AP – Respected American journalist Marie Colvin, who spent decades reporting on conflicts from Sri Lanka to Syria, focusing on the suffering of women and children in wartime, died in a fierce shelling attack Wednesday in Syria.
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Reuters – American correspondent Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday when rockets fired by government forces hit the house they were staying in, opposition activists and witnesses said.
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AP – An inmate riot that may have been staged to cover a breakout killed 44 prisoners Sunday, and the jail’s director and all guards on duty at the time have been detained, a security official said.
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44 killed in Mexico prison riot; guards detained
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AP – A representative for Stephen Colbert says “The Colbert Report” will return Monday after a sudden break due to the ailing health of the star’s mother.
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‘Colbert Report’ to return Monday after absence
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Reuters – This week’s revelations that Google Inc, Twitter and other popular Internet companies have been taking liberties with customer data have prompted criticism from privacy advocates and lawmakers, along with apologies from the companies.
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Data collection arms race feeds privacy fears
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AP – A Chinese envoy visiting Damascus is calling on all sides in Syria to stop the violence and says he is hopeful that the authorities will restore stability soon.
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Chinese envoy in Syria urges end to violence
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AP – Eastern Europe’s tradition of political revolt has met the digital age. This time it’s not communists or food shortages fueling fury, but an international copyright treaty that opponents say threatens freedom on the Internet.
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Eastern Europeans fuel fight for Internet freedoms
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Reuters – Defense lawyers made a case for Allen Stanford’s innocence on Friday in a courtroom filled with people who said he had stolen millions of dollars of their savings.
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Three years on, investors attend Stanford trial
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