AP – The Pakistani army said Sunday that it was investigating reports that Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died from injuries sustained in a U.S. drone missile strike in mid-January.

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AP – A group of 10 American Baptists were being held in the Haitian capital Sunday after trying take 33 children out of Haiti.

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AP – Israeli defense officials say a Hamas commander assassinated in Dubai played a central role in smuggling weapons from Iran to Gaza militants.
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AP – The state of the world’s economy, and keeping it on a course of recovery, is the focus of the last day of the World Economic Forum.

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AP – Afghanistan’s president appealed to Taliban fighters Sunday to lay down their weapons and accept Afghan laws as the government and its international allies push a program to entice militants away from the insurgency.

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REAL Madrid broke a 19-year winless streak at Deportivo La Coruna’s Riazor Stadium with a 3-1 victory, while Barcelona extended its unbeaten run to 20 matches by beating Sporting Gijon 1-0 in the Spanish league …

NAPOLI missed several excellent scoring chances to draw 0-0 at home with Genoa in the Serie A yesterday.
Napoli’s Paolo Cannavaro hit the bar from long range at the end of the first half and teammate …

UNDER-PRESSURE England captain John Terry scored with eight minutes left yesterday to give Premier League title chaser Chelsea a 2-1 win at Burnley.
Chelsea had looked set to drop valuable points after conceding…

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BAYERN Munich scored three second-half goals to beat Mainz 3-0 yesterday and regain first place in the Bundesliga, at least until Bayer Leverkusen plays Freiburg at home today.
Daniel van Buyten, Mario Gomez and…

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plans to raise the city's minimum wage by 15% and to speed up building subsidized housing this year to help low-income residents cope with the city's overly high property prices, Shanghai Mayor
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