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Honduras'swift, bloodless coup was months in the making after president's politics moved left
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Soldiers ringed President Manuel Zelaya's modest home, spilled into the cul-de-sac and swarmed the neighbourhood, blocking what little traffic there was in a posh corner of the...
China punishes officials after babies whose parents were still alive were sent to orphanages
BEIJING - Chinese authorities have punished six government officials after three baby girls whose parents were still alive were sent to an orphanage in southern China that subsequently put them up for...
Exiled Honduran president vows to return, calls on followers to meet him at airport
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Ousted President Manuel Zelaya announced Saturday that he would return to Honduras to try to retake office following last week's military-backed coup, despite the interim gover...
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's replacement plans to run to keep governor's seat
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Republican inheriting the job as Alaska governor from resigning Sarah Palin plans to seek a full term in office in 2010. Palin spokesman David Murrow says Lt. Gov. Sean Parn...
Details emerge about dramatic rescue at sea of Comoran girl who survived plane crash
MORONI, Comoros - Doe Cyrille and his crew searched for hours in crashing winds and waves up to 16 feet (5 metres) high for any sign of Yemenia Flight 626. Then they spotted a girl impossibly clinging...
US teenage girl shot in father's store becomes 5th slain by suspected serial killer
GAFFNEY, South Carolina - Authorities say a teenage girl shot in her father's store has become the fifth person slain by a suspected serial killer. Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler says 15-yea...
Police say Arizona woman led sons on crime spree, drawing comparisons to infamous Ma Barker
PHOENIX - Cynthia Mary Roberson is an unemployed mother who police say led her 12-and 14-year-old sons and their friends to commit at least 20 armed robberies and assaults, including the beating of a ...
UN chief leaves Myanmar 'disappointed' with junta after bid to see Suu Kyi rejected
YANGON, Myanmar - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ended a mission to Myanmar on Saturday saying he was "deeply disappointed" that the isolated nation's top military ruler denied him a visit to jail...
Iran's official news agency: Iran hangs 20 people convicted of drug trafficking
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's official news agency reports that 20 people have been hanged in Iran on charges of drug trafficking. IRNA said Saturday that all of the 20 had been convicted of buying, sellin...
Taliban attack US base in Afghanistan with truck bomb, rockets, mortars, killing 2 US troops
KABUL - Taliban militants fired rockets and mortars at a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing two American troops in a fierce battle as thousands of Marines in the south continued wit...
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