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Report: Americans released by Syria back in Jordan
(AP)
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:15:53 GMT
AP - Two American journalists who went missing during a vacation in Lebanon were quoted Friday as saying they were "kidnapped" by their taxi driver and taken into Syria, where they were held in custody for a week before being released.
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Shoaib enjoys winning Pakistan return
(AFP)
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:35:27 GMT
AFP - Controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar marked his return to international cricket by taking two wickets to help Pakistan to a 35-run win over Canada in the four-nation Twenty 20 tournament here on Friday.
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Peru says 14 killed in Shining Path attack
(AP)
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:27:34 GMT
AP - Shining Path rebels ambushed a column of military trucks in Peru's southeastern mountains with a bomb and gunfire, the military high command said Friday, killing 12 soldiers and two civilians in the deadliest rebel attack in years.
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Iceland says will meet obligations despite meltdown
(Reuters)
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:51:11 GMT
Reuters - Iceland sought on Friday to reassure international investors caught in its banking meltdown, saying it aimed to meet its obligations despite the turmoil which has ravaged a once-vibrant financial sector.
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Congo names new prime minister
(AP)
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:32:27 GMT
AP - Congo's President Joseph Kabila named a new prime minister following the resignation of 83-year-old Antoine Gizenga.
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Oil, soy, copper all go bust in Latin America
(AP)
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:18:46 GMT
AP - The booming prices for Venezuelan oil, Brazilian soy beans and Chilean copper that brought prosperity to Latin America are heading for a bust that threatens to erode the hard-won gains of its poor and newly emerging middle class.
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Chinese dissidents miss out on Nobel peace prize
(AP)
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:12:57 GMT
AP - Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari won the Nobel Peace Prize Friday, but this year the news was as much about who didn't get the award.
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Bodies, perhaps of migrants, wash ashore in Yemen
(AP)
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:10:41 GMT
AP - Dozens of bodies washed ashore Friday in Yemen after smugglers threw nearly 150 Somali migrants overboard in shark-infested waters, the latest such tragedy in one of the most lawless stretches of ocean in the world.
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Israeli hospital hosts cancer-stricken Iranian boy
(AP)
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:19:19 GMT
AP - The head of an Israeli hospital where an Iranian boy is being treated for a brain tumor said Friday he hoped the gesture will help improve understanding between the bitterly divided countries.
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In food crisis, Cuba limits sales so all can eat
(AP)
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:54:45 GMT
AP - Cuba is limiting how much basic fruits and vegetables people can buy at farmers' markets, irritating some customers but ensuring there's enough — barely — to go around.
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