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Canada offers to take in Philippine victims of Ketsana - 10/02/2009

OTTAWA- Canada will fasttrack the immigration of Philippine citizens "directly and significantly" affected by typhoon Ketsana seeking to relocate here, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced...

Britain sends rescue team to quake-hit Indonesia - 10/02/2009

LONDON - Britain is sending search and rescue experts to Indonesia to join efforts to find victims of a devastating earthquake, officials said late Thursday. A 60-strong team of fire fighters and...

Tyrannosaurus rex was one sick puppy: study - 09/30/2009

WASHINGTON- Tyrannosaurus rex and its close relatives suffered from the potentially life-threatening disease trichomonosis, which is still carried by pigeons, a study published Wednesday showed....

British girl banned from selling granny on eBay - 09/30/2009

LONDON - A 10-year-old British girl has been barred from trying to sell her granny on eBay, who she complained was "cuddly" but "annoying," the auction website said Wednesday. Zoe Pemberton wrote...

Somalia Islamists shut down radio station - 09/30/2009

MOGADISHU - Somalia's hardline Islamist group Shebab on Wednesday closed down a radio station in the central town of Baidoa after banning non-Islamic music, journalists told AFP. The Shebab...

Facebook warns of phony friends asking for cash - 09/30/2009

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook wants its members to be on guard for an old scam taking on new life in the world's largest online social-networking community. The California-based firm said it has...

Peru's Fujimori gets six-year sentence for corruption - 09/30/2009

LIMA - Peru's former president Alberto Fujimori, already sentenced to 25 years behind bars for human right violations, was sentenced Wednesday to six years in jail for corruption. The ex-president...

Honduras dialogue probable next week: OAS official - 09/30/2009

TEGUCIGALPA - A top official from the Organization of American States on Wednesday said dialogue between deposed President Manuel Zelaya and the leaders of the June 28 coup could start next week....

Italian prosecutor seeks 13 years for CIA man in kidnap case - 09/30/2009

MILAN, Gina Doggett - A leading Italian prosecutor on Wednesday demanded a 13-year prison term for former CIA station chief in Rome Jeff Castelli for his role in the 2003 kidnapping of a terror...

CNN launches paid iPhone app featuring video - 09/29/2009

WASHINGTON- US cable television news network CNN launched a news application for the Apple iPhone on Tuesday, joining other media organizations seeking to make money from mobile devices. The CNN...
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