Cuba boots foreign journalists
HAVANA (AP): Cuban press authorities have told the Havana correspondents for the Chicago Tribune, the BBC and a major Mexican newspaper that they can no longer report from the island.The Chicago Tribune said correspondent Gary Marx, based in the country...
Virginia assembly to apologise for slavery
RICHMOND, Virginia (AP):Meeting on the grounds of the former Confederate capitol, the Virginia General Assembly voted unanimously on Saturday to express "profound regret" for the state's role in slavery.Sponsors of the resolution say they know...
Suicide bomber kills 40 at school
BAGHDAD (Reuters):A suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives killed 40 people in a Baghdad college yesterday, a day after Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki expressed optimism about a security crackdown in the capital.
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