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Sunday, March 14, 2010

At least 3 snowmobilers dead in Canadian avalanche

Royal Canadian Mounted Police direct traffic at the staging area for avalanche search & rescue operations near Revelstoke, B.C. on Saturday.

By Associated Press

REVELSTOKE, British Columbia — An avalanche struck a rally of up to 200 snowmobilers in Canada’s Rocky Mountains...

Strong earthquake rocks central Japan

By Associated Press

TOKYO — A strong magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit off the eastern coast of Japan on Sunday, rattling buildings across a...

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Blasts rock Afghan prison

By Associated Press

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A suicide squad detonated bombs at a newly fortified prison, police headquarters and two other locations late yesterday, killing at...

2 Indians arrested in alleged Mumbai terror plot

By Associated Press

MUMBAI, India — Indian police said Sunday they prevented a major terrorist strike in Mumbai by arresting two men who were preparing to attack several...

‘Schindler’s List’ camp vandalized

By Associated Press

WARSAW, Poland - Vandals sprayed anti-Semitic graffiti on Holocaust memorials at a former Nazi concentration camp in Poland, desecration that authorities discovered...

Doctor volunteers in Haiti, sees health issues

By Associated Press

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Dr. Richard Hawkins snapped many pictures while recently volunteering at a Haitian hospital, but one stands out to him. He sees it...

Vatican: Pope not in sex ‘cover-up’

By Associated Press

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican yesterday denounced what it called aggressive attempts to drag Pope Benedict XVI into the spreading scandals of pedophile priests...

Pakistani jets pound Taliban hide-outs

By Associated Press

PARACHINAR, Pakistan — Pakistani fighter jets pounded a series of Taliban hide-outs near the Afghan border Sunday, killing nine insurgents, a local official...

China PM defends assertive trade, foreign policy

China’s Premier Wen Jiabao gestures during his annual news conference following the closing session of the National People’s Congress in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, China, Sunday.

By Associated Press

BEIJING — China vowed Sunday to remain alert to any renewed signs of economic crisis and forcefully defended its...

Protesters surge into Bangkok urging new election

Anti-government demonstrators gather Sunday, in Bangkok, Thailand.

By Associated Press

BANGKOK — Tens of thousands of red-shirted protesters rallied in Thailand’s capital Sunday to press their...

Iran temporarily releases Iranian-American scholar

By Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has temporarily released an Iranian-American scholar serving prison time on an espionage conviction so he can spend the Iranian New...