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- 'Black widow' sentenced to death in Japan
- Ultrasounds aid better breast screening: study
- VIDEO: Nun in Spain 'baby theft' hearing
- China pulls out 1 of 3 ships, no end yet to sea standoff
- Dutch political parties close to budget deal - media
- British PM starts historic Myanmar visit
- Philippines, China make progress in standoff
- N. Korea admits failure as world raps rocket launch
- Indonesia's disaster-ready schools pass quake test
- S.African prison babies get the keys to childhood
- Political preconditions for aid unacceptable - Hungary PM
- VIDEO: Murder charge for Florida watchman
- VIDEO: Europe's big cat roams free again
- VIDEO: Norway prepares for Breivik trial
- VIDEO: Decorating the Royal pageant barge
- VIDEO: New Hampshire policeman shot dead
- Most Americans back gun lobby, right to use deadly force
- UN to convene Security Council over N. Korea rocket launch
- Indonesia quake a record, risks for Aceh grow
- Good morning Tehran! Israel reaches out across the airwaves
| 'Black widow' sentenced to death in Japan Posted: 13 Apr 2012 12:38 AM PDT A Japanese "black widow" who killed three men after dating them for their money was sentenced to death on Friday in a case known by the name of the female spider that eats its partner after mating.
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| Ultrasounds aid better breast screening: study Posted: 13 Apr 2012 12:25 AM PDT Women's annual breast exams could be improved by adding ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to the usual mammogram, according to a US study released on Tuesday.
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| VIDEO: Nun in Spain 'baby theft' hearing Posted: 12 Apr 2012 11:42 PM PDT An elderly Spanish nun has become the first person to appear in court in connection with the alleged theft of newborn babies, mostly during the Franco era.
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| China pulls out 1 of 3 ships, no end yet to sea standoff Posted: 12 Apr 2012 11:31 PM PDT MANILA (Reuters) - China withdrew one of three ships engaged in a standoff with Philippines vessels in a disputed area of the South China Sea on Friday as both sides pursued talks to defuse the dispute. 
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| Dutch political parties close to budget deal - media Posted: 12 Apr 2012 11:30 PM PDT AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch minority government and its ally, the Freedom Party, are close to reaching agreement on between 10 billion euros to 16 billion euros (8.28 billion pounds-13 billion pounds) of budget cuts needed to curb a bloated deficit, Dutch media reported on Friday. 
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| British PM starts historic Myanmar visit Posted: 12 Apr 2012 11:26 PM PDT British Prime Minister David Cameron arrived in Myanmar on Friday for the first visit by a Western leader in decades as world powers consider lifting sanctions against the former pariah state.
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| Philippines, China make progress in standoff Posted: 12 Apr 2012 11:26 PM PDT The Philippines said Friday it had made progress in efforts to end a tense standoff with China in the South China Sea but each side was still refusing to remove its ships from the disputed area.
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| N. Korea admits failure as world raps rocket launch Posted: 12 Apr 2012 11:25 PM PDT North Korea admitted Friday its heralded long-range rocket launch had failed, disintegrating mid-air and plunging into the sea soon after takeoff in a major embarrassment for the reclusive state.
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| Indonesia's disaster-ready schools pass quake test Posted: 12 Apr 2012 11:23 PM PDT When the earth shook under their feet on Wednesday, students and staff at Jeumpa Puteh high school coolly continued with lessons, assuming it was just another tremor in Indonesia's quake-prone Aceh province.
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| S.African prison babies get the keys to childhood Posted: 12 Apr 2012 11:14 PM PDT Unathi Jack's baby son was terrified when she put him down outside for the first time, after months in a cramped South African jail cell cut off from the world.
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| Political preconditions for aid unacceptable - Hungary PM Posted: 12 Apr 2012 11:02 PM PDT BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose government is seeking a multibillion-euro financing backstop, said on Friday it would be unacceptable for international lenders to pose political preconditions for official talks on assistance. 
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| VIDEO: Murder charge for Florida watchman Posted: 12 Apr 2012 08:28 PM PDT The neighbourhood watchman George Zimmerman has appeared in a Florida court over the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
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| VIDEO: Europe's big cat roams free again Posted: 12 Apr 2012 04:11 PM PDT Spanish conservationists say there is a ray of hope for the world's most endangered cat, the Iberian lynx.
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| VIDEO: Norway prepares for Breivik trial Posted: 12 Apr 2012 10:42 PM PDT On Monday the trial begins in Norway of Anders Breivik, the man who admits to killing 77 people in a series of attacks in the country last summer.
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| VIDEO: Decorating the Royal pageant barge Posted: 12 Apr 2012 10:01 PM PDT Royal barge production designer Joseph Bennett explains the process for making gilded decorations for June's Diamond Jubilee river pageant.
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| VIDEO: New Hampshire policeman shot dead Posted: 12 Apr 2012 10:48 PM PDT A policeman has been shot dead and four others injured in a gun battle in the US.
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| Most Americans back gun lobby, right to use deadly force Posted: 12 Apr 2012 10:40 PM PDT WASHINGTON, April 13 — Most Americans support the right to use deadly force to protect themselves - even in public places - and have a favorable view of the National Rifle Association, the main gun-lobby group, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed. The online survey showed that 68 per cent, or two out of three respondents, had a favorable opinion of the ... 
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| UN to convene Security Council over N. Korea rocket launch Posted: 12 Apr 2012 09:07 PM PDT NEW YORK, April 13 — The UN Security Council will meet today to discuss a possible condemnation of North Korea's rocket launch, UN diplomats said yesterday. They said the council hopes to unanimously agree to a statement condemning what several diplomats said was a violation of a UN ban on the use of ballistic missile technology by North Korea. ... 
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| Indonesia quake a record, risks for Aceh grow Posted: 12 Apr 2012 08:27 PM PDT SINGAPORE, April 13 — The powerful undersea earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra this week was a once in 2,000 years event, and although it resulted in only a few deaths, it increases the risks of a killer quake in the region, a leading seismologist said. Wednesday's 8.6 magnitude quake and a powerful aftershock were "strike-slip" ... 
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| Good morning Tehran! Israel reaches out across the airwaves Posted: 12 Apr 2012 11:11 PM PDT From a tiny studio in a rundown district of southern Tel Aviv, a group of Iranian-Israelis beam non-stop music and news in a bid to reach out to their former fellow countrymen.
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