Italy's Berlusconi sentenced to jail for tax fraud

MILAN (Reuters) - Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was sentenced to four years in jail on Friday for tax fraud in connection with the purchase of broadcasting rights by his Mediaset television company. The 76-year-old billionaire, who...

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Shot Pakistani girl "will rise again": father

BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - The father of a Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating girls' education said on Friday his daughter was strong and would "rise again" to pursue her dreams after receiving treatment in a British...

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With rival jailed, Ukraine president seems set for election victory

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine geared up on Friday for an election which many commentators expect to cement President Viktor Yanukovich's rule, despite his jailed rival Yulia Tymoshenko calling on voters to stop an imminent "dictatorship". Yanukovich's Party...

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Belarussian opposition leader granted UK asylum: wife

MINSK (Reuters) - Belarussian opposition leader Andrei Sannikov, released from prison this year and warned by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko not to "blabber" if he wants to remain free, has been granted asylum in Great Britain, his wife...

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Damascus car bomb shatters Syria truce

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A powerful car bomb exploded in Damascus on Friday, inflicting many casualties and buffeting a shaky temporary truce in the Syrian conflict on the occasion of a Muslim religious holiday. State television said the "terrorist car bomb"...

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China warns of strong steps in Japan island spat

BEIJING (Reuters) - China reserves the right to take strong countermeasures if Japan "creates incidents" in the waters around a group of disputed uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, a Chinese vice foreign minister said on Friday. "We are watching...

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Britain says opposed to strike on Iran "at this moment"

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday it was opposed to a military strike on Iran "at this moment" over its disputed nuclear program, arguing sanctions were having an effect and diplomacy should be given time. The comments followed a report by Britain's...

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Myanmar revises down death toll in sectarian violence

SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) - Authorities on Friday revised down to 64 the number of people killed in six days of unrest in western Myanmar, after security forces opened fire to break up violence between Buddhists and Muslims. A spokesman for Rakhine...

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China starts formal criminal probe into politician Bo Xilai

BEIJING (Reuters) - China moved quickly on Friday to announce it had formally begun a criminal probe into disgraced former senior politician Bo Xilai, hours after expelling him from the largely rubber stamp parliament and so removing his immunity from...

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Ex-Soviet summit postponed amid worries over Putin's health

MOSCOW/MINSK (Reuters) - A summit of leaders of ex-Soviet states scheduled for the start of November has been postponed, an official said on Friday, amid talk that Russian President Vladimir Putin is suffering from back trouble. The Executive Committee...

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State health department won't enforce all oil and gas well clean-air rules

Colorado health authorities will not fully enforce new EPA rules designed to protect people from air pollution at oil and gas facilities. The state's Air Quality Control Commission voted instead for a partial adoption of the federal clean-air rules....

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Nuggets center JaVale McGee trying to return to dominant ways

Seventeen minutes. Minus-17. That was JaVale McGee's plus-minus number in the Nuggets' loss at Portland on Wednesday night. The center signed the big contract this summer, but has not been statistically dominant thus far in the preseason, though...

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Broncos' gamble on four free-agent keepers provides big payoffs

Sure, the names sounded great when they passed through the NFL transaction wire this year — Brandon Stokley, Keith Brooking, Jim Leonhard and Dan Koppen, all veterans who had played in conference championship games or Super Bowls, looking for another...

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Aurora theater plans call for changes to theater 9

Redesign efforts at the Century Aurora 16 call for significant changes to theater 9, according to building plans filed with the city at the beginning of this month. Theater 9, where 12 people were killed and at least 58 others were injured...

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Gessler gave self $1,400 to cover expenses without receipts

Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler took what was left in his own discretionary fund in 2011 and used it to give himself a $1,400 payout, a sum that a spokesman says was for "day-to-day" expenses even though Gessler submitted no receipts...

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Accused in poisoning death of mother, suspect says he was left out of her will

A Centennial man who says he was left out of his mother's will allegedly poisoned her, dismembered her body, stored it briefly in a freezer and then drove around the state in her SUV for several days until he was arrested early Wednesday with...

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USA Pro Challenge brought in million spectators

USA Pro Challenge organizers reported Thursday that the week-long August bicycle race drew 1 million spectators — matching last year's inaugural — across its 683-mile route through 12 Colorado towns. Organizers said the privately funded race...

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Five victims from Fero's Bar remembered in Denver

The name "Young" is spelled out in large letters formed from votive candles outside Fero's Bar & Grill — part of the growing memorial for bar owner Young Fero and the four others killed during what police believe was a robbery. "She never...

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Economy and television shows make pawnshops cool again

Marilyn Vigil watched patiently as the pawnshop employee weighed the several gold chains she hoped would amount to a needed loan. Unemployed for months despite a newly earned master's degree, Vigil worried about upcoming expenses with the onset...

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