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AP - Americans are recovering their shrunken wealth — gradually. Household net worth rose last quarter, mainly because the healing economy boosted stock portfolios. But the gain was slight.

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Slowly, Americans are regaining their lost wealth
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Nine members of a Russian white supremacist group are jailed for up to 22 years in connection with the killing of an African man.

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Russians jailed over race murder

AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is grateful that actor Sean Penn has defended him against his critics within the U.S.

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Chavez thanks Sean Penn for slamming his critics
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AP - The DNA tests that revealed how the famed boy-king Tutankhamun most likely died solved another of ancient Egypt’s enduring mysteries — the fate of controversial Pharaoh Akhenaten’s mummy. The discovery could help fill out the picture of a fascinating era more than 3,300 years ago when Akhenaten embarked on history’s first attempt at monotheism.

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Mummy of Egypt’s monotheist pharaoh to return home
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AP - Ever since al-Qaida attacked the United States in 2001, U.S.

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Al-Qaida seen eyeing less complex attacks on US
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Turkey withdraws its ambassador to Sweden after the parliament votes to describe as genocide the killing of Armenians in WWI.

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Turkey and Sweden in genocide row

Reuters - The United States boosted its investigation of tax and other financial crimes by about 10 percent last year, tax authorities reported on Thursday, amid an increased push to pursue wealthy tax cheats.

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U.S. boosted financial, tax crime probes in 2009
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AFP - Strong aftershocks and a tsunami alert rocked Chile and rattled nerves Thursday as rightwing billionaire Sebastian Pinera was sworn in as the new president of the quake-hit nation.

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Quake, tsunami alert hit Chile as new leader sworn in
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US Vice-President Joe Biden says Middle East peace talks must resume, despite a row over Israeli settlement plans.

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Biden tries to ease Mid-East row

Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden called on Thursday for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to start without delay despite Palestinian insistence that Israel first cancel a settlement project condemned by Washington.

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Biden appeals for Mideast peace talks without delay
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