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Obama on Afghanistan: Leave on Time, No 'Perfect' End
Last Updated: 11:58 PM 05/21/12 - President Barack Obama and leaders around the globe locked in place an Afghanistan exit path Monday that will still keep their troops fighting and dying there for two more years.
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Chinese Activist Who Fled House Arrest Heads to U.S.
Last Updated: 5:23 PM 05/19/12 - A blind Chinese legal activist was hurriedly taken from a hospital and put on a plane for the United States on Saturday, closing a nearly month-long diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations.
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Israeli Media: Early Election Canceled
Last Updated: 9:57 PM 05/07/12 - Israeli media reports early Tuesday indicate that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached an agreement with the Kadima opposition party for a unity government, canceling an early election.
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Austerity Now Dirty Word in Europe, But What Next?
Last Updated: 9:45 PM 05/07/12 - The day after Francois Hollande rode to power in France on a slogan of "change now," the conversation in Europe was already different Monday: Austerity had become a dirty word.
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CIA Thwarts 'Undetectable' al-Qaida Bomb Plot
Last Updated: 11:31 PM 05/07/12 - The CIA thwarted an ambitious plot by al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a sophisticated new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden.
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France's President-elect Hollande Has Full Plate
Last Updated: 9:38 PM 05/07/12 - Socialist Francois Hollande was set to embark on a crash course in international politics, with a critical visit to Berlin, an invite to the White House, and two top summits already on the agenda.
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Greek Election Uncertainty Overshadows Markets
Last Updated: 9:34 PM 05/07/12 - Greece's election resulted in a massive loss of support for the two parties of the previous coalition government that had backed the austerity demanded by creditors in return for crucial bailout funds.
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Obama Signs Agreement for U.S.-Afghan Partnership
Last Updated: 9:12 PM 05/01/12 - President Obama says the deal with Afghanistan allows the U.S. to wind down the war, but still stand by Afghanistan and its people.
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Olympics: Residents May Get Missiles on Rooftops
Last Updated: 9:46 PM 04/30/12 - Some London residents are getting troops and surface-to-air missiles on their rooftops for the Summer Olympics.
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AP EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Not Reporting All Afghan Attacks
Last Updated: 4:52 PM 04/30/12 - The U.S.-led military coalition in Afghanistan is under-reporting the number of times that Afghan soldiers and police open fire on American and other foreign troops.
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Former IMF Chief Gets Preliminary Charges in Prostitution Probe
Last Updated: 12:04 AM 03/27/12 - Dominique Strauss-Kahn was handed preliminary charges Monday alleging he was involved in a French prostitution ring, his lawyer said
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French Police Press Besieged Gunman to Surrender
Last Updated: 10:46 PM 03/21/12 - Riot police set off explosions outside an apartment building early Thursday in an effort to force the surrender of a gunman who boasted of bringing France "to its knees" with an al-Qaida-linked terror spree that killed seven people.
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Afghan Attack Suspect at Leavenworth
Last Updated: 1:16 AM 03/17/12 - A senior U.S. official says the soldier accused in the killing of 16 Afghan civilians is Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales.
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Lawyer: Afghan Suspect's Friend Had Leg Blown Off
Last Updated: 12:43 AM 03/16/12 - The U.S. soldier accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan villagers last weekend saw his friend's leg blown off the day before the rampage, his lawyer said Thursday night.
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AP Source: Israel Won't Warn U.S. Before Iran Strike
Last Updated: 10:16 PM 02/27/12 - Israeli officials say they won't warn U.S. if they decide to strike Iran's nuclear facilities, source tells AP.
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Europe Approves 2nd Greek Bailout of $170B
Last Updated: 10:59 PM 02/20/12 - After more than 12 hours of talks, the countries that use the euro agreed early Tuesday to hand Greece euro130 billion ($170 billion) in further bailout loans to save it from a potentially calamitous default, an EU diplomat said.
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Senate OKs Resolution Condemning Syrian Violence
Last Updated: 9:56 PM 02/17/12 - The Senate has approved a resolution condemning the Syrian government for violence against its people.
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U.S., Europe Look at Fast But Risky Penalty on Iran
Last Updated: 10:20 PM 02/14/12 - The United States and Europe are considering unprecedented punishment against Iran that could immediately cripple the country's financial lifeline.
