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6 travelers killed by suicide bomber in Sri Lankan capital

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A female suicide bomber blew herself up at the main railway station in the Sri Lankan capital Sunday, killing six people and wounding 95 others, the military and a hospital official said.

"It is a suicide blast on Platform 3. The bomber has got down from a train and exploded," military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara said.

Six travelers were killed in the blast, Nanayakkara said.

Pushpa Soysa, a nurse at Colombo National Hospital, said 95 wounded people were taken to the hospital.

Rogue trader becomes cult hero

(NECN/ABC) - It's hard to see but there, in the black shirt, is rogue trader Jerome Kerviel. Just like a reclusive screen legend, the public is getting only glimpses of France's unlikely cult hero.

When French bank Societe Generale revealed the 31-year-old trader had lost over 7 billion dollars, Kerviel was called a criminal, and much worse.

Within hours he lost every last one of his friends on the social networking site Facebook.

But then, the public began to learn more about the young banker from a small French town.

"He was always ready to help someone," said this man.

Suicide bombers kill 64 in Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) - At least 64 people have been killed and dozens more hurt in bombings today at two pet bazaars in Baghdad.

Authorities now say each bombing was carried out by a woman who blew herself up.

Forty-six people were killed in the first bombing, which happened at Baghdad's main pet market. The blast left a grizzly scene of blood and bodies. It was the worst bombing in the city since the U.S. sent tens of thousands of extra troops into Iraq last year in a security surge.

Minutes later, the second suicide attack killed as many as 18

Nudist airline launches in Germany

(NECN/ABC) - In Germany, it is natural to go "au natural." Free Body Culture, FKK for short, offers vacation sites in Germany for the whole family. Until now though, there was never a naked way to travel.

An east German travel company is inviting passengers to take it all off. Germans have a stout reputation, but they started taking it off at the turn of the 19th century.

The Nazis outlawed nudism, calling it a great danger to the German morality. After WWII, the Free Body Movement boomed.

Suicide car bomb targeting U.S. patrol kills 1 Iraqi

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) - A suicide car bomber targeted a U.S. patrol Tuesday in Mosul, killing at least one Iraqi and wounding as many as 15, the military and police said, a day after a roadside bomb killed five American soldiers in the increasingly lawless northern city.

At a U.S. base outside Mosul, scores of American troops and an honor guard stood at attention on the airfield tarmac as five coffins of their slain comrades were loaded onto a plane for the journey home.

A cold wind blew as the bleak ceremony began. Five groups of

Asian, European markets slide on recession fears

(NECN/ABC) - The state of the U.S. economy continues to weigh heavily on the world markets -- along with concerns of a global economic slow down sent overseas markets plunging Monday.

South Korea's market suffered its second-largest decline of the year with a 3.9% loss.

Hong Kong's blue chip Heng Seng Index finished down 4% and significant losses were also recorded in India and Taiwan.

The sub-prime mortgage losses and credit market concerns continue to worry investors.

The Fed will meet on Tuesday and it is expected that there may be yet

Heavy snow paralyzes much of China

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(NECN/ABC) - Some of the heaviest snowfall seen in 50 years is affecting almost the entire southern half of China.

The fierce storms have disrupted rail and air traffic for two weeks during the busiest travel season of the year.

The storms cut power to more than 136 trains, leaving major railroads clogged.

In the southern city of Guangzhou, 200,000 people waited outside of a packed train station, with the number of stranded passengers expected to reach up to 600,000 just in this one station.

French police question $7.1 billion trader

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(NECN/ABC) - The $7.1 billion man is still being questioned by French police at a station in Paris.

Speaking to the media, prosecutors say that Jerome Kerviel did act alone. Jean-Claude Marin, the prosecutor, said, "He acted as a trader and wanted to benefit from the potential bonuses".

Kerviel's lawyers have accused the bank of trying to create a smokescreen and divert people's attention from other losses it had suffered recently. But his employers, the bank Societe Generale claims it is the victim.

Five U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) - A roadside bomb killed five American soldiers Monday in the northern province described as one of al-Qaida in Iraq's last strongholds, just days after a massive house explosion and suicide attack killed 40 people in the provincial capital.

The military did not immediately provide more details on Monday's bombing in Ninevah province. On Sunday, Iraqi army reinforcements moved into positions near the provincial capita of Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, ahead of a planned offensive announced by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

Former Indonesian President Suharto dies

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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Former Indonesian President Suharto, the U.S. Cold War ally who led one of the 20th century's most brutal dictatorships over 32 years that saw up to a million political opponents killed, died Sunday. He was 86.

Suharto had been ailing in a hospital in the capital, Jakarta, since Jan. 4 when he was admitted with failing kidneys, heart and lungs. Doctors prolonged his life through dialysis and a ventilator, but he stopped breathing on his own overnight before slipping into a coma Sunday.

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