Nation & World

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March 23, 2010

R.I. officer came to hospitalafter raping her, woman says

The defendant is accused of sexually assaulting the woman in an empty Providence substation.
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March 23, 2010

Residents of Beijing take coverfrom China’s spring sandstorms

The storms are caused by worsening desertification in Inner Mongolia and other Gobi Desert regions.
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March 23, 2010

Has political discourse reached an all-time low?

Racial epithets. Homophobic slurs. A congressman shouting 'Baby killer!' during the House debate. What's going on?
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March 23, 2010

States mounting challenges to overhaul

Many say Congress has no authority to force citizens to buy goods or services they may not want.
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March 23, 2010

EPA will ‘work smarter’ to protect drinking water

The agency will examine contaminants in groups and move to tighten limits on four that cause cancer.
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March 23, 2010

Ex-U.S. presidents tour Port-au-Prince

George W. Bush and Bill Clinton walk through an encampment of 60,000 homeless quake survivors.
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March 23, 2010

His most difficult campaign was against an abusive priest

John Robitaille suppressed abuse for decades, then sought justice from the Diocese of Fall River.
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March 23, 2010

Karzai, Taliban-linked group talk peace

KABUL – Afghan President Hamid Karzai held an unprecedented meeting Monday with representatives of a major Taliban-linked militant group, boosting his outreach to insurgency leaders to end the eight-year war. Less certain is whether the talks with the weakened Hizb-i-Islami represent a game-changer in the conflict, given the faction’s demand to rewrite the Afghan constitution […]
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March 23, 2010

Student shocked in class went along, police say

The teenager was a willing participant in the stunt that stopped his heart.
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March 23, 2010

U.N. report: Polluted waterkills more people than wars

NAIROBI, Kenya – More people die from polluted water every year than from all forms of violence, including war, the U.N. said in a report Monday that highlights the need for clean drinking water. The report, launched Monday to coincide with World Water Day, said an estimated 2 billion tons of wastewater — including fertilizer […]

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