from Huffingtonpost MEXICO CITY — Mexican police found 11 bodies inside an abandoned car in the border state of Sonora on Thursday, and prosecutors attributed the killings to drug traffickers battling for control of the region. Sonora’s state prosecutors said in a statement that the men had been shot to death and nine of them [...]

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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday filed securities fraud charges against former Countrywide Chief Executive Angelo Mozilo and two other former executives. The trio is being charged with deliberately misleading investors about the significant credit risk Countrywide took to build and maintain its market share. Mozilo was also charged with [...]

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From the AP PHILADELPHIA – No charges will be filed against neighbors who beat a man sought for questioning in the rape of an 11-year-old girl, Philadelphia’s police commissioner said. About a dozen residents of the city’s West Kensington neighborhood pummeled 26-year-old Jose Carrasquillo for several minutes on Tuesday before police arrived. He was arrested [...]

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From the AP AP MADRID – Only a month old and already in a bad mood, a baby white rhino conceived through artificial insemination is delighting keepers at a Spanish zoo. The male rhino was born in late April and unveiled this week, and is only the third in the world to be conceived with [...]

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From the AP Good afternoon. I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has had stood as a beacon of Islamic learning. And for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt’s advancement. Together, you [...]

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