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Italian Jews aid World War II saviors hit by quake (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 11:24 AM PDT

AP - More than 65 years after villagers provided shelter to Italian Jews fleeing from the Nazis, a group of those who evaded capture rushed to repay that sacrifice in rural communities hard-hit by an earthquake.

21 people killed in Poland homeless shelter blaze (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 12:55 PM PDT

AP - Survivors of a fire that killed 21 people at a three-story shelter for homeless families in Poland on Monday described a fast-moving inferno that forced some to jump from windows into trees.

Pakistan president signs off on Islamic law deal (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 12:47 PM PDT

AP - Pakistan's pro-U.S. president signed a regulation late Monday to put a northwestern district under Islamic law as part of a peace deal with the Taliban, going along after coming under intense pressure from members of his own party and other lawmakers.

Freeing US skipper wins praise, escalation feared (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 02:36 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama and the U.S. military drew high praise Monday for the liberation of an American sea captain held by Somali pirates, but some military experts fear the fatal shooting of three pirates will lead to an escalation of the conflict off Somalia's coast.

Teen piracy suspect raises legal, moral issues (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 01:59 PM PDT

AP - U.S. officials, in deciding how to handle the lone surviving pirate from the hostage-taking of an American ship captain, must weigh the violence of the suspect's actions against his surprisingly young age.

Mexico slams Burger King for 'whopper' of insult (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 04:44 PM PDT

AP - Mexico is protesting what it says is a whopper of an insult.

Congressman escapes injury in Somali mortar attack (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 04:47 PM PDT

AP - Assailants fired mortar shells at the Mogadishu airport as a plane carrying an American congressman took off, a police officer said Monday. The plane departed safely, but 19 Somalis were reported wounded in surrounding residential areas.