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Police: Indonesian president was targetedA suspected terrorist linked to several Indonesian bombings in the past decade was killed in a protracted firefight Saturday in the Central Java town of Temanggung, two law enforcement sources told CNN.
CNN Sunday, August 09, 2009NASA's Kepler shows early successNASA's Kepler space telescope has already made a discovery, and its science operations aren't even officially under way yet.
CNN Sunday, August 09, 2009New York mid-air crash kills 9A small plane and a sightseeing helicopter carrying Italian tourists collided over the Hudson River between New York City and Hoboken, N.J., on Saturday, killing all nine people aboard the two aircraft.
CBC Sunday, August 09, 2009A Visit to India's First Wal-Mart (a.k.a. Best Price)The American retailer from Arkansas opens a joint venture in the sacred Sikh city of Amritsar, a first step into what it hopes will be a lucrative adventure
TIME Sunday, August 09, 2009Power Struggle Ensues After Taliban Chief's Apparent DeathKABUL, Aug. 8 -- In the power vacuum created by the apparent death of Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, a gun battle broke out Saturday between Taliban leaders vying to seize his mantle in the tribal borderlands, Pakistani officials said, the first indications of a struggle that could pro...
Washington Post Sunday, August 09, 2009Obama To Meet Calderón, HarperPresident Obama travels to Guadalajara, Mexico, on Sunday for a two-day meeting with Mexican President Felipe Calderón and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to discuss global economic recovery, climate change and the ongoing drug wars in Mexico that have cost more than 12,000 lives in less than...
Washington Post Sunday, August 09, 20099 Die as Small Plane, Tourist Helicopter Collide Over Hudson River Near New YorkNEW YORK, Aug. 8 -- A small plane collided with a tourist helicopter over the Hudson River on Saturday on a crystal-clear summer afternoon, ripping the rotor blades from the helicopter and severing one of the plane's wings, sending both aircraft plunging into the murky water and killing all nine ...
Washington Post Sunday, August 09, 2009Australia considers mass killings of camelsThousands of camels in Australia's remote Outback could be killed by marksmen in helicopters under a government proposal aimed ...
USATODAY Sunday, August 09, 2009One of the 'drunken pilots' now writes of redemptionThe 1990 Northwest flight from Fargo to Minneapolis, whose entire crew was over the limit for alcohol, forever marked the life of Joseph Balzer, the flight engineer.
Star Tribune Sunday, August 09, 2009Man with diamonds detained at IGIIndia Times, Conservative daily, New Delhi, India
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