Rescuers race through night to save Haiti students (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2008 03:11 AM CST AP - Rescue crews working under the glare of floodlights dug through the rubble of a collapsed school early Saturday in a frantic search for students who may still trapped in a disaster that has already killed at least 47 people.
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Paloma continues to strengthen, batters Caymans (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2008 03:16 AM CST AP - Late-season Hurricane Paloma continued to strengthen early Saturday as the Category 3 storm's eye neared Little Cayman, bringing wind and rain that knocked down trees and signs on the islands.
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Militants in Pakistan kill 2 alleged US spies (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2008 02:55 AM CST AP - Militants killed two people they claimed were spies for the United States and dumped their bodies with a warning in a Pakistani border region at the center of a campaign of suspected American missile strikes, an official said Saturday.
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Report: New Zealand leader's party loses election (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2008 03:26 AM CST AP - New Zealand media are reporting that the conservative opposition has won power in the South Pacific nation, ending the rule of one of the world's longest-serving elected female leaders.
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Congo rebel leader Nkunda vows to keep fighting (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2008 11:09 PM CST AP - High in the mist-shrouded Mushaki mountains, amid a drenching tropical storm, the rebel leader swept into the crumbling brick farmhouse, his sinewy frame swathed in a red-and-black shawl dutifully followed by a pet lamb called Betty.
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Concert to mark 70th anniversary of Nazi pogrom (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2008 03:09 AM CST AP - The question troubles officials, academics and rabbis alike: how to commemorate a night of terrible carnage and fear that became known as "Kristallnacht," or "Night of the Broken Glass"?
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Rice: No deal yet, but peace talks continue (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2008 03:03 AM CST AP - It won't happen on President Bush's watch, but Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says his promise of an independent Palestinian state will be met.
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Largest cartel weapons cache found in Mexico (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2008 03:11 AM CST AP - The Mexican army on Friday announced that it has made the largest seizure of drug-cartel weapons in Mexico's history.
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Egypt arrests 25 Muslim Brotherhood members (AFP) Posted: 08 Nov 2008 02:33 AM CST AFP - Egyptian police have arrested 25 Muslim Brotherhood members at a meeting in the Nile Delta, the Islamists and a security official said on Saturday.
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Thousands attend memorial for Taiwanese tycoon (AFP) Posted: 08 Nov 2008 02:59 AM CST AFP - Around 8,000 people attended a memorial service in Taipei Saturday for Taiwanese tycoon Wang Yung-ching, known here as the "god of management".
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2 seek to become New Zealand's prime minister (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2008 02:16 AM CST AP - The two contenders to be New Zealand's next prime minister:
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