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WASHINGTON (CNN) — Abu Laith al-Libi, a wanted al Qaeda terrorist, was killed in Pakistan by a CIA airstrike, three U.S. officials told CNN Thursday.

Al-Libi was described as a senior al Qaeda leader believed to have plotted and executed attacks against U.S. and coalition forces, including a February 2007 bombing at [...]

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(CNN) — The recent snowstorm in China, which has stranded hundreds of thousands of people across the country and killed dozens, is related to the La Nina phenomenon, according to a Chinese weather expert

La Nina is the opposite of El Nino, which follows El Nino and occurs every few years. During La [...]

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SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) — The number of chinook salmon returning to California’s Central Valley has reached a near-record low, pointing to an unprecedented collapse that could lead to severe restrictions on West Coast salmon fishing this year, according to federal fishery regulators.

The sharp drop in chinook, or king, salmon returning [...]

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(CNN) — Republicans have battled fiercely for votes in Tuesday’s critical Florida primary, as Democrats have largely ignored the state after national leadership said it would not seat Florida’s delegates because of a squabble over scheduling.

Sen. John McCain of Arizona and former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts appear to be neck-and-neck in [...]

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(CNN) — Mormon leader Gordon B. Hinckley died Sunday night at age 97, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints announced.

Hinckley served as president of the Salt Lake City-based church since 1995 and has been a member of its top leadership since the 1960s.
He died about 7 p.m. Sunday (9 [...]

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PARIS, France (CNN) — The trader accused of making fraudulent transactions that cost French banking giant Societe Generale 4.9 billion ($7.2 billion) is being questioned in the case, the French national police said Saturday.

The man, 31-year-old Jerome Kerviel, is accused of making fraudulent transactions involving European index futures that were beyond his [...]

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ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — Four active-duty U.S. soldiers — three of them elite Army Rangers — have been arrested and charged with planning to rob drug traffickers.
Wearing street clothes, Rangers Carlos Lopez, 30, and David Ray White, 28, and Army medic Stefan Andre Champagne, 28, appeared in federal court Friday.
They’re charged with [...]

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BOCA RATON, Florida (AP) — Leading Republican presidential contenders agreed in a campaign debate Thursday night that the newly minted bipartisan economic stimulus package marks a good start, but does not do enough to cut taxes.

It’s something I support and I look forward to taking it further, said former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt [...]

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(CNN) — Tennis star Venus Williams is a six-time Grand Slam winner with possibly the fastest serve ever seen in the women’s game. With the Australian Open under way, CNN’s Anjali Rao sits down with Williams as she discusses her current No. 8 world ranking, growing up in a tough Los Angeles neighborhood, her [...]

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NEW YORK (CNN) — An autopsy Wednesday morning on actor Heath Ledger was inconclusive, and a cause-of-death determination will take 10 to 14 days, a medical examiner’s spokeswoman said.

The Academy Award-nominated actor was found dead Tuesday of a possible drug overdose in a Lower Manhattan apartment, the New York Police Department said. [...]

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