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Americans Dream of Riches as Powerball Lottery Hits $600 Million Millions of Americans lined up Saturday for a chance to have their dreams come true. Saturday night's Powerball lottery jackpot climbed to an astronomical $600 million for a single winner, and may be even higher by the time the numbers are drawn. Winners
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Ivory Coast Militia Leader Arrested for 2011 Massacre Soldiers in Ivory Coast have arrested a militia leader who was allegedly involved in a 2011 massacre of political opponents. Military officials say Amade Oueremigave himself up Saturday as soldiers began to converge near his hideout. Oueremi and his fight
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Assad Says He Will Not Step Down Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says in a newspaper interview that he will not step down before next year's elections. Assad's comments were published Saturday in the Argentine newspaper, Clarin. They were the first about his political future since the U
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Oxbow Wins Preakness, Orb Finishes 4th Oxbow has won the Preakness Stakes, meaning that there will be no Triple Crown winner this year. Oxbow, ridden by Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens and trained by veteran trainer Wayne Lukas, Saturday led the Preakness in Baltimore, Maryland from start to
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African Mines: A Potential Source of Funds for Infrastructure In sub-Saharan Africa, many economies are growing briskly, thanks to the continents abundant natural resources and global commodities boom. Development experts say revenues from minerals, oil and gas could help many countries fund much needed roads, bridg
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Top Pakistani Politician Gunned Down in Karachi A top Pakistani politician has been shot and killed in Karachi. Police say Zahra Shahid Hussain was shot twice in the head Saturday during an attempted street robbery outside her home. She died on the way to the hospital. A spokesman for Hussain's Pakista
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Pope: Church Must Help Poorest, Not Dissect Theology Pope Francis shared personal moments with 200,000 people on Saturday, telling them he sometimes nods off while praying at the end of a long day and that it breaks my heart that the death of a homeless person is not news. Francis, who has made straight tal
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At Least 5 Dead in Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion Authorities in Texas say at least five -- possibly as many as 15 -- people have been killed in the southwestern U.S. state as a result of Wednesday's massive explosion at a fertilizer plant. A spokesman for the Waco, Texas police department says at least
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Sectarian Violence Kills 11 in Iraq It was a violent day in Iraq Saturday with at least 11 people killed and 10 policemen kidnapped as hatred simmers between the ruling Shi'ite majority and the Sunni minority. Gunmen broke into the home of an anti-terrorism policeman in the Baghdad suburb o
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Report: Obama Trims Afghan War Budget Request U.S. President Barack Obama is trimming his funding request for the Afghan war. The Reuters news agency quotes an unidentified White House aide as saying the president has decreased his request for funding the war in Afghanistan by 10 percent for the 2014
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