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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

College stabbing suspect to undergo tests

HOUSTON, April 10 (UPI) -- The man charged in the stabbings at a Cypress, Texas, college will be held without bail and will undergo psychiatric tests, a judge ruled Wednesday morning. The decision to hold suspect Dylan Andrew Quick, 20, came at a video conference arraignment before dawn Wednesday.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Uhuru Kenyatta sworn in as president of Kenya before thousands

NAIROBI, Kenya, April 9 (UPI) -- Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn in Tuesday as Kenya's fourth and youngest president before a crowd of thousands at a Nairobi sports stadium. The oath was administered at the Moi International Sport Centre Kasarani by Judiciary Chief Registrar Gladys Shollei and was... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 8, 2013

'Iron Lady' Margaret Thatcher dead at 87

LONDON, April 8 (UPI) -- Margaret Thatcher, the conservative British Prime Minister known as the "Iron Lady" has died following a stroke, her spokesman said. She was 87. "It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 7, 2013

Rick Warren's son, Matthew, kills self

L AKE FOREST, Calif., April 6 (UPI) -- Matthew Warren, the 27-year-old son of widely known California evangelical pastor Rick Warren, has committed suicide, his parents said Saturday. Warren and his wife Kay revealed their son's death in a letter to the congregation of Saddleback Church in Lake... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 6, 2013

No embassies closing in North Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea, April 6 (UPI) -- No foreign embassies have yet chosen to leave Pyongyang despite warnings from North Korea, officials say. Saying their safety could not guaranteed if war broke out, North Korea's foreign ministry had asked embassies in the nation's capital to leave, South... Sign in to see full entry.

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