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AFP - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was to visit this earthquake-struck Chilean city Saturday to assess its needs as new fears spread among Chileans following three strong aftershocks.

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Fear spreads as Chile rattled by strong aftershocks
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AP - The owner of a suburban Chicago apartment house had his maintenance man set fire to the building, killing seven people including a newborn, because he wanted to cash in on a $250,000 insurance policy, prosecutors said Friday.

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Prosecutor: Greed prompted Ill. fire that killed 7
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AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown came under fire Saturday for the way he defended his role in the 2003 Iraq invasion, with some commentators saying he had slipped off the hook.

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British PM under fire for Iraq war defence
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Reuters - A Western proposal for fresh U.N. sanctions on Iran includes a call for restricting new Iranian banks abroad and urges “vigilance” against the Islamic Republic’s central bank, diplomats said on Friday

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Western sanctions draft targets Iran’s banks abroad
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Reuters - Niger’s President Mamadou Tandja was detained by mutinous troops on Thursday after a coup in the west African uranium exporter that left at least three soldiers dead, military sources said.

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Niger president held by troops: military sources
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AFP - Niger troops stormed the presidency complex amid deadly gunbattles in Niamey on Thursday and seized President Mamadou Tandja and his cabinet in a coup d’Etat, diplomats said.

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Niger soldiers seize president in coup
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AFP - Niger troops stormed the presidency complex amid deadly gunbattles in Niamey on Thursday and seized President Mamadou Tandja and his cabinet in a coup d’Etat, diplomats said.

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Niger soldiers seize president in coup
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AP - It’s bad enough that Greece’s debt problems have rattled global financial markets.

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US debt will keep growing even with recovery
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AFP - An elderly woman and a young man were rescued after spending 10 days buried in the rubble of Haiti’s quake-hit capital, as the death toll from the disaster soared to more than 110,000.

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Two Haitians saved from quake rubble after 10 days
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AP - Yemen’s president says he is ready to open a dialogue with members of al-Qaida if they lay down their weapons and renounce violence, despite U.S. pressure to crack down on the terror group.

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Yemen’s president open to dialogue with al-Qaida
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