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Sixth night of violence in Sweden, but police say capital calmer
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By Mia Shanley STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Community patrols and a beefed-up police presence helped to calm violence around Stockholm overnight on Saturday but 20 to 30 cars were still torched in poor immigrant suburbs and serious incidents were reported outside the capital for the first time. The rioting in Stockholm abated after a week of masked youths vandalizing schools and police stations, setting cars alight and hurling stones at firefighters, police said. "It was much calmer - rocks weren't being thrown at police or firefighters - and that's a sign that it's calmer. ...
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| Date Posted : Sat, 25 May 2013 05:54:14 -0400 |
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In Syria's shadow, Iraq violence presents new test for U.S.
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By Warren Strobel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saddled with Middle East problems ranging from Iran to Syria and beyond, President Barack Obama now faces one that is both old and new: Iraq. Unresolved sectarian tensions, inflamed by the raging civil war in neighboring Syria, have combined to send violence in Iraq to its highest level since Obama withdrew the last U.S. troops in December 2011, U.S. officials and Middle East analysts say. A Sunni Muslim insurgency against the Shi'ite-led Baghdad government has also been reawakened. ...
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| Date Posted : Sat, 25 May 2013 01:05:14 -0400 |
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Freeport Indonesia union says mine shut but maintenance under way
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JAKARTA (Reuters) - Between 35 and 40 percent of workers at Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's Indonesian unit returned to work on Saturday to carry out maintenance work after a tunnel collapse that killed 28 people, a union official said. The resumption of work was a possible sign the firm was gearing up towards restarting operations at the world's No. 2 copper mine. Arizona-based Freeport suspended operations at the remote Papua mine on May 15, at a cost estimated at about $15 million a day in lost production. ...
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| Date Posted : Sat, 25 May 2013 04:49:01 -0400 |
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Pakistan school bus explosion and blaze kill 17 children: media
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Seventeen Pakistani children burnt to death on Saturday when a gas cylinder on the bus taking them to school exploded, media said. Ten children were injured in the blaze on the outskirts of Gujrat, 100 miles southeast of Islamabad, DawnNews said. Many vehicles in energy-starved Pakistan are powered by relatively cheap compressed natural gas and cylinder blasts are common. (Reporting by Nick Macfie; Editing by Ron Popeski)
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| Date Posted : Sat, 25 May 2013 01:35:45 -0400 |
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Syria opposition unity talks face specter of collapse
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By Khaled Yacoub Oweis ISTANBUL - Syrian opposition talks aimed at presenting a coherent front at an international peace conference to end the civil war faced the prospect of collapse after President Bashar al-Assad's foes failed to cut an internal deal, opposition sources said on Friday. ...
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| Date Posted : Fri, 24 May 2013 22:15:44 -0400 |
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British security services in spotlight after soldier murder
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By Peter Griffiths LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's security services faced questions on Friday over whether they could have done more to prevent the murder of a soldier hacked to death in a busy London street after it emerged that his suspected killers were known to intelligence officers. Suspects Michael Adebolajo, 28 and Michael Adebowale, 22, are under guard in hospital after being shot and arrested by police after the murder of 25-year-old Afghan war veteran Lee Rigby on Wednesday. They have not yet been charged. ...
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| Date Posted : Fri, 24 May 2013 13:15:19 -0400 |
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Obama’s struggle: How free should the press be?
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| Deep into his one-hour speech Thursday on counterterrorism policy, President Obama reached a topic that is near and dear to the news media’s heart: the ability of journalists to pursue their craft without fear of government intrusion. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 24 May 2013 18:42:41 -0400 |
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Would a US 'drone court' to authorize drone strikes be a good idea?
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| Among the striking moments in President Obama’s national security speech this week, in which he argued it's time to wean America off its nation-at-war mentality, was his apparent receptiveness to the idea of establishing a “drone court" as a check on the use of those weapons. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 24 May 2013 18:35:58 -0400 |
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Can Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez help GOP repair its image among Latinos?
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| The first thing Gabriel Gomez likes to tell crowds on the campaign trail is where he’s going – the United States Senate. The second is where he’s coming from. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 24 May 2013 18:25:28 -0400 |
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In soggy North Dakota, hopes rise that floodwaters won't
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| The 1,300 residents of Cavalier, N.D., may be breathing a little easier Thursday, as the threat that their town would be submerged in floodwaters began to abate. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 24 May 2013 16:52:53 -0400 |
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'Friend' of suspect in UK slaying arrested
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| LONDON (AP) — Counterterrorism police are questioning a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two men suspected of the savage killing of a British soldier. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 25 May 2013 05:58:27 -0400 |
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Female suicide bomber injures 11 in Russian region
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| MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — A female suicide bomber injured at least 11 police officers and civilians, including two children, in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday, police said. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 25 May 2013 06:11:29 -0400 |
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Toronto mayor denies he smokes crack cocaine
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TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict, breaking a week of silence over reports of a video purportedly showing him using the drug. Critics were not appeased, with one city councilor questioning whether the mayor told "the whole truth" and another calling on him to resign.
