Father admits to killing children

MEXICO CITY - A Mexican man, who had claimed his two children had been abducted, has confessed that he killed them and hid their bodies in a city park, officials said.

State Police: Truck carrying aerosol paint explodes in Mass., injures 3, covers them in paint

Police: 3 injured, covered in paint by truck blast

Flash floods in central Texas kill at least 1, leave buses and RVs wrapped around trees, poles

Flash floods in central Texas kill at least 1

55 Chinese websites asked to delete porn contents

BEIJING - In a massive crackdown against internet pornography, Chinese authorities have warned 55 websites of tough action if they continue to disseminate porn materials.

Gulf residents grow frustrated over delays, red tape in getting paid by BP for lost wages

Gulf residents angry about BP and claims process

Team’s findings on amount gushing out of broken BP wellhead could be released Thursday

New estimate of oil spill flow rate expected soon

AP Interview: Afghan ex-spy boss opposes talking to Taliban; 4 Americans killed in chopper

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Mexican Navy, relying on US intelligence, finds large cache of explosives in capital

US tip leads Mexican navy to explosives in capital

Lawmakers criticize delays in new pilot fatigue rules promised after 2009 fatal airline crash

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Afghan officials say an explosion in southern Afghanistan has killed 39 people

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Number of oily birds entering La. wildlife center jumps sharply over a few days

Oily birds start flooding into La. wildlife center

Iraqi officials say 3 gold jewelers killed during robbery in southern city of Basra

3 jewelers killed during robbery in southern Iraq

Key coupling in Mass. water main break still missing, searchers running out of options

No luck finding key coupling in Mass. water break

Effort to capture oil from Gulf leak raises questions about just how much has been gushing

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Obama’s next trip to Gulf region to survey oil spill response taking shape

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Man arrested in Mass., held on immigration charges in Times Square probe is moved to NY

Detainee in Times Square probe transferred to NY

Hawaii firefighter treated for smoke inhalation as Maui brush fire hits estimated 2,300 acres

Firefighter treated for smoke from Hawaii wildfire

Man held for shooting at brothers, killing one

NEW DELHI - A security guard has been arrested for allegedly shooting dead a man and injuring his brother in south Delhi’s Aya Nagar area, police said Wednesday.

La. sheriff suspects illegal immigrants getting paid for cleanup duty

La. sheriff fears illegal immigrants help cleanup

Rs.45 lakh burglary in Delhi

NEW DELHI - Robbers looted cash and jewellery worth Rs.45 lakh from a businessman’s house in north Delhi Wednesday, police said.

Doubts have been raised about accuracy of estimates on how much oil is gushing from BP well

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Over Rs.10 lakh looted from grain shop

NEW DELHI - Four unidentified men entered a foodgrain store in north Delhi and looted over Rs.10 lakh at gunpoint Wednesday, police said.

Two Maoists held for Rs.5 crore heist

RANCHI - Two Maoist rebels allegedly involved hijacking an ICICI bank delivery van and looting Rs.5 crore from it were arrested Wednesday, police said.

Cop rapes woman in Lucknow, suspended

LUCKNOW - A 24-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a police constable, police said Wednesday.

Four drown in Madhya Pradesh boat capsize (Lead, Superseding earlier story)

BHOPAL - Four people drowned when a boat in which they were in capsized in the Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh’s Sehore district Wednesday, police said.

Doubts have been raised about accuracy of estimates on how much is gushing from BP well

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Cloth worth Rs.2.5 crore gutted in fire

RAIPUR - A devastating fire Wednesday in a wholesale shop in a Chhattisgarh town gutted cloth bales worth Rs.2.5 crore, police said. No one was injured in the incident.

Three of family killed in Chhattisgarh

RAIPUR - Three members of a family were killed in a Chhattisgarh village Wednesday allegedly by their relatives over a land dispute, police said.

More machinery on way to BP spill site as questions on financial claims mount

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Two held for duping people in Delhi

NEW DELHI - Two men were arrested Wednesday for duping people of lakhs of rupees by promising them jobs in the railways, police said.

Fla. lawmaker, counties seek lower taxes on Gulf Coast properties after oil spill

Lower Gulf Coast property taxes sought in Fla.

Gang of vehicle thieves busted in Delhi

NEW DELHI - A gang of vehicle thieves was busted with the arrest of two men in central Delhi, police claimed Wednesday.

Human chain of protesters to form symbolic barriers against oil spills along coastlines

Coastal protesters to link hands against spills

Russian security chief: top militant captured in North Caucasus

Russian security chief says top rebel captured

Some oil spill events from Wednesday, June 9, 2010

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Mozambique police says 9 are dead and 40 still missing after boat sinks off northern coast

Mozambique police: 9 dead; 40 missing in boat sink

BP COO Doug Suttles says there are no large concentrations of underwater oil in the Gulf

BP exec: No large concentrations of underwater oil

Oil services company seeks injunction against government’s deepwater drilling moratorium

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NKorea says it sent letter to UN warning it not to open debate on warship sinking

NKorea warns UN not to discuss warship sinking

Bomb blast near mosque wounds 23 in restive southern Thailand; teen girl in critical condition

23 hurt by bomb near mosque in southern Thailand

Obama’s Gulf oil crisis point man demands BP tell more about how it’s handling damage claims

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BP says more machinery to contain nation’s largest oil spill is on way to Gulf

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Drilling moratorium challenged by offshore company

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Interior secretary tells Congress that offshore oil drilling paused, not stopped permanently

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Coast Guard’s Allen says containment operation improving; 630,000 gallons daily now captured

Allen says 630,000 gallons of oil captured daily

NATO helicopter downed in Afghanistan, killing 4 Americans; Taliban claim responsibility

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CBI to challenge Maharashtra MP’s bail in murder case

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will challenge the bail granted to Maharashtra MP Padamsinh Patil in the 2006 double murder of Congress leader Pawan Raje Nimbalkar and his driver Samad Kazi, an official said Wednesday.

16 drown in Madhya Pradesh boat capsize

BHOPAL - As many as 16 people drowned when a boat in which they were travelling capsized in the Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh’s Sehore district Wednesday, police said.

Chidambaram heads ministers’ panel on Bhopal gas tragedy (Round-up)

NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has named Home Minister P. Chidambaram as head of the reconstituted high-level ministerial panel tasked with suggesting remedial measures to help victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, the world’s worst industrial disaster.

India, Sri Lanka pact raises hopes for Indian prisoners

NEW DELHI - India and Sri Lanka Wednesday signed an agreement on exchange of sentenced prisoners, an important step that has raised hopes for at least 40 Indians languishing in Sri Lankan jails.