Middle East

Iran ex-official gets 6 years in jail for protests

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(AP) An Iranian court sentenced a former vice president to six years in jail as part of a mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the unrest after the disputed June presidential election, the defendant's lawyer said Sunday.Mohammad Ali Abtahi, who served as vice president during former President Mohammad Khatami's ...

Technology

Astronaut's wait over as daughter born back home

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(AP) An astronaut in space is finally a new dad.Atlantis crewman Randolph Bresnik announced the birth of his daughter Abigail on Sunday morning, after being notified privately of the good news.His wife, Rebecca, gave birth to their second child back home in Houston late Saturday, Central Time. They have a 3-year-old ...

General

Astronaut finally new dad, daughter born back home

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(AP) An astronaut in space is finally a new dad.Atlantis crewman Randolph Bresnik announced the birth of his daughter Abigail on Sunday morning, after being notified privately of the good news.His wife, Rebecca, gave birth to their second child back home in Houston late Saturday, Central Time. They have a 3-year-old ...

CORRECTS RI Bishop-Kennedy

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(AP) (Stations: Please substitute the following for V3958, slugged RI Bishop-Kennedy, which moved at 5:05 a.m. Eastern time. The new version CORRECTS Kennedy not disclosing how bishop told him of ban sted in discussions.)PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) _ Rep. Patrick Kennedy says Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has barred him from receiving ...

Europe and Russia

Report: Leaked UK documents show Iraq war chaos

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(AP) A British newspaper claims leaked government documents show plans for the 2003 invasion of Iraq were drafted more than a year earlier _ calling into question Tony Blair's public statements on the military buildup.The Sunday Telegraph published details Sunday of a series of interviews with senior military figures undertaken by ...

Asia

Indonesian ferry sinks; 9 dead, some 230 rescued

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(AP) Rescuers saved more than 230 people aboard an Indonesian passenger ferry that sank Sunday in rough waters off Sumatra island, but at least nine people have died, an official said. An unknown number of passengers were still missing.A second ferry was still stranded in nearby waters after running aground, but ...

General

Kennedy says RI bishop banned him from Communion

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(AP) Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has banned Rep. Patrick Kennedy from receiving Communion, the central sacrament of the church, in Rhode Island because of the congressman's support for abortion rights, Kennedy said in a newspaper interview published Sunday.The decision by the outspoken prelate, reported on The Providence Journal's Web site, ...

Africa

Ugandans upset over praise for former dictator

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(AP) Ugandan officials say they are offended that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has praised former dictator Idi Amin.Officials including President Yoweri Museveni's secretary Tamale Mirundi say Amin ruled brutally in the 1970s. Chavez on Friday called the East African dictator a nationalist and a patriot.Mirundi countered on Sunday with Amin's record ...

Middle East

Israeli aircraft strike Gaza targets

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(AP) Israeli aircraft attacked two suspected weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip early Sunday in what the military said was retaliation for Palestinian rocket fire into southern Israel.The airstrikes, which wounded at least seven people _ including one seriously _ came despite an announcement by Gaza's Hamas ...

Iran begins war games to protect nuclear sites

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(AP) Iran's state TV says the country has begun large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting nuclear facilities against any possible attack.The Sunday report says the five-day drill will cover an area one third of the size of Iran and spread across the central, western and southern parts of the ...

Congress

Sizing up the Kennedy dynasty's next generation

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(AP) Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will be a tough act to follow, even for the Kennedys. His death, coupled with the decision by family members not to seek the seat he held for nearly five decades, has prompted predictions that the family's long-running political dynasty is over.There's talk the Kennedy political ...

General

Report: Kennedy barred from communion by bishop

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(AP) Rep. Patrick Kennedy says Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has barred him from receiving communion because of his support of abortion rights.The Providence Journal reports on its Web site Sunday that Kennedy said in an interview that Tobin issued the order during discussions with the Democratic lawmaker, further escalating a ...

