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at 7:12 on March 12, 2010, EDT.

Japan arrests New Zealand anti-whaling activist for illegally boarding Japanese vessel

TOKYO - Japan's coast guard arrested an anti-whaling activist from New Zealand on Friday for illegally boarding a whaling ship last month in the latest incident in the ongoing battle over Japanese whaling.

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at 7:09 on March 12, 2010, EDT.

Heavy rain and melting snow cause severe flooding in Kazakhstan, claiming lives

ALMATY, Kazakhstan - Heavy rain and melting snow have caused severe floods across a region of Kazakhstan neighbouring China, flooding villages and claiming lives, emergency officials said Friday.

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at 7:07 on March 12, 2010, EDT.

Mississippi school sued after it calls off senior prom rather than let lesbian couple attend

JACKSON, Miss. - An 18-year-old lesbian student who wanted to take her girlfriend to her senior prom is asking a federal judge to force her Mississippi school district reinstate the dance it cancelled rather than let the couple attend.

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at 6:55 on March 12, 2010, EDT.

Israel declares two-day closure of West Bank to head off unrest

JERUSALEM - Israel has sealed off the West Bank for 48 hours, preventing Palestinians from entering Israel because of fears of unrest.

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at 6:54 on March 12, 2010, EDT.

11 rare Siberian tigers die at cash-strapped Chinese zoo

BEIJING - Eleven rare Siberian tigers, starving and kept in small cages, have died at a cash-strapped zoo in China, heightening concerns about conditions at wildlife facilities in the country, where activists say profiteering off the carcasses of endangered species sometimes drives over-breeding.

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at 6:53 on March 12, 2010, EDT.

Pope meets with top German bishop to discuss sex scandal rocking church in his homeland

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI met Friday with Germany's top bishop amid the spiraling abuse scandal rocking the Catholic Church in his homeland.

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at 6:04 on March 12, 2010, EDT.

Somali official tells residents to flee battle zones as fighting flares for a third day

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Fighting erupted in Somalia's capital for the third straight day Friday in some of the worst violence in nearly a year, as government-backed troops shelled the front lines of rebels trying to advance into government-held territory.

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at 6:02 on March 12, 2010, EDT.

Police kill 2 suspected militants in Indonesia, stepping up crackdown

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Indonesian police killed two suspected Islamist militants in a firefight in remote Aceh province Friday during the latest in a series of raids made since an extremist training camp was discovered there last month. Eight other suspects were arrested.

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at 5:59 on March 12, 2010, EDT.

Malaysia detains 93 Rohingya boat people who have been at sea for 30 days

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian authorities have picked up 93 Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar who said they spent 30 days at sea in a crowded wooden boat, an official said Friday.

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at 5:56 on March 12, 2010, EDT.

Suicide bombings kill 39, wound 95 in Pakistan's Lahore, signal potential new wave of violence

LAHORE, Pakistan - A pair of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other Friday, killing at least 39 people in this eastern city and wounding nearly 100, police said. It was the fourth major attack in Pakistan this week, indicating Islamist militants are stepping up violence after a period of relative calm.

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