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Climate talks bog down in last-minute disputes
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The U.N. climate talks ran into serious problems Friday morning as negotiators tried to forge a political agreement for the summit meeting of President Barack Obama, China's premier and more than 110 other world leaders.
Police: Auschwitz 'Arbeit Macht Frei' sign stolen
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The infamous iron sign bearing the Nazis' cynical slogan "Arbeit Macht Frei" that spanned the main entrance to the former Auschwitz death camp was stolen before dawn Friday, Polish police said.
Mumbai gunman recants confession, alleges torture
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The accused gunman in last year's bloody siege of Mumbai retracted his confession Friday, saying police tortured him into admitting his role in the attacks that left 166 people dead.
Wrap-up bill clears Senate hurdle
2 hrs 1 min ago
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Must-pass legislation that wraps up the bulk of the remaining congressional agenda besides health care easily cleared a key Senate hurdles early Friday morning.
Report: Death sentences decline; death rows shrink
4 hrs ago
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Texas and other states that lead the nation in executions are sentencing many fewer inmates to death, a trend that slowly is reducing the death row population in the United States, a report from an anti-capital punishment group says.
For suicidal Japanese, help is finally at hand
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Four years ago, suicides in this northern city were running at nearly double the national rate, and as the global financial meltdown hit Japan, they might have been expected to go even higher.