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Protesters surge into Bangkok wanting new election
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AP - Tens of thousands of red-shirted protesters from Thailand's rural areas swarmed the Thai capital Sunday for protests aimed at forcing the government to dissolve Parliament and call new elections.
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:13:41 GMT
| Economy the focus as China political session ends
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AP - China must remain alert to fight any rebound in the economic crisis in the next several years, Premier Wen Jiabao said Sunday.
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:33:51 GMT
| Suicide attackers hit Afghan city; at least 30 die
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AP - A suicide squad detonated bombs at a newly fortified prison, police headquarters and two other locations late Saturday, killing at least 30 people in the largest city of the southern Taliban heartland.
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:35:29 GMT
| Child abuse claims sweep Catholic Church in Europe
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AP - It often starts as a voice in the wilderness, but can swell into an entire nation's demand for truth. From Ireland to Germany, Europe's many victims of child abuse in the Roman Catholic church are finally breaking social taboos and confronting the clergy to face its demons.
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:44:10 GMT
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Butler gives WVU first Big East title (AP) Da'Sean Butler's second game-winner in three days gave West Virginia its first Big East championship. The senior guard, who banked in a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give West Virginia a quarterfinal win, scored in the lane with 4.2 seconds left and the seventh-ranked Mountaineers beat No. 22 Georgetown 60-58 on Saturday night.
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:53:33 PST
| Kansas downs Kansas St. for Big 12 title (AP) Snip by snip, the Kansas Jayhawks took down another championship net. So what if there are bigger goals still ahead. Winning a title feels good anytime, especially against a rival in an atmosphere like this. Balanced and sharp when it needed to be, No. 1 Kansas won its seventh Big 12 tournament title Saturday night, holding off No.
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:26:28 PST
| Knicks end Mavs' 13-game run with rout (AP) Bill Walker scored a career-high 23 points, Wilson Chandler added 22 and the New York Knicks snapped Dallas' 13-game winning streak and avenged a 50-point loss to the Mavericks earlier this season with a 128-94 victory on Saturday night. The Mavericks had their most lopsided win in franchise history in the first meeting between the teams, a 128-78 rout of the Knicks on Jan.
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:29:34 PST
| Ohio State gets by Illinois 88-81 in 2OT (AP) Evan Turner has accepted his mission at this year's Big Ten tournament. He'll rescue No. 5 Ohio State from any sign of trouble. One day after making a 37-foot buzzer-beater in the quarterfinals, Turner bailed out the Buckeyes again Saturday, scoring 12 of his 31 points after regulation to lead Ohio State past pesky Illinois 88-81 in double overtime.
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:14:15 PST
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China's new generation picky about factory jobs
(AP) AP - Factory worker Chen Qinghai frowned as he looked at a tall bulletin board full of help-wanted notices from companies making everything from photocopiers and DVD drives to mobile phones and car parts.
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:11:39 GMT
| Senate, Obama spar over health plan's pet projects
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AP - President Barack Obama says he wants projects helping specific states yanked from the health care bill Congress is writing. Democratic senators, being senators, beg to differ.
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:31:01 GMT
| Economy the focus as China political session ends
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AP - Mao Zedong's grandson couldn't have put it more simply. China's biggest challenge? "Economic development," he said, as the nation's most public political meetings end with sweeping goals to expand growth — and help more Chinese enjoy it.
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:25:53 GMT
| New Sen. Brown bashes Obama's 'bitter' health push
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AP - Newly arrived Republican Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts accused President Barack Obama and Democrats on Saturday of a "bitter, destructive and endless" drive to pass health overhaul legislation that Brown warned would be disastrous.
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:35:30 GMT
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US mom: Daughter held in Ireland 'lost her mind'
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AP - Before her daughter disappeared last fall, Christine Mott recalls that the 31-year-old who had been held in connection with an alleged assassination plot announced she had converted to Islam and told her family they'd go to hell if they didn't follow in her steps.
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:57:45 GMT
| Lesbian sgt. discharged after police tell military
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AP - Jene Newsome played by the rules as an Air Force sergeant: She never told anyone in the military she was a lesbian. The 28-year-old's honorable discharge under the "don't ask, don't tell" policy came only after police officers in Rapid City, S.D., saw an Iowa marriage certificate in her home and told the nearby Ellsworth Air Force Base.
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:35:42 GMT
| Northeast storm leaves half-million without power
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AP - Strong winds and heavy rain pounded parts of the Northeast on Saturday, knocking out power to more than a half-million homes and businesses, delaying and diverting flights, and stranding about 500 passengers on a train for more than five hours.
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:32:17 GMT
| "Insulted" by Israel, U.S. scrambles to save talks
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Reuters - Israel's relationship with the United States, a defining feature of the troubled Middle East, was under severe strain as diplomats scrambled on Saturday to save newborn U.S.-brokered peace talks with the Palestinians.
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:50:29 GMT
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