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‘Moral failing’ but no violence in sex assault cases: Strauss-Kahn

Sept 19, 2011

PARIS (AP) ― Dominique Strauss-Kahn broke his silence four months after a New York hotel maid accused him of sexual assault, calling his encounter with the woman a “moral failing” he deeply regrets, but insisting in an interview on French television Sunday that no violence was involved.Strauss-Kahn,
Official: navigator in Russian plane crash drunk

Sept 19, 2011

MOSCOW (AP) _ A spokesman for Russia's top investigative body says the navigator of a passenger airline that crashed in June killing 47 people was drunk.The Tu-134 slammed into a highway just minutes before it was to land at the Petrozavodsk airport in Russia's northwest on June 20. Five people surv
Strauss-Kahn denies violence in sex assault cases

Sept 19, 2011

PARIS (AP) _ Dominique Strauss-Kahn has broken his silence four months after a New York hotel maid accused him of sexual assault, calling his encounter with the woman a ``moral failing‘’ he deeply regrets, but insisting in an interview on French television that no violence was involved.Strauss-Kahn,
UK surgeons separate twin girls joined at head

Sept 19, 2011

LONDON (AP) _ Sudanese twins born with the tops of their heads joined together have been separated in a rare and risky series of operations at a London children‘s hospital, officials said Sunday.Facing the World, a charity which helps disfigured children, said it had helped fund the four-stage
Kara Kennedy, daughter of Ted Kennedy

Sept 18, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) ― Six years after she was deemed cancer-free, Kara Kennedy accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom on behalf of her father, just weeks before Sen. Edward Kennedy died battling a brain tumor.However, her own lung cancer treatment ― surgery and grueling chemotherapy and radiation ―
Iraqi girl recounts bus massacre

Sept 18, 2011

KARBALA, Iraq (AP) ― The trip was intended to give Tabarak Thaer a glimpse of the world beyond Iraq’s violence and misery. Instead, it brought the 10-year-old face to face with terror when insurgents boarded the bus she was riding, forced the male passengers off, and killed them.Although the attacke
Pro-Russia party wins snap Latvian election

Sept 18, 2011

RIGA (AP) ― A left-wing, pro-Russia party captured the most votes in Latvia’s parliamentary elections, marking a milestone for the tiny Baltic nation where parties distrustful of Russia have dominated all national elections since independence 20 years ago.With some 95 percent of ballots counted earl
Russia seeks to broker Syria talks

Sept 18, 2011

DAMASCUS (AFP) ― A group of Russian lawmakers arrived in Damascus in a bid to broker an end to violence in Syria, where security forces were reported to have killed two more people.Moscow is a traditional ally of President Bashar Assad, and the delegation, which flew in Saturday, aims to meet him an
U.N. agenda packed; focus on Palestinian bid

Sept 18, 2011

UNITED NATIONS (AP) ― The spotlight will be shining on the Palestinian bid for U.N. membership when world leaders gather at the United Nations starting Monday, but the U.N. is hoping the glow will spread to other pressing global issues, including killer diseases, nuclear safety, terrorism and the af
Witnesses hail pilot of crashed plane for saving lives of hundreds

Sept 18, 2011

Witnesses of the plane crash at a Reno air show Friday that killed nine hailed the pilot of the doomed P-51 Mustang for saving the lives of hundreds by steering away from the grandstand. In this Friday, Sept. 16, 2011 photo, a P-51 Mustang airplane approaches the ground right before crashing d
Italy scandal: Did state planes fly prostitutes?

Sept 18, 2011

ROME (AP) -- Opposition leaders have demanded an inquiry to determine if Italian government aircraft flew a bevy of young escorts to Premier Silvio Berlusconi's private parties.Concern was also growing in Italy over whether the billionaire media mogul premier who allegedly boasted in an intercepted
Obama to seek a new tax rate for wealthy

Sept 18, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is expected to seek a new base tax rate for the wealthy to ensure that millionaires pay at least at the same percentage as middle income taxpayers.A White House official said the proposal would be included in the president's proposal for long term deficit re
Reno crash killed 9; probe focuses on wayward part

Sept 18, 2011

RENO, Nevada (AP) -- The death toll rose to nine Saturday in an air race crash in Reno as investigators determined that several spectators were killed on impact as the 1940s-model plane appeared to lose a piece of its tail before slamming like a missile into a crowded tarmac.Moments earlier, thousan
Not just science fiction: Planet orbits 2 suns

Sept 16, 2011

This image provided by NASA shows an artist’s depiction showing a discovery by NASA’s Kepler mission of a world where two suns set over the horizon instead of just one. (AP-Yonhap News)MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (AP) -- Astronomers say a bit of science fiction is now reality. They‘ve spotted a planet
Denmark gets first female P.M. after left’s win

Sept 16, 2011

COPENHAGEN (AP) ― Denmark has elected its first female prime minister, ousting the right-wing government from power after 10 years of pro-market reforms and ever-stricter controls on immigration.Near complete official results showed Thursday that a left-leaning bloc led by Social Democrat Helle Thor