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Testimony to begin in trial of financier Stanford
HOUSTON (AP) -- Texas financier R.
Julian Assange says he's launching TV talk show
LONDON (AP) -- You've read his leaks.
Obama to take on economy in State of the Union
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is ready to reclaim the spotlight with a plea for economic fairness in a State of Union address that opposition Republicans panned in advance as a rehash o
Samoa’s poor are 'lazy' says PM
Samoans who claim they are poor are lazy, Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele says.In a comment on the government website Savali, Tuilaepa says having no food, water, clothes, a home or access t
A daring raid, and US, Danish hostages on way home
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Held captive since last fall, an ailing American woman and a Danish man are safely on their way home after a bold, dark-of-night rescue by U.S. Navy SEALs.
Gates injects $750M in troubled Global Fund
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) -- Bill Gates pledged $750 million on Thursday to fight three killer diseases and rescue a beleaguered health fund whose financial losses have cost it donor support.The Micr
Britain ranks top risks posed by climate change
LONDON (AP) -- Coastlines, working patterns, and even the country's most famous meal are under threat from climate change, Britain said Thursday in its first-ever national assessment of the likely
Politics of defense cuts: emphasize the positive
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon is preparing to tighten its belt, but with an election-year battle looming in Congress and on the presidential campaign trail, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta wants t
Colo. girl escapes apparent kidnapper, calls 911
DENVER (AP) -- A missing 9-year-old girl escaped from an apparent kidnapper and called 911 herself from a convenience store in Colorado Springs on Friday.The Pueblo girl was reported missing Thursd