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  • Mission: Impossible Actor Dies

    Mission: Impossible Actor Dies

    bbc.co.uk (5 hours, 2 minutes ago)

    Peter Graves, star of the TV series Mission: Impossible and the Airplane films, dies of a suspected heart attack in LA, aged 83.

  • Blackout Leaves Millions Of Chileans In Darkness

    Blackout Leaves Millions Of Chileans In Darkness

    boston.com (5 hours, 13 minutes ago)

    A power failure plunged nearly the entire Chilean population into darkness Sunday night, rattling a country already anxious after last month's 8.8-magnitude quake.

  • 2 Americans And A Third Victim Are Killed In Mexico Shootings

    2 Americans And A Third Victim Are Killed In Mexico Shootings

    latimes.com (33 minutes ago)

    Two cars leaving a party come under fire in Ciudad Juarez. A baby in the back seat of one car survives unscathed, but her parents are dead. Three people connected to the U.S. Consulate ...

  • Gay Seniors Come Out Late, Start Second Lifetime

    Gay Seniors Come Out Late, Start Second Lifetime

    miamiherald.com (22 minutes ago)

    Those who work with seniors say they're seeing growth in the number of people in their 60s, 70s and 80s coming out of the closet as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.

  • US Fury At Mexico Consular Deaths

    US Fury At Mexico Consular Deaths

    bbc.co.uk (15 hours, 29 minutes ago)

    Three people connected to the US consulate in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez have been killed, the White House says.

  • Australian Says Aborigine Recognition Is Tokenism

    Australian Says Aborigine Recognition Is Tokenism

    boston.com (1 hour, 32 minutes ago)

    A government routine of acknowledging Australia's indigenous people was criticized as mere political correctness Monday by the federal opposition leader, offending some Aborigines and sparking a political debate.

  • U.S. Official Set Up Unit To Kill Afghan Militants: Report

    U.S. Official Set Up Unit To Kill Afghan Militants: Report

    yahoo.com (1 hour, 26 minutes ago)

    Reuters - A Pentagon official set up a unit of private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to help track and kill suspected militants, The New York Times reported on its website, citing military officials ...

  • No Quick Fix For Diabetes Risk

    No Quick Fix For Diabetes Risk

    bbc.co.uk (7 hours, 32 minutes ago)

    Exercise and diet are key to prevent diabetes in high-risk people, say researchers who found two drug treatments offer no benefit.

  • US Diplomat Flees South Korea Amid Fraud Probe

    US Diplomat Flees South Korea Amid Fraud Probe

    boston.com (1 hour, 43 minutes ago)

    An American diplomat based in South Korea fled to the Philippines after facing charges that he swindled a local woman out of nearly $200,000, police in the southern city of Busan said Monday.

  • Britain's Miliband Visits China Amid Rancor

    Britain's Miliband Visits China Amid Rancor

    boston.com (2 hours, 23 minutes ago)

    Britain's foreign secretary is in China to lobby for further nuclear sanctions on Iran and will seek to smooth rancor with Beijing over climate change talks and the execution of a British drug smuggler ...

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