Archive for October, 2010
Indonesian volcano unleashes new powerful eruption (AP)
AP – Indonesia’s deadly volcano has unleashed another powerful eruption, spewing out towering clouds of hot ash. There were no immediate reports of new casualties or damage.
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Ex-guerrilla to be Brazil’s first female president (AP)
AP – A former Marxist guerrilla who was tortured and imprisoned during Brazil’s long dictatorship was elected Sunday as president of Latin America’s biggest nation, a country in the midst of an economic and political rise.
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Ruthless Yemen bomb suspect blew up his own brother
The Al Qaeda bomb-maker thought to be behind the Yemen cargo bombs is so ruthless that he once slipped explosives inside his own brother’s body to kill a Saudi prince.
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Contraception could be free under health care law (AP)
AP – Fifty years after the pill, another birth control revolution may be on the horizon: free contraception for women in the U.S., thanks to the new health care law.
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Iraqi forces free hostages from church; 19 killed (AP)
AP – Islamic militants held around 120 Iraqi Christians hostage for nearly four hours in a church Sunday before security forces stormed the building and freed them, ending a standoff that left at least 19 people dead, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.
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Jets are Halloweenies in loss to Packers
Thanks to three turnovers, two failed replay challenges and one inept offense, the Jets looked nothing like the world beaters that had backed up all its bravado through the first seven weeks of the season, disappearing in a 9-0 loss the Packers Sunday.
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Gitmo former ‘child soldier’ sentenced to 8 years (AP)
AP – A former teenage al-Qaida fighter was sentenced Sunday to eight more years in custody under the terms of a plea agreement unsealed after a military sentencing jury said he should serve 40 years for war crimes.
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