AP 2011-09-25

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 1. The military's 18-year ban on homosexual serving openly is over. The policy known as “Don't ask, Don't tell” was officially repealed¹ at midnight. Gay rights groups are planning celebrations throughout the country today.

 

 

 

2. An explosion in Turkey's capital has left at least three people dead. At least 15 others were hurt when a suspected car bomb went off across from a secondary school in Ankara. Turkey’s interior minister says it was likely a terrorist attack.

 

 

 

3. Four earthquakes struck the southeastern part of Guatemala on Monday, leaving one person dead and three others missing. The series of quakes happened in less than two hours and some of them were followed by strong aftershocks. The epicenter was located just 30 miles southeast of the capital.

 

 

 

4. And NASA expects a dead satellite to fall to Earth within the next few days. The agency says the 20-year-old satellite will break up into pieces, but the odds² of someone being hit by the debris³ are extremely small.

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