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Nov. 11, 2010
World & Nation
Two Americans were among at least five people killed when gunmen attacked a boat carrying contractors of U.S. oil giant ChevronTexaco and their military escorts in Nigeria’s southern delta region, company and army officials said Saturday.
April 25, 2004
Travel & Experiences
Tibet reopened to foreign tourists on Wednesday, three months after the Chinese government banned such visits in the wake of violent anti-government riots and protests that tainted the image of the country ahead of the Olympics.
June 25, 2008
UCLA Sports
vs. Chicago State, 1 p.m., FSNW2 Site -- Pauley Pavilion. Radio -- XTRA (1150/690).
Nov. 20, 2004
Economic change has driven a move to cities -- and lives built around construction work and prostitution. Money and comforts are sparse.
Oct. 7, 2003
Two pipelines are damaged by explosions, and an offshore supply convoy is attacked.
July 14, 2006
Benjamin Karim, a Muslim minister and author who was a top assistant to black nationalist icon Malcolm X, died Tuesday after a fall in Richmond, Va.
Aug. 6, 2005
Immigration: Doctor belonged to political party opposed to Saddam Hussein. Case has raised questions about government use of secret evidence.
April 20, 2000
California
Burial services will be held today for Aziz Farid Abdul-Karim, an internationally known specialist in petroleum chemistry who died Friday.
March 12, 1986