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Kuwaiti premier visits Iraq, tightening bonds

The warming bonds between Shiite-led Iraq and Sunni-ruled Kuwait are noteworthy in a region increasingly plagued by the sectarian divisions…

June 12, 2013

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NY judge: Fed plan for morning-after pill sales OK

The finding by U.S. District Judge Edward Korman came in response to a Department of Justice decision this week to…

June 12, 2013

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Fukushima plant steps closer to fuel-rod removal

Plant chief Takeshi Takahashi told journalists on a plant tour Wednesday that workers have cleaned up much of the debris…

June 12, 2013

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Southern Baptists officially oppose gay Scout rule

While some action against the Scouts was widely anticipated, given the denomination’s very public opposition to the change, the resolution…

June 12, 2013

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CIA deputy director Michael Morell retires

When President Barack Obama named a successor to former CIA Director David Petraeus last January, Morell was passed over in…

June 12, 2013

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South Africa: Mandela ‘responding better to treatment’

President Jacob Zuma told parliament that he is happy with the progress that the 94-year-old is making following his hospitalization…

June 12, 2013

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Syrian extremist rebels raid Shiite village

In the raid, which comes at a time when the West is worried that extremists are increasingly joining the rebellion,…

June 12, 2013

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Calm for now in Turkey protests as both sides talk

Protests spread across the country after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered police to clear a peaceful sit-in of Turks…

June 12, 2013

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NSA director defends surveillance

Programs disrupted dozens of attacks, Alexander says

June 11, 2013

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N.J. town to restrict baggy pants

The sagging pants trend was popularized by hip-hop artists and has been embraced by youths.Wayne Parry/Associated Press The city is…

June 11, 2013

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Congress briefed about spy programs

But the country’s main civil-liberties organization wasn’t buying it, filing the most significant lawsuit against the sweeping phone-record collection program…

June 11, 2013

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Mali manual suggests al-Qaida has feared weapon

Except that the students in this case were al-Qaida fighters in Mali. And the manual was a detailed guide, with…

June 11, 2013

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1 man dead in 27-car Nevada sandstorm pileup

Humboldt County sheriff’s dispatchers called in virtually every medical, law enforcement and fire worker in the sparsely populated area after…

June 11, 2013

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Chinese craft blasts into space on docking mission

A Long March 2F rocket carrying the Shenzhou 10 astronaut capsule lifted off as scheduled at 5:38 p.m. (0938 GMT)…

June 11, 2013

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Grandma, 72, shoots at intruder, misses in Calif.

Jan Cooper, of Anaheim, fired one shot from her .357-magnum Smith & Wesson revolver around 12:30 a.m. Sunday as a…

June 11, 2013

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Istanbul clashes go into night

30,000 protesters gather in park; police use force to clear the area

June 11, 2013

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Iraq increasingly drawn into Syrian battlefield

Iraqi border posts along the Syrian frontier are coming under attack, and Syrian truck drivers have been singled out and…

June 11, 2013

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Ariz. police piece together fatal shooting by boy

Justin Stanfield Thomas, 34, had traveled from Phoenix to a friends home on Friday to pick up some of his…

June 10, 2013

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River breaches levee in Germany

least 22 deaths have been reported

June 10, 2013

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Korea talks raise hopes; history may scuttle them

SEOUL, South Korea The two Koreas will hold their highest-level talks in years Wednesday in an effort to restore…

June 10, 2013

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Transplant group rejects lung rule changes

The executive committee of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network held a teleconference to consider children who seek to qualify…

June 10, 2013

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Feds to comply with NY morning-after pill ruling

The Department of Justice, in the latest development in a complex back-and-forth over access to the morning-after pill, notified U.S.…

June 10, 2013

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Senate moves toward votes on immigration bill

The two votes scheduled for Tuesday afternoon are on procedural measures to officially allow debate to move forward on the…

June 10, 2013

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Atty: Worker in Pa. bldg collapse misused machine

Attorney Kenneth Edelin said in a statement that contractor Griffin Campbell hired excavator operator Sean Benschop because of his experience…

June 10, 2013