VIDEO: Vatican Condemns Plans To Burn Koran
(Rome) -- The Vatican has joined a chorus of condemnation over plans by a Florida church to burn the Koran on Saturday, the anniversary of the 9-11 terror attacks. The Vatican Wednesday called the plan an outrageous and grave gesture against a book considered sacred by a religious community ...Read & Watch More
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Scary Note Found On Plane Landing At LAX
(Los Angeles, CA) -- FBI authorities say a threatening note found on a Thai Airways jet that departed Bangkok and landed Tuesday night at LAX was a hoax. The "L.A. Times" reports the note that said a bomb was on the plane was discovered in the jetliner's lavatory and was left there while Flight 794 was in the air ...Read More
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Two U.S. Troops Killed In Attack In Iraq
(Baghdad) -- An attack outside an Iraqi army compound Tuesday left two U.S. soldiers dead and nine others wounded. According to U.S. officials, a gunman in an Iraqi military uniform opened fire at the facility near the city of Tuz. The gunman was also killed in the assault. Tuesday's violence...Read More
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VIDEO: NASA Experts Offer Advice To Teams Rescuing Trapped Miners
(Houston, TX) -- A team of NASA experts is just back from Chile where they've been lending their expertise to the crews trying to rescue 33 miners who've been trapped underground for a month. NASA has spent years studying the effects of humans being in confined, isolated spaces away from their families ...Read, Hear & Watch More
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Iran Suspends Woman's Stoning Sentence
(Tehran) -- Iran has suspended the stoning sentence of a woman convicted of adultery. The Iranian Foreign Ministry issued a brief statement today saying the verdict is being reviewed. It's the latest development in the controversial case in which the woman is also accused of involvement in her husband's murder ...Read More
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VIDEO: Angelina Jolie Speaks Out About Pakistani Flood Victims
(Islamabad) -- Actress Angelina Jolie is in Pakistan to highlight to plight of 21-million flood victims. Jolie spoke exclusively to CNN in her role as as goodwill ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency, saying that although the situation is still chaotic, she remains hopeful ...Read, Hear & Watch More
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Tropical Storm Igor Forms Over Atlantic Ocean
(Miami, FL) -- The ninth named storm of the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane season has formed off the western coast of Africa. The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Igor is on a path that is expected to take it south of the Cape Verde islands by Thursday ...Read More
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VIDEO: Pavin Picks Woods For Ryder Cup Team
(New York, NY) -- World number-one golfer Tiger Woods will represent the U.S. at next month's Ryder Cup. U.S. Ryder Cup team captain Corey Pavin picked Woods as a wildcard. He said he likes his pairing options ...Read, Hear & Watch More
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EU Finance Ministers Agree To Sharing Budget Information
(Brussels) -- European Union finance ministers meeting have agreed to submit their future national budgets for scrutiny by the European Commission and fellow EU governments. In Brussels, EU economic affairs chief Olli Rehn said the deal marks significant progress ...Read & Hear More
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VIDEO: French Trade Unions Stage Massive Protest Against Possible Pension Reform
(Paris) -- French trade unions are staging a massive protest against unpopular pension reforms that President Nicolas Sarkozy says he must implement. Union leaders say large marches across the country have already surpassed the turnout from a similar event in June that saw two-million people protest austerity measures across Europe ...Read & Watch More
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VIDEO: Van Der Sloot Reportedly Confesses To Extorting Money From Holloways
(Lima) -- The man long thought to be responsible for the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway has reportedly confessed to extorting money from the Alabama teen's family. In his latest interview with Dutch newspaper "De Telegraaf," Joran Van der Sloot said he went through with the extortion attempt because he wanted to get back at Holloway's family for making his life difficult for five years ...Read & Watch More
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Al-Qaeda Group Claims Responsibility For Baghdad Base Attack
(Baghdad) -- An umbrella group for terrorists affiliated with al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for Sunday's deadly suicide attack on an Iraqi army post in Baghdad. The Islamic State of Iraq posted a statement on a radical Islamist website calling the five suicide bombers "Holy Men ...Read More
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