| US boycotting, Iran starring, at UN racism meeting (AP) April 19, 2009 at 4:42 pm |
| AP - The United Nations opens its first global racism conference in eight years on Monday with the U.S. and at least six other countries boycotting the event out of concern that Islamic countries will demand that it denounce Israel and ban criticism of Islam.
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| Police plan to charge driver in fatal Texas crash (AP) April 19, 2009 at 4:35 pm |
| AP - Police planned to charge a driver suspected of being intoxicated when he lost control of his car while using his cell phone, plunging the vehicle into a rain-filled ditch where five young passengers died, a spokesman said Sunday.
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| NATO ships, helicopters hunt down 7 pirates (AP) April 19, 2009 at 3:09 pm |
| AP - NATO warships and helicopters pursued Somali pirates for seven hours after they attacked a Norwegian tanker, NATO spokesmen said Sunday, and the high-speed chase only ended when warning shots were fired at the pirates' skiff.
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| Boredom, hunger and fear for pirates' hostages (AP) April 19, 2009 at 3:08 pm |
| AP - Some hostages are little more than skin and bones, their food running out and illnesses setting in as negotiations for their release drag on, angering their volatile captors. Others report less brutal conditions, even being allowed to fish for extra provisions.
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| AP IMPACT: Tons of released drugs taint US water (AP) April 19, 2009 at 2:24 pm |
| AP - U.S. manufacturers, including major drugmakers, have legally released at least 271 million pounds of pharmaceuticals into waterways that often provide drinking water — contamination the federal government has consistently overlooked, according to an Associated Press investigation.
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| Gunmen kidnap 2 aid workers in Somalia (AP) April 19, 2009 at 2:15 pm |
| AP - About 25 masked gunmen armed with machine guns kidnapped two European aid workers in central Somalia on Sunday, aid workers and a witness said.
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| Diabetes? Some beat it, but are they cured? (AP) April 19, 2009 at 2:13 pm |
| AP - JoAnne Zoller Wagner's diagnosis as prediabetic wasn't enough to compel her to change her habits and lose 30 pounds. Not even with the knowledge her sister had died because of diabetes.
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| Tattoos from Auschwitz horror reunite lost inmates (AP) April 19, 2009 at 1:28 pm |
| AP - As terrified teenagers 65 years ago, Menachem Sholowicz and Anshel Sieradzki stood in line together in Auschwitz, having serial numbers tattooed on their arms. Sholowicz was B-14594; Sieradzki was B-14595.
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| Coins, mummies and statues point to Cleopatra tomb (AP) April 19, 2009 at 11:45 am |
| AP - Egypt's top archaeologist made his version of a sales pitch Sunday, presenting 22 coins, 10 mummies, and a fragment of a mask with a cleft chin as evidence that the discovery of the lost tomb of Mark Antony and Cleopatra is at hand.
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| China to build new panda breeding center (AP) April 19, 2009 at 9:18 am |
| AP - China will begin building a new panda breeding center next month to replace a world-famous preserve badly damaged in last year's devastating earthquake in southwestern Sichuan province, state media reported Sunday.
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| NATO forces foil attack on Norwegian tanker (Reuters) April 19, 2009 at 6:30 am |
| Reuters - NATO forces foiled an attack by Somali pirates on a Norwegian oil tanker, and briefly detained seven gunmen after hunting them down under cover of darkness, NATO officials said Sunday.
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| Suspected US missiles kill 3 in NW Pakistan (AP) April 19, 2009 at 6:20 am |
| AP - Suspected U.S. missiles struck a Taliban compound in a northwestern Pakistan militant stronghold bordering Afghanistan on Sunday, killing three people, officials said.
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| Obama assessing Cuba's next steps (AP) April 19, 2009 at 2:34 am |
| AP - President Barack Obama says America's estranged relationship with Cuba will not change overnight. It just did — at least in tone.
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| 'Housewives' cast gathers to bid Sheridan adieu (AP) April 19, 2009 at 2:24 am |
| AP - For the cast and crew of "Desperate Housewives," it was a Saturday afternoon of warm hellos and bittersweet goodbyes, as they greeted an auditorium filled with cheering fans but also bid adieu to one of the show's leading original cast members.
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