AP – Late-season Hurricane Paloma strengthened into a Category 3 storm as it lashed the Cayman Islands with wind and rain Friday, knocking down trees and signs.
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AFP – British authorities have revoked the visas of ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife Pojaman, an airline official told AFP Saturday.
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AFP – Myanmar’s High Court sentenced two lawyers from Aung San Suu Kyi’s pro-democracy party to four months each in prison for contempt of court, a party spokesman told AFP Saturday.
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Reuters – Violent protests that broke out over the past week in Taiwan, as a Chinese official visited the self-ruled island Beijing claims as its own, injured 149 police officers, their department said on Saturday.
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AP – The U.S. military says U.S. and Iraqi forces have killed a senior al-Qaida in Iraq leader in the Tarmiyah area north of Baghdad.
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Reuters – Australian police said on Saturday they were investigating a reported security breach involving diplomatic documents at a hotel in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu.
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AP – A key U.N. adviser warned combatants in eastern Congo Friday against any actions that might encourage genocide, saying anyone promoting ethnic killings will be held accountable.
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AFP – The chief executive of British Airways has expressed strong interest in a commercial alliance with Alitalia, the Financial Times reported Saturday.
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Reuters – Two of Australia’s largest bookmakers are refusing to pay out on bets that Barack Obama would win the U.S. presidential election, citing fears he could be assassinated before his inauguration, a report said Saturday.
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AP – High in the mist-shrouded Mushaki mountains, amid a drenching tropical storm, the rebel leader swept into the crumbling brick farmhouse, his sinewy frame swathed in a red-and-black shawl dutifully followed by a pet lamb called Betty.
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