injuries were caused and there was only minimal damage to the warehouse, other Jordanian officials told …
France 24 · April 22, 2010, 4:50 AM (PST)
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A U.S. military jury cleared a Navy SEAL Thursday of failing to prevent the beating of an Iraqi prisoner suspected of masterminding a 2004 attack that killed four American security contractors. The contractors’ burned bodies were dragged through the streets and two were hanged from a bridge over the …
Daily Press · April 22, 2010, 4:50 AM (PST)
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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -The health ministry says a polio vaccination campaign in the West African nation of Sierra Leone is being delayed because of European flight problems caused by volcanic ash. The polio campaign was to begin Friday but the vaccines were to come from Copenhagen. The weeklong …
AOL News · April 22, 2010, 4:36 AM (PST)
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HARARE, Zimbabwe-Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, one of President Robert Mugabe’s dwindling number of international allies, begins a state visit to Zimbabwe on Thursday to officiate at the signing of bilateral cooperation agreements and open a trade exposition. A communique issued by the …
San Jose Mercury News · April 22, 2010, 4:28 AM (PST)
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European airports sent thousands of planes into the sky Thursday after a week of unprecedented disruptions, but shifting winds sent a new plume of volcanic ash over Scandinavia, forcing some airports in Norway and Sweden to close again. The new airspace restrictions applied to northern Scotland and …
Seattle Times · April 22, 2010, 4:57 AM (PST)
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Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard on Thursday started large-scale war games in the Persian Gulf and the strateg
ic Strait of Hormuz, state television reported. Iran has been holding military maneuvers in the gulf and the Strait of Hormuz annually since 2006 to show off its military capabilities. The …
Seattle Times · April 22, 2010, 4:57 AM (PST)
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JERUSALEM-Israel has indicted five of its citizens, including a retired army general, with operating a nationwide organ trafficking ring that ensnared dozens of potential victims. The charges released Thursday include human trafficking for the purpose of organ harvesting and money laundering. The …
San Jose Mercury News · April 22, 2010, 4:28 AM (PST)
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TALLINN, Estonia — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has arrived in the Baltic state of Estonia for a meeting of NATO ministers to discuss Afghanistan and other issues. She arrived slightly later than scheduled after the Iceland volcano’s ash cloud shifted toward Estonia while she was …
Richmond Times-Dispatch · April 22, 2010, 4:00 AM (PST)
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The quake struck 123 miles (198 kilometers) from the Samoa islands at a depth of 19 miles (32 kilometers). Police in the Samoan capital, Apia, say they have no reports on the temblor. "We didn’t feel any earthquake," an officer, who declined to be named, said. No tsunami warning was issued by the …
digtriad.com · April 22, 2010, 12:25 AM (PST)
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NEW YORK-It seems like a disconnect: Most of the media stories about flights grounded because of Iceland’s volcanic eruption were accompanied by spectacular aerial photographs of the volcano. That flashed through the mind of ABC News’ Neal Karlinsky when he flew over Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull …
Denver Post · April 22, 2010, 4:28 AM (PST)
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