Sen. Barack Obama says in an interview that aired on TV Friday that he would have left his church if his pastor had not retired and had not acknowledged making comments that "deeply offended people."
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At least 18 killed in China mine explosion
An explosion at a detonator and dynamite warehouse at a coal mine in central China killed at least 18 people on Friday, according to Xinhua.
24 injured after trains collide in Germany
Twenty-four people were injured when a regional express train crashed into a freight train outside Berlin, a spokesman for the German rail authority said Friday.
Nine feared dead in Indonesia plane crash
Nine people — including three election officials — were feared dead after a small plane crashed in eastern Indonesia on Friday, police said.
Thai ‘yellow shirt’ political leader shot
A Thai political leader who helped topple that country’s former prime minister was shot early Friday on the way to host his radio talk show, according to a spokesman for his political party.
Car strikes churchgoers after Good Friday service
A car struck worshippers after a Good Friday church service in Pennsylvania, killing one woman and injuring four others, an official said.
Near Ground Zero, organ in historic chapel ‘speaks’ again
For the first time since September 11, 2001, the rich chords of a chapel organ damaged in the terrorist attacks echoed through New York City’s historic St. Paul’s Chapel.
Iraq suicide bombing kills five U.S. soldiers
Five U.S. soldiers were killed Friday in a suicide bombing in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the U.S. military said
China: Trade showing signs of recovery
China’s exports increased last month, but still were down 17 percent year-on-year, according to figures released by the government Friday.
Man opens fire at unemployment center in Greece
A man, apparently upset at the way his fellow students had been treating him, opened fire outside a training center for the unemployed in Athens on Friday, police said.