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US Tries Women Accused of Funding Somali Terror Group

Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 9:05 am (UTC-5)
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Two women are going on trial in the U.S. state of Minnesota on charges they raised money and recruited fighters for the Somali militant group al-Shabab. The women, both U.S. citizens of Somali descent, face multiple charges during a trial set to begin Monday. Prosecutors say 35-year-old Amina Farah Ali and 64-year-old Hawo Mohamed Hassan […]

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Security Forces Retake Iraqi Police Station

Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 9:00 am (UTC-5)
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Iraqi officials say security forces have retaken control of a police station in western Iraq where gunmen with bombs had taken several people hostage. The standoff ended with at least seven people dead. The officials say all of the gunmen were killed in the siege in al-Baghdadi, in Anbar province about 200 kilometers west of […]

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Germany Celebrates 21st Anniversary of Reunification

Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 9:00 am (UTC-5)
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Germany on Monday celebrated the 21st anniversary of its 1990 reunification, as Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Christian Wulff and other political leaders gathered in the former West German capital, Bonn. West Germany and communist East Germany were reunited on Oct. 3, 1990, less than 11 months after the Berlin Wall was torn down. Germany has […]

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Taiwan Shipwreck Leaves 4 Dead, 6 Missing in Stormy Seas

Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 8:55 am (UTC-5)
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In Taiwan, coast guard officials are searching for six crewmen who are missing in stormy weather after a cargo ship broke in two off the island’s northern coast. Search crews rescued 11 sailors and recovered four bodies after the Panamanian-registered gravel ship ran aground early Monday off Keelung Harbor. Authorities questioned some of the rescued […]

Greece To Miss Deficit Reduction Goal

Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 8:45 am (UTC-5)
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The Greek Finance Ministry says it will miss a deficit reduction goal by nearly a full percentage point. Markets around much of the world reacted negatively to the news Monday, fearing a Greek debt default might be inevitable. Greece is struggling to prove to its lenders that it is cutting spending and raising revenue so […]

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China Economic Fears Hammer Macau Casino Stocks

Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 8:10 am (UTC-5)
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Macau casino shares plunged by as much as 25 percent Monday because of fears that rising Chinese interest rates will drive up travel costs and keep Chinese “high rollers” at home. The sell-off, which began Friday, paced a broader decline of 4.5 percent on Hong Kong’s Hang Seng stock index, with analysts blaming continued uncertainly […]

Fourth Victim Dies In Turkey After Last Month’s Ankara Car Bombing

Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 8:05 am (UTC-5)
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Turkish media reports a man wounded when a car bomb exploded in the capital Ankara last month died of his injuries Monday, bringing the death toll in the attack to four. A militant group, the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons, claimed responsibility for the September 22 bombing which wounded at least 15 others. The Freedom Falcons, an […]

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Bangladesh War Crimes Tribunal Indicts Islamic Leader

Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 7:45 am (UTC-5)
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A special court in Bangladesh has charged an Islamic leader with committing war crimes during the country’s 1971 war of independence from Pakistan. The tribunal on Monday indicted 71-year-old Delwar Hossain Sayedee on 20 counts of murder, rape, arson and forcibly converting Hindus to Islam. Sayedee, a senior leader of Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami party, is accused […]

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Security Forces Retake Iraqi Police Station

Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 7:35 am (UTC-5)
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Iraqi officials say security forces have retaken control of a police station in western Iraq where gunmen had taken several people hostage. The officials said at least three people were killed, but it was not clear if they died in the initial attack Monday or during the operation to regain control of the station. The […]

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Knox Closes Murder Conviction Appeal With Tearful Plea For Freedom

Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 7:30 am (UTC-5)
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American student Amanda Knox made a final tearful plea for freedom in a Perugia courtroom Monday, as the Italian jury retired to consider its verdict in her appeal against her murder conviction. Knox fought back tears as she denied taking part in the crime that left her roommate, Meredith Kercher, half-naked and dead in a […]

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