Archive for January 26th, 2010

Sri Lanka president set for victory: results (AFP)

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Sri Lankan soldiers stand outside the Cinnamon Lakeside hotel Colombo, where presidential candidate, former army chief Sarath Fonseka, is staying with several other opposition leaders. Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse was set for re-election Wednesday after counting showed he had secured more than 50 percent of total votes cast in a bitterly fought election.(AFP/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse was set for re-election Wednesday after counting showed he had secured more than 50 percent of total votes cast in a bitterly fought election.


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Two Koreas trade fire (Reuters)

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Two caves with coastal artillery (L) are seen at the North Korean village of Haeju where North Korea's military units are stationed in this March 10, 2009 file photo taken from South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island near the western maritime border between the two Koreas, 11 km (7 miles) from North Korea, about 115 km (71 miles) northwest of Seoul and the scene of deadly skirmishes between the two Korean navies in the past. North and South Korea on January 27, 2010 exchanged what appeared to be artillery fire near a disputed sea border off the west coast of the peninsula, Yonhap news agency reported government officials as saying. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won/FilesReuters - North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire near their disputed sea border on Wednesday, highlighting instability along a heavily armed frontier for the second time in three months.


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Indonesian group wants Obama statue torn down (Reuters)

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Indonesian activists place an Indonesian flag on a bronze statue of a young U.S. President Barack Obama at Menteng Park in Jakarta, December 17, 2009. REUTERS/Crack PalinggiReuters - Indonesians, who welcomed Barack Obama as one of their own two years ago, now want a statue commemorating his Jakarta school years to be removed, a sign the U.S. president's global appeal may be waning.


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Remains thought to be those of missing Virginia Tech student – Richmond Times Dispatch

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Remains thought to be those of missing Virginia Tech student
Richmond Times Dispatch
Virginia State Police Lieutenant Joe Rader expressed confidence that the skeletal remains found at Anchorage Farm on Tuesday are those of Morgan Harrington. Police say they are confident that skeletal remains found yesterday in an Albemarle County ...
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Calif. gay marriage foe cites children’s interests – Reuters

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Calif. gay marriage foe cites children's interests
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In surprising testimony, a witness called to defend California's gay marriage ban testified on Tuesday that legalizing same-sex matrimony would "improve the well-being of gay and lesbian households and their children. ...

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Cage’s former Vegas home sells for nearly $5M (AP)

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AP - A real estate broker says a Las Vegas mansion that belonged to Nicolas Cage before it was foreclosed on sold for nearly $5 million its first day on the market.

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