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UN Honors Scouts for Orangutan-Saving Project
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Last Updated: 11:16 AM 02/09/12 - The U.N. is honoring two 16-year-old Girl Scouts for their work aimed at saving orangutans from extinction. (Full Story) |
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Greenland Mourns Victims of Triple Homicide
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Last Updated: 11:09 AM 02/09/12 - Greenland was in mourning Thursday after an 8-year-old girl and two women were bludgeoned to death and two men seriously injured in a remote Inuit village. (Full Story) |
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South Africa Plans Big Infrastructure Campaign
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Last Updated: 11:14 AM 02/09/12 - South Africa's president announced ambitious infrastructure projects Thursday, laying out his plans for creating jobs and hope in nation harder hit than most in Africa by global recession. (Full Story) |
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Rhino Dies in Anti-Poaching Procedure
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Last Updated: 11:22 AM 02/09/12 - An attempt to protect a rhinoceros from poachers in South Africa by sedating it to treat its horn ended with the animal's death Thursday in front of journalists and others who had been invited to learn more about anti-poaching efforts, conservationists said. (Full Story) |
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Sarkozy Refuses to Shutter Aging Nuclear Plant
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Last Updated: 11:28 AM 02/09/12 - French President Nicolas Sarkozy is refusing to shut down an aging nuclear plant that has become a symbol of growing resistance to atomic energy in the country. (Full Story) |
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Egypt's PM Says US Threats to Cut Aid Won't Work
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Last Updated: 11:56 AM 02/08/12 - Egypt refused to back down Wednesday in a dispute with the U.S. over Cairo's crackdown on nonprofit groups despite Washington's threats to cut aid, while the military deployed troops to the nation's streets after a surge in violence and protests against its rule. (Full Story) |
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Extreme Weather - Feb. 8
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Last Updated: 10:39 AM 02/08/12 - Extreme snow in Romania and Japan, and a waterfall in China turns to ice. (Full Story) |
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Court Keeps Ship Captain Under House Arrest
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Last Updated: 1:33 PM 02/07/12 - An Italian court refused Tuesday to lift an order of house arrest for Francesco Schettino, the captain of Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground off a Tuscan island last month. (Full Story) |
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Trinidad's Former Leader Flown to US After Stroke
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Last Updated: 1:20 PM 02/07/12 - Trinidad's former Prime Minister Patrick Manning has been airlifted to Walter Reed Medical Center in the United States for treatment following a stroke. (Full Story) |
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Experts to Bishops: Pedophiles Lie; Trust Victims
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Last Updated: 1:24 PM 02/07/12 - Priests who rape and molest children lie when confronted with an accusation but victims usually tell the truth, psychologists told Catholic bishops at a symposium Tuesday, advising them to listen first to the victims. (Full Story) |
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