Asia

2 bomb blasts leave 7 dead, 52 wounded in India

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(AP) Suspected militants set off two bombs outside a police station in India's restive northeast on Sunday, killing seven people and wounding more than 50, police said.Five people died instantly after two blasts went off within minutes of each other outside the station in Nalbari town near the Assam state capital, ...

Europe and Russia

Romanians vote for president amid political crisis

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(AP) Romanians were voting for a new president on Sunday in an election that could help end a leadership crisis that has threatened an international loan aimed at stopping the country's painful recession.President Traian Basescu, who represents Romania's political center, has lost some public support during a first five-year term characterized ...

Asia

China coal mine blast death toll jumps to 87

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(AP) Rescuers worked in frigid cold to reach 21 miners trapped underground Sunday as the death toll from a huge gas explosion in a northern Chinese mine jumped to 87 _ the deadliest blast to hit the beleaguered industry in nearly two years.The pre-dawn blast Saturday at the state-run Xinxing mine ...

5 Afghan border security guards killed in south

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(AP) A roadside bomb killed five Afghan border security guards Sunday on a heavily used road in southern Afghanistan.Gen. Abdul Raziq, a border security commander, said the bombing occurred before dawn in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province, near the Pakistan border.The attack comes amid reports that nearly a dozen ...

Technology

Baby can wait as expectant dad finishes spacewalk

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(AP) A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and blazed through his first-ever venture outside the International Space Station on Saturday.Expectant father Randolph Bresnik and Michael Foreman were so far ahead despite their late start and interrupted sleep the night before _ false fire and decompression alarms ...

General

The nation's weather

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(AP) A low-pressure system that has lingered in the Gulf of Mexico the past few days, bringing rain to the Gulf Coast, was expected to finally move inland into the Southeast on Sunday. This was likely to translate to widespread rain and even a few thunderstorms in the area even as ...

Fort Hood suspect ordered held until court-martial

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(AP) The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood will be confined until his military trial, initially staying in a hospital where he is recovering from gunshot wounds, his attorney said Saturday.During a hearing at Maj. Nidal Hasan's hospital room in San Antonio on Saturday, a magistrate ruled ...

Middle East

Top Iran reformer sentenced to 6 years in jail

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(AP) A top reformer has been sentenced to six years in jail after he stood trial on charges of fomenting unrest to topple the Iranian regime.Lawyer Saleh Nikbakht said Sunday that former vice president Mohammad Ali Abtahi has 20 days to appeal the verdict.Abtahi made televised confessions after his arrest in ...

Asia

3 bomb blasts leave 5 dead, 25 wounded in India

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(AP) Three bombs exploded in India's restive northeast Sunday, killing five people and wounding more than 25, police said.Five people died after two blasts went off within minutes of each other outside a police station in Nalbari town near the Assam state capital, Gauhati, a local police official said.The official, speaking ...

Congress

Historic health care bill clears Senate hurdle

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(AP) Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote to spare.The 60-39 vote cleared the way for ...

Asia

Indonesian passenger ferry sinks with 242 aboard

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(AP) An Indonesian passenger ferry with almost 250 people aboard sank in rough waters off Sumatra island Sunday, killing at least one, police said, while a second ferry ran aground in nearby waters.Rescue teams had found one body and rescued 97 people but high waves were making the operation difficult, said ...

General

Police identify gunman in deadly Saipan rampage

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(AP) Officials in Saipan have identified the gunman involved in a deadly rampage as 42-year-old Li Zhongren of China.Police on Sunday said Li is believed to be the caretaker of the shooting range where he gunned down four people Friday, including two young children. He also wounded five South Korean visitors ...

Police identify Saipan gunman who killed 4

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(AP) Officials in Saipan have identified the gunman involved in a deadly rampage as 42-year-old Li Zhongren of China.Police on Sunday said Li is believed to be the caretaker of the shooting range where he gunned down four people Friday, including two young children. He also wounded five South Korean visitors ...

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