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100 Homes Threatened by Weakened Dam in Northern California
About 100 homes were being evacuated Wednesday morning as a small earthen dam in Calaveras County in northern California weakened by an overnight thunderstorm threatened to break.
Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:03:31 EST

Iran Test-Fires Another 'Top Secret' Missile
Iran's state-run television says it successfully test-fired a "top secret" missile, the third in a week.
Wed, 05 Apr 2006 02:55:22 EST

Moussaoui Juror Falls Ill; Deliberations to Resume Friday
Jurors in the Zacarias Moussaoui case headed into a fourth day of deliberations Thursday but talks halted when one juror fell ill; deliberations to resume Friday
Thu, 27 Apr 2006 05:35:04 EST

DHS Press Secretary Arrested on Child Seduction Charges
The deputy press secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was arrested Tuesday for using the Internet to seduce what he thought was a teenage girl, authorities said.
Wed, 05 Apr 2006 11:17:47 EST

Portugal child sex abuse 'proved'
Portuguese judges say charges of sexual abuse at a state-run children's home are proved against all seven defendants on trial.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:52:48 GMT

Pakistan rally bomb kills dozens
A bomb kills at least 42 people at a Shia Muslim rally in the south-western city of Quetta, the second attack on Pakistan's religious minority in days.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:24:24 GMT

UN calls special food price talks
The United Nations' food agency calls a special meeting of policy makers to discuss the recent rapid rises in food prices.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:11:38 GMT

Iran says Mid-East talks doomed
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians are doomed to fail, in the first regional reaction to the talks.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:58:27 GMT

Mexican clash 'kills 27 gunmen'
Suspected drug gang members are killed near the US border, Mexico says, hours after President Calderon vows to continue fighting cartels.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:51:18 GMT

Officials say second US missile strike kills 2 (AP)

AP - Pakistani officials say the second suspected U.S. missile strike of the day has killed two people in the country's restive tribal region.

AP - Pro-government militiamen attacked the home of an Iranian opposition leader with homemade bombs and beat one of his bodyguards unconscious, an opposition website reported, in an apparent attempt to keep him from attending a key rally on Friday.

AP - Mozambique's economy has lost more than $3 million because of deadly riots over the rising prices of food and other goods, the government said Friday, as state media reported new protests in two other towns.

AP - Fidel Castro dusted off his full military uniform for the first time since stepping down as president four years ago, a symbolic act in a communist country where little signals often carry enormous significance.