US teen sailor reunited with brother after drama (AP)

AP - Sixteen-year-old Californian sailor Abby Sunderland was reunited with her brother Saturday and defended her family against criticism that she had been too young to try to sail around the world alone.

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French fishing boat rescues stranded Calif. teen (AP)

AP - A French fishing vessel rescued a California teenager Saturday from her crippled sailboat in the turbulent southern Indian Ocean, bringing relief to her family but ending her around-the-world sailing effort.

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NKorea vows to blow up South propaganda facilities (AP)

AP - North Korea vowed Saturday to launch an all-out attack against South Korean loudspeakers and other propaganda facilities along their heavily fortified border, warning it can even turn Seoul into a “sea of flame.”

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Sea of criticism for adrift young sailor’s parents (AP)

AP - What were her parents thinking?

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Boats head to teen sailor drifting in Indian Ocean (AP)

AP - A 16-year-old sailor on a round-the-world journey alone was drifting in the frigid, rough southern Indian Ocean on Friday as rescue boats headed toward her yacht, damaged by 30-foot waves that knocked out her communications and prompted her to set off a distress signal.

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With each look at oil flow, the numbers get worse (AP)

AP - With each new look by scientists, the oil spill just keeps looking worse.

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Teen sailor found alive and well (AP)

AP - A 16-year-old California girl who was feared lost at sea while sailing solo around the world has been found alive and well, adrift in the southern Indian Ocean with rescue boats headed toward her, officials said.

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Pope begs forgiveness, promises action on abuse (AP)

AP - Pope Benedict XVI begged forgiveness Friday from clerical abuse victims for the sins of priests and promised to “do everything possible” to ensure prelates don’t rape or molest children ever again.

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Somali pirates seize tanker, cargo ship (AP)

AP - Somali pirates seized a ship carrying fertilizer from the U.S. in the Indian Ocean and a British-flagged chemical tanker in the heavily patrolled Gulf of Aden — the first merchant vessel to be hijacked in the gulf in nearly six months, officials said Tuesday

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Powerful earthquake rocks western Indonesia (AP)

AP - A powerful underwater earthquake rocked western Indonesia Wednesday, triggering a tsunami alert for countries along the Indian Ocean and sending panicked residents out of their houses.

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