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Panetta: U.S. Combat in Afghanistan to End Next Year
Last Updated: 11:39 PM 02/01/12 - U.S. and other international forces in Afghanistan expect to end their combat role in 2013 and continue a training and advisory role with Afghan forces through 2014.
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Two Dead in Egypt Street Clashes Over Soccer Riot
Last Updated: 10:57 PM 02/02/12 - Police shot and killed two protesters in Suez, Egypt, early Friday, a health official said, the first to die in clashes that erupted around the country after a riot at a soccer stadium killed 74.
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US, Taliban Both Talk of Peace and War
Last Updated: 11:18 PM 01/12/12 - The Obama administration and the Taliban each voiced readiness Thursday to enter peace talks while pledging to carry on with a decade of military conflict in Afghanistan until their rival objectives are met.
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APNewsBreak: UN Visit to Tehran Set for January 28
Last Updated: 11:15 PM 01/12/12 - A senior U.N. nuclear agency team will visit Tehran on Jan. 28 with Iran saying it is ready after years of refusal to discuss allegations that it was involved in secret nuclear weapons work, diplomats said Thursday.
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North Korea Vows No Change Despite New Leadership
Last Updated: 10:46 PM 12/29/11 - North Korea said Friday that rival South Korea and other nations should not expect any change from the country's new leadership.
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Fall of the Soviet Union: 20 Years Later
Last Updated: 8:59 AM 12/26/11 - For many in Russia, it's a case of deja vu. The discontent today mirrors the unhappiness of two decades ago. That's when public protests over three days brought down the Soviet Union and set a new course for the country.
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Death Toll in Baghdad Wave of Violence Jumps to 57
Last Updated: 6:24 AM 12/22/11 - The spokesman for the Iraqi health ministry says the death toll from a wave of violence sweeping the country's capital has climbed to 57.
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Kim Jong Il: A Retrospective Look
Last Updated: 6:23 AM 12/19/11 - The White House says President Obama is monitoring reports of the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. Kim's death was announced by state media in a "special broadcast." The reports said Kim died of a heart ailment on a train due to a "great mental and physical strain" on Dec. 17 during a "high intensity field inspection."
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[UPDATE] North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il Has Died
Last Updated: 4:29 PM 12/19/11 - Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic leader, has died. He was 69. Senator Bill Nelson comments on the death of Kim Jong II.
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Rupert Murdoch's Son Faces British Parliament Again
Last Updated: 6:34 AM 11/10/11 - James Murdoch is appearing for a second grilling by British parliamentarians investigating the country's phone hacking scandal.
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Generation Greece
Last Updated: 10:56 AM 11/05/11 - Break time at Athens' New York Business College. A bunch of students set on getting qualified, then quitting the country.
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Money Talk Dominating Romney, Gingrich Contest
Last Updated: 5:20 PM 01/24/12 - Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich's fight for Florida and the states beyond stayed at a high boil Tuesday as Romney released tax returns showing annual income topping $20 million - including a now-closed Swiss bank account - and Gingrich insisted his high-paid consulting work for a mortgage giant that contributed to the housing crisis didn't include lobbying.
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London Olympic Art Festival
Last Updated: 6:31 AM 11/04/11 - Cultural events will take over Scottish castles, ancient English monuments and every corner of London as part of a giant arts festival running in conjunction with the 2012 Olympics.
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Journalist arrested in Occupy Protests
Last Updated: 6:15 AM 11/04/11 - A journalist's arrest at an Occupy movement protest is calling into question whether police violated her First Amendment rights. The photographer was arrested Wednesday while covering a rally at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
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Source: U.S. May Speed Shift to Afghan Advisory Role
Last Updated: 11:36 PM 11/02/11 - The Obama administration is considering an early shift in the U.S. military role in Afghanistan from primarily combat to mainly advisory and training duties, even as it struggles to create the beginnings of a political settlement of the war, a senior U.S. official said late Wednesday.
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U.S. Military Deaths in Afghanistan at 1,700
Last Updated: 5:37 PM 10/25/11 - As of Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, at least 1,700 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001.
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GRAPHIC: Libya Officials: Qaddafi Killed in Sirte
Last Updated: 1:26 PM 10/20/11 - Fugitive Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi was killed in fighting around his hometown, a top official in Libya's transitional government said, citing reports from fighters who claimed they saw the body.
