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Lazard chief Bruce Wasserstein dies at 61 - 10/15/2009

NEW YORK - The chief of Lazard investment bank, Bruce Wasserstein, who played a key role in some of Wall Street's biggest deals over the past 30 years, died Wednesday, a spokesman for the company...

Mother of Columbine shooter speaks out - 10/14/2009

LOS ANGELES - The mother of one of the two teenagers responsible for the 1999 Columbine school massacre has spoken out about the tragedy for the first time after a decade of silence. Susan...

Uruguay congress legalizes sex changes - 10/13/2009

MONTEVIDEO - Uruguay's congress Monday approved a sex change law, the latest liberal move by the tiny South American nation which has also given the nod to civil unions for gays and adoptions by gay...

France tops Europe for quality of life, Britain worst: study - 10/13/2009

LONDON - France has the best quality of life out of Europe's biggest countries, while Britain has the worst despite having the highest incomes, a study said Monday. British workers can expect to...

Thousands expected to visit Catholic relics in London - 10/13/2009

LONDON - Up to 100,000 pilgrims are expected to flock to the mother church of Roman Catholics in England for the culmination of a tour of the relics of a 19th century French nun which arrived in...

Son guilty of defrauding millionaire heiress - 10/08/2009

NEW YORK, Sebastian Smith - The son of millionaire philanthropist Brooke Astor was found guilty Thursday of defrauding his late mother while she suffered from Alzheimer's in New York's biggest...

Man refused food shoots Miami restaurant staff - 10/07/2009

MIAMI- A disgruntled customer shot and wounded a server at a US fast food restaurant because he was refused service in the early hours of Tuesday, police said. At around three in the morning the...

Saudi cleric sacked after attacking mixing at new university - 10/05/2009

RIYADH - Saudi King Abdullah sacked a hardline cleric from the powerful Council of Senior Ulema on Monday after he criticised the breakthrough policy of mixing the genders at a new university...

Today's babies could live to 22nd century - 10/02/2009

PARIS - More than half of the babies born today in rich countries will live to 100 years if current trends of life expectancy continue, a study appearing in the medical journal The Lancet said on...

Student exams postponed after Brazil test leak - 10/02/2009

BRASILIA - Millions of Brazilian students gained some extra cramming time Thursday when Brazil's Education Ministry postponed a national exam after a newspaper was offered a copy of the test. Over...
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