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Boat carrying 110 people sinks in Brazilian Amazon; at least 12 dead

Published May 5, 2008

>SÃO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - A boat with 110 people aboard sank in the Brazilian Amazon on Sunday, killing at least 12 people and leaving dozens missing, authorities said. The Comandante Sales capsized...

Israelis stand silently as sirens wail for Holocaust victims

Published May 2, 2008

;BEIT MEIR, Israel (AP) - Sixty-three years and five days after he stumbled sick and starving from a Nazi transport train and was freed by Russian cavalrymen, Raul Teitelbaum stood motionless Thursday...

Austria case revives European debate on light prison terms

Published May 1, 2008

>VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Police say Josef Fritzl left a lot of human wreckage in his wake: the daughter he imprisoned and raped for 24 years, the seven children he fathered with her and the wife whose...

Barack Obama closing in on superdelegate gap

Published May 1, 2008

Obama trails Clinton by 21 superdelegates, after picking up seven this week.

Female teachers dying on the roads in Saudi Arabia

Published April 30, 2008

The Saudi government puts teachers in low-staffed villages.

China sentences 30 people – some to life – over Tibet riots

Published April 30, 2008

>BEIJING (AP) - Six Buddhist monks were among 30 people sentenced by a Chinese court Tuesday to jail terms ranging from three years to life for taking part in deadly riots in Tibet. The punishments...

Concentration camp doctor tops 10 most-wanted Nazis list

Published April 30, 2008

Now that Albert Heim has been indicted, all that's left is to find him.

Men snag another German recruit

Published April 30, 2008

It appears the Minnesota men's tennis team is starting to establish a recruiting pipeline into Germany. The Gophers, who nabbed this season's No. 1 and No. 2 singles players from Germany - Raoul Schwark...

Vietnam halts adoptions to U.S.

Published April 29, 2008

This decision comes after a U.S. report alleged baby-selling and fraud.

Police: Austrian kids locked in basement, never saw sunlight

Published April 29, 2008

>AMSTETTEN, Austria (AP) - The children locked in the basement never saw the light of day for years. A retired electrician has confessed to imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering seven...