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‘The Human Experience’ comes to U

Published March 11, 2009

The documentary features two brothers who travel and live with those less fortunate.

Scores survive crash of Turkish airliner in Amsterdam; 9 dead, more than 50 hurt

Published February 25, 2009

HAARLEMMERLIEDE, Netherlands (AP) âÄî A Turkish Airlines jetliner plummeted out of the mist and plowed into a muddy field Wednesday near AmsterdamâÄôs main airport, but nearly everyone...

Obama seeks $634B over 10 years for health care

Published February 25, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) âÄî President Barack Obama wants a significant âÄúdown paymentâÄù for overhauling the health care system: $634 billion over 10 years. A senior administration official...

Facebook to revise service terms

Published February 23, 2009

The social networking site is eliciting user input via the group ‘Facebook Bill of Rights and Responsibilities.’

Battle over UBS secret accounts to take months

Published February 23, 2009

MIAMI (AP) âÄî A federal judge decided Monday it will take months to determine if and when the Internal Revenue Service will learn the identities of 52,000 wealthy Americans who have secret accounts...

China coal mine explosion kills 73 miners, injures 113 others

Published February 22, 2009

TAIYUAN, China (AP) âÄî A gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in northern China on Sunday, killing at least 73 miners and trapping dozens in the still-burning shaft, state media said. ChinaâÄôs...

Clinton tells China U.S. shares interests to revive troubled economy

Published February 22, 2009

BEIJING (AP) âÄî U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton wants China to continue investing in the United States because the two countriesâÄô financial futures are closely tied together....

Olmert calls for new government fast as coalition bargaining picks up steam

Published February 22, 2009

JERUSALEM (AP) âÄî IsraelâÄôs outgoing prime minister called on hard-line Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new government quickly as coalition bargaining shifted into high gear...

Australia’s child survivors struggle to cope

Published February 18, 2009

BUXTON, Australia (AP) âÄî The crayon colors on the page were bright âÄî orange, red, sunny yellow. But the drawings were as dark as the blackened remains of the landscape near the tiny...

1 killed in unrest on French island

Published February 18, 2009

BASSE-TERRE, Guadeloupe (AP) âÄî A man was shot dead as he drove during the night during riots and protests over the high cost of living, officials said Wednesday âÄî the first fatality...