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 Mexican shootout kills dozens of people
Jakarta News.Net
25 or more people have died in a gunfight between Mexican soldiers and suspected drug gang members near the northern Mexican city of Monterrey.  Stephen Hawking says the universe created itself
Jakarta News.Net
A new book written by famous British physicist, Stephen Hawking, claims that God did not create the universe and the "big bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics.  Israeli girl hurt in car stoning
Jakarta News.Net
A twelve-year-old girl, riding in a car which was driving through Tapuach Junction in the West Bank, has been hit with a stone which came through the window.  Islamists allowed to go free in Libya
Jakarta News.Net
Libya has allowed 37 Islamists, including a former driver of Osama bin Laden and members of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, to leave a prison in which they had been held since 2007. Odd 'rash' of Pampers woes
New York Post
Two agencies investigating claims that Procter & Gamble Co.'s Pampers Dry Max gave children severe diaper rash reported yesterday that they have found no cause linking the diapers to rashes. The U... Acid-attack gal's brave face
New York Post
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Bethany Storro had just bought a pair of sunglasses and was celebrating a new job when a woman walked up to her with a cup and said, "Hey, pretty girl, do you want to drink this?" Th... Another side of Bob Dylan
New York Post
COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Forty new paintings by Bob Dylan go on show this weekend in Denmark, but museum-goers will hardly find "Blowin' in the Wind," or references to other famous lyrics in the picture... The Bronx is burning in 5-hr. blaze
New York Post
This terrifying Bronx inferno raged for more than five hours -- and destroyed a row of businesses -- before New York's Bravest could get it under control. The six-alarm blaze appeared to begin at Spic... Stamp honors Mother Teresa
New York Post
WASHINGTON -- Mother Teresa is being recognized for her humanitarian work with the issuance of a new US postage stamp. The 44-cent stamp showing a portrait of the Roman Catholic nun is being released ... Rapper T.I. meth bust
New York Post
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- Grammy-winning rapper T.I. was arrested along with his wife on suspicion of possessing methamphetamines, five months after the hip-hop star finished a prison stint on weapons... Eater 'racks' up win
New York Post
SPARKS, Nev. -- Talk about pigging out: Joey Chestnut ate his way to another ribs-eating title in Nevada. The 26-year-old San Jose, Calif., man ate 8 pounds of pork ribs in 12 minutes to win the Best ... Let's give this guy a hand!
New York Post
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The recipient of a rare double hand transplant says he feels "fantastic" and can wiggle fingers on both his new hands. Richard Edwards, of Edmond, Okla., made his first appearance y... 'I don't care about these people'
New York Post
That's when an officer shot the gunman, James Lee, in the lobby of the building in Silver Spring, just outside the nation's capital. None of the hostages were hurt. "For most of the time, the hostages... Ladies' night a big bar boost
New York Post
The courts upheld ladies' night and New Yorkers say the feeling's right. Charging female patrons less is a good idea, say bartenders and customers. "The [appellate court] judges made a good decision,"... Gang war behind 'toon-kid shooting
New York Post
An escalating turf war between bloodthirsty street gangs nearly claimed the life of a 10-year-old Brooklyn boy who was hit by a bullet that flew through his window while he was innocently watching car... Coffey: I'm the 'nerd' who never did drugs
New York Post
Attorney-general hopeful Sean Coffey is scared that a secret from deep in his past will blow his chance to get the job. "This may cost me the Democratic nomination: I have never used drugs," he joked ... Nassau GOP bites the ballot
New York Post
A Republican political appointee with the Nassau County Board of Elections ended up disenfranchising her own party when she failed to include the GOP in the instructions sent out to 900,000 voters on ... Cancel order for auction
New York Post
Chew on that, Capital One. The Cipriani restaurant empire -- currently in a nasty legal battle with its creditor, Capital One Bank -- was granted an injunction yesterday that halted a public auction o... Hurricane Earl barrels toward Long Island
New York Post
Hamptonites thought they'd be preparing for the end of summer -- instead, they're preparing for the end of the world. Hurricane hysteria gripped the East End yesterday as Hurricane Earl barreled up th... 'Jerusalem Day paves the way for Israel's collapse'
Jerusalem Post
Iranians celebrated International Jerusalem Day on Friday, the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, with rallies against the "Israeli occupation of Palestinian land by Israel" being held a... EGYPT: Brotherhood Struggles Against Shut Doors
IPS
CAIRO, Sep 3, 2010 (IPS) - As Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood gears up to contest November parliamentary elections, some analysts note the relatively few gains made by the Brotherhood- led opposition ove... Hurricane Earl brushes North Carolina
Channel News Asia
KITTY HAWK, North Carolina : Hurricane Earl bore down on North Carolina early Friday, promising to lash a vast stretch of the US East Coast with tropical storm force winds, heavy rain and dangerous su... Mideast leaders to hold bimonthly peace talks
Channel News Asia
WASHINGTON : Israeli and Palestinian leaders have cleared the first hurdle in what promises to be difficult negotiations, vowing to try to settle core differences within a year and meet every two week... 4 killed in Russian forest fires
New Zealand Herald
Russia's emergencies ministry says forest fires in the country's south have killed four people. Forest fires plagued much of Russia during this summer's unusual wave of withering heat and drought and... Arrest after Miami airport evacuation
New Zealand Herald
US federal officials say a passenger has been taken into custody after screeners detected something suspicious in a checked bag at Miami International Airport. Police evacuated four of six concourses... Mentally ill mother sentenced
New Zealand Herald
A Perth woman who killed her seven-month-old twins by placing them in a bathtub full of water has been sentenced to three years in custody to be served in a psychiatric institution. Rita Ariyaratnam,... Assange says rape probe a 'legal circus'
New Zealand Herald
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has called a Swedish investigation into rape and molestation allegations against him a "legal circus". Assange, who is Australian, has denied the allegations, and sai... Hamas among tricky issues in Mideast talks
New Zealand Herald
To relaunch Middle East peace talks on Thursday, the Israeli and Palestinian leaders and their American mediators quietly agreed to push aside the question of Hamas - the Islamic militant group that c... Hostage taker smuggled immigrant
CNN
(CNN) -- The gunman who held three people hostage at the Discovery Channel headquarters was once convicted of smuggling an illegal immigrant into the country from Mexico. Did U.N. know of mass rapes earlier?
CNN
Goma, Congo (CNN) -- The United Nations appears to have been aware of rape by rebels in eastern Congo earlier than it originally said it was, according to an internal e-mail and a humanitarian bulleti... Bomb scare empties Miami airport
CNN
Miami, Florida (CNN) -- Miami International Airport reopened early Friday morning after a passenger was detained and a suspicious item was spotted, airport officials said. Indonesia volcano erupts again
C News
A man covers himself with a blanket as he stops to look at the Mount Sinabung volcano shortly after it erupted in Indonesia's North Sumatra province September 3, 2010. (Reuters) SURBAKTI - An Indone...
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