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Berkeley Students Protest Higher Fees - Wall Street Journal

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New York Times

Berkeley Students Protest Higher Fees
Wall Street Journal
BERKELEY, Calif. -- Students occupied a building Friday on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, in an escalation of protests over large fee increases at UC campuses statewide that echoed the unrest here during the 1960s. ...
UC Berkeley students end occupationSan Francisco Chronicle
Calif. college student fees on the riseWashington Post
41 arrested in UC Berkeley protestLos Angeles Times
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China says 42 dead, 66 trapped in mine explosion - The Associated Press

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Washington Post

China says 42 dead, 66 trapped in mine explosion
The Associated Press
BEIJING — A gas explosion tore through a state-run coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 42 people and leaving 66 others trapped underground as rescuers worked hastily to save them. China's mines are the world's deadliest, and the blast ...
China gas blast kills dozensTelegraph.co.uk
China Coal-Mine Explosion Kills 37 People, Traps 71Bloomberg
China: 31 killed in mine explosionPRESS TV
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Senate panel reprimands Burris - Chicago Sun-Times

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MiamiHerald.com

Senate panel reprimands Burris
Chicago Sun-Times
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Roland Burris was reprimanded Friday by the Senate Select Committee on Ethics for his "inconsistent, incomplete and misleading" testimony before Springfield lawmakers about his appointment by then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich to the seat ...
Ethics Panel Admonishes Obama Senate ReplacementNew York Times
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Levin: May be more troubling e-mails from Hasan - The Associated Press

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ABC News

Levin: May be more troubling e-mails from Hasan
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his deadly rampage, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Friday. ...
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Levin: could be more e-mails from Ft. Hood suspectSacramento Bee
Texas: Hearing in Fort Hood CaseNew York Times
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Cumbria floods: 'once in a thousand years' deluge swamps defences - Telegraph.co.uk

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BBC News

Cumbria floods: 'once in a thousand years' deluge swamps defences
Telegraph.co.uk
When Workington's flood defences were rebuilt following the great storms of 2005, residents were assured they could withstand a "once in a century" flood. By Nigel Bunyan, Paul Stokes and Gordon Rayner What the local authorities hadn't reckoned on was ...
Cumbria flood areas braced for more rainBBC News
Policeman dies as devastating deluge strikes Britainguardian.co.uk
'Rain like this happens once every 1000 years'Times Online
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UN official urges countries to learn from Cuba on children's protection - Xinhua

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New Zealand Herald

UN official urges countries to learn from Cuba on children's protection
Xinhua
HAVANA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The representative of UNICEF, or the UN Children's Fund, in Cuba said here Friday that Cuba is among the countries that have best implemented the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and that countries in the world ...
Children's Rights Still Violated 20 Years After ConventionVoice of America
UN marks 20 years of Convention on Rights of the ChildBBC News
UN urges help for 1 billion deprived childrenThe Associated Press
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