Sadr's followers refuse to disband Mahdi Army militia
In Basra and across southern Iraq, supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr reject disbanding the Mahdi Army amid government pressure. Iraq reports say 40 militants killed and 40 captured near Nasiriyah as Prime Minister al Maliki and U.S. forces push operations.
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FLDS seeks to shape narrative after Texas raid
After Texas authorities seized 416 children from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the sect launched a high profile media campaign. Spokesman Rod Parker said the push aimed to humanize members and show faces, while critics noted the crisis underlined long standing secrecy around polygamy communities.
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Eldorado
Congress shifts Latin America policy under Democrats
Democrats control Congress and clash with the Bush administration over Latin America policy. They stall a Colombia free trade vote and seek to cut a 500 million Merida Initiative request for Mexico, while calling for a broad reassessment of Cuba Venezuela and the drug war.
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Pakistan Superstore opens in Islamabad bringing vast range
The Pakistan Superstore in Islamabad and Rawalpindi opened April 3 offering trampolines motorcycles skateboards lettuce and mutton along with live crabs and aluminum ladders. Customers praise the store saying it is long overdue and a major improvement over prior shopping. Metro warehouse store rival of Metro chain grants membership access.
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High school student plots bombing diary found in Chesterfield
A senior 18-year-old Ryan Schallenberger was arrested after 10 pounds of ammonium nitrate arrived at his home. Police say a hate filled diary with maps of the school and Colunbine killer praise outlined the attack plan.
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Chesterfield
Randall Lear
Nine Finnish tourists dead in Spain bus crash near Benalmadena
The Finnish Foreign Ministry said nine people were killed when a bus carrying Finnish tourists collided with another vehicle and overturned on a coastal highway near Benalmadena in southern Spain late Saturday.
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New Mexico wildfire races toward two towns
High winds grounded air tankers and fanned flames as a wildfire advanced toward Manzano and Torreon, communities southeast of Albuquerque. About 130 homes were urged to evacuate. no injuries were reported. Torrance County Emergency Manager John Cordova cautioned residents to leave.
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UN chief urges higher food output to curb rising prices
The U N secretary general in Accra warned that global food production must rise to ease surging costs. He pledged a crisis task force as food prices jumped about 40 percent since mid-2007, fueling riots in Cameroon Burkina Faso Haiti and Egypt.
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