VIDEO: World watches as Gaddafi falls Posted: 20 Oct 2011 07:40 PM PDT Leaders from around the world, including Ban Ki-moon and Barack Obama, give their reaction to the news of Colonel Gaddafi's death.  
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Spain hails ETA end to Basque separatist violence (AP) Posted: 20 Oct 2011 10:45 PM PDT AP - Spain is claiming an end to four decades of violent bombings and shootings after the Basque separatist group ETA announced it would lay down its arms and try to negotiate its demand for a separate nation.  
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Chinese girl dies in hit and run that sparked outrage (Reuters) Posted: 20 Oct 2011 10:07 PM PDT Reuters - A two-year-old Chinese girl run over by two different vehicles and ignored by passersby has died, state media reported Friday, in a case which ignited public uproar over what some called the immorality of modern society.  
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Al-Shabab claims peacekeepers' killings Posted: 20 Oct 2011 10:33 PM PDT Somali anti-government fighters display what they say are bodies of more than 70 Burundian soldiers killed in battle.  
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Guatemala leader apologises for 1954 coup Posted: 20 Oct 2011 10:52 PM PDT President "requests the forgiveness" of the family of Jacobo Arbenz, a leftist who was violently removed from power.  
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Weak European Characters, And High-Priced Credit Posted: 20 Oct 2011 10:16 PM PDT Trust? Character? When was the last time you heard these terms applied to anything, whether in Washington, Wall Street or Europe's political class? And what would "character" mean when credit is extended to countries?  
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Clinton warns Pakistan over fighters Posted: 20 Oct 2011 10:12 PM PDT Islamabad faces pressure to take action against armed groups like the Haqqani network by visiting US officials.  
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World looks warily to Libya's future post-Gadhafi (AP) Posted: 20 Oct 2011 09:51 PM PDT AP - European leaders hailed it as a victory, Libyan exiles celebrated in the streets and the mother of one of Moammar Gadhafi's many victims said she was treating herself to an expensive bottle of champagne.  
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News Corp.: A Healthy Company With One Great Big 'But' Posted: 20 Oct 2011 09:16 PM PDT To talk about News Corp. right now while setting aside anything to do with phone-hacking brings to mind that old joke: "But other than that, how did you enjoy the play, Mrs. Lincoln?"  
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Asian markets cautious ahead of Europe summit (Reuters) Posted: 20 Oct 2011 08:47 PM PDT Reuters - Asian shares inched up while the euro clung to overnight gains on Friday, but markets largely stayed within range, as investors awaited a weekend meeting of European leaders for signs of progress in resolving the region's debt crisis.  
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Guatemala apologizes to ex-president's family (AP) Posted: 20 Oct 2011 09:00 PM PDT AP - Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom has apologized to the family of former President Jacobo Arbenz who was ousted in a 1954 coup backed by the United States.  
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Central Taiwan seen as election key as China frets (Reuters) Posted: 20 Oct 2011 09:11 PM PDT Reuters - Taiwan's semi-rural central plains, dotted with rice paddies and brightly coloured temples, is the battleground in a presidential poll that will set the tone of the island's prickly relations with China for the next four years.  
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Central Taiwan seen as election key as China frets Posted: 20 Oct 2011 09:11 PM PDT TAICHUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) - Taiwan's semi-rural central plains, dotted with rice paddies and brightly coloured temples, is the battleground in a presidential poll that will set the tone of the island's prickly relations with China for the next four years.  
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Chinese girl dies in hit and run that sparked outrage Posted: 20 Oct 2011 10:07 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - A two-year-old Chinese girl run over by two different vehicles and ignored by passersby has died, state media reported Friday, in a case which ignited public uproar over what some called the immorality of modern society.  
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China Plans to Allow Local-Bond Issuance Posted: 20 Oct 2011 08:53 PM PDT China will allow local governments to issue bonds directly to help them begin repaying more than $1 trillion worth of loans, which could help ease fears such debt could hobble the world's No. 2 economy.  
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Zambian Miners Fired for Striking Posted: 20 Oct 2011 08:53 PM PDT Chinese-owned NFCA Mining fired at least 1,000 miners at Zambia's Chambishi Copper Mines for participating in a strike over wages, a union official said.  
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Movin' On Up: Inflation May Translate to Lower Tax Bills Posted: 20 Oct 2011 08:08 PM PDT If you think that the cost of living is increasing, it?s not your imagination. Everything is getting more expensive from gas to milk to peanut butter. Fortunately, that might translate to a drop in your tax bill. The IRS has announced a number of adjustments to tax exemptions and deductions as a result of rising ...  
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In Quake-Hit Christchurch, All Eyes Are on the All Blacks (Time.com) Posted: 20 Oct 2011 09:15 PM PDT Time.com - A win at this weekend's Rugby World Cup would be a much needed morale boost for residents of the New Zealand city rocked by not one but two earthquakes in little over a year  
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Asian stocks mixed as Europe debt crisis lingers (AP) Posted: 20 Oct 2011 08:43 PM PDT AP - Asian markets were mixed Friday as European leaders haggled over a strategy to deal with the continent's debt crisis once and for all.  
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Australia to intervene on 109-year-old war crimes (AP) Posted: 20 Oct 2011 07:56 PM PDT AP - Australia's attorney general says he will tell Britain that two Australian soldiers who were executed more than a century ago for war crimes in South Africa had likely been denied fair trials under the British military justice system.  
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