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Reuters - Continental Airlines and five men went on trial on Tuesday for their alleged role in the crash of an Air France Concorde that killed 113 people in 2000 and hastened the end of luxury supersonic travel.
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AP - The mother of a 12-year-old girl who was married off to an 80-year-old man had unexpectedly dropped a court case to get her daughter divorced, Saudi media reported Tuesday.
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AP - A shootout that began in a shopping center and spilled onto a highway in northern Mexico caused the death of seven suspected drug cartel gunmen and one federal police officer while freeing two kidnap victims, police said Tuesday.
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AP - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday the next 12 to 18 months will be critical to reversing momentum gained by insurgents in Afghanistan, with nothing short of the wartorn nation's security at stake.
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Reuters - Canada is rolling out the welcome mat in the Arctic for the world's top finance officials this weekend, but its unusual choice of venue has fueled debate on whether the Group of Seven rich nations is relevant today.
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AFP - Australian police on Tuesday charged two teenagers with arson over a fire that killed one man on "Black Saturday" -- the day last year that 173 people lost their lives in wildfires.
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McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — U.S. and Russian negotiators Monday began finalizing a new 10-year nuclear arms reduction treaty after President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev resolved the last major differences over a pact to cut both nations' deployed strategic nuclear warheads by about a third.
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Time.com - As both sides brace for another round of protests, Tehran is abuzz with talk of moves to reconcile regime and opposition leaders. But that would require major political shifts for which neither side is ready -- yet
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OneWorld.net - VAVUNIYA,Feb 1 (IRIN) - As the results of Sri Lanka's first post-warpresidential election poured in, the mood at Menik Farm, in the maingovernment-run camp for the ethnic Tamil internally displaced (IDPs),in the northern town of Vavuniya, was sober.
