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- Halifax forever linked to Titanic
- Seven killed in sect violence in north Nigeria
- Pope donates huge chocolate Easter egg
- Brazil: Officer latest slaying victim in Rio slum
- Syrian troops attack Damascus suburb
- Explosion kills 10 in Somalia
- Afghan bomber kills 10, including 3 U.S. troops
- Greece financial woes force suspension of athletic operations
- In Germany, 10,000 Easter eggs grace tree
| Halifax forever linked to Titanic Posted: 04 Apr 2012 05:17 PM PDT HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -- Among the graves of Fairview Lawn Cemetery, there is one that was a magnet for bouquets and weeping girls in the 1990s. The name on the tombstone: J. Dawson. Jack Dawson, you will recall, is the name of the character played ... |
| Seven killed in sect violence in north Nigeria Posted: 05 Apr 2012 01:42 AM PDT MAIDUGURI, Nigeria -- Suspected members of a radical Islamist sect opened fire on a crowded market in northeast Nigeria Wednesday, killing at least seven people in an area protected by federal troops, witnesses and the police said.The shooting happen ... |
| Pope donates huge chocolate Easter egg Posted: 05 Apr 2012 01:42 AM PDT VATICAN CITY -- The Easter Bunny has arrived early at the Vatican.Pope Benedict XVI was presented Wednesday with an enormous, 250-kilogram (550-pound), 2.2-meter (7.2-foot) tall chocolate Easter egg by Italian chocolatier Tosca, which specializes in ... |
| Brazil: Officer latest slaying victim in Rio slum Posted: 05 Apr 2012 01:42 AM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO -- About 150 special operations police officers are patrolling Brazil's biggest shantytown after a police officer was shot to death.Rio de Janeiro's police department says officer Rodrigo Cavalcante was killed early Wednesday while on ... |
| Syrian troops attack Damascus suburb Posted: 05 Apr 2012 01:39 AM PDT BEIRUT -- Syrian troops launched a fierce assault on a Damascus suburb Thursday, days ahead of a deadline for a U.N.-brokered cease-fire, with activists describing it as one of the most violent attacks around the capital since the year-old uprising b ... |
| Posted: 04 Apr 2012 05:17 PM PDT MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Two weeks ago, Somalia's National Theater reopened for the first time in 20 years for a concert that drew an audience in festive colors in a city trying to rise above war. On Wednesday, the theater was turned into a scene of cha ... |
| Afghan bomber kills 10, including 3 U.S. troops Posted: 04 Apr 2012 05:16 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed at least 10 people, including three American soldiers, at a park in a relatively peaceful area of northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, part of an increase in violence at the start of the s ... |
| Greece financial woes force suspension of athletic operations Posted: 04 Apr 2012 05:16 PM PDT ATHENS, Greece -- Greece's track and field authority suspended all athletic operations Wednesday due to severe spending cuts -- a major embarrassment for the nation that hosted the Summer Olympics only eight years ago. The move -- the latest twist ... |
| In Germany, 10,000 Easter eggs grace tree Posted: 04 Apr 2012 04:46 AM PDT SAALFELD, Germany -- You thought Easter eggs don't grow on trees? Check out Volker Kraft's garden in eastern Germany, and think again. Kraft's apple sapling sported just 18 eggs when he first decorated it for Easter in 1965. The number increased yea ... |
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