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Americans cool to human-caused global warming: poll - 12/07/2009

WASHINGTON - Americans who think global warming is caused by human activity, including vehicle and industrial emissions, are now a minority for the first time in nearly two years, a CNN/Opinion...

New Zealand man injects sleeping wife with HIV - 12/06/2009

WELLINGTON - An HIV-positive man in New Zealand has admitted injecting his blood into his sleeping wife and infecting her with the virus which can cause AIDS, a newspaper reported Sunday. It is...

Egypt says Israel stalling on prisoner swap - 12/06/2009

CAIRO - Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit accused Israel on Sunday of stalling on a prisoner swap with Hamas for a captured Israeli soldier by refusing to free certain Palestinian...

World's newspapers unite to urge climate change action - 12/06/2009

LONDON - Newspapers in 45 countries will implore Monday world leaders to take decisive action at the Copenhagen climate change talks, warning failure will bring calamity, the London-based Guardian...

Morocco again blocks return of Sahara activist: Spain - 12/06/2009

LANZAROTE - Spain said Moroccan authorities Saturday again refused to allow Western Sahara activist Aminatou Haidar to return home, a decision it said it "deeply regrets." The decision risked...

Israeli MP sees Shalit deal in weeks - 12/06/2009

JERUSALEM - A deal to exchange hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit could go ahead within two weeks, an Israeli MP said on Saturday. In a rare public comment...

Tiger to pay price to keep wife, secrets: media - 12/05/2009

LOS ANGELES - Tiger Woods is willing to pay dearly to hold onto his marriage and keep his private messages secret, according to celebrity website reports still swirling around the world's top...

US, Russia uphold 'spirit' of expiring nuclear pact - 12/05/2009

MOSCOW, Alexander Osipovich- Washington and Moscow pledged Friday to uphold the "spirit" of the START nuclear arms treaty and to seek a new agreement as soon as possible, hours before the landmark...

UN just calls to say it loves Stevie Wonder - 12/04/2009

WASHINGTON- The United Nations on Thursday tapped genre-defying music icon Stevie Wonder to become a "Messenger for Peace," focusing on the battle for disabled rights. Wonder -- who has won dozens...

Israel FM excludes freeing intifada chief for captive Shalit - 12/03/2009

JERUSALEM - Israel's ultra-nationalist Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Wednesday ruled out freeing one of the Palestinians' most popular leaders in exchange for captive soldier Gilad Shalit....
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