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Freight train derails, dumps coal in Houston

AP - 1 hour 6 minutes ago

HOUSTON - A freight train carrying coal has derailed in southwest Houston.

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  • UK begins inquiry on Iraq war

    AP - 1 hour 38 minutes ago

    LONDON - A panel investigating Britain's role in the Iraq war begins questioning witnesses this week in an inquiry that critics hope will humble former Prime Minister Tony Blair and expose alleged deception in the buildup to conflict.

  • Big Bang atom smasher sends beams in 2 directions

    AP - 1 hour 49 minutes ago

    GENEVA - The world's largest atom smasher made another leap forward Monday by circulating beams of protons in opposite directions at the same time in the $10 billion machine after more than a year of repairs, organizers said.

  • UK's Thatcher sweeps back to 10 Downing Street

    AP - 2 hours 26 minutes ago

    LONDON - Former British leader Margaret Thatcher returned to London's Downing Street Monday as she unveiled her own portrait, which has been installed in the official residence of Britain's prime minister.

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  • Mexico City's famed dance-for-peso halls fading

    AP - Monday, November 23

    MEXICO CITY - Mirna Torres salsas with a gray-bearded man for $1.50 a dance in the Barba Azul, a dark yet garish cabaret decorated like an erotic carnival fun house.

  • Thousands back Mexico's shadow president

    Thousands back Mexico's shadow president

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    MEXICO CITY (AFP) - - Thousands of Mexicans rallied to show support for "shadow president" Manuel Lopez Obrador -- who believes his country's top job was stolen from him in 2006 -- at the mid-point of his would-be presidential term.

  • Honduras election sets return to business as usual

    AP - Monday, November 23

    TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - The coup last summer in this tiny, Central American country blew up into an international incident, with thousands of Hondurans taking to the streets while everyone from Barack Obama to Fidel Castro lined up behind ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

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  • Iraq vote in fresh doubt as new bill faces veto

    Iraq vote in fresh doubt as new bill faces veto

    AFP - 2 hours 38 minutes ago

    BAGHDAD (AFP) - - Iraq's upcoming general election will be delayed, a top MP warned, because an amended electoral law agreed on Monday is likely to be vetoed for a second time by the country's Sunni vice president.

  • Iran's Ahmadinejad on controversial trip to Brazil

    Iran's Ahmadinejad on controversial trip to Brazil

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    BRASILIA (AFP) - - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday began a controversial visit to Brazil, the key leg of a tour to sympathetic Latin American and African countries he sees backing Tehran's vision of "a new world order."

  • Israel, Hamas near swap of prisoners for soldier

    AP - Tuesday, November 24

    GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israel and Hamas are close to a deal to swap 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for an Israeli soldier held for more than three years by the Islamic militant group, a Palestinian familiar with the talks said Monday.

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