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Iran gives US men eight-year sentences for spying A court in Iran has sentenced two U.S. men â€" who said they were hikers who strayed over the border accidentally â€" to eight years in prison, Iranian state television reported Saturday. 'Gadhafi is finished': Rebels advance in Libya Rebels are fighting battles in coastal cities on either side of the besieged Libyan capital Tripoli in a drive to topple Moammar Gadhafi after six months of war. Doctor: Lockerbie bomber may live for years A Libyan man convicted of murdering 270 people by blowing up a passenger jet could live for several more years, a leading cancer specialist said â€" two years after he was freed on compassionate grounds because he was close to death. 3 dead, 1 missing in Pittsburgh flash flooding Two storms pounded Pittsburgh Friday, causing a flash flood that submerged more than 12 vehicles, killed a woman and two children and left another person missing, presumed dead. Report: Tunnel linking US to Russia gains support A train could one day make a journey of more than 5,000 miles from New York City to London, England, after senior Russian officials reportedly backed a plan to build a 65-mile tunnel between North America and Asia. Cops: Mother, 3 children murdered in Va. Police in Virginia are investigating as a quadruple homicide the deaths of a mother and her three children in a Newport News apartment where a fire was reported earlier Friday. Aide: Giffords now knows who died in shooting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is now aware of who was killed during the January shooting rampage in Tucson that left her seriously wounded, her chief spokesman says. Masked men steal $2 million in LA diamond heist Los Angeles police said Friday they were looking for a gang of thieves who stole an estimated $2 million in diamonds in a backpack from a man whose car they intentionally struck. Egypt withdraws ambassador to Israel Egypt said early Saturday it will withdraw its ambassador from Israel to protest the deaths of five Egyptian security forces in what it called a breach of a peace treaty. Judge cleared of misconduct over condom-filled acorns A Pennsylvania judge has been cleared of violating judicial conduct standards after he gave two women hollowed-out acorns containing unwrapped condoms, an official said on Friday. HBO retooling film for West Memphis 3 verdict "To see our work culminate in the righting of this tragic miscarriage of justice is more than a filmmaker could ask for," filmmaker says. Thousands gather as India graft impasse shows some signs of thaw At least 10,000 people gathered on Saturday to support a anti-corruption social activist who has galvanized much of India against the government with his hunger strike, amid signs from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of compromise to end the impasse. Fisherman’s task: Catch island paradise’s killer shark Daryl Green, a fisherman known in the Seychelles as “the guy who can catch anything," is now on the trail of the shark that recently killed a honeymooner. Copyright 2011 msnbc.com RSS URL: http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032091/device/rss/rss.xml

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