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Friday, October 19, 2012

Cuban media releases Castro statement

HAVANA, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Cuban state media released a message from Fidel Castro amid speculation the ex-leader was close to death. Castro was officially succeeded by his brother, Raul, as president of the country in 2008, two years after surgery for an undisclosed intestinal illness. Since then... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Zimmerman trial to last 3 weeks

SANFORD, Fla., Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Lawyers said Wednesday they expect the Florida trial to determine whether George Zimmerman will get prison time for killing Trayvon Martin to last three weeks. A judge in the case set a preliminary trial date of June 10. Zimmerman, 29, has admitted killing Martin, 17,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

George McGovern in S.D. hospice

SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Oct. 15 (UPI) -- George McGovern, the 1972 Democratic presidential nominee, entered a hospice in Sioux Falls, S.D., Monday. It wasn't clear why McGovern, 90, who served three terms in the U.S. Senate after two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, was admitted to Dougherty... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 15, 2012

Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter dies

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Arlen Specter, who served five consecutive terms in the U.S. Senate, died Sunday at his home in Philadelphia. He was 82. The New York Times said Specter died of complications from non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Specter was first elected to serve Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 13, 2012

Food situation in N. Korea still poor

PYONGYANG, North Korea, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- North Korea has never really come back from the famine years of the early 1990s, a report released Saturday said. The International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington released its 2012 Global Hunger Index of 120 nations, with individual scores from... Sign in to see full entry.

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