| Restored machine to explore mysteries of Big Bang |
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| GENEVA (AP) -- Scientists are preparing the world's largest atom smasher to explore the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs.... |
| Pope and Anglican leader agree on closer relations |
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| VATICAN CITY (AP) -- After offering a home in his church to disaffected Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI assured the archbishop of Canterbury on Saturday that he is still committed to seeking closer relations between Catholics and Anglicans.... |
| Coal mine blast kills 42 in China, 66 trapped |
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| HARBIN, China (AP) -- Rescuers working in frigid cold and darkness tried to reach 66 people believed trapped a third of a mile (half a kilometer) underground after a huge gas explosion Saturday ripped through a coal mine in northern China, killing at least 42 people.... |
| Italian police arrest 2 linked to Mumbai attacks |
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| ROME (AP) -- Italian police on Saturday arrested a Pakistani father and son who allegedly spent just over $200 to set up a reliable and untraceable phone network that was used by the militants who carried out last year's terror attacks in Mumbai, India.... |
| Hackers leak e-mails, stoke climate debate |
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| LONDON (AP) -- Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online - stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change.... |
| Life requested for US suspect in Italy murder case |
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| PERUGIA, Italy (AP) -- Prosecutors on Saturday requested life in prison for an American student and her ex-boyfriend accused in the fatal stabbing of her British roommate during a drug-fueled sex game - charges the U.S. woman dismissed as "pure fantasy."... |
| Rocket hits outside luxury hotel in Afghan capital |
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| KABUL (AP) -- A rocket hit outside the luxury Serena Hotel in Afghanistan's capital late Saturday, wounding two people, the Interior Ministry said.... |
| Russia president criticizes ruling party over vote |
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| ST.PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) -- Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday sharply criticized officials in the ruling Kremlin-backed party for manipulating recent regional votes, saying it must learn to win fairly.... |
| Iran to hold war games to protect nuclear sites |
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| TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran will begin large-scale air defense war games Sunday aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from possible attack, a senior military commander said Saturday, reflecting the country's concern that Israel could make good on threats to strike militarily.... |
| Afghan road builder's dream thwarted by violence |
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| KABUL (AP) -- Khalid Khan stares through the dusty window pane, down across the rooftops of the capital, and wonders if they really know where he lives.... |