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Key points of French anorexia bill
Apr 15 2008 3:36PM CT
(AP) - Key points of a bill, "Draft law aimed at fighting incitement to extreme thinness or anorexia," passed Tuesday by the French lower house of parliament:
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Pope: 'Ashamed' of clergy abuse scandal
Apr 15 2008 1:47PM CT
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) - Traveling on his first papal journey to the United States, Pope Benedict XVI confronted the clergy sex abuse scandal, saying Tuesday that he was "deeply ashamed" of the problem and vowing to keep pedophiles out of the priesthood.
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Putin accepts leadership of party
Apr 15 2008 8:14AM CT
MOSCOW (AP) - President Vladimir Putin accepted the leadership of the dominant United Russia party Tuesday, securing his grip on power after he leaves the Kremlin and becomes prime minister next month.
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France takes up body image law
Apr 15 2008 7:04AM CT
PARIS (AP) - The French parliament's lower house adopted a groundbreaking bill Tuesday that would make it illegal for anyone — including fashion magazines, advertisers and Web sites — to publicly incite extreme thinness.
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Berlusconi charts a course for Italy
Apr 15 2008 6:50AM CT
ROME (AP) - Silvio Berlusconi quickly laid out his strategy Tuesday for resolving Italy's crises, from its ailing national airline to garbage in Naples, a day after the media mogul triumphed in parliamentary elections.
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Hundreds checked for radiation in Spain
Apr 15 2008 4:02AM CT
MADRID, Spain (AP) - Spain's Nuclear Safety Council is checking some 800 people for contamination after a radioactive leak in a nuclear plant turned out to be bigger than originally reported.
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Man loses 17th-century violin on train
Apr 15 2008 12:51AM CT
LONDON (AP) - A retired shipping consultant said he lost a 17th-century violin worth nearly $400,000 after leaving it on a train.
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Serbia insists on holding vote in Kosovo
Apr 14 2008 7:09PM CT
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Serbia still plans to hold local elections in Kosovo next month, according to a government decree published Monday — a move that would defy the United Nations and ignore Kosovo's declaration of independence.
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UK official: Terror threat growing
Apr 14 2008 1:29PM CT
LONDON (AP) - British anti-terror officials are monitoring 30 terrorism plots and some 2,000 people as the threat against the country continues to grow, Britain's Home Secretary said in a newspaper interview.
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Thousands view Holocaust train exhibit
Apr 13 2008 5:43PM CT
BERLIN (AP) - Thousands of Berlin residents waited in line for up to four hours on Sunday to see an exhibit pulled on a train commemorating Jewish children sent by the Nazis to death camps.
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