MSNBC: Breaking News & Hottest Global News without Border [March ‘11 Diet]

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A 20-year-old college student hired as police chief of a Mexican border town is reportedly seeking asylum in the United States.

Source: Report: Female police chief flees Mexico

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A 20-year-old college student hired as police chief of a Mexican border town has left the job and fled to the United States with her family after threats, an official said Friday.

Source: Female police chief flees Mexico for U.S.

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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Friday formally notified state unions that he intends to lay off workers, but affected employees may not see the notice for at least two weeks.

Source: Wis. governor warns of mass layoffs

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America's most in-demand police vehicle is a 10-officer 16,000-pound armored tank that takes bullets like Superman and drives 80 mph. The federal government buys dozens each year for local police departments. Do America's local police need tanks?

Source: Why do America's cops need an armored tank?

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British officials on Thursday released about 8,500 pages of previously classified reports that document sightings of unidentified flying objects by the military and members of the public dating back to the 1950s.

Source: British UFO files trace sightings (and hoaxes)

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Frank Buckles, the last surviving U.S. veteran of World War I, has died. He was 110.

Source: America's last World War I veteran dies

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"Slumdog Millionaire" child star Rubina Ali said her home had burned down in a fire that raged through a crowded slum in Mumbai, India, leaving about 2,000 homeless.

Source: 'Slumdog' star loses home in huge Mumbai fire

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A priest has given last rites to a man who fell into a Nevada mine shaft so deep and treacherous that rescuers have abandoned efforts to reach him, officials say.

Source: Rescue ends for man seen alive in abandoned mine

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Sean Penn says he thinks embattled actor Charlie Sheen could do a lot of good in Haiti, both for himself and the nation struggling to recover from a devastating earthquake.

Source: Sean Penn says he'd welcome Sheen's help in Haiti

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Saudi Arabia said Saturday it would ban all protests and marches after minority Shiites staged small protests in the oil-producing eastern province.

Source: Saudi Arabia bans all protest and marches