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Nazi guard saga drags on as US family fights deportation - 04/15/2009

SEVEN HILLS, Dick Russ - A decades-long saga over the alleged war crimes committed by Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk was set to drag on for days if not weeks Wednesday as his family prepared...

Obamas made 2.65 million dollars in 2008 - 04/15/2009

WASHINGTON- US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle made 2.65 million dollars in 2008, mostly from royalties of his two best-selling books, the White House said Wednesday. The Obamas and...

Hard up in New York? Pawn your Renoir - 04/13/2009

NEW YORK, Paola Messana - Pity the world's rich: as the credit crunch bites, they too are heading to the pawnbroker's -- albeit with a Renoir or Van Gogh under their arm. New York pawn shops...

Pakistan rape victim marries for women's rights - 04/13/2009

MEERWALA, Abdul Sattar Qamar - Pakistani gang-rape victim Mukhtar Mai, who won a tragic fame in the West as the cause celebre of oppressed women, is all smiles since marrying a police constable and...

Thousands of Germans hold Easter protest against war - 04/12/2009

BERLIN- Thousands demonstrated in Germany Saturday in traditional annual Easter March protests against nuclear weapons and the war in Afghanistan, police and organisers said. Twenty demonstrations...

Christian pilgrims flock to Holy City for Good Friday - 04/10/2009

JERUSALEM, Majeda El Batsh- Thousands of Christian pilgrims from around the world poured into the Holy City of Jerusalem under sunny skies on Friday to pray along the traditional route Jesus took to...

Promotion is bad for you: British research - 04/10/2009

LONDON- Job promotion can harm your health and leave you substantially less time to visit the doctor, British researchers claim in a study published Friday. Economics and psychology researchers at...

UNAIDS chief says AIDS pandemic can be a chance to change societies - 04/10/2009

DAKAR, Christophe Parayre - The HIV/AIDS pandemic, which has already killed an estimated 25 million people since the 1980s, is not only a problem but a social opportunity for change, according to new...

Prints of Mohammed cartoon go on sale in Denmark - 04/09/2009

COPENHAGEN - Denmark's Free Press Society is selling prints of a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed published by a Danish newspaper in 2005 that angered Muslims and sparked worldwide protests, it said...

Anna-Nicole boyfriend 'innocent' of drug charges - 04/08/2009

LOS ANGELES - A lawyer for the former boyfriend of late model Anna Nicole Smith on Tuesday said his client was innocent of charges he illegally supplied the former Playboy centerfold with...
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