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A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand's South Island early today and caused widespread damage, but there were just two reports of serious injuries. Looters broke into some damaged shops in Christchurch, police said. The quake, which hit 19 miles west of the southern city of ...
British tax collectors say a new computer system has revealed that almost 6 million people have paid the wrong amount of income tax, and 1.4 million will be told to repay an average of 1,500 pounds ($2,300) each. HM Revenue and Customs says 4.3 million people will receive a rebate. The problem ...
A whistle-blowing, drum-beating crowd of thousands demonstrated in Paris on Saturday against expulsions of Gypsies as well as other new security measures adopted by President Nicolas Sarkozy's government. Human rights and anti-racism groups, labor unions and leftist political parties were taking ...
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he has formed a council to pursue peace talks with the Taliban. A statement issued by Karzai's office on Saturday says the High Peace Council is a "significant step toward peace talks." Karzai is pursuing reconciliation talks with insurgents ...
DUBLIN (AP) — Anti-war protesters hurled shoes and eggs at Tony Blair on Saturday as he held the first public signing of his fast-selling memoir. Scores of demonstrators chanted that Blair had "blood on his hands" as the former British prime minister arrived at a Dublin book store. A shoe, eggs ...
Israel's prime minister and the Palestinian president have set off on a yearlong peace journey, taking to a well-trod road that has led only to failure for almost two decades. Even so, the negotiating chessboard is arranged differently this time around. First, the Shiite Muslim theocracy in Iran has ...
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A Mexican judge has ordered a US-born suspected drug lord known as "La Barbie" held for 40 days pending an investigation into organized crime and other charges. The Attorney General's Office says Edgar Valdez Villarreal will be held at federal police headquarters while prosecutors ...
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Thousands of Indonesian Muslims rallied outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta on Saturday to denounce an American church's plan to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks by burning copies of the Quran. The Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida, said it ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The security company Blackwater Worldwide formed a network of 30 shell companies and subsidiaries to try to get millions of dollars in government business after the company faced strong criticism for reckless conduct in Iraq, The New York Times reported Friday. The newspaper said ...
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