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Pope to acknowledge suffering at Canadian schools

Published April 15, 2009

TORONTO (AP) âÄî Pope Benedict XVI is expected to acknowledge abuse of aboriginals at Christian-run schools when he meets with survivors later this month at the Vatican, a spokesman for the Canadian...

Iran says it has cloned a goat

Published April 15, 2009

ISFAHAN, Iran (AP) âÄî Iranian scientists have cloned a goat and plan future experiments they hope will lead to a treatment for stroke patients, the leader of the research said Wednesday. The female...

Most-wanted Colombia drug lord caught ‘like a dog’

Published April 15, 2009

BOGOTA (AP) âÄî Colombia's most wanted drug lord was cowering like a dog under a palm tree when he was captured Wednesday in a jungle raid involving hundreds of police officers, the defense minister...

Somali pirates hold many hostages for months

Published April 15, 2009
Ruel de Guzman seemed destined for a life at sea.

US Army soldier convicted over 2007 Iraq deaths

Published April 15, 2009

VILSECK, Germany (AP) âÄî A U.S. Army soldier was convicted Wednesday of murder in the execution-style slayings of four bound and blindfolded Iraqi detainees. The prosecution said Master Sgt. John...

Egypt to search 3 sites for Cleopatra’s tomb

Published April 15, 2009

CAIRO (AP) âÄî Archaeologists will begin excavating sites in Egypt next week in an attempt to solve a mystery that has stymied historians for hundreds of years: Where is the final resting place...

Iran willing to build new relationship with US

Published April 15, 2009

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) âÄî Iran's president on Wednesday sent the clearest signal yet that the Islamic Republic wants warmer ties with the U.S., just one day after Washington spoke of new strategies...

Bolivia president ends hunger strike over election

Published April 14, 2009
President Evo Morales ended a five-day hunger strike Tuesday after Bolivia's congress broke a political deadlock, approving a law that lets him run for re-election in December.

Thai police charge 14 leaders in violent protests

Published April 14, 2009
A day after red-shirted protesters burned buses and seized intersections in clashes with police and soldiers that left two people dead and 123 injured, their leaders called it quits, urging a group of 2,000 die-hard demonstrators to go home.

Iran says US journalist tried behind closed doors

Published April 14, 2009
Iran said Tuesday its national security court put an American journalist on trial behind closed doors on allegations she spied for the U.S. — a charge Washington calls baseless.

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