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Young boy saves brother in Idaho house fire
A 9-year-old boy is credited with saving his brother during a weekend house fire in Pocatello.
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Earthquake kills at least 72 in Kyrgyzstan
A powerful earthquake struck the mountains of Central Asia, destroying a village in Kyrgyzstan and killing at least 72 people, emergency officials said Monday.
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Dow finishes below 10,000 for first time since '04
Wall Street joined in a worldwide cascade of despair Monday over the financial crisis, driving the Dow Jones industrials to their biggest loss ever during a trading day. Even a big afternoon rally failed to keep the Dow from its first close below 10,000 since 2004.
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German, 2 French share Nobel medicine prize
Three European scientists shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for separate discoveries of viruses that cause AIDS and cervical cancer, breakthroughs that helped doctors fight the deadly diseases.
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Egyptian riot police surround activists as they gather near the Egyptian Journalists' Syndicate to protest against the blockade of the Gaza Strip, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday. Dozens of activists, mostly from Egypt's opposition Muslim Brotherhood, were arrested Monday after attempting to send a supply convoy to the blockaded Gaza Strip, the organization and security officials said. (Mohammed Ahmed, Associated Press)

Mohammed Ahmed, Associated Press

Egypt police stop Gaza convoy
Egyptian riot police surround activists as they gather near the Egyptian Journalists' Syndicate to protest against the blockade of the Gaza Strip, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday. Dozens of activists, mostly from Egypt's opposition Muslim Brotherhood, were arrested Monday after attempting to send a supply convoy to the blockaded Gaza Strip, the organization and security officials said.