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12/9/2010
11:47 AM
The nine-year-old royal had cut back on classes after suffering anxiety attacks and stomach aches brought on by a series of incidents which included “rough behavior” by boys at her school back in March.She has attended Gakushuin Primary School in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward only sporadically over the past nine months but her worried parents now believe the youngster has turned a corner.
12/9/2010
11:46 AM
The pair - along with a string of stars who became brokers for the day – jokingly manned phones and closed multi-million pound deals.The brokers in fancy dress – including Batman and Robin – roared with laughter as the royal heirs sealed one deal worth £14billion, declared the biggest foreign exchange deal to date.
12/9/2010
11:45 AM
Officials say a teenage suicide bomber detonated explosives on a bus in Kohat, Pakistan Wednesday. At least 18 people were killed and 33 others wounded in the explosion. The bus exploded as it was leaving the Tirah Bazar market. No other details on the incident were available. Kohat is located in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.Earlier this week in the Mohmand Agency district of Pakistan, two suicide bombers killed 40 people at a government building. Both men were dressed as policemen and their vests we...
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12/9/2010
11:45 AM
Chilean officials say at least 81 people died in a fire at a prison near Santiago. The blaze broke out in one of the towers of the San Miguel prison around 5:48 a.m. local time after inmates began burning mattresses during a riot. The cause of the riot is unclear.Health Minister Jaime Manalich told reporters 18 people were injured. Four of them are rescuers. “This is a terrible tragedy,” he said.
12/7/2010
3:42 PM
A kindergarten in Juarez, Mexico was set on fire by two armed men Monday night. The attack came after teachers at the school were threatened by extortionist, who demanded the teachers hand over their Christmas bonuses as “protection fees.” The thugs threatened to attack the school and students if teachers did not pay. Police say Monday’s attackers left a message at the school saying the protection fee was unpaid.Similar demands have been made to the nearly 1,500 schools throughout the city. The threats ...
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12/7/2010
3:41 PM
Metropolitan police arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Tuesday morning on behalf of authorities in Sweden. Assange is being held in jail on suspicion of rape, sexual molestation and unlawful coercion. The 39-year-old is accused of committing the crimes against two women he met in Sweden during a business trip in August 2010.Assange was denied bail Tuesday and will remain in custody until his next hearing on December 14. He said he will fight extradition to Sweden. "Julian Assa...
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12/7/2010
3:41 PM
A 14-year-old boy told authorities he was a hit man for the Pacifico Sur drug cartel after being arrested last week at an airport in central Mexico. An anonymous phone tip led authorities to the airport. The teen was traveling with his two sisters to Tijuana at the time of his arrest.The boy, who has not been identified, may be a United States citizen. He was carrying a San Diego birth certificate when he was taken into custody. Military sources say the child admitted to carrying out 4 hits at the instr...
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12/7/2010
3:40 PM
A massive landslide in Bello, Colombia on Sunday buried between 30 and 50 homes and left more than 100 people missing. More than 700 people continued to work in shifts Tuesday in hopes of finding survivors in the rubble.The Red Cross said 23 bodies had been found by Monday night. An estimated 120 people are still trapped. Red Cross National Deputy Director Jorge Ivan said the chances of finding anyone alive diminishes as time passes. Only 7 people have been pulled from the rubble alive.
12/7/2010
3:39 PM
Officials say 40 people were killed and at least 70 others injured when two suicide bombers dressed as policemen detonated at a government building in Ghalanai, a town in the Mohmand Agency district of Pakistan. Two journalists were among the dead. The attack was launched just as government officials were scheduled to meet with a volunteer militia group and tribal elders.One bomber detonated inside the building and the other detonated at the gate of the building. The men’s suicide vests were packed with...
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12/7/2010
3:36 PM
A Cessna 210 single engine plane crashed in an Ogden, Utah neighborhood just before 6 p.m. Sunday, causing two homes to catch fire. Three people inside one home and two in the other escaped unharmed and firefighters extinguished the blaze. The crash left 1,700 homes in the area without power.The pilot, who has been identified as 46-year-old Clayton Roop, was found lying near the wreckage. He suffered major injuries, including severe burns. He was coherent when he was transported to the hospital. Roop is...
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