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Shark attack in Mexico kills American surfer 29 Apr 08, 22:53 ET AP - A U.S. surfer was killed in a shark attack off Mexico's southern Pacific coast, officials said Tuesday. more Asian vultures disappearing faster than dodo - study 29 Apr 08, 19:14 ET Reuters - Wild Asian vultures could become extinct in 10 years unless officials stop the use of a livestock drug that has caused the birds to decline faster than the dodo, British and Indian scientists said on Wednesday. more The `Cat Lady of Baghdad' battles on, saving strays of Iraq 29 Apr 08, 18:14 ET AP - The mission was to get Simba al-Tikriti out of Iraq and to a new life in Britain. more Tijuana drug violence threatens hospital 29 Apr 08, 18:13 ET AP - Soldiers held Tijuana's main hospital in a virtual lockdown Tuesday as doctors treated eight drug traffickers wounded in running shootouts in this border city. more Arab diva's necklace sold at auction for $1.3M 29 Apr 08, 17:36 ET AP - An antique necklace made up of 1,888 pearls that once belonged to the Arab world's most famous singer was sold Tuesday for more than $1 million at an auction in this rich Gulf emirate, organizers said. more Heavily armed pirates attack Thai, South Korea ships 29 Apr 08, 17:14 ET AFP - Heavily armed pirates attacked a Thai oil tanker carrying jet fuel in Malaysian waters and a South Korean vessel in the pirate infested Gulf of Aden, a maritime watchdog said Tuesday. more Iranian president tries to seal India pipeline 29 Apr 08, 14:38 ET Reuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pushed to seal a $7.6 billion pipeline deal linking the world's second-largest gas reserves to growing South Asian economies, despite opposition from the United States. more Iraq's Tareq Aziz goes on trial 29 Apr 08, 14:22 ET AFP - Tareq Aziz, the international face of hanged Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's regime, went on trial on Tuesday on charges of executing 42 Baghdad businessmen in 1992 that could see him sentenced to death. more Iran's president visits India for gas pipeline talks 29 Apr 08, 13:38 ET AP - A $7 billion gas pipeline that would link Iran and India topped the agenda Tuesday as the Islamic republic's president made his first visit to New Delhi, despite strong U.S. objections to the project. more Female teachers dying on the roads in Saudi Arabia 29 Apr 08, 12:51 ET AP - Roads in Saudi Arabia are among the world's most dangerous but one type of victim stands out: female teachers who are dying at alarming rates because of long commutes through the desert to reach remote schools. more Cellar Incest Case Shocks Austria 29 Apr 08, 11:45 ET Time.com - Josef Fritzl has confessed to holding his daughter captive for 24 years and fathering her seven children. How did it happen? more China jails 30 for Tibetan riots 29 Apr 08, 09:03 ET Reuters - A Chinese court jailed 30 people for terms ranging from three years to life on Tuesday for their roles in Tibet's deadly riots, which triggered anti-China protests across the globe ahead of the Beijing Olympics. more India, Iran to talk energy during Ahmadinejad visit 29 Apr 08, 06:04 ET AFP - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was to arrive in New Delhi Tuesday for a lightning visit due to be dominated by talks on gas supplies as energy-starved India searches for new fuel sources. more New Zealand scientists thaw 1,000-pound squid corpse 29 Apr 08, 05:11 ET AP - Marine scientists in New Zealand on Tuesday were thawing the corpse of the largest squid ever caught to try to unlock the secrets of one of the ocean's most mysterious beasts. more US Marines, British forces in major new Afghan operation 29 Apr 08, 04:38 ET AFP - US Marines pushed into a stronghold of extremist Taliban resistance in southernmost Afghanistan Tuesday in their first major operation since deploying to Afghanistan last month. more Mozambique police killing with impunity: Amnesty 29 Apr 08, 02:07 ET AFP - Police in Mozambique are killing and torturing people with near total impunity, according to a report by Amnesty International released Tuesday. more Sri Lanka turns to less critical donors 29 Apr 08, 01:57 ET AP - Sri Lanka hailed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit Monday as an important step in cementing closer ties between the two nations. more Chinese children sold "like cabbages" into slavery 29 Apr 08, 01:07 ET Reuters - Thousands of children in southwest China have been sold into slavery like "cabbages," to work as labourers in more prosperous areas such as the booming southern province of Guangdong, a newspaper said on Tuesday. more

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