| 2 more bodies found on Italian cruise ship (AP) |
AP - Coast guard divers searching the submerged part of the Costa Concordia on Sunday found the bodies of two elderly men still in their life jackets, authorities said, raising to five the death toll after the luxury cruise liner ran aground and tipped over off the Tuscan coast.
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| Rivals warn Romney would be a weak GOP nominee (AP) |
AP - Mitt Romney's record at a private equity firm and his advocacy of a health insurance mandate while Massachusetts governor would hobble him as the GOP presidential nominee, several rivals said Sunday, hoping to slow the front-runner's momentum before the South Carolina primary.
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| UN chief says Syrian president must stop violence (AP) |
AP - The U.N. chief demanded Sunday that Syria's president stop killing his own people and said the "old order" of one-man rule and family dynasties is over in the Middle East on a day when activists said 27 people died.
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| Russian space probe crashes into Pacific (AP) |
AP - A failed Russian space probe has crashed in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, showering fragments south of Chile's coast in a fiery plunge, the Russian military said in a statement.
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| More US Catholics take complaints to church court (AP) |
AP - Parents upset by the admission policy at a parochial school. Clergy and parishioners at odds over use of their building. A priest resisting a transfer to another parish.
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| Iran warns Gulf Arabs on oil (AP) |
AP - Iran warned Gulf Arab oil producers against boosting production to offset any potential drop in Tehran's crude exports in the event of an embargo affecting its oil sales, the latest salvo in the dispute between the West and the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program.
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| US military chief to Israel as Iran tension grows (AP) |
AP - The top U.S. military commander is scheduled for talks in Israel this week, Israel said Sunday, at a time when the U.S. is concerned that Israel might be preparing to attack Iran over its nuclear program.
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| Towering legend, flawed man? King's image evolving (AP) |
AP - On the National Mall in Washington, Martin Luther King Jr. is a towering, heroic figure carved in stone. On the Broadway stage, he's a living, breathing man who chain smokes, sips liquor and occasionally curses.
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| Pakistan Taliban leader reported dead in US strike (AP) |
AP - Intercepted militant radio communications indicate the leader of the Pakistani Taliban may have been killed in a recent U.S. drone strike, Pakistani intelligence officials said Sunday. A Taliban official denied that.
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| Tanker carrying fuel nears iced-in Alaska town (AP) |
AP - The ice that has cut off a remote Alaska town for months will connect it to the world again when crews build a path over it to carry fuel from a Russian tanker that was moored a half-mile from the town's harbor Sunday morning.
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| In flap over S. Carolina law, old tensions and a campaign issue (Reuters) |
| Reuters - The state that fired the first shot in the Civil War is once again battling the U.S. government in a racially charged conflict that is drawing heated rhetoric from Republican presidential candidates. |
| Pakistan Taliban leader believed dead: intelligence officials (Reuters) |
| Reuters - The leader of the Pakistani Taliban, the militant movement that poses the gravest security threat to the country, was believed killed by a U.S. drone strike, four Pakistan intelligence officials told Reuters on Sunday. |
| Two more bodies found on Italian cruise ship (Reuters) |
| Reuters - Divers found the bodies of two elderly men inside a capsized cruiseliner on Sunday, bringing the known death toll from a spectacular accident off Italy's coast to five, with another 70 people injured. |
| Qaeda militants seize Yemen town, Norwegian kidnapped (Reuters) |
Reuters - Al Qaeda militants have seized a small town southeast of Yemen's capital Sanaa Sunday in another setback to efforts to restore order after President Ali Abdullah Saleh formally handed over power following almost a year of mass protests against his rule.
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| Nigerian strikes set to resume Monday (Reuters) |
| Reuters - Nigerian labor unions said they would resume nationwide strikes on Monday, crippling the second largest economy in Africa, after failing to reach a compromise with the government over scrapped fuel subsidies. |