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Apr. 14, 2009
The two were accused by the militants of immoral acts, and a council of conservative clerics decided that the two should be killed, officials said.
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  • Associated Press
Apr. 14, 2009
The International Atomic Energy Agency said Tuesday that North Korea ordered the immediate expulsion of its inspectors and told the U.N. nuclear watchdog it was reactivating all of its nuclear facilities.
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Apr. 14, 2009
President Evo Morales ended a five-day hunger strike Tuesday after Bolivia's congress broke a political deadlock, approving a law that lets him run for re-election in December.
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  • Associated Press
Apr. 14, 2009
Iran said Tuesday its national security court put an American journalist on trial behind closed doors on allegations she spied for the U.S. — a charge Washington calls baseless.
Apr. 14, 2009
Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak spoke Tuesday at a luncheon forum in Minneapolis, focusing on the future of U.S.-Russian relations. Russia was Minnesota’s fastest growing export market in 2007.
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Apr. 14, 2009
A day after red-shirted protesters burned buses and seized intersections in clashes with police and soldiers that left two people dead and 123 injured, their leaders called it quits, urging a group of 2,000 die-hard demonstrators to go home.
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Apr. 13, 2009
Assailants fired mortar shells at the Mogadishu airport as a plane carrying an American congressman took off, a police officer said Monday. The plane departed safely, but 19 Somalis were reported wounded in surrounding residential areas.
Apr. 13, 2009
The quake has killed 294 people.
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Apr. 13, 2009
The council unanimously condemned the action, demanded an end to missile tests and said it will expand sanctions against the reclusive communist nation.
Apr. 13, 2009
Students are working to improve healthcare and agriculture.
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Apr. 13, 2009
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Apr. 13, 2009
Six of the victims were children and another 20 people were injured, most of whom sustained broken bones after leaping from the building to escape the blaze.
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Apr. 13, 2009
Pirate leaders in Somalia have vowed to retaliate for the killing of three pirates by U.S. Navy SEAL sharpshooters in the daring rescue of American captain Richard Phillips on Sunday, though their primary concerns are likely economic.
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  • Associated Press
Apr. 13, 2009
Asif Ali Zardari's signature was a boon for Islamic militants who have brutalized the Swat Valley for nearly two years in demanding a new justice system.
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  • Associated Press
Apr. 12, 2009
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