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An erotic blogger whose double life as a prostitute became a hit TV series has ended years of fevered speculation by revealing her most intimate secret -- her true identity. FULL STORY
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"People see me as a strong woman," Sunarsih says, "but I was broken inside. I was always crying but I don't want other people to see my cry." FULL STORY
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Peruvian authorities say they have arrested four members of a gang that specialized in selling to European labs fat obtained from dead humans. FULL STORY
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A U.S.-flagged ship that played a central role in a bloody hijacking drama last spring was attacked again Wednesday, a busy day for piracy in the dangerous waters off the east coast of Africa. FULL STORY
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Related Topics: Pirates | Maersk Alabama | U.S. Navy | Somalia

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Two fingers cut from the hand of Italian astronomer Galileo nearly 300 years ago have been rediscovered more than a century after they were last seen, an Italian museum director said Monday. FULL STORY
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Gunmen killed at least 21 people, a dozen journalists reported among them, in the Philippines on Monday in what a presidential adviser called the most "gruesome massacre of civilians" in recent history. FULL STORY
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Related Topics: Southeast Asia | Philippines | Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo | Reporters Without Borders
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Closing arguments began Friday in the trial of American Amanda Knox with the prosecutor calling for an end to the legal saga that began with British student Meredith Kercher's death two years ago. FULL STORY
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Soccer star Thierry Henry became the villain of Dublin on Wednesday. FULL STORY
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A British man who strangled his wife in his sleep while dreaming that she was an intruder walked free from court Friday after the case against him was withdrawn, prosecutors said. FULL STORY
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European Union leaders named Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as the first "president of Europe" Thursday, edging out former British Prime Minister Tony Blair for a still-vaguely defined job. FULL STORY
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Related Topics: European Union | Tony Blair | Vaira Vike-Freiberga | Jan Peter Balkenende | Nicolas Sarkozy
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A band of right-wing activists ransacked an Indian television station in the country's financial hub of Mumbai in an assault their party said was an act of retaliation against the channel's "bias" against their veteran leader. FULL STORY
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A 90-year-old man from northern Germany has been charged with 58 counts of murder for the killings of Jewish forced laborers in the final days of World War Two. FULL STORY
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Security forces in Afghanistan have killed or captured more than 30 high-level militants, including many accused of participating in roadside bomb attacks, military officials said. FULL STORY
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A British couple kidnapped from their yacht in October by pirates pleaded for their life in a video broadcast on Britain's Channel 4 Friday, warning that their captors were running out of patience and could kill them if no ransom is paid. FULL STORY
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South Africans blame shoot-to-kill police instruction for the deaths of innocent people. CNN's Nkepile Mabuse reports. FULL VIDEO
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Iran has announced it has sentenced five people to death and another 81 to prison terms of six months to 15 years for their roles in the protests that followed the country's disputed presidential elections. FULL STORY
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They've escaped the most repressive regime in the world, but for many North Korean refugees, life outside their closed, totalitarian country is still not easy. FULL STORY
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A magnitude 6.6. earthquake struck Tuesday off Canada's Pacific coast, the U.S. Geological Survey said. FULL STORY
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She thought she'd make money overseas as a maid, but she was sold as a sex slave. Arwa Damon reports. (Graphic content) FULL VIDEO
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Two Pakistani men accused of providing logistical support for last year's deadly terror attacks in Mumbai, India, were arrested Saturday in Italy, police said. FULL STORY
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