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Death sentence affirmed in sarin attack
TOKYO, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Japan's top court has affirmed the death sentences of two men convicted in a fatal sarin gas attack on a subway station, officials said.
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Hurricane Ida nears Cuba
MIAMI, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Hurricane Ida grew in strength Sunday as it neared the northeastern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula and was expected to pass by Cuba, officials said.
Dalai Lama visits border monastery
TAWANG, India, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Thousands of people Sunday greeted the Dalai Lama as he ignored China's warning not to visit the border town of Tawang, India, officials said.
Thousands remember Yitzhak Rabin
TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was remembered Sunday as a man of reason who sought peace with the Palestinians, officials said.
Mayor, 11 others killed in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The Taliban have claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed a local mayor and 11 others in northwest Pakistan Sunday.
'Take a moment to remember them all'
'Take a moment to remember them all'
FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army Saturday identified the 13 people killed in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas:
Hasan taken off ventilator
FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 fellow military members at Fort Hood, has been taken off a ventilator, the Army said.
U.S. Supreme Court: Life without parole for a 13-year-old
U.S. Supreme Court: Life without parole for a 13-year-old
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Every once in a while society pauses to take stock, usually through the courts, to see if its actions measure up to "evolving standards of decency."
House approves sweeping healthcare reform
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. House Saturday night narrowly passed a sweeping overhaul of the healthcare system that backers say would provide coverage to almost all Americans.
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House approves sweeping healthcare reform
House approves sweeping healthcare reform
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. House Saturday night narrowly passed a sweeping overhaul of the healthcare system that backers say would provide coverage to almost all Americans.
Investigators believe Hasan acted alone
FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- The massacre at Fort Hood, Texas, was not part of a terrorist plot, investigators have tentatively concluded.
Student charged with killing rooommate
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A California State University-Sacramento student who allegedly killed one of his roommates with a baseball bat has been charged with murder.
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