Thursday | May 17, 2012

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College fees crippling citizens

Santiago, Chile (AP):Cristobal Steffens and his sister Natalie were the first in their family to go to college, and both emerged with good jobs...

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Subway crash leaves 33 injured

Sao Paulo, Brazil (AP):One subway train has crashed into the back of another in Brazil's largest city, injuring 33 persons, two of whom are reported to be in critical condition with head injuries.Sao Paulo's fire department says one of the trains had...

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Failing med system wreaks havoc

Lagos, Nigeria (AP):The firing of nearly 800 doctors working at hospitals in Nigeria's most populous state has exposed the failings of the nation's medical system, as lawyers said yesterday negotiations over the physicians' fate continued.Many of the...

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UNITED STATES - India's crime lords' assets frozen

WASHINGTON (AP):The Obama administration is slapping sanctions on two senior lieutenants of India's most-wanted organised crime lords.The Treasury Department yesterday designated the two men, Chhota Shakeel and Ibrahim...

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ISRAEL - Justice for 2006 bombing victims

JERUSALEM (AP):An Israeli advocacy group won a $323 million judgment in a US court against Iran and Syria for supporting Palestinian militants that killed an American teenager and 10 others in a 2006 bombing, the group's...

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COLoMBIA - Explosion wounds 19

BOGOTá, (AP):A bomb has exploded on a crowded street in Colombia's capital, and the city's health director says at least 19 people have been injured.TV images from the scene in Bogotá's northern commercial district showed a badly...