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Kyrgyzstan president signs bill to close U.S. base
Kyrgyzstan’s president has signed a bill to close an air base that the U.S.
Relatives fly to aid 4 children caught up in drug bust
Relatives were Friday trying to reach four British children stranded in Venezuela after the adults they were traveling with were arrested for allegedly carrying huge quantities of cocaine, officials said. The close-up photo of the R&B singer — with contusions on her forehead and below her eyes, and cuts on her lip — was published on the entertainment Web site TMZ on Thursday.
Racism row over chimp cartoon sparks debate
Racist, unfunny, hilarious, confusing, lame.
Lung cancer vaccine ‘extends terminal patients lives’
Terminal lung cancer patients are living longer thanks to the world’s first registered lung cancer vaccine, a leading Cuban scientist says. Dr. Gisela Gonzalez has spent years researching the vaccine which the Cuban government approved for the use of the general public last year.
Iraqi shoe thrower: Bush’s ‘soulless smile’ set me off
Muntadher al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist on trial for throwing his shoes last year at then-President George W. Bush, said the former American leader’s "bloodless and soulless smile" and his joking banter provoked him.
British couple, four children in cocaine bust, reports say
A British couple has been detained at Margarita Airport in Venezuela after 24 kilograms of cocaine was allegedly found in their luggage, according to press reports. “This bank does not have any problem, is a healthy financial institution,” Edgar Hernandez Behrens, Venezuela’s superintendent of banks, said of Stanford Bank Venezuela, the state-run ABN news agency reported. An estimated $2.5 billion to $3 billion has been invested in the bank, he said
Stanford saga prompts run on banks
Politicians and banking regulators across Latin American and the Caribbean called for calm Wednesday after panicked investors pulled their money from banks owned by the Stanford Group, whose owner is accused in a multibillion dollar investment and sales fraud scheme.
Iraqi shoe thrower: I did it to protest ‘occupation’
The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at then-President George W. Bush told a judge Thursday that he was protesting against the U.S. "occupation" of Iraq.
Octuplets’ family reportedly faces foreclosure
The California home where Nadya Suleman plans to raise her 14 children is at risk of foreclosure, CNN affiliate KTLA reported Wednesday. Los Angeles County property records show a notice of mortgage default was filed Feb. 9 against the home of Suleman’s mother, Angela Suleman, the station reported.