Archive for July 1st, 2009

Does photo found in cell show children’s grave?

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Police wonder whether a photograph found in a prison cell a decade ago might lead to the bodies of two children who disappeared and are believed to have been murdered.

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Indian court: Gay sex is legal

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

An Indian court on Thursday ruled that consensual sex between adults of the same gender is legal in the country, attorneys said.

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Jackson’s chimp Bubbles enjoys life out of public eye

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Bubbles gained fame over two decades ago as Michael Jackson’s simian companion. Now at age 26, Bubbles has retired to the Center for Great Apes outside Wauchula, Florida.

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Jackson’s will answers some questions, raises more

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

The will and the wake.

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Rules to ease student loan repayments take effect

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Colleges aren’t getting any cheaper, but federal student loans are.

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Building better world a book at a time

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

“What should I do with my used textbooks?”

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Love hotel business zooms despite downturn

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Even in the midst of Japan’s deepest economic recession since World War II, the country’s love hotel industry is thriving.

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Karzai demands U.S. forces turn over Afghan killing suspects

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Tensions mounted between U.S.-led coalition forces and the Afghan government Monday, as Afghan President Hamid Karzai demanded U.S. troops hand over private security guards suspected of involvement in the killing of a top Kandahar law enforcement official.

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Nicaraguan capital’s mayor dead

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

The mayor of Nicaragua’s capital, three-time world boxing champion Alexis Arguello, was found dead in his home early Wednesday morning from a gunshot wound to his chest. He was 57.

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Newsweek reporter in Iran reportedly ‘confesses’

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

A reporter for Newsweek magazine who was arrested in Tehran has confessed to doing the bidding of Western governments, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported Wednesday.

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