Grenade explodes by Thai shopping mall; 1 wounded
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2010-07-30T03:49:23Z
BANGKOK (AP) -- A grenade exploded near a Bangkok shopping mall early Friday, injuring one person and rattling the Thai capital less than a week after a similar blast left a bystander dead and several more hospitalized....
Top Mexican drug lord killed in clash with army
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2010-07-30T03:36:51Z
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- One of the top three leaders of Mexico's most powerful drug cartel died in a gunfight with soldiers Thursday, ending the long run of a mysterious capo considered a founder of the country's massive methamphetamine trade....
French woman admits to suffocating her 8 newborns
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2010-07-30T03:34:46Z
VILLERS-AU-TERTRE, France (AP) -- A French woman who admitted suffocating eight of her newborns and concealing their corpses in the garden and garage of her home has been charged with manslaughter....
US Consulate in Ciudad Juarez closes for security
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2010-07-30T03:12:12Z
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- The U.S. closed its consulate in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez on Thursday pending a security review, an unexpected decision that comes months after drug gangs killed three people tied to the consulate....
Body of 2nd Navy sailor recovered in Afghanistan
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2010-07-30T00:20:44Z
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The discovery of the body of a second U.S. sailor who vanished in Afghanistan last week only deepened the mystery of the men's disappearance nearly 60 miles from their base in a dangerous area controlled by the Taliban....
Mexican drug gunmen demand media run clips
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2010-07-29T23:46:38Z
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Gunmen who abducted four journalists in northern Mexico are demanding their media outlets broadcast videos apparently taped by a drug cartel that accuse officials of favoring a rival gang....
Al-Qaida plants flag, burns bodies in Iraq attack
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2010-07-29T21:59:56Z
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Militants flew an al-Qaida flag over a Baghdad neighborhood Thursday after killing 16 security officials and burning some of their bodies in a brazen afternoon attack that served as a grim reminder of continued insurgent strength in Iraq's capital....
Raging Russian fires destroy homes, people flee
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2010-07-29T19:38:34Z
MOSCOW (AP) -- Raging forest fires encircled a southern Russian city and tore through provincial villages Thursday, forcing mass evacuations as Moscow suffered through a record, weeks-long heat wave and smog cloud caused by peat-bog fires....
Outspoken British PM embroiled in diplomatic rows
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2010-07-29T19:15:54Z
LONDON (AP) -- In just a few days, new Prime Minister David Cameron has openly declared Britain is no more than the "junior partner" of the U.S., irritated Israelis by calling Gaza a prison camp and enraged Pakistanis by suggesting their country exports terrorism....
Eternal City grapples with endless vandalism
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2010-07-29T14:27:25Z
ROME (AP) -- They knock the noses off statues in a park that was a favorite haunt of poet John Keats and throw dye into the iconic Trevi Fountain....
