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Peckish bird briefly downs big atom smasher - 11/09/2009

GENEVA- A peckish bird briefly knocked out part of the world's biggest atom smasher by causing a chain reaction with a piece of bread, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said...

Judge blocks Jennifer Lopez sex video - 11/09/2009

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge on Monday issued a temporary order barring the first husband of Jennifer Lopez from distributing intimate home videos of the couple as part of an upcoming movie....

Hope for answers as US army shooter awakes from coma - 11/09/2009

FORT HOOD, Daphne Benoit - The suspected shooter accused of killing 13 people at a US military base has regained consciousness and can talk, fueling hopes Monday he may soon reveal the motive behind...

Families of US hikers in Iran deny espionage charges - 11/09/2009

WASHINGTON - The families of three US hikers detained in Iran Monday flatly denied allegations that their relatives were spies. Tehran's chief prosecutor Abbas Jaffari Doulatabadi told Iranian...

Lebanon gets new government after months of haggling - 11/09/2009

BEIRUT, Jocelyne Zablit - Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri formed a government of national unity on Monday, ending more than four months of tough negotiations with his Hezbollah-led rivals....

Kuwaiti Islamist MP threatens to grill PM over music classes - 11/09/2009

KUWAIT CITY, Omar Hasan - A hardline Kuwaiti Islamist MP on Sunday threatened to call for the prime minister to face a grilling in parliament after the government made music classes compulsory in...

Wall anniversary celebrations kick off in Berlin - 11/09/2009

BERLIN, Deborah Cole- Berlin warmed up for the 20th anniversary of the Wall's fall with events throughout the city, as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for a new transatlantic push to...

109 arrests at Iran protests: Tehran police chief - 11/08/2009

TEHRAN - Iranian police arrested 109 people during opposition protests on the sidelines of an official rally marking three decades since the seizure of the US embassy, Tehran's police chief said on...

Right-to-die baby 'likes music', British court told - 11/06/2009

LONDON- A seriously ill baby whose parents are divided over whether he should be allowed to die has shown signs that he likes music and can tentatively bang a drum, the High Court in London heard...

Army shooter: jihadist or stressed soldier? - 11/06/2009

FORT HOOD - Major Nidal Malik Hasan helped US soldiers face the horrors of two wars that he opposed as a Muslim -- and on the eve of deploying to Afghanistan, his divided loyalties collided with...
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