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Did man con heiress out of $1.5 billion?
Liliane Bettencourt, at right, defends relationship but judge orders photographer to stand trial. Full story
Pope ‘distressed’ by Irish abuse cases
Benedict XVI meets with senior Irish clergy in the wake of a devastating report alleging a cover-up. Full story
Sources: Blackwater helped CIA in raids
Workers took part in missions to capture or kill militants, officials tell New York Times. Full story
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Somali extremists go high-tech in attacks
Somali Islamist insurgents have imported terrorist tactics and technology used with deadly results in Iraq and Afghanistan, threatening the African country's beleaguered government.
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Honduras: Zelaya must go as private citizen
Honduras' coup-installed government said Thursday that there will be no deal for ousted leader Manuel Zelaya to leave the country unless he goes as a private citizen — not as the country's president.
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Ex-Filipino militiamen free more hostages
Government-armed ex-militiamen freed nine out of 57 hostages they seized in the southern Philippines, and demanded that murder charges against them be dropped before releasing other captives.
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Turkey bans party over ties to Kurd rebels
Turkey's top court closed the country's main pro-Kurdish party for having links to rebels in a ruling that could undermine efforts to end a long-running conflict with the separatists.
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Iraq mission is critical, Gates tells U.S. troops
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told American troops in this oil-rich northern city that their mission in Iraq remains critical despite the nation's focus on Afghanistan.
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U.S. 5 in Pakistan face deportation
A senior State Department official says the U.S. expects Pakistan to deport five young Americans detained after they allegedly sought to join up with terrorist groups.
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