Chilean miner completes another battle

Rescued Chilean miner Edison Pena, who jogged the tunnels while trapped underground, has completed the New York Marathon.He wore his trademark sunglasses during the race, just as he had when he emerged into the glare of the sunlight from the depths of the Copiapo mine last month.Finishing in an unofficial time of five hours and forty minutes, Pena crossed the finish line draped in a Chilean flag, his left knee strapped up and iced after an injury stop near the

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Firefighters surround the Qantas passenger plane which made an emergency landing in Singapore. Photo / AP.
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Firefighters surround the Qantas passenger plane which made an emergency landing in Singapore. Photo / AP.
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After completing about five weeks of rehab, Lindsay Lohan took an excursion to a mall in Palm Desert, California.(PEOPLE.com) -- After completing about five weeks of rehab at the Betty Ford Center, Lindsay Lohan took an excursion to wallet-friendly Forever 21.

Molinari claims victory as Westwood cements No.1 status

Francesco Molinari celebrates his superb victory after a dramatic head-to-head with Lee Westwood.
(CNN) -- Italy's Francesco Molinari held off the challenge of new world number one Lee Westwood to win the WGC-HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai by a single shot.

Dubai officials dismiss claim of blast on plane

An image dated September 3, 2010 shows smoke rising from the crash scene of a UPS cargo plane at a military base in Dubai.
(CNN) -- No evidence has surfaced of an explosion aboard a UPS cargo plane that crashed in Dubai last September, officials in the United Arab Emirates said Saturday.

Rescuers recover 'black box' of crashed plane in Cuba

Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- Search crews have found the flight data recorder in the charred remains of a fiery plane crash in central Cuba that left 68 people dead, state media reported Friday.

The Aerocaribbean plane was carrying 40 Cubans and 28 foreigners, the state-run website Cubadebate said. None of them survived the crash, the website said.

Man arrested in shootings targeting immigrants in Sweden

Swedish police secure the area where two people were shot in Malmo, Sweden, on October 21.
(CNN) -- Swedish police have arrested a 38-year-old man suspected in a series of shootings targeting immigrants, they said Sunday.
"The man was arrested late Saturday night on suspicion of murder and attempted murder,"

Polls open in Myanmar for first election in 20 years

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Yangon, Myanmar (CNN) -- Polls opened Sunday in Myanmar as the nation holds its first election in 20 years -- an electoral contest critics say is aimed at creating a facade of democracy.

Guinea presidential candidates sign peace agreement

Conakry, Guinea (CNN) -- Both candidates in Guinea's presidential runoff election signed an agreement Friday aimed at keeping the peace ahead of Sunday's vote.

Nuns get $220,000 from sale of rare baseball card

Only 50 to 60 T206 Honus Wagner cards are believed to exist.
(CNN) -- Years after his death, baseball legend Honus Wagner hit a home run for a group of nuns, who will use proceeds from the sale of his extremely rare baseball card to do charitable work.

Obama starts second day in India on lighter note

President Obama boogies in India
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Labour MP Paul Farrelly has admitted he "wrestled" a man to the floor inside the Houses of Parliament.

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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei says he is under house arrest

One of China's best-known artists, Ai Weiwei, says he has been under house arrest at his home in Beijing.

He says the authorities want to prevent him holding a party to mark the forced demolition of his new Shanghai studio.

US President Barack Obama announces $10bn India deals

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US President Barack Obama has announced $10bn (£6.2bn) in new trade deals with India.

He was speaking in Mumbai at the start of a 10-day Asian tour designed to boost US exports and create jobs.
Obama also announced an easing of US export controls and rejected caricatures of India as a nation of "call centres.

Al-Qaeda group claims cargo bombs

The explosives were concealed in printer ink cartridges
Militant group al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has said it sent two parcel bombs on cargo planes bound for the US last week, in messages on Islamist websites.
The group also said it was responsible for bringing down an American cargo plane in Dubai in September.

Mexico Gulf drug cartel leader Ezequiel Cardenas killed

Cardenas died after a shoot-out lasting several hours
A leader of Mexico's powerful Gulf drug cartel has been shot dead by security forces in a town near the US border, the Mexican military says.
Ezequiel Cardenas Guillen, known as "Tony Tormenta", was killed in the city of Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville in Texas.
He is the brother of former Gulf cartel leader Osiel Cardenas, who was extradited to the US in 2007.
Residents in Matamoros spoke of a shoot-out lasting for several hours.

Pope Benedict XVI sees 'aggressive secularism' in Spain

The Pope was greeted by thousands of people as he arrived in Santiago de Compostela

Pope Benedict XVI has warned of an "aggressive anti-clericalism" in Spain which he said was akin to that experienced during the 1930s.

Merapi volcano forces cancellation of Jakarta flights

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Somali pirates receive record ransom for ships' release

The Samho Dream's 24 crew members are said to be in good condition
Somali pirates are reported to have received a total of $12.3m (£7.6m) in ransom money to release two ships.
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Greeks head to the polls today for local elections that Prime Minister George Papandreou has called a key test of support for his government as it grapples with a crippling budget deficit and debt burden.

Satellite launched from US base

A rocket carrying an Earth-observation satellite for civilian and military use has launched from California's Central Coast.

Obama calls India creator, not poacher, of US jobs

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks as first lady Michelle Obama listens after paying tribute at the memorial for the November 26, 2008 terror attack victims at the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel in Mumbai, India. Photo / AP

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For someone who lives close to some of the world's most wanted men, Abu Mudrik Bin Fahir takes a suprisingly neighbourly attitude. A tribal sheikh in the eastern Yemeni province of Shabwah, his fiefdom is wedged amid the mountains that serve as the main base for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the group that claims to have masterminded last month's parcel bomb plot.

Why Silvio Berlusconi is still standing

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Photo: EPA
Not for the first time, all of Italy and half the world is agog at Silvio Berlusconi's sex life and at what appears to be his abuse of power.

Swedes in shock at King Carl Gustaf sex scandal

The book has caused uproar and dominated the country's media Photo: AFP/GETTY

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Five months ago, the Swedish royal family was the toast of Europe. All eyes were trained on Stockholm as the glamorous Crown Princess Victoria wed her long-time boyfriend in a fairy-tale ceremony, and the world's press clamoured for a glimpse of the elegant Swedish royals and their regal guests.

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