| Soldier charged in comrades' deaths showed stress (AP) Posted: 12 May 2009 04:42 PM PDT  AP - The U.S. military command launched an investigation Tuesday into whether it offers adequate mental health care to its soldiers, a day after a sergeant finishing up his third tour of Iraq allegedly shot and killed five comrades at a clinic on a U.S. base.
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| Vatican defends Pope Benedict as ardent anti-Nazi (AP) Posted: 12 May 2009 02:02 PM PDT  AP - The Vatican defended Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday as a man of strong anti-Nazi credentials and a peacemaker in the face of mounting Israeli criticism and Arab anger over the Israeli occupation.
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| 20 dead as US, Afghans battle suicide bombers (AP) Posted: 12 May 2009 12:40 PM PDT  AP - Eleven Taliban suicide bombers attacked government buildings in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, sparking running gunbattles that killed at least 20 people and wounded three U.S. troops, officials said. U.S. and Afghan troops freed 20 hostages taken by the insurgents.
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| Joyful Saberi, free from Iran jail, thanks backers (AP) Posted: 12 May 2009 10:26 AM PDT  AP - A joyful Roxana Saberi on Tuesday thanked those who helped win her release after four months in a Tehran prison. Her lawyer revealed that the American journalist was convicted of spying for the U.S. in part because she had a copy of a confidential Iranian report on the U.S. war in Iraq.
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| Demjanjuk in German prison for Nazi guard charges (AP) Posted: 12 May 2009 03:07 PM PDT  AP - Sitting in a wheelchair and breathing through a nasal tube, retired auto worker John Demjanjuk listened silently Tuesday as a German judge read a 21-page warrant accusing him of acting as an accessory to the murder of 29,000 people at a Nazi death camp.
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| Man Utd on brink of title at Wigan (AFP) Posted: 12 May 2009 05:02 PM PDT  AFP - Manchester United can move to within one point of wrapping up a third straight Premier League title by beating Wigan here on Wednesday.
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| Mubarak to Israel: Progress before recognition (AP) Posted: 12 May 2009 03:10 PM PDT  AP - Progress in peace negotiations must come before Arab recognition of Israel, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said in an interview with Israel TV broadcast late Tuesday.
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| Brazil floods ease, but 267K still homeless (AP) Posted: 12 May 2009 05:26 PM PDT  AP - Thousands of Brazilians returned home Tuesday following devastating floods but water kept on rising in some places and civil defense officials used helicopters, trucks and boats to deliver aid to victims in isolated communities.
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| African incomes to drop for first time in 15 years: AfDB (AFP) Posted: 12 May 2009 12:30 PM PDT  AFP - Per capita income in Africa will fall in 2009 for the first time in 15 years, the head of the African Development Bank warned Tuesday, in the latest grim assessment for the world's poorest continent.
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| Tillman's parents want general's record reviewed (AP) Posted: 12 May 2009 05:13 PM PDT  AP - The parents of slain Army Ranger and NFL star Pat Tillman voiced concerns Tuesday that the general who played a role in mischaracterizing his death could be put in charge of military operations in Afghanistan.
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| Australia unveils record $44.1bln budget deficit (AFP) Posted: 12 May 2009 02:50 AM PDT  AFP - Australia will post a record 57.6 billion Australian dollar (44.1 billion US) deficit in 2009-10 as it battles the worst global recession since the Great Depression, Treasurer Wayne Swan said Tuesday.
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