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Thursday, May 5, 2011

Searchers looking for missing miners

SABINAS, Mexico, May 5 (UPI) -- Mine rescue experts from Chile have joined efforts to locate nine miners trapped in what officials say is a clandestine coalmine in Mexico. CNN reported Thursday the Chilean mine experts include at least two who "participated actively" in the rescue of 33 miners... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 2, 2011

BIN LADEN DEAD -- 'JUSTICE HAS BEEN DONE'

WASHINGTON, May 2 (UPI) -- An elite U.S. force killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in a firefight in Pakistan, President Barack Obama announced, declaring that "Justice has been done." Obama said in a Sunday night televised address that a "small team of Americans" acting with "extraordinary... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 1, 2011

Late pope now one step from sainthood

VATICAN CITY, May 1 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI formally advanced his late successor, John Paul II, to one step away from full sainthood Sunday before a jammed square at the Vatican Sunday. As John Paul's exhumed casket was on display at an altar in St. Peter's basilica, Benedict read a proclamation... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 30, 2011

NASA Grounds Endeavour Until Monday

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., April 29 (UPI) -- NASA scrubbed Friday's scheduled launch of space shuttle Endeavour in Florida because of a problem with two heaters. President Obama and U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the wife of shuttle flight commander Capt. Mark Kelly, had planned to attend the 3:47 p.m.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 29, 2011

Ex-Costa Rican president sentenced to jail

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, April 29 (UPI) -- A Costa Rican court sentenced former President Miguel Angel Rodriguez to five years for accepting bribes from a French telecommunications firm. Rodriguez was convicted of receiving more than $800,000 in bribes from the French company Alcatel in exchange for a... Sign in to see full entry.

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