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Millions of children battle poverty, abuse

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST

Twenty years after the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child, multitudes of children across the globe are still suffering from poverty, abuse and disease.

Dems push health bill vote

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST

Washington -- After negotiating last-minute commitments, Senate Democratic leaders on Friday stood on the verge of achieving the necessary 60 votes to begin consideration of the most expansive health care legislation before the Senate in nearly half a century.

More Hasan e-mails found

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST

Washington -- There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his deadly rampage, the chairman of the Senate Armed Forces Committee said Friday.

Pentagon vows to examine own role in Afghan corruption

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST

Halifax, Nova Scotia -- The United States will do its part to reduce corruption in Afghanistan by examining its own contracts and projects, even as it is demanding the same from the Afghan government, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday.

Feds cite cluster of Tamiflu resistance

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST

Atlanta -- Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday.

Military schools get few minority names

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST

Annapolis, Md. -- As the nation's military academies try to recruit more minorities, they aren't getting much help from members of Congress from big-city districts with large numbers of blacks, Hispanics and Asians.

Researcher: Faint writing on shroud points to Jesus

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST

Rome -- A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. Experts say the historian may be reading too much into the markings, and they stand by carbon-dating that points to the shroud being a medieval forgery.

Nation/World briefs

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST

Feds to drop charges against Blackwater guard; California students protest fee hikes; Ethics committee rebukes Sen. Burris; Floods swallow U.K. Lake District; Explosion kills 11 in China coal mine

Obama faces tight schedule for Afghan troop announcement

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST

Washington -- President Barack Obama will have scant time to rest up from his eight-day Asia trip.

Pentagon review set in wake of Ft. Hood

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST

Washington -- The Pentagon said Thursday it will scour its procedures for identifying volatile soldiers hidden in the ranks following the Fort Hood shooting rampage and for lapses that might allow others to slip through bureaucratic cracks.