| Death of a village: Losses devastate Italian town (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2009 01:33 PM PDT  AP - Some stumbled around dazed, still wearing the pajamas they fled in. Others wept or stared at heart-wrenching items jutting out of a pile of rubble three stories high: a child's shattered guitar, a little girl's play stroller a bloodstained mattress.
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| Obama in Baghdad, tells troops Iraq must take over (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2009 04:02 PM PDT  AP - Flying unannounced into a still-dangerous war zone, President Barack Obama told U.S. troops and Iraqi officials alike Tuesday it is time to phase out America's combat role in a conflict he opposed as a candidate and has vowed to end as commander in chief.
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| Fidel Castro meets with 3 visiting US lawmakers (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2009 04:17 PM PDT  AP - Signaling its willingness to discuss improved relations with the Obama administration, Cuba on Tuesday granted three visiting members of the Congressional Black Caucus the first meeting with Fidel Castro by American officials since he fell ill in 2006.
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| Peru's Fujimori gets 25 years for death squad (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2009 04:12 PM PDT  AP - Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison Tuesday for death squad killings and kidnappings during his 1990s struggle against Shining Path insurgents.
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| Adebayor acrobatics give injury-hit Arsenal edge (AFP) Posted: 07 Apr 2009 03:40 PM PDT  AFP - A brilliant acrobatic equaliser by Emmanuel Adebayor earned Arsenal a 1-1 draw and a crucial away goal in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final against Villarreal here on Tuesday.
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| Israel tests system to shoot down Iranian missiles (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2009 04:02 PM PDT  AP - Israel successfully tested an anti-missile system designed to protect the country against Iranian attack, the Defense Ministry said, perfecting technology developed in response to failures of similar systems during the 1991 Gulf War.
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| Mexico: Caretaker says he killed Texas priest (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2009 03:41 PM PDT AP - The caretaker of a Texas priest's home in Nuevo Laredo admitted Tuesday to killing the 69-year-old reverend and said the two were intimately involved. |
| Madagascar's toppled leader meets AU officials (AFP) Posted: 07 Apr 2009 01:02 PM PDT  AFP - Madagascar's ousted president Marc Ravalomanana met Tuesday with African Union officials as a strike by central bank workers back home piled pressure on the man who deposed him.
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| Biden urges China, Russia slap down NKorea (AFP) Posted: 07 Apr 2009 04:00 PM PDT  AFP - US Vice President Joe Biden Tuesday demanded China and Russia get tough with North Korea, threatening the Stalinist state with new sanctions after its weekend missile test.
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| Australia to build $30 bln broadband network (AFP) Posted: 07 Apr 2009 04:42 AM PDT  AFP - Australia announced plans on Tuesday to build a 30 billion US dollar broadband network, its biggest infrastructure project ever, opting to retain government control rather than contract out the deal.
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