South African police kill 2 more in crackdown on mine strikes: councillor shot, miner run over(2)

RUSTENBURG, South Africa - Days after soldiers were deployed, South African President Jacob Zuma's office announced Thursday that he has ordered military forces to assist police trying to control labour unrest in the nation's crucial mining sector. ...

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US space shuttle Endeavour to honour Giffords with flyover at astronaut husband's request

Space shuttle Endeavour flies over Ellington Field atop the shuttle aircraft carrier Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Houston. Endeavour is making a final trek across the country to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be permanently...

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Syrian TV says military helicopter has crashed near Damascus

BEIRUT - A Syrian military helicopter crashed in a rebellious suburb of Damascus on Thursday, state-run TV said, but the circumstances in which the aircraft went down were not immediately clear. The brief Syrian TV report said the helicopter crashed...

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Who are the 47 per cent? The 3 groups Mitt Romney called out in his controversial remarks

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns at a rally at Darwin Fuchs Pavilion in Miami, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) WASHINGTON - Just which 47 per cent of Americans...

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US seeks $1 billion fine, long prison terms in LCD price-fixing case

SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Department of Justice is demanding that a Taiwanese company pay a $1 billion fine, and two former top executives each serve 10 years in prison for their role in what government officials call the most serious price-fixing cartel...

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Strikers block trains, but protests against Indian gov't reforms only moderately successful

Samajwadi Party activists hold an effigy representing Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his cabinet colleagues before burning it during a protest along railway tracks in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. Angry opposition workers...

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Syrian TV says a military helicopter has crashed near Damascus

DAMASCUS, Syria - A Syrian military helicopter crashed Thursday near the capital, Damascus, state-run TV said. The report said the helicopter went down southeast of Douma, a Damascus suburb. There were no further details. The government increasingly...

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