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ISLAMABAD (AP) — President Barack Obama's speech on the use of drones and the fate of Guantanamo prisoners was largely welcomed Friday in two key countries affected by the policies— Pakistan and Yemen. But Pakistani officials criticized the president for not announcing an end to drone...

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LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — An Egyptian security official says 10 male relatives have killed a mother and her two daughters on suspicion of moral offenses — so-called "honor killings." The official said Friday the men suspected the three women of having affairs, and killed them to protect the...

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OSAKA, Japan (AP) — Two Korean former sex slaves demanded the resignation of an outspoken Japanese mayor and canceled a meeting with him Friday for justifying Japan's wartime practice of forcing tens of thousands of Asian women into prostitution for its military. Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto,...

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LONDON (AP) — A British Airways jet made an emergency landing at London's Heathrow Airport Friday after developing a technical problem after takeoff. TV footage showed smoke streaming from one of the engines. Airport officials briefly closed both runways at Europe's busiest airport, causing...

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KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Five climbers including two Hungarians and a South Korean are missing on the world's third-highest mountain and feared dead, a mountaineering official said Friday. The five disappeared Monday on Mount Kanchenjunga, and bad weather was preventing a rescue helicopter from...

Published: Fri, May 24, 2013

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.S. Embassy says an American diplomat accidentally killed a pedestrian while driving in the Pakistani capital. The embassy said in a statement sent to reporters that the diplomat hit the pedestrian near a market in Islamabad on Friday. The pedestrian died as a result of...

Published: Fri, May 24, 2013

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has approved restrictions on three pesticides to better protect dwindling bee populations, to enter into force by December. EU Health Commissioner Tonio Borg called Friday's decision a "milestone towards ensuring a healthier future for our honeybees." The...

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CANNES, France (AP) — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. SWAROVSKI NOT WORRIED ABOUT CANNES JEWEL THEFTS There have been two high-profile jewelry thefts during the Cannes Film Festival, but team from Swarovski, which is providing baubles for...

Published: Fri, May 24, 2013

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — TEL AVIV, Israel — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is harshly criticizing Iran's guardian council for eliminating hundreds of presidential candidates and, in his view, standing in the way of legitimate, representative democracy. Kerry says it is hardly a free,...

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police say a suicide bomber walked up to a vehicle owned by an Afghan religious leader in northwestern Pakistan and set off his explosives, killing three people. The leader, Haji Hayatullah, was not harmed in the attack in Peshawar city because he was in a nearby...