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Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori, center, is led away from his home in Santiago, Chile, by police. Fujimori was taken by helicopter to a Chilean airport from where he will be extradited to face trial for corruption and human rights violations in Peru. (Photo by Kazushige Motokura / AP)

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Exiled Fujimori arrives in Peru to face human rights charges

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori landed in Lima, Peru, one day after the Chilean Supreme Court approved his extradition to face five corruption and two human rights abuse charges.

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CNN

Iran leader defiant as protests grow over visit to New York

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is poised to deliver a defiant address to the United Nations general assembly this week amid opposition to his New York visit.

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Guardian

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Q&A: Iran and the nuclear issue

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BBC

Iraq will not move to expel Blackwater firm

Iraq will not take immediate steps to expel U.S. security firm Blackwater, under investigation over a shooting that killed 11 Iraqis a week ago.

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Reuters

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Iraq expands Blackwater investigation

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Yahoo! News

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Iraqi official: U.S. security firm to face criminal charges

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International Herald Tribune

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Maliki: Iraq secure for expanded U.N. role

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ABC News

Jena protest ends but tensions simmer

Thousands made the journey to Jena last week to show support for the "Jena Six." While the day may have remained peaceful during the rallies, the days since have been anything but.

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USA Today

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FBI reviewing anti-Jena 6 Web page

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Yahoo! News

Houston family sues over crib death

A Houston-area couple sued a crib-maker after their daughter died while sleeping in one of their products. Their lawyer said the crib did not come with instructions.

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NATION

City rivalries may have sparked Delaware State attack

Friction among students from the Washington and New York City areas apparently contributed to an early morning shooting at Delaware State University, officials indicated.

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USA Today

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Va. Tech inspired Delaware St. response

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Yahoo! News

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Search continues for university shooter

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MSNBC

Is Big Brother reading over your shoulder on the plane?

Civil liberties activists are alarmed over personal travel records collected by the U.S. government "without our awareness and ... our consent."

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Star Tribune

POLITICS

Romney says GOP must put its 'own house in order'

Presidential candidate Mitt Romney bluntly challenged his Republican Party to "put our own house in order" and to stop acting "like Democrats."

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New York Daily News

Putting the moves on MoveOn.org

MoveOn's full-page ad in The New York Times, accusing the respected Gen. Petraeus of "cooking the books," has spread tentacles throughout the U.S. presidential campaign.

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Toronto Star

BUSINESS

UAW, GM enter final push for deal

With a general framework for a retiree health care deal in hand, UAW and General Motors Corp. negotiators worked with plans to continue to resolve other core financial issues.

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USA Today

Greenspan to blame for housing crisis?

The housing downturn and credit crunch forced Alan Greenspan to answer some tough questions on his Age of Turbulence book tour. Is the so-called Maestro to blame for the now-popping housing bubble?

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U.S. News & World Report

HEALTH

Clinical depression swamps Gulf Coast

With recovery bogged down, those who returned to rebuild are increasingly stressed; more people are reporting thoughts of suicide.

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Voters' top domestic concern: health care

The combination of spiraling costs, declining employer coverage and growing numbers of Americans without health insurance has prompted a call for change.

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McClatchy Newspapers

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Bush stands firm

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CBS News

SPORTS

Bulldogs stun Alabama in overtime win

Mikey Henderson caught a 25-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford in overtime to lift No. 22 Georgia to a 26-23 victory over No. 16 Alabama.

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Associated Press

U.S. women defeat England

The United States reached the semifinals of the Women's World Cup, beating England 3-0 behind second-half goals from Abby Wambach, Shannon Boxx and Kristine Lilly.

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Sports Illustrated

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Televangelist Rex Humbard dies

The Rev. Rex Humbard, a former itinerant preacher whose televangelism ministry once reached more parts of the globe than any other religious program, has died at age 88, a family spokeswoman said.

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CNN

The miracle workers

For 25 years, evangelicals have voted Republican. But the Democrats are courting, and their efforts may have a prayer.

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Newsweek

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GOOD NEWS

Fathers cycle across nation to raise funds to fight neuroblastoma

Alec Oughton, Mike Love and four other dads are cycling across the nation in hopes of reclaiming the dreams that a rare cancer has stolen from their children.

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Kansas City Star

Cute, cuddly and a giant cause for celebration

They may look like traditional baby pictures but this giant panda cub is anything but ordinary.

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Sydney Morning Herald

WORLD

Diplomats pushing for Darfur peace

Top diplomats from 26 countries met to give political momentum to upcoming peace talks in Darfur and push for an agreement on the composition of a new U.N. peacekeeping force.

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Houston Chronicle

War crime lawyers fight U.N. on top job

The new leadership of the United Nations is facing a defiant challenge from within one of its few recent successes, the war crimes tribunal in The Hague, over who will steer the epic trials.

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Observer

ENVIRONMENT

History could be lost to rising seas

Ultimately, rising seas will likely swamp the first American settlement in Jamestown, Va., as well as the Florida launch pad that sent the first American into orbit, climate scientists predict.

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U.N. hails 'historic' ozone pact

A senior United Nations official has declared as "historic" an international pact reached in Montreal to quicken the phase-out of an ozone-destroying gas.

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canada.com

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Clooney could face charges after motorcycle crash

George Clooney is facing possible dangerous driving charges and nursing not-so-serious wounds after crashing his motorcycle in Weehawken, New Jersey.

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London Independent

The bloated ballad of 'Jesse James'

"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" lays out a simple yarn in what often seems like real time, and the portentousness is not always indistinguishable from pretentiousness.

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Christian Science Monitor

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'Jesse James' trailer

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The North Pole is melting

The permanent Arctic ice cap dwindled to a record low this week, presaging a future of a summertime Northwest Passage and obscuring fog.

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Scientific American

Sunny outlook: Can sunshine provide all U.S. electricity?

Large amounts of solar-thermal electric supply may become a reality if steam storage technology works — and if new transmission infrastructure is built.

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Scientific American

EDUCATION

Cheap childrens' laptop: 'ultimate learning tool'

If the One Laptop Project keeps its promises, the small green $100 laptop could very well revolutionize teaching in developing nations.

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ABC News

Extremist speakers are a dilemma for many colleges

Numerous colleges are wrestling with the question of whether a college campus is a place for all views to be aired, or if some public figures are too extreme to deserve the platform.

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WNYT 13

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Activists push Home Depot to drop Fox

The Sierra Club and other U.S. activist groups have launched a campaign to get Home Depot to drop its ads from the Fox network.

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Willie White, 3, of New Plymouth, Idaho, plays his mock bagpipe alongside his father, Josh, during a performance at the Celtic Festival and Highlands Games, at Expo Idaho in Garden City, Idaho. (Photo by Charlie Litchfield / Idaho Press-Tribune / AP)

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