Newborn elephant feeding, standing after 9-day labour and surprise live birth at Sydney zoo
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SYDNEY, Australia - An elephant calf that was believed to have died during a... Press group says 8 journalists kidnapped in Mexican border city; 1 dead, 2 released
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MEXICO CITY - Eight journalists have been kidnapped in a Mexican border city in... New law bars Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from elections
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YANGON, Myanmar - A decision by Myanmar's military junta to bar pro-democracy... Al-Qaida eyeing less-complex US attacks after seeing impact of Fort Hood, Dec. 25 militants
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WASHINGTON - On Christmas Day, a passenger on a Northwest Airlines flight bound... New strike hits debt-plagued Greece Thursday as unions protest austerity measures
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ATHENS - Debt-plagued Greece faces a new wave of labour discontent against... Diplomatic row during VP visit highlights Obama's failure to dim Israel's settlement ambitions
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An open diplomatic row during the visit of Vice-President Joe Biden has shined... America's sordid political scandals make Canada's look tame by comparison
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WASHINGTON - A New York congressman resigns amid accusations he sexually... Church abuse scandal reaches pope's brother, threatens to throw papacy into turmoil
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VATICAN CITY - Church abuse scandals in Germany have reached the older brother... Nearly half of babies in the U.S. are born to minorities
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WASHINGTON - Minorities make up nearly half the children born in the United... Swedish artist has no regrets over prophet drawing, says Islam not off limits to mockery
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden - The point of a caricature depicting the Prophet Muhammad as... Egypt's top Muslim cleric, whose views angered hardliners, dies at 81
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CAIRO, Egypt - Egypt's top cleric, Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, known for... Feds charge sushi chef, US restaurant with serving illegal whale to activists in sting op
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LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors filed charges Wednesday against a sushi chef... US school district won't host prom after lesbian student's request to bring girlfriend
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JACKSON, Miss. - A school decided Wednesday not to host a prom dance after a... Mexican telecom magnate becomes 1st person from developing world to be named ?world?s richest?
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MEXICO CITY - Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest person,... Chile's Bachelet, despite criticism, gets high praise from disaster experts for quake response
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SANTIAGO, Chile - President Michelle Bachelet leaves office Thursday with a... Police harassment backfires as China's troublemakers bond over 'drinking tea' tales
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BEIJING - Like the United States, China is having its own tea party movement,... Thoroughbred breeder Paragallo convicted of mistreating horses on his NY farm
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CATSKILL, N.Y. - Prominent New York thoroughbred breeder and owner Ernie... Mother can't understand beating of son in wheelchair in Australia
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WINNIPEG - Shellan Proden couldn't bring herself to watch the grainy... UN report: Up to half of Somalia's food aid diverted from needy to militias or businessmen
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Up to half the food aid intended for the millions of hungry people in Somalia... Israeli supermarket advertisement inspired by Dubai surveillance tape of Hamas assassination
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JERUSALEM - An Israeli supermarket on Wednesday looked to to cash in on the...