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PepsiCo to stop selling sugary drinks from schools worldwide by 2012
NEW YORK - PepsiCo plans to remove sugary drinks from schools worldwide, following the success of programs in the U.S. aimed at cutting down on childhood obesity. The company said Tuesday it will r...
Historian at Demjanjuk trial questions validity of witness statement
MUNICH, Germany - An expert witness called into question Tuesday the worth of a statement being used against John Demjanjuk, testifying that it came from a KGB interrogation in which the prisoner may ...
Clashes sweep through east Jerusalem; US envoy cancels visit as diplomatic feud deepens
JERUSALEM - Hundreds of Palestinians in east Jerusalem set tires and garbage bins ablaze on Tuesday and hurled rocks at Israeli riot police, who responded with rubber bullets and tear gas. The heavies...
Small plane making emergency landing on beach hits, kills man jogging in South Carolina
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - A 38-year-old father of two was jogging and listening to his iPod when he was hit from behind and killed by a small plane making an emergency landing on a beach, officials s...
Fiji declares state of emergency after powerful cyclone lashes northern island groups
SUVA, Fiji - Fiji declared a state of emergency Tuesday and ordered troops to launch relief operations in northern regions battered by a powerful cyclone that knocked out power and forced thousands of...
Iraqi prime minister's bloc accuses election official of manipulating votes, calls for recount
BAGHDAD - The coalition led by Iraq's prime minister has accused an election official of manipulating vote counts from the country's parliamentary elections and called for a recount, a candidate from ...
Thai protesters splatter own blood at the front gate of government HQ to push for elections
BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai protesters poured several jugs of their own blood at the front gate of the government headquarters and outside the ruling party's offices Tuesday in a symbolic sacrifice to pr...
Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate, ex-army chief appears before court-martial
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - The former Sri Lankan army chief who lost his opposition bid for the presidency objected Tuesday to his court-martial hearing, saying the panel formed to decide his fate was biase...
Suspected US missile attack kills 9 people in northwest Pakistan: intelligence officials
MIR ALI, Pakistan - An apparent U.S. missile attack destroyed a suspected militant compound in a tribal region of northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least nine people, intelligence officials...
Early morning magnitude-4.4 earthquake shakes Southern California; no injuries reported
LOS ANGELES - An earthquake east of downtown Los Angeles rippled across Southern California before dawn Tuesday, jolting millions of people awake and putting first-responders on alert. There were n...
