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Apple CEO Jobs back at work - 06/29/2009

SAN FRANCISCO - Apple's iconic chief executive Steve Jobs has returned to work after a five-month medical leave of absence during which he underwent a liver transplant. "Steve is back to work,"...

UN rights mission hears gruesome testimony on Gaza war - 06/28/2009

GAZA CITY, Sakher Abu El Oun - A UN human rights mission on Sunday listened as witnesses described in gruesome detail the Israeli shelling of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip during a three-week offensive...

Palestinians launch new round of unity talks - 06/28/2009

CAIRO - The two main rival Palestinian factions began a new round of talks in Cairo on Sunday, facing a 10-day deadline for a reconciliation agreement, Egypt's official MENA news agency reported....

'Human rights software' helps Iranian dissidents connect - 06/28/2009

OTTAWA, Michel Comte - Software developed by a Canadian lab to circumvent online censorship has been downloaded by more than 18,000 Iranians in the last 10 days, says its developer Rafal Rohozinski....

Michael Jackson album heading for No. 1 in Britain - 06/28/2009

LONDON- Michael Jackson is set to top the British album chart on Sunday following a surge in sales sparked by his death, the official chart compilers said. The greatest hits album, "Number Ones"...

Obama urges Americans get tested for HIV - 06/28/2009

WASHINGTON- President Barack Obama on Saturday urged his fellow Americans to get tested for HIV in an effort to reduce transmission of the virus that causes AIDS. "On this 14th commemoration of...

Times Co. seeking to sell second paper with Globe - 06/28/2009

WASHINGTON- The New York Times Co. hopes to sell a second Massachusetts newspaper along with the money-losing Boston Globe, the Times reported on Saturday. The Times Co. is seeking to sell the...

US House passes historic climate change bill - 06/27/2009

WASHINGTON, Olivier Knox - The US House of Representatives has narrowly passed historic legislation to limit pollution blamed for global warming, handing President Barack Obama a major hard-fought...

Indian capital swelters amid severe power, water cuts - 06/27/2009

NEW DELHI- New Delhi residents faced misery on Saturday as the Indian capital reeled under one of its worst power and water shortages in years, during an acute heatwave and a delayed rainy season....

Hundreds see Philippine inmates perform Jackson tribute - 06/27/2009

CEBU, Sybhel Cordero - More than 1,500 Philippine inmates at a maximum security prison on Saturday performed a Michael Jackson tribute for the public with a dance routine that has become a global...
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