Breaking News & Hottest Global News without Border (Series 3)

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Elizabeth Smart testifies that the man who abducted her in 2002 often used vulgar language before raping her and threatened to kill her and her family if she tried to escape.

Elizabeth Smart tells of abductor's threats

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Body parts from 1,000 wild tigers have been seized over the past decade, crimes fueling the extinction crisis faced by the species whose numbers are estimated at just 3,200, a wildlife group says.

1,000 tigers killed in decade; extinction near

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Some senior Republicans are trying to pressure Michael Steele not to seek re-election as chairman of the party.

NYT: Republicans maneuver to oust leader

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Schools in Florida's second-largest county were locked down for most of the school day Wednesday after a woman called a radio station, saying her husband might go to a school and start shooting.

Lockdown of 260,000 Fla. students, staff lifted

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A mystery vapor trail that was filmed off the coast of southern California and looked like a missile launch was likely caused by a plane, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, closing its case on the incident.

Pentagon: Mystery 'missile' likely a plane

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Dr. David C. Ring, a Boston surgeon, described in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine how a series of personal and systemic mistakes led him to conducting the wrong surgical proceedure on the hand of a 65-year-old woman.

Surgery error leads doc to public mea culpa

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The head of Moscow's deep cover spying operations in the United States was a double agent who had betrayed at least 10 compatriots, a Russian newspaper said on Thursday.

Russia hunts agent who betrayed U.S. cell

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The eldest of the 19-child Duggar family is proving that the apple doesn't fall far from the fruitful family tree: On Thursday, Josh Duggar revealed that he and wife Anna are awaiting their second child — a special joy because Anna had a miscarriage after their first.

Parents of 19, Duggars now await grandchild No. 2

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They can call it a nightmare. A cruise from hell. Even a Spamcation. Whatever they label it, the grueling three-day journey of the crippled Carnival Splendor is over.

Last passengers leave 'nightmare' cruise ship

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Leaders of 20 major economies on Friday refused to endorse a U.S. push to get China to let its currency rise, keeping alive a dispute that has raised the specter of a global trade war.

Obama leaves G-20 empty-handed on currency spat