In united Germany, love crosses old border freely
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In Katrin Roller's Berlin apartment, it's the toilet paper holder that stands out _ a homemade contraption of rope and a piece of a rolling pin. That's the way her husband wants it. He grew up in the communist-imposed...
Spain refuses demand to free Somali pirates
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Spain said Friday it would not free two captured pirates as demanded by fellow brigands who are holding a Spanish trawler and 33 crew members off the coast of Somalia. Three crewmen that had been removed from the...
Monaco palace: prince suing alleged spymaster
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Monaco's Prince Albert II is filing a lawsuit in the U.S. against an American who claims he once worked as the prince's personal spymaster and is owed back pay, the prince's French lawyer said Friday. Claims by Robert...
Police commander slain in Mexico's deadliest city
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Authorities say gunmen have killed a police commander in Mexico's deadliest city, where a dismembered, decapitated body was found hours before. Police spokesman Jacinto Segura says Noel Martinez was shot inside his car...
G-20 officials to wrestle over economic imbalances
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The world's top financial officials on Friday sought a blueprint for securing future global growth and worked to break a deadlock over who bears the cost of fighting climate change. Even as the world emerges hesitantly...
2 coalition service members missing in Afghanistan
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Two American soldiers disappeared in western Afghanistan after a routine resupply mission, and more than 25 NATO and Afghan security forces members were wounded during the search mission for them, the alliance said...
Parents plan Web broadcast for disabled daughter
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Disabled with severe cerebral palsy, 32-year-old Anne Lamic spends her days in southeastern France mostly in bed, surrounded by stuffed animals and dolls. She cannot speak or walk, and she sometimes has seizures. Now,...
Thaksin on a mission to humiliate Thai government
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Thailand's fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has spent much of the past three years roaming the globe, shopping for diamonds in Africa, golfing at Asian resorts _ and humiliating the government from a...
Diamond watchdog gives Zimbabwe time to comply
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Investigators for the world's diamond control body say the gems were mined by virtual slaves who had been told to dig or die, and were smuggled out by soldiers who rape and beat civilians. Yet the Kimberley Process,...
Dalai Lama visit highlights India-China tensions
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This remote town in the Himalayan foothills spruced up its monasteries Friday to prepare for the Dalai Lama's arrival, a trip highlighting the growing friction between China and India _ two nuclear-armed giants vying...
Czech, US governments discuss military cooperation
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Senior U.S. and Czech defense officials held talks Friday to discuss ways for the Czech Republic to participate in a reworked U.S. missile defense plan. U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Alexander Vershbow told reporters...
Germany: Civilians likely killed in Afghan strike
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Germany's defense minister said Friday he believes civilians were killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan, but insisted that the German-requested attack was necessary from a military standpoint. Karl-Theodor zu...
Issues to resolve for Copenhagen climate talks
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A list of key points negotiators hope to clarify before meeting for a decisive U.N. climate conference next month in Copenhagen, Denmark. EMISSIONS TARGETS _ Industrial nations are asked to make specific pledges for...
Miss England gives up crown after fracas reports
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The reigning Miss England has relinquished her crown after being accused of a fight in a bar. Pageant organizers say Rachel Christie has also withdrawn from next month's Miss World competition in South Africa. They...
Lawyer: Man says he killed lawyer, journalist
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A suspect in the killing of a human rights lawyer and a journalist has confessed to the crime, his lawyer said Friday. A Moscow court on Thursday approved the arrest of a man and a woman suspected in January's killing...
Russian FM optimistic on arms control treaty deal
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A spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry has voiced hope that Moscow and Washington will be able to negotiate a successor to a Cold War-era arms control treaty that expires next month. Andrei Nesterenko said Friday...
Bus plunges down gorge in north India, killing 32
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A crowded bus plunged down a steep mountain gorge in northern India on Friday, killing 32 people, a local official said. At least 30 other people on the bus were injured in the accident near Baner Khud, around 50...
Journalists union: Danish student jailed in Iran
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Denmark's journalists union says one of its members is being held in a jail in Tehran. The Danish Union of Journalists says Niels Krogsgaard "apparently was arrested in connection with a demonstration on Wednesday." ...
Israel rejects UN vote approving Gaza report
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Israel said on Friday that a U.N. General Assembly decision to endorse a report accusing the Jewish state of war crimes lacked the support of the world's "moral majority." In a vote Thursday, the General Assembly...
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