Queen leads Britain's ceremony for war dead
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Queen Elizabeth II led Britain's annual ceremony for the country's war dead Sunday, honoring them with a moment of silence as the military reported that more than 200 British soldiers have been killed in combat in...
Italy: Wig-wearing mob fugitive nabbed near Naples
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Italy on Sunday hailed the capture of a wig-disguised mobster who had been on the list of the country's top 30 fugitives. Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa's office said paramilitary police arrested Luigi Esposito on...
Press group: Latam governments moving in on press
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Latin American governments are increasingly intervening in the news business, creating and favoring official media, regulating content and distribution and using other legal methods to silence their critics, a newspaper...
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Iraqi lawmakers pass long-delayed election law, paving way for nationwide-vote ...
Turkey: Indicted Sudan leader won't attend summit
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Turkey said Sunday that Sudan's internationally indicted leader, President Omar al-Bashir, will not attend a conference of Muslim nations in Istanbul. Turkey had faced criticism for its planned welcome of al-Bashir,...
Chinese premier pledges funds, aid to Africa
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China's premier on Sunday pledged $10 billion in new low interest loans to African nations over three years, offering the beleaguered continent sorely needed cash while dismissing criticism that Beijing's motives in...
Dalai Lama visits town near Tibet, angering China
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Joyous Buddhist pilgrims welcomed the Dalai Lama back Sunday to the Himalayan town he first set foot in five decades ago while fleeing Chinese rule in his native Tibet _ a rare trip close to his homeland that has...
Pope Benedict honors Paul VI in Italian birthplace
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Pope Benedict XVI made a one-day pilgrimage Sunday to northern Italy to pay tribute to Paul VI, his predecessor who made him a cardinal. Thousands held umbrellas or pulled jackets tightly about them as a chilly rain...
Swiss open probe of al-Qaida nuke physicist case
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Switzerland has opened its own investigation into the case of a nuclear physicist France suspected of al-Qaida links, an official said Sunday. The French suspect, who worked at the world's largest atom smasher on the...
US attorney general: Gitmo reviews under way
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U.S. officials are reviewing which Guantanamo Bay detainees could face trial in American courts and the first indications could come next week, the U.S. attorney general said Sunday. Eric Holder told reporters that...
Iranian lawmaker warns Russia over missile delay
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A senior Iranian lawmaker warned Russia that its delay in delivering an anti-aircraft missile defense system to Tehran could harm relations between the two countries, state television reported Sunday. Russia signed a...
Obama confronts an Asia reshaped by China's rise
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Days after coming to power in September, Japan's new prime minister broached forming a new East Asian trading bloc with rival China _ one that would exclude the United States. Some in Washington took it as a snub from...
Highlights of Obama's trip to Asia
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A day-by-day look at President Barack Obama's trip to Asia: Thursday, Nov. 12: Departs for Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea, through Nov. 19. En route to Tokyo, Japan, stops at Elmendorf Air Base, Alaska, to...
Berlin guard: Opening wall `terrible' but right
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Harald Jaeger was a loyal East German border guard _ respected and trusted to command a crossing point to the west on Berlin's Bornholmer Strasse. So when his checkpoint was swarmed on the evening of Nov. 9, 1989, as...
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Purported Taliban commander claims responsibility for Pakistan market bombing that killed 12. ...
Homeland chief warns against anti-Muslim backlash
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U.S. Homeland Security officials are working with groups around United States to head off any possible anti-Muslim backlash following the shootings at Fort Hood in Texas, the agency's chief said Sunday. The comments by...
Timeline of events leading to communism's collapse
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Key dates in the collapse of communism across Eastern Europe in 1989: _ June 4: Poland holds first partially free elections in four decades; Solidarity-led opposition wins all but one freely contested seat in...
Fuel convoy hit in eastern Afghanistan
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An Afghan police official says at least two private security guards have been wounded and two fuel tankers set on fire in eastern Afghanistan when militants attacked a supply convoy for NATO forces. Provincial police...
British soldier killed in southern Afghanistan
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Britain's Defense Ministry says a British soldier has been killed in southern Afghanistan. The ministry said Sunday that the soldier from the 2nd Battalion, The Rifles, was killed in an explosion Saturday near Sangin...
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Chinese premier says Beijing will provide $10 billion in loans to African countries. ...
China sends panda expert to Taiwan to aid breeding
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Nothing like a little time apart to rekindle the affections that could lead to a baby panda. So says a panda expert sent by China to Taiwan to advise on how to encourage mating by the pair given by Beijing last...
Saudis take mountain from Yemen rebels
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Saudi Arabian forces have taken control of a mountain straddling the border with Yemen and cleared it of Shiite rebels, in five days of fighting that saw three soldiers killed and 15 wounded, the assistant defense...
Japanese FM says no base deal during Obama visit
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Japan's foreign minister said Sunday that no deal on relocating U.S. troops on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa can be expected during President Barack Obama's visit this week, saying the issue needs more time to...
Dalai Lama visits town near Tibet, angering China
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The Dalai Lama brushed off Chinese protests and traveled Sunday to a remote Himalayan town near the Tibetan border to lead five days of prayers and teaching sessions for Buddhist pilgrims. Thousands of poor villagers...
