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Female suicide bomber injures 18 in Russian region
Updated: Sat, May 25, 2013
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — A female suicide bomber blew herself up in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday, injuring at least 18, including two children and five police officers,...
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UK police question alleged soldier killer's friend
Updated: Sat, May 25, 2013
LONDON (AP) — Counterterrorism police on Saturday questioned a friend of alleged Islamic extremist Michael Adebolajo, one of two suspects in a savage killing of a British soldier on a London...
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Hezbollah chief says group is fighting in Syria
Updated: Sat, May 25, 2013
BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah says his Shiite militant group will not stand idly by while its chief ally Syria is under attack. Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah says Hezbollah members...
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The Dead Sea Scrolls at a glance
Published: Sat, May 25, 2013
The Dead Sea Scrolls consist of more than 10,000 manuscript fragments representing 900 separate texts, including the oldest biblical texts ever found. They were discovered in caves in the Judean...
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Kerry makes sub-Saharan Africa visit
Updated: Sat, May 25, 2013
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it cracks down on...
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Hezbollah leader says his group will not stand idle while its ally Syria is under attack
Published: Sat, May 25, 2013
BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah leader says his group will not stand idle while its ally Syria is under attack.
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UK zookeeper dies from tiger attack injuries
Updated: 3 min ago
LONDON (AP) — A young zookeeper who was mauled by a Sumatran tiger at an animal park has died, British police said Saturday. The woman, 24-year-old Sarah McClay, was in the big cat's enclosure...
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Russian police detain activists, foes at gay rally
Updated: 3 min ago
MOSCOW (AP) — Gay-rights campaigners and their opponents clashed at an unsanctioned rally in the Russian capital on Saturday, but a heavy police presence in Ukraine kept the two sides apart at...
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16 children, 1 teacher die in Pakistan bus fire
Updated: 4 min ago
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Sixteen schoolchildren and a teacher burned to death in eastern Pakistan early Saturday when a short-circuit near a leaking gas tank caused their minibus to burst into...
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Israeli official says Syria cyberattack foiled
Updated: 1 hr ago
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli security expert says Syrian hackers tried to break into the computers of the water system of the city of Haifa. Speaking at a lecture on Saturday in the southern...
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Suicide bomber dies in blast in Afghan capital
Updated: 1 hr ago
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A would-be suicide bomber died when his explosives-rigged vest went off prematurely in Afghanistan's capital on Saturday morning, police said. The apparent failed...
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BC-WEA--Global Weather-Fahrenheit, WEA
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NEW YORK (AP) — Minimum and maximum temperatures in Fahrenheit, precipitation in inches and weather conditions as recorded for the previous day and forecast for the current and following day in...
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'Yugonostalgia' as Croatia prepares to join EU
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KUMROVEC, Croatia (AP) — Forget the European Union, many in this Croatian village are saying. The group of nations being celebrated this weekend is one that died more than 20 years ago when...
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2-child limit for Muslims in parts of Myanmar
Updated: 2 hr ago
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have imposed a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists in the area and comes...
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In Ethiopia, African Union celebrates 50 years
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The African Union on Saturday marked 50 years since the founding of a continentwide organization that helped liberate Africa from colonial masters and which now is...
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Balloons bring smiles in war-weary Afghan capital
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Artists and activists handed out 10,000 bright pink balloons to residents in Afghanistan's war-weary capital on Saturday, bringing smiles to surprised Kabul residents a...
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Saudi Arabia warns against Iran's nuclear program
Published: Sat, May 25, 2013
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal has warned against the danger of Iran's nuclear program to the region's security and said Iran should not threaten its...
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Chile's Indians take on world's largest gold miner
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EL CORRAL, Chile (AP) — The Diaguita Indians live in the foothills of the Andes, just downstream from the world's highest gold mine, where for as long as anyone can remember they've drunk...
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10 things to know for the Champions League final
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LONDON (AP) — It's time for the biggest game in club soccer — brought to you by Germany. This year's Champions League final will be an all-German affair played out before a global TV...
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Ex-sex slave says Japan mayor's remark 'absurd'
Updated: 3 hr ago
OSAKA, Japan (AP) — A former sex slave says a Japanese mayor's remarks about Japan's wartime sex slavery are "absurd." Kim Bok-dong, who is from South Korea, was referring Saturday to comments...
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