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Convicted Killer: US Student Knox at Murder Scene
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Last Updated: 10:10 AM 11/18/09 - A man appealing his conviction for murdering a British student testified Wednesday that he heard her arguing with her American roommate Amanda Knox minutes before she was slain.
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UK Police Make 2 Trojan Computer Virus Arrests
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Last Updated: 10:18 AM 11/18/09 - A couple suspected of helping spread some of the Internet's most aggressive computer viruses has been arrested in the English city of Manchester, police said Wednesday.
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Cloud Cover Blocks Meteor Showers in India, Nepal
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Last Updated: 2:35 AM 11/18/09 - Thousands of stargazers stayed awake overnight for what was forecast as an intense Leonid meteor shower over Asia this year, but the show fizzled rather than sizzled for many viewers - partly due to cloud cover. (Full Story)
Hutu Extremist Group Leaders Arrested in Germany
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Last Updated: 9:43 PM 11/17/09 - Two top leaders of a mostly ethnic Hutu militia were arrested in Germany Wednesday on suspicion of committing crimes against humanity in Congo in what experts in the region called a major blow to one of the most brutal rebel groups in Africa. (Full Story)
90-Year-Old Charged in Germany for Nazi-Era Crimes
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Last Updated: 9:16 PM 11/17/09 - A former SS sergeant who worked unnoticed for decades as a train-station manager was charged with 58 counts of murder Tuesday after a student doing undergraduate research uncovered his alleged involvement in a massacre of Jewish forced laborers. (Full Story)
Chile Applies Dictator-Era Law to Indian Violence
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Last Updated: 9:14 PM 11/17/09 - Small groups of Mapuche Indians have so rattled Chile by seizing forests, burning buses and attacking police to demand land and autonomy that the leftist government has turned to dictatorship-era measures to quell the violence. (Full Story)
French Boy Takes Rifle to School; No One Hurt
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Last Updated: 8:59 PM 11/17/09 - A 13-year-old French boy stole his father's hunting rifle and took it to school with the intention of shooting his teachers, but his family and police intervened before anyone was hurt, police said. (Full Story)
Western Investor Says Russian Lawyer Dies in Jail
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Last Updated: 8:44 PM 11/17/09 - A prominent Western investor who has clashed with Russian authorities said Tuesday that a lawyer who advised his fund died in a Moscow jail after being denied medical care. (Full Story)
Czechs Celebrate Fall of Communism 20 Years Ago
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Last Updated: 8:38 PM 11/17/09 - Thousands marched through the Czech capital Tuesday in commemoration of a student protest 20 years ago that grew into the human tidal wave sweeping away the communist regime in what was then Czechoslovakia. (Full Story)
Academics Withdraw Support for Holocaust Center
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Last Updated: 8:35 PM 11/17/09 - A dispute between an Austrian Holocaust research center and an organization representing Vienna's Jewish committee over access to a vast archive has prompted a group of academics to withdraw support for the center, saying independent research is no longer possible, according to a letter obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press. (Full Story)
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