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A decade later, 9/11 still affects Americans’ lives

Sept 8, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) ― The significance of Sept. 11 has not waned for many Americans, even a decade after the attacks.A new poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research in Chicago finds that more Americans today say Sept. 11 had an impact on their lives than said so five years ago
Egypt’s military ruler to testify in Mubarak trial

Sept 8, 2011

CAIRO (AP) ― The judge in the trial of Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday summoned the top members of Egypt’s ruling military council to testify in closed sessions, a move Egyptians have eagerly hoped for, expecting the top generals will expose the ousted leader’s role in putting down protests against his r
43 die in Russian hockey team jet crash

Sept 8, 2011

35 players, coaches, team officials killed in one of worst sports tragedies everTUNOSHNA, Russia (AP) ― A private jet carrying a Russian professional hockey team to its first game of the season crashed shortly after takeoff Wednesday, killing 43 people ― including European and former NHL players ― i
Perry, Romney clash in Republican debate

Sept 8, 2011

Candidates for presidential race challenge each other on job creation, policiesSIMI VALLEY, California (AP) ― Republican presidential rivals Rick Perry and Mitt Romney tangled over their records on creating jobs in a campaign debate that marked a contentious new turn in the race to pick a challenger
Man kills 5 after being rejected from military service

Sept 8, 2011

A 22-year-old man in West Virginia, United States, killed five people before committing suicide on Monday after being rejected from military service, the Daily Mail reported. Shayne Riggleman shot and killed five people including a pregnant woman. Many people were injured including a woman he ran ov
San Francisco may pass public nudity restrictions

Sept 8, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Nudists in San Francisco might soon lose the freedom to bare it all -- at least some of the time. Walking around naked is legal, but a city supervisor concerned about public health and sanitation introduced legislation Tuesday that would require nudists to put something unde
U.S., U.N. criticizes Syria

Sept 7, 2011

BEIRUT (AP) ― The U.S. Embassy in Syria said Tuesday that President Bashar Assad is not fooling anyone by blaming terrorists and thugs for the unrest in his country as security forces try to crush the uprising by unleashing a brutal crackdown that has killed more than 2,200 people in nearly six mont
Murdochs’ words denied by their former executives

Sept 7, 2011

LONDON (AP) ― Four former News International executives challenged statements made to Parliament by their bosses ― Rupert and James Murdoch ― with one saying Tuesday that the media mogul wrongly blamed outside lawyers for improperly investigating his company’s phone hacking scandal.Jonathan Chapman,
At CIA, Petraeus takes up top spy post

Sept 7, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) ― David Petraeus, a newly retired Army general who gained prominence charting U.S. strategy in the Afghan and Iraq wars, was sworn in Tuesday as director of the CIA, leaving behind his uniform and his military brain trust.Retired last week after 37 years in the Army, Petraeus was swo
Americans named as the coolest nationality

Sept 7, 2011

While America’s global influence is declining, Americans have been voted the world’s “coolest nationality.” A social networking site Badoo.com, named Americans as the coolest nationality based on a poll taken among 30,000 people across 15 countries.The site announced that Brazilians ranked the secon
U.N., Haiti, Uruguay probe sexual assault

Sept 7, 2011

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The United Nations, Haiti and Uruguay are investigating allegations that U.N. peacekeepers from Uruguay sexually abused an 18-year-old Haitian man, the United Nations said Tuesday.U.N. deputy spokesman Eduardo del Buey told reporters that the five alleged perpetrators have bee
Still undecided, Palin rails against Obama

Sept 6, 2011

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (AP) ― Sarah Palin left open the possibility of a presidential bid Monday afternoon, while encouraging tea party activists to unite against President Barack Obama.And the former Alaska governor praised Republican presidential candidates for working harder to appeal to the t
Japan urges China to play fair globally

Sept 6, 2011

TOKYO (AP) ― Japan’s new foreign minister said Monday that the international community should encourage China to observe global rules and play fair rather than become a threat.Koichiro Genba said the Asia-Pacific region is a center of growth but also a source of instability. Tokyo has expressed caut
U.N. declares famine in another Somali region

Sept 6, 2011

MOGADISHU (AP) ― A famine spreading through Somalia is killing more than a hundred children each day, the U.N. said Monday, and warned that hundreds of thousands more people may die in the coming months unless they receive urgent help.The starvation is mostly taking place out of sight of the world m
Syria makes arrests in manhunt for defector

Sept 6, 2011

BEIRUT (AP) ― Syrian soldiers raided homes and made arrests Monday in a manhunt for a provincial attorney general who appeared on video last week saying he had defected from President Bashar Assad’s regime to protest a violent government crackdown on dissent, activists said.Also Monday, the head of