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Va. woman devours 181 chicken wings in NY contest

Sep 5th, 2010
By CRISTIAN SALAZAR
2010-09-06T03:23:22Z

NEW YORK (AP) — The Black Widow of eating contests gobbled up nearly 181 chicken wings in 12 minutes, devouring the national championship record in Buffalo on Sunday….


23 Accused of Coup Plot in Bahrain

Sep 5th, 2010

Bahraini officials announced that they were charging 23 people, most of them activists from the Shiite majority, with coordinating a violent campaign to overthrow the minority Sunni government.




Mideast Leaders Hopeful After Opening of Talks

Sep 5th, 2010

Palestinian and Israeli leaders expressed hope in their first public utterances since last week’s round of peace talks in Washington.




Basque Group Announces a Cease-Fire

Sep 5th, 2010

Saying they had seen these announcements from ETA before, many in Spain were skeptical.



In Britain, Labour Politicians Call for New Look at Scandal

Sep 5th, 2010

Downing Street’s chief communications officer is being accused again of encouraging reporters to illegally intercept messages when he was editor of The News of the World.



70 Die and 200 Are Feared Dead as 2 Boats Capsize on Congo Rivers

Sep 5th, 2010

One of the boats was running without lights and hit a rock, the other caught fire and overturned, according to survivors.



Suicide Attack Kills 3 Soldiers in South Russia

Sep 5th, 2010

The attack in Dagestan underscored how the region has become as violent as neighboring Chechnya, which had long been considered the center of an Islamic separatist movement.



A sweet new year – for animals too

Sep 5th, 2010


Israel’s SPCA’s Rosh Hashana drive includes kittens from Tel Aviv and a mongrel with a broken leg.