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New round of storms threatens SoCal foothill towns
Authorities have called on residents of more than 500 homes in the wildfire-scarred Southern California foothills to evacuate by Tuesday morning, fearing that heavy rains from a new round of storms could cause more mudslides.
Minn. bridge collapse widow adopts Haitian twins
Betsy Sathers wears the glow of a new mother as she perches on the couch in her family room, smiling and chatting with visitors while still managing to keep an eye on the 2-year-old twins burbling and cavorting at her feet.
 
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New round of storms threatens SoCal foothill towns
Authorities have called on residents of more than 500 homes in the wildfire-scarred Southern California foothills to evacuate by Tuesday morning, fearing that heavy rains from a new round of storms could cause more mudslides.  
Updated: 09:05 AM
 
Minn. bridge collapse widow adopts Haitian twins
Betsy Sathers wears the glow of a new mother as she perches on the couch in her family room, smiling and chatting with visitors while still managing to keep an eye on the 2-year-old twins burbling and cavorting at her feet.  
Updated: 09:05 AM
 
Russian military calls US missile defense a threat
Russia’s top military officer says U.S. missile defense plans in Europe are aimed at Russia and should be part of talks on a new arms control treaty.  
Updated: 09:05 AM
 
Tymoshenko camp vows to challenge Ukraine vote
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s campaign said Tuesday it plans to legally challenge the results of the presidential runoff that opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych appears to have won.  
Updated: 08:05 AM
 
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Officials: Afghan avalanches may have killed 70
Officials say Afghan avalanches on a mountain pass north of Kabul may have killed up to 70 people as rescuers evacuated more than 400 injured.  
Updated: 09:05 AM
 
US Army tightens noose in southern Afghanistan
U.S. Army soldiers have launched a major operation in support of a planned U.S.-Afghan attack on the largest Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan.  
Updated: 08:35 AM
 
Nigeria: Lawmakers empower vice president
Parliament empowered Vice President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday to take over for the ill president of oil-rich Nigeria, whose absence has stoked unrest in Africa’s most populous country.  
Updated: 08:05 AM
 
Zimbabwean law to require black business ownership
White businesspeople in Zimbabwe who don’t cede control of their companies to black partners could face jail under a law going into effect next month.  
Updated: 06:35 AM
 
Netanyahu’s government tries to save settler house
The Israeli government has stepped in to save a house built illegally by Jewish settlers in a volatile Palestinian neighborhood in east Jerusalem, complicating already troubled U.S. efforts to renew Mideast peacemaking.  
 
Palestinian refugee agency warns of funding gap
The head of the U.N. agency aiding Palestinian refugees is warning of a looming funding shortfall and appealing for another $100 million.  
 

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