By ROB GRIFFITH 2010-09-07T00:45:39ZCHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) -- A sharp series of about 20 aftershocks rattled New Zealand's earthquake-hit city of Christchurch overnight, and earthquake experts warned Tuesday that another powerful tremblor might hammer the region in coming days....
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Sharp series of aftershocks strike New Zealand
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Pakistanis suspect landowners of diverting floods
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By SEBASTIAN ABBOT and ASHRAF KHAN 2010-09-06T20:03:15ZSUKKUR, Pakistan (AP) -- As the disastrous floods recede in Pakistan, something new is rising: suspicions and rumors that powerful officials and landowners used their influence to divert water away from their property and inundate the villages and fields of millions of poor Pakistanis....
Suriname leader: Drug conviction 'almost a joke'
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By BERT WILKINSON 2010-09-07T00:35:23ZGEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) -- Former Surinamese dictator Desi Bouterse shrugged off questions about his past during his first overseas trip as elected president, saying Monday that he will not interfere in his ongoing murder trial and dismissing a 1999 drug conviction as "almost a joke."...
Death toll 45 in Guatemala mudslides; more missing
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By LUIS ANGEL SAS 2010-09-06T23:19:26ZGUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- Searchers on Monday pulled five more bodies from a mud-covered highway where back-to-back landslides buried bus passengers and people trying to save them. Yet more mudslides helped raise Guatemala's official death toll to 45 after days of torrential rains....
Argentines risking all to carry huge wads of cash
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By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA and MICHAEL WARREN 2010-09-06T20:02:01ZBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- The "marker" lurks inside the bank, looking for people pulling large amounts of cash from a safe deposit box or bank account. The gunmen linger outside, usually on motorcyles, waiting to make their move....
Lawyer: Iran woman could be stoned to death soon
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By NASSER KARIMI 2010-09-06T21:30:45ZTEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The lawyer for an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned on an adultery conviction said Monday that he and her children are worried the delayed execution could be carried out soon with the end of a moratorium on death sentences for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan....
Unions suspend South African civil service strike
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By DONNA BRYSON 2010-09-06T18:34:49ZCENTURION, South Africa (AP) -- South African civil servants unions are suspending a nationwide strike for higher wages to give members time to consider the government's latest offer, labor leaders said Monday....
Jerry Hall's art collection on auction block
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By GREGORY KATZ 2010-09-06T18:27:30ZLONDON (AP) -- Model Jerry Hall plans to auction some of her art collection next month, including a famous portrait by Lucian Freud that shows her nude when she was eight months pregnant, Sotheby's said Monday....
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