Breaking News & Hottest Global News without Border (Series 2)

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A federal judge formally says the Pentagon can't ban openly gay men and women in the U.S. military while it appeals a decision that its "don't ask, don't tell" policy is unconstitutional.

Judge reaffirms ruling allowing gays into military

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Five of Chile's 33 rescued miners are to have church weddings after surviving for more than two months trapped underground.

Wedding bells for five of Chile's rescued miners

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A 20-year-old criminology student has been named the chief of police in one of the most dangerous municipalities in Mexico's violence-wracked northern state of Chihuahua.

20-year-old student named police chief in Mexico town

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Toyota said Thursday it is recalling 1.53 million Lexus, Avalon and other models, mostly in the U.S. and Japan, for brake fluid and fuel pump problems.

Toyota recalling 1.53 million vehicles

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NPR has fired veteran analyst Juan Williams over remarks he made about Muslims on the Fox News Channel program, "The O'Reilly Factor."

NPR fires analyst over remarks about Muslims

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It has its own constitution, passport stamp and power grid, but it's right off the coast of Connecticut. It's the private island of Segway inventor Dean Kamen, whose technology is so advanced that his secret HQ is actually "carbon-negative."

Welcome to secret island of an eccentric genius

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The Obama administration withholds aid to some Pakistani military units over concerns they may have been involved in extrajudicial killings and torture, a source tells the AP.

U.S. cuts Pakistan aid over 'rights violations'

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A British nuclear-powered submarine described as the "world's most advanced" has run aground off the coast of Scotland.

'World's most advanced' nuke sub runs aground

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At least 142 people have died in a cholera outbreak, and aid groups are rushing in medicine and other supplies Friday to combat Haiti's deadliest health problem since its devastating earthquake.

At least 142 dead in Haiti cholera outbreak

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The fatal shark-bite victim in California was aware of what was going on as the fish mauled his leg, his boogie-boarding friend says. Officials close nearby beaches.

Shark attack: Friend describes fatal scene