Kosovan admits killing US airmen Posted: 31 Aug 2011 01:08 PM PDT Arid Uka tells German court he regrets shooting two US airmen at Frankfurt airport and does not understand why he did it  
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Mentally ill sisters freed from chains in West Bank Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:56 AM PDT We first met Mohedeye and Nedaa Dawabsha sitting quietly on the floor of a small room in their family's modest house in the dusty West Bank village of Duma. Neither of the sisters were able to leave the room.  
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Lawyers: Kosovar admits shooting U.S. servicemen in Germany Posted: 31 Aug 2011 11:22 AM PDT A Kosovar has admitted shooting dead two American servicemen and injuring two others in an attack on a U.S. Air Force bus in Germany, his lawyers said Wednesday.  
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Defiant Gaddafi son vows to fight Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:56 PM PDT Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, one of fugitive Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's sons, vows to carry on fighting and says his father is fine.  
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Woman beats breast cancer at 100 Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:58 PM PDT A 100-year-old woman is told she is free of breast cancer after having surgery at Tameside Hospital in Greater Manchester.  
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City Room: Irene's Cost May Reach $1 Billion, Cuomo Says Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:59 PM PDT Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said that he expected damage in New York to reach "close to $1 billion."  
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New Storm Brews in the Atlantic Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:23 PM PDT Weather forecasters are watching a powerful new storm churning in the mid-Atlantic even as the East Coast recovers from Irene.  
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Colombia Changes Defense Chiefs as Rebel Attacks Rise Posted: 31 Aug 2011 11:29 AM PDT Colmbia changed defense ministers Wednesday, a sign that the country's progress in fighting a decades-old insurgency has hit a roadblock and that the armed forces are struggling to deal with a recent surge in rebel attacks.  
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Ferrari Chief Says the Rich Should Pay More Taxes Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:28 PM PDT One of the more surprising names to appear on the "Tax Me More" list of rich people is Luca di Montezemolo.  
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VIDEO: Europe climbs film festival bill Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:24 PM PDT Figures from the world of film are gathering in Venice for the film festival, with several of the most anticipated big-budget titles financed and made in Europe rather than the US.  
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Gaddafi foreign minister arrested: witness Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:30 PM PDT JANZOUR, Libya (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's foreign minister, Abdelati Obeidi, was arrested Tuesday at his farm in Janzour, a suburb west of Tripoli, a Reuters correspondent said.  
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Report: Gaddafi foreign minister arrested Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:38 PM PDT Abdelati Obeidi reportedly arrested on Tuesday from his farm near Tripoli.  
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Body is found in sea off Anglesey Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:08 PM PDT The body of a man is found in the sea at Rhosneigr on Anglesey, say North Wales Police.  
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Earliest Homo Erectus Tools Found in Kenya Posted: 31 Aug 2011 11:39 AM PDT A new geological study, being reported the journal Nature, showed that tools from a site near Lake Turkana in Kenya were made about 1.76 million years ago.  
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In Myanmar, Freedom Means Taunting the Ref Posted: 31 Aug 2011 11:57 AM PDT The hardships and oppression of Burmese life seem to vanish at soccer matches, where fans indulge in raucous revelry that wouldn't be tolerated outside the stadium.  
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Syrian official 'saw executions' Posted: 31 Aug 2011 11:52 AM PDT A man purporting to be the top legal official in the central Syrian city of Hama says he has resigned after witnessing crimes against humanity.  
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Mother of home alone girl sought Posted: 31 Aug 2011 11:42 AM PDT The mother of a four-year-old girl who was found home alone in Crawley is being sought by police and social services.  
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Car bomb kills three, wounds 20 in Iraq Posted: 31 Aug 2011 11:41 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A parked car bomb exploded near a police checkpoint on a commercial street in a largely Sunni Muslim area of southwestern Baghdad on Wednesday, killing three people and wounding 20 others, an interior ministry source said.  
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India anti-graft activist Hazare recovers from fast Posted: 31 Aug 2011 11:34 AM PDT NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An anti-corruption campaigner, whose near two-week hunger strike against graft made him a national hero in India, left hospital on Wednesday after recovering from his fast and headed home to a rousing welcome.  
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Texas A&M Says Goodbye to the Big 12 Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:53 PM PDT The university said it would conditionally withdraw from the Big 12, clearing the way for it to join the Southeastern Conference for the 2012 football season if it is accepted by that league.  
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