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Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken
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A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported her missing from the trailer park where she was staying, according to the warrant. Authorities embarked on a nearly weeklong search that ended when the girl’s body was found dumped off a rural road.
Updated: 03:35 PM
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Pa. judges in juvenile kickbacks case win immunity
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Two former Pennsylvania judges accused of taking kickbacks to supply private detention facilities with juveniles have been granted partial immunity from civil liability.
Updated: 03:35 PM
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Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin
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A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus.
Updated: 03:35 PM
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Kidnapped Britons say Somali pirates may kill them
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A British couple being held hostage by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday that they fear they will be killed or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom is not paid soon.
Updated: 03:35 PM
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US envoy criticizes coverage of Obama China visit
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Washington’s ambassador to Beijing hit out Friday at negative U.S. media coverage of President Barack Obama’s visit to China, saying it failed to take into account important progress on many issues.
Updated: 03:35 PM
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Mumbai still vulnerable 1 year after attack
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The walls that the rockets blew out have not been repaired, and the plaster is a dense scattershot of bullet holes. Dozens of holes, blasted by grenades, pockmark the linoleum floors.
Updated: 03:35 PM
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Baby gorillas to get new sanctuary in east Congo
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Conservationists say Congolese schoolchildren will soon be able to take a closer look at baby mountain gorillas.
Updated: 11:05 AM
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Kenya unveils constitution to avoid vote violence
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A government-appointed panel this week unveiled a draft constitution that is part of wide-ranging efforts to avoid a repeat of political violence that saw more than 1,000 people killed after Kenya’s December 2007 presidential elections.
Updated: 09:35 AM
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Yemen: Somali pirates hijack Panamanian cargo ship
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Yemen’s coast guard says Somali pirates have hijacked a Panamanian cargo ship in the treacherous Gulf of Aden between the Arabian peninsula and the Horn of Africa.
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Palestinians to set new date for elections
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Palestinian officials announced Friday that a new date for parliamentary and presidential elections will be set next month now that President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to postpone the January vote, though the Gaza Strip’s Hamas rulers maintain they will boycott the voting.
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