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18.05.2008
BOSTON - Senator Edward Kennedy, the lone surviving son in a famed political family who helped define national Democratic Party politics, suffered a seizure at his Cape Cod home on Saturday and was recovering in good spirits at a Boston hospital.
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18.05.2008
DONGHEKOU, China - Two rivers blocked by landslides threatened to flood towns shattered by China's massive earthquake, sending thousands of survivors fleeing Saturday in a region still staggering from the country's worst disaster in 30 years.
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18.05.2008
LAFAYETTE, La. - Six cars of a freight train derailed Saturday, causing a hydrochloric acid leak that forced thousands of people to leave homes, businesses and a nursing home within 1.5 kilometres of the wreck.
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18.05.2008
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico - Police say a Canadian tourist was shot and killed late Thursday inside his hotel room in the Mexican resort city of Cabo San Lucas.
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18.05.2008
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela on Saturday accused 60 Colombian soldiers of illegally entering its territory, as tensions over Venezuela's alleged effort to aid Colombian guerrillas swirl.
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18.05.2008
LUDLOW, Calif. - A charter bus travelling on a Mojave Desert freeway flipped on its side Saturday morning, killing a woman and injuring 21 other people, authorities said.
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18.05.2008
ANGELS CAMP, Calif. - A mechanical failure caused the collapse of a spinning-chair ride at a county fair that injured all 23 aboard, mostly children, according to an initial investigation by state inspectors.
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18.05.2008
SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. - A Michigan mother of four says she feels snubbed by the Girl Scout organization after being told she's on the hook for $192.50.
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17.05.2008
WINDSOR, England - The eldest grandson of the Queen married his Canadian fiancee Saturday in a private ceremony at Windsor Castle.
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17.05.2008
ANGELS CAMP, Calif. - A carnival ride at the annual fair celebrating the popular Calaveras County jumping frog contest in northern California collapsed, injuring all 24 people aboard, authorities said.
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