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An Air France spokesman said an airline agency in Buenos Aires received an anonymous phone call threatening Flight 415, but the plane was checked out and no explosive devices were found. Read more
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Is Supreme Court justice-designate Sonia Sotomayor going to have to eat her words and forget her past to win a seat on the high bench? That would apparently appease some of her right-wing critics, who are… Read more
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It is jokingly dubbed ‘the most expensive B&B in the world’. Then again the trailer camp is the only ‘bed and breakfast’ that also provides lunch, dinner, a gym, 24-hour Internet access and a relatively secure place to stay in Basra.Situated within the newly-acquired American military base in this southern-Iraqi province, the B&B provides private [...]
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Another school very evident at Chelsea Flower show was Writhlington School. Pupils embarked in March 2009 on a trip to Sikkim in the Himalayas to take part in the Gangtok Schools’ Orchid project. This has furthered the work of the botanical team at the school and resulted in a stand in the Continuous Learning area [...]
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WASHINGTON — Anyone trying to figure out who has Colombia’s best interest at heart in regard to the floundering U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement was at risk of being spun silly last week by developments in Washington and reactions in Colombia. Read more
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PARIS, June 2 — Brazilian search planes located a three-mile path of wreckage in the Atlantic Ocean that officials said came from an Air France jetliner, dashing any lingering hopes for the survival of the 228 people aboard. Read more
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TOKYO, June 3 — The day after North Korea riled up the world by exploding its second nuclear device, authorities in Pyongyang did something surprisingly thoughtful. Read more
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, June 2 — A Yemeni detainee at Guantanamo Bay has died of an apparent suicide, U.S. military officials announced Tuesday. Read more
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At least 854 people have been sickened and 62 have died from flu-like illness in Mexico City and two other locations in Mexico, prompting fears of an outbreak of swine flu, officials said today. Read more
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CAIRO, June 2 — On the way to Cairo University for a much-anticipated speech on Thursday, President Obama will travel over freshly paved roads and past freshly painted light poles and freshly planted flowers. Read more
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HADITHA, Iraq — The dirt overturned to bury some of the 24 people killed by U.S. Marines here in 2005 has turned to dust. The graves where women were interred with their children along the Euphrates River are bereft of tombstones. Weeds mark the passage of time, though not the pain of memories. Read more
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DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) – Al Qaeda’s North African wing said on Wednesday it had carried out its threat to kill a British hostage it was holding in the Sahara. Read more
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian navy divers rushed on Wednesday to reach the wreckage of an Air France jet and start pulling debris from the Atlantic Ocean, where the plane with 228 people went down in the airline’s worst disaster in its 75-year history. Read more
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US President Barack Obama is heading to the Middle East on a visit aimed at increasing US engagement with the Islamic world. Read more
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Reuters – An investor monitors share market prices in Kuala Lumpur May 26, 2009. Asian shares edged lower on Tuesday … Slideshow:Stock Markets Play Video Wall Street Video:Looking up Australia 7 News Related Quotes Symbol Price Change ^DJI 8,740.87 +19.43 ^GSPC 944.74 0.00 ^IXIC 1,836.80 +8.12 By STEPHEN WRIGHT, AP Business Writer Stephen Wright, Ap Business Writer – [...]
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Play Video ABC News  – What Caused the Plane Crash? Slideshow:Air France jet crashes into Atlantic Play Video Video:Why Did Flight 447 Disappear? ABC News Play Video Video:Brazil confirms Air France jet crashed in ocean AP AP – A Brazilian Air Force helicopter prepares to land after taking part in the searching mission of the Air … By FEDERICO [...]
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It was “probably a good thing” that Susan Boyle lost the final of ‘Britain’s Got Talent‘, one of the TV show’s judges, Piers Morgan, said last night. Read more
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (June 2) – Twenty-five people, including a prominent Arizona artist, have died over the past two weeks possibly after drinking homemade liquor laced with methanol on the Indonesian resort islands of Bali and Lombok, officials said Tuesday. Read more
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Gordon Brown’s grip on government was faltering last night as Jacqui Smith led a ministerial scramble for the exit. Read more
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FERNANDO DE NORONHA, Brazil – A 5-kilometre path of wreckage in the Atlantic Ocean confirms Air France Flight 447 crashed into the sea, Brazil’s Defence Minister has said. Read more