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Rising costs force Haiti’s poor to resort to eating dirt

Published January 30, 2008

>PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - It was lunchtime in one of Haiti's worst slums, and Charlene Dumas was eating mud. With food prices rising, Haiti's poorest can't afford even a daily plate of rice, and...

Indian guru to the Beatles gives up control of meditation movement

Published January 30, 2008

.THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - It was 1967 and the Indian meditation guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, dressed in white with long flowing black hair and a gray beard, beamed as he stood surrounded by four smiling...

Too much beef: it’s what’s for dinner

by Devin Henry
Published January 29, 2008
University researchers look into Americans' eating habits.

McDonald’s given power to award British school qualifications

Published January 29, 2008

>LONDON (AP) - New on the McDonald's menu: a takeaway diploma. The government is giving the U.S. burger chain - along with a rail company and an airline - the right to award credits toward a high school...

Canadian leader presses for more NATO help in Afghan mission

Published January 29, 2008

>TORONTO (AP) - Canada will extend its military mission in Afghanistan only if another NATO country puts more soldiers in the dangerous south, the prime minister said Monday, echoing the recommendation...

Yad Vashem memorial launches Arabic Web site to combat Holocaust denial

Published January 25, 2008

>JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's Holocaust memorial launched an Arabic version of its Web site Thursday, including vivid photos of Nazi atrocities and video of survivors' testimony, to combat Holocaust denial...

Thousands of illegal Vietnamese face deportation

Published January 23, 2008

>HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Thousands of Vietnamese living illegally in the United States now face deportation after the two countries completed an agreement Tuesday, a move that sparked worry among immigrant...

Forgery probe opens against Putin’s challenger

Published January 23, 2008

>MOSCOW (AP) - Prosecutors announced a forgery investigation Tuesday against the campaign of the only liberal Kremlin critic still in Russia's presidential race, a contest already expected to be won...

Man freed from prison after serving part of life sentence

Published January 23, 2008

.FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Smiling and soft-spoken, Timothy Masters walked out of court a free man for the first time in nearly a decade Tuesday, his murder conviction wiped out by DNA evidence that points...

White separatists rally at former Jena 6 march location

Published January 22, 2008
There was also a group of mostly college-aged counter- demonstrators.

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