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Israeli-Palestinian Prisoner Swap
Last Updated: 6:35 AM 10/19/11 - An Israeli soldier is finally home after five years as a Palestinian prisoner. Sergeant Gilad Shalit was captured while on patrol in Gaza.
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US Troops Won't Fight in Uganda
Last Updated: 9:50 AM 10/16/11 - Uganda's Museveni says US troops will not fight
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Egypt's Reform Leader Critizes Ruling Council
Last Updated: 9:31 AM 10/16/11 - Egypt's reform leader criticizes ruling council
Plot to Assassinate Saudi Ambassador Uncovered
Last Updated: 2:28 PM 10/12/11 - The State Department is warning Americans to be on alert today after U.S. officials uncovered an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the U.S.
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Clinton: Plot to Kill Saudi Will Isolate Iran
Last Updated: 9:51 PM 10/11/11 - An alleged Iranian plot to hire Mexican drug cartel killers to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States on American soil "crosses a line" in Iran's state sponsorship of terrorism and will further isolate the Islamic republic.
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Experts: Free Funerals Could Boost Organ Donation
Last Updated: 9:36 PM 10/10/11 - Offering free funerals to people who donate kidneys, livers and other organs could help boost donation rates, an influential British medical ethics group says.
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Pakistan Terror Plot Diverted
Last Updated: 9:15 AM 10/08/11 - Pakistani police say they have foiled a terror plot in the capital.
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Floods in Thailand
Last Updated: 7:34 AM 10/08/11 - Thailand's prime minister has warned that the worst floods to hit the country in decades are now threatening the capital, Bangkok.
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Dishing Out Obama Fried Chicken
Last Updated: 8:54 AM 10/04/11 - Offensive -- or just original? Jeanne Moos reports on some controversial chicken restaurants that may be in questionable taste.
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Amanda Knox Acquitted of Murder
Last Updated: 7:38 AM 10/04/11 - American student Amanda Knox, who was convicted by an Italian court for the 2007 murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher, was acquitted today by an appeals court.
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US Missiles Kill Pakistani Militant Commander
Last Updated: 5:06 PM 10/01/11 - Pakistani and U.S. officials say an American missile strike near the Afghan border has killed an al-Qaida-linked Pakistani militant commander.
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Live Bomb Found in Belfast
Last Updated: 9:36 AM 10/01/11 - Police in Northern Ireland say a live bomb has been found in a busy part of Belfast.
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U.S. Tells Court bin Laden Photos Must Stay Secret
Last Updated: 7:45 PM 09/27/11 - Public disclosure of graphic photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden after he was killed in May by U.S. commandos would damage national security and lead to attacks on American property and personnel, the Obama administration contends in a court documents.
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Cuba: We Want Normalized U.S. Relations
Last Updated: 11:21 PM 09/26/11 - Cuba wants to re-establish relations with the United States with a focus on humanitarian and other issues, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said Monday.
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Mass Grave Found in Libya
Last Updated: 6:24 AM 09/26/11 - A mass grave has been found in Tripoli.
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AP Source: Israel Won't Warn U.S. Before Iran Strike
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Dishing Out Obama Fried Chicken
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[UPDATE] North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il Has Died
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Afghan Attack Suspect at Leavenworth
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Amanda Knox Acquitted of Murder
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US Missiles Kill Pakistani Militant Commander
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Egypt's ultraconservatives planting seeds in vote
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (AP) -- For Egypt's most conservative Islamists, the country's first competitive presidential election has been a test of their political savvy as they try to plant the seeds for turning the country into an Islamic state....
Cambodia land activists' convictions called unjust
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- Human rights groups in Cambodia have expressed outrage over prison sentences imposed on 13 women who were protesting being evicted from their land without adequate compensation....
Top Philippine judge says he didn't declare $2.4M
w MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- The chief justice of the Philippine Supreme Court has testified at his impeachment trial that he did not violate any laws when he failed to declare $2.4 million in bank accounts....
Backlash against African migrants in Israel
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Recent rapes blamed on African migrants have ignited a political and emotional backlash against their ballooning numbers, with Israelis and their leaders stridently - and in an alarming new development, violently - calling for their expulsion....
Everest climber skips summit, rescues friend
ISTANBUL (AP) -- An Israeli who rescued a distressed climber on Mount Everest instead of pushing onward to the summit says the man he helped, an American of Turkish origin, is like a brother....