To defang Taliban, some look to private schools
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The schoolhouse is so tiny that dozens of pupils have to sit outdoors. They're lucky if their teachers have more than a basic education. And the chanting of math equations and Quranic verses gets so loud that the...
W. Africa's last giraffes make surprising comeback
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A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil. The tallest animals on earth are here, the guide says, somewhere...
Mexican army makes large opium seizure
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The Mexican army said Saturday it has seized a shipment of almost a quarter-ton of opium in the country's northern mountains, one of the largest such seizures made in Mexico. The 448 pounds (203 kilograms) of opium...
Peres calls on Palestinian leader not to quit
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Israel's president on Saturday called on Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to rescind his decision to stand down, invoking the memory of Yitzhak Rabin at a public commemoration for the assassinated Israeli premier. ...
Yemen rebels say Saudi bombardments hit stronghold
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Saudi warplanes and artillery bombarded a Shiite rebel stronghold in northern Yemen Saturday for a third straight day, according to the rebel fighters, and Yemen's president vowed to wipe out the insurrection. The...
TAM: Jet forced to return to JFK
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TAM Airlines says one of its jets took off from New York's JFK airport but was forced to return 20 minutes into the flight because of a mechanical problem. TAM Linhas Aereas SA says that Flight JJ8081 en route to Sao...
Medvedev: Arms control deal with US can be reached
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Russia and the United States have a good chance of reaching a new nuclear arms reduction deal before year's end, but other nuclear powers must join disarmament efforts, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in remarks...
Air France crash memorial in Rio amid criticism
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Scores of relatives of the 228 people killed in the June 1 Air France jet crash dedicated a memorial in an upscale beach neighborhood Saturday amid strong criticism that the airline has failed to provide them with the...
Giant dominoes form tribute to Berlin Wall's fall
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Massive colorful dominoes painted by German students were placed Saturday along the former path of the Berlin Wall to mark the 20th anniversary of the opening of the barrier that divided the city for nearly three...
Iran releases 3 journalists jailed during rallies
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Iranian authorities have released three journalists who were among more than 100 people arrested during pro-government and opposition street demonstrations this week, the country's official news agency reported. One of...
West Africa's last giraffes make surprise comeback
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A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil. The tallest animals on earth are here, the guide says, somewhere...
Bruni-Sarkozy tells of 8 years in psychoanalysis
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During her years as a top model, French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy gave psychoanalysis nary a thought. But after her father died, the then-28-year-old model dove into therapy "body and soul," and has since spent...
US tourist dies 'car surfing' in Puerto Rico
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Police say a U.S. tourist who was pretending to be surfing on the hood of a friend's moving car was killed when he fell and broke his neck in a popular Puerto Rican beach town. Police spokeswoman Yolanda Hernandez says...
Saudi won't bar hajj pilgrims over swine flu fears
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The Saudi health minister said Saturday that the kingdom will not bar anyone considered high-risk for swine flu from performing the hajj pilgrimage this year, though he urged countries where pilgrims set out from to...
To defang Taliban, some look to private schools
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The schoolhouse is so tiny that dozens of pupils have to sit outdoors. They're lucky if their teachers have more than a basic education. And the chanting of math equations and Quranic verses gets so loud that the...
Guyana: US 'mastermind' behind arson attacks
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Recent arson attacks and shootings in this violence-wracked South American nation are the work of a mastermind living in the United States, Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo alleged. Jagdeo made the allegation late...
Madagascar political rivals reach government deal
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Madagascar's political rivals have agreed on posts within a transitional government that will hold power until next year's elections following a power struggle that brought months of volatility to the country, an...
UK foreign secretary: Obama critics miss the point
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British Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Saturday accused critics of U.S. President Barack Obama of foolishly expecting him to fix the world's woes single-handedly. In a speech to London's Fabian Society think tank,...
Fighting the odds to keep Indian tongues alive
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In his first year at San Marcos University, Hermenegildo Espejo barely spoke, and certainly not in class. His Spanish was rudimentary, his accent an embarrassment. Classmates in Lima, a two-day trip from his Amazon...
Afghan gov't says UN representative out of line
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Pushing back against international criticism, Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that the top U.N. official in the country overstepped his authority by giving instructions on how to rid the government of...
Unique homecoming to Vietnam for US commander
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On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homecoming _ as the commander of a U.S....
Guard arrested for torture in Tijuana prison riots
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Mexican police caught a prison official who spent a year on the run from charges of killing a 19-year-old inmate, whose beating death sparked riots that left nearly two dozen dead, including two American prisoners. ...
Lock and roll: Presley's hair for sale at auction
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A British auction house says it's selling a strand of Elvis Presley's hair preserved for decades by a fan. The auction house said Saturday the strand is owned by Thomas B. Morgan Jr., an Elvis fan and former...
US: More foreign troops certain in new Afghan plan
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A top Pentagon official says President Barack Obama's new strategy for Afghanistan will be certain to include reinforcements of foreign troops from both the United States and allied nations. Undersecretary of Defense...
Pakistan's fashionistas defy Taliban
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Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered, burqa-style, but with shoulders _ and tattoos _ exposed. Male models wore long, Islamic robes as well as shorts...
UN: About 200 staff to be pulled from Afghanistan
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The U.N. says hundreds of its staffers will be temporarily pulled out of Afghanistan in the wake of an Oct. 28 attack that killed five of its workers, but it's still determining exactly how many. U.N. spokesman Adrian...