Nation & World

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June 10, 2010

Guns drawn as killing of Mexican boy is investigated

The shooting by a U.S. agent raises cross-border tensions and produces accusations of misconduct.
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June 10, 2010

U.N. toughens sanctions against Iran

Iran does not recognize the resolution and defends its right to produce nuclear energy.
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June 10, 2010

Analysis: BP’s response plans severely flawed

The oil company vastly understated the dangers of an uncontrolled leak in reports to regulators.
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June 10, 2010

FBI sting paid murder suspect $15,000

Joran Van der Sloot took the money and went to Peru, where he has confessed to a murder.
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June 10, 2010

Researchers unearth oldest leather shoe

The footwear found in an Armenian cave resembles a style worn in Ireland's Aran Islands until the 1950s.
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June 10, 2010

Trial testimony keys on conspiracy to make money

Former advisers to Rod Blagojevich said plans to make illegal profits were hatched as early as 2003.
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June 10, 2010

Were detainees subject of medical experiments?

WASHINGTON – Several civil liberties groups are demanding the White House investigate whether doctors conducted medical experiments on terror detainees during harsh interrogations led by the CIA under the Bush administration. Physicians for Human Rights filed a legal complaint Wednesday with the Health and Human Services Department. The group was joined by other nongovernment organizations, […]
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June 9, 2010

China says policy censoring usage of the Internet will continue

BEIJING – China vowed Tuesday to keep a tight grip on the Internet, saying it would continue to block anything considered subversive or threatening to “national unity.” The “white paper” statement of government policy was released three months after a public dispute over censorship prompted Google Inc. to shut its mainland-based search engine. It said […]
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June 9, 2010

Reformers urge talks on ordaining women

In Rome ahead of a priest rally, activist groups also decry the handling of the cleric abuse scandal.
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June 9, 2010

Clinton urges Latin America to tax wealthy more heavily

QUITO, Ecuador – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Latin American nations Tuesday to impose a heavier tax burden on the wealthy, saying the region’s economic growth and competitiveness depend on it. Clinton said in a speech in the Ecuadorean capital that tax evasion among the wealthiest in the Western Hemisphere is unacceptably […]

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