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U.S. air travellers stuck in limbo

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A computer glitch tied up U.S. air travellers Thursday.

Prosecutor at Italy murder trial expected to request life sentence for American student

PERUGIA, Italy - Prosecutors on Saturday were expected to request life in prison for an American student and her former boyfriend accused of killing a young British woman in Italy. CP ONLINE | 21/11/2009 4:52 AM | 0

Britain's Miliband warns that Afghanistan government will collapse if NATO troops pull out

LONDON - Afghanistan's government would collapse within weeks if NATO troops left the country right away, Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband said in an interview published Saturday. CP ONLINE | 21/11/2009 4:48 AM | 0
Bangladeshi mother says formerly conjoined twins should grow up in Australia

DHAKA, Bangladesh - The mother who gave up conjoined Bangladeshi newborn twins for adoption said Saturday she is overjoyed the toddlers have been successfully separated and wants them to grow up in Australia. CP ONLINE | 21/11/2009 4:42 AM | 0
Beams of protons circulate in European Big Bang machine after more than a year of repairs

GENEVA - Scientists switched on the world's largest atom smasher for the first time since the $10 billion machine suffered a spectacular failure more than a year ago, circulating beams of protons in a significant leap forward for the Large Hadron Collider. CP ONLINE | 21/11/2009 1:50 AM | 0
US police say thieves killed 5 in rural Arkansas for expensive wheel rims, televisions

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Thieves shot to death five Arkansas family members and burned their bodies for a set of wheel rims and some flat-screen televisions, court documents show. CP ONLINE | 20/11/2009 10:10 PM | 0

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U.S. Postal Service gives Santa thumbs-up

THE U.S. Postal Service announced Friday it would reverse a decision to cancel its annual Letters to Santa program because of security concerns. PRINT | 21/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0
Resort island reeling after gunman goes on rampage

THE Pacific resort island of Saipan was reeling Saturday from one of the most violent attacks in its history, when a gunman killed five people, including two small children and himself, in a rampage that ended at a Second World War historical site. PRINT | 21/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0
Shroud of Turin debate reopened

ROME -- A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. PRINT | 21/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0
Floods trap dozens; police officer killed

Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes. PRINT | 21/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0
Islamic nations pursue treaty to ban blasphemy

GENEVA -- Four years after cartoons of the prophet Muhammad set off violent protests across the Muslim world, Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery -- essentially a ban on blasphemy that would put them on a collision course with free speech laws in the West. PRINT | 20/11/2009 1:00 AM | 2