Nation and World
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Sex-selective abortions entrenched in India
Apr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - SINGHPURA, India -- Standing in front of his small brick home, in a courtyard where the dirt has been packed down by generations of barefoot children, the middle-aged mu...
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Woman drowns self, two daughters
Apr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - WARDSBORO, Vt. -- A woman reported missing with her two daughters waded into a brook carrying one of them and eluded a rescue attempt before mother and child were swept ...
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Carter says he wants to become 'communicator' between Hamas, U.S. officials.
Apr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - AIRPORT CITY, Israel -- Former President Jimmy Carter said he hoped to help open talks between Hamas and U.S. leaders, saying Washington's policy of not meeting with peo...
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U.S. gains an ally -- again -- in Italy
Apr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - ROME -- Media billionaire Silvio Berlusconi won a decisive victory Monday in Italy's parliamentary election, setting the colorful conservative and staunch U.S. ally on c...
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Bush aide: Skipping opening ceremonies a 'cop-out'
Apr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- It would be a "cop-out" for countries to skip the opening ceremonies at the Beijing Olympics as a way of protesting China's crackdown in Tibet, President B...
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Legal morass envelops Mormon sect's children
Apr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN ANGELO, Texas -- The judge and lawyers involved in one of the biggest child-custody cases in U.S. history struggled Monday with the legal and logistical morass of de...
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Chertoff: Hiring illegal immigrants will cost until law changes
Apr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says he feels the pain of employers pinched by intensified efforts to control illegal immigration, but adds...
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Bloodiest week in 2008
Apr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- A roadside bomb killed an American soldier in Baghdad on Saturday, capping the bloodiest week for U.S. troops in Iraq this year. Clashes persisted in Shiite a...
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Mugabe skips summit
Apr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - LUSAKA, Zambia -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe skipped a regional summit Saturday addressing the deepening crisis over the country's contentious presidential elect...
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Carter likely to meet with HamasApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Former President Jimmy Carter said in remarks to air on Sunday that his upcoming visit to the Middle East probably would include a meeting in Syria with le...