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Amanda Knox Makes Emotional Appeal in Italian Court

3 hours 39 minutes ago |AP

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PERUGIA, Italy (Dec. 11) - Convicted murderer Amanda Knox broke into tears as she made an emotional address to an appeals court in Italy, saying Saturday she is the innocent victim of an "enormous mi ...

Dutch Catholic Church Faces 2,000 Abuse Allegations

15 hours 56 minutes ago |AOL News

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(Dec. 10) -- The Roman Catholic Church is still struggling to cope with the fallout of sex abuse scandals from Germany to the U.S., but it now faces a flood of damaging new allegations from the Nethe ...

As Haiti Waits for Calm, US Senator Urges Freezing Aid

19 hours 9 minutes ago |AOL News

Emily Troutman for AOL News

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Dec. 10) -- Reporting on chaos is often about the wait, as much as the action. In Haiti, waiting for things to be set on fire, waiting for United Nations troops to react, waiti ...

Former WikiLeaks Employee to Publish Tell-All Book

19 hours 27 minutes ago |AOL News

Markus Schreiber, AP

(Dec. 10) -- Julian Assange's former second-in-command at WikiLeaks is due to publish a tell-all book on the whistle-blowing website. Daniel Domscheit-Berg, former spokesman for the online organizat ...

Surging Oil and Gas Prices May Moderate in 2011

19 hours 28 minutes ago |AOL News

Charles Krupa, AP

(Dec. 10) -- A bitterly cold start to winter in parts of the U.S. and blockbuster growth in China have helped boost global oil to its highest prices in two years, but economic headwinds could ease de ...

WikiLeaks: Where in the World Is 'Miss A'?

19 hours 39 minutes ago |AOL News

Gotiska Klubben

(Dec. 10) -- She's only been identified officially in court documents as "Miss A." But more is known about one of the two female accusers of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange than arguably any other a ...

Iran to Air Alleged Confession by Condemned Woman

19 hours 39 minutes ago |AOL News

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(Dec. 10) -- Iran plans to broadcast what it says is a confession by Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the woman who was condemned to death by stoning for adultery and now is serving 10 years in prison for ...

TSA Defends Screening of Indian Ambassador

20 hours 3 minutes ago |AOL News

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(Dec. 10) -- The Transportation Security Administration is defending airport screeners' decision to pat down an Indian diplomat, an incident that has provoked public outcry in India. Meera Shankar, I ...

Assange Lawyer: US Spy Charges Appear Imminent

21 hours 53 minutes ago |AOL News

Rick Rycroft, AP

(Dec. 10) -- Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder already under arrest in London, could soon face U.S. espionage charges, his lawyer told ABC News. The charges would be related to the Espionage Act, ...

Rolls-Royce Phantom VI: The Car That Saved Prince Charles and Camilla [VIDEO]

23 hours 50 minutes ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(Dec. 10) -- There was panic in the streets of London. Angry student protesters smashed a rear window and threw white paint on the Rolls-Royce transporting Prince Charles and his wife Camilla on Thur ...

Passenger on Clelia II Cruise Ship: 'I Never Came So Close to Cashing It In'

1 day ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(Dec. 10) -- Frank Dougherty thought his time was almost up. Dougherty, a passenger aboard a cruise ship that was rocked by monster waves earlier this week during a return trip from Antarctica, said ...

Nobel Yields Protests and a Single Empty Chair

1 day 1 hour ago |AOL News

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(Dec. 10) -- Pro-democracy rallies from Hong Kong to Scandinavia, Chinese media censors clamping down on news of the country's most famous prisoner, and a single empty chair in Oslo -- all iconic ima ...