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| Date Posted : Sat, 25 May 2013 01:06:18 -0400 |
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Syria targeted Israeli jeep going to rebel village
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| UNITED NATIONS (AP) — UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria said it targeted an Israeli vehicle that crossed a ceasefire line into its territory earlier this week because it was heading toward a village with a large rebel presence. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 24 May 2013 14:03:10 -0400 |
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Kerry makes sub-Saharan Africa visit
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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 Islamist extremists and pledged to work hard in the coming months to ease tensions between Sudan and South Sudan.
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| Date Posted : Sat, 25 May 2013 04:50:27 -0400 |
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NKorean envoy delivers letter to China's president
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BEIJING (AP) — A top North Korean envoy has delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled nuclear disarmament talks, in an apparent victory for Beijing's efforts to coax its unruly ally into lowering tensions.
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| Date Posted : Fri, 24 May 2013 22:16:46 -0400 |
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Dozens march in Ukraine's first-ever gay rally
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KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — At least 50 gay rights activists have marched peacefully in the country's first gay rally despite a court ban and attempts to disrupt the event.
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| Date Posted : Sat, 25 May 2013 06:03:29 -0400 |
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In Ethiopia, African Union celebrates 50 years
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| ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Dozens of African leaders are meeting in the Ethiopian capital to mark 50 years since the founding of the African Union, a continentwide organization that helped liberate Africa from colonial masters. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 25 May 2013 05:53:54 -0400 |
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Suicide bomber dies in blast in Afghan capital
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| 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 attack came a day after a major Taliban assault on an international compound in Kabul left 10 people dead including the six attackers. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 25 May 2013 05:53:17 -0400 |
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Jordan king says extremism 'grown fat' on conflict
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| SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan (AP) — Jordan's King Abdullah II says extremism has "grown fat" off of the longstanding conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 25 May 2013 05:35:47 -0400 |
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Syria regime unleashes artillery barrage on Qusair
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BEIRUT (AP) — Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad unleashed on Saturday their heaviest artillery and rocket barrage in a week-long battle to dislodge rebels from a strategic western town, activists said.
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| Date Posted : Sat, 25 May 2013 05:33:39 -0400 |
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Balloons bring smiles in war-weary Afghan capital
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| KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Artists and activists have handed out 10,000 pink balloons to residents in Afghanistan's war-weary capital, bringing smiles to surprised Kabul residents a day after a major Taliban siege on an international compound in the city. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 25 May 2013 05:03:18 -0400 |
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Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival
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CANNES, France (AP) — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
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| Date Posted : Sat, 25 May 2013 04:27:02 -0400 |
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Mosque blast kills 12 in eastern Afghanistan
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| KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Authorities in eastern Afghanistan say explosives transported by suspected Taliban fighters accidentally detonated while they were stopped at a mosque, killing 12 people. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 25 May 2013 04:21:52 -0400 |
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16 children, 1 teacher dead in Pakistan bus fire
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| LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Police say that a teacher was among the 17 burned to death in eastern Pakistan when a minibus taking children to school suddenly caught fire. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 25 May 2013 04:01:27 -0400 |
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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 straight from the glacier-fed river that irrigates their orchards and vineyards with its clear water.
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| Date Posted : Sat, 25 May 2013 03:45:12 -0400 |
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Gas cylinder blast on Pakistan school bus kills 17
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| ISLAMABAD (AP) — At least 17 children were burned to death in eastern Pakistan on Saturday when a faulty gas cylinder exploded on the bus taking them to school, police said. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 25 May 2013 00:48:33 -0400 |
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Militants attacks kill 9 in Pakistan
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| PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A pair of suspected militant attacks killed nine people in two different areas of northwest Pakistan on Friday, police said. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 24 May 2013 23:51:42 -0400 |
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Ex-Guatemala president extradited to US
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GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited on Friday to the United States to face charges of laundering $70 million in Guatemalan funds through U.S. bank accounts.
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| Date Posted : Fri, 24 May 2013 21:49:44 -0400 |
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Soldier's slaying prompts UK security review
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LONDON (AP) — Both of the suspects accused of butchering a British soldier during broad daylight on a London street had long been on the radar of Britain's domestic spy agency, though investigators say it would have been nearly impossible to predict that the men were on the verge of a brutal killing.
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| Date Posted : Fri, 24 May 2013 21:01:01 -0400 |
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Guatemalan ex-president extradited to U.S. on money-laundering charges
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By Mike McDonald GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited on Friday to the United States to face money-laundering charges, just days after former dictator Efrain Rios Montt's genocide conviction was overturned. A U.S. grand jury decided in 2009 that Portillo, who was in office from 2000 to 2004, should face charges that he laundered $70 million through U.S. banks. ...
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| Date Posted : Fri, 24 May 2013 20:54:20 -0400 |
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Barrick fined $16m for Pascua-Lama violations
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VALLENAR, Chile (AP) — Chile's environmental regulator blocked Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project on Friday and imposed its maximum fine on the world's largest gold miner, citing "very serious" violations of its environmental permit as well as a failure by the company to accurately describe what it had done wrong.
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| Date Posted : Fri, 24 May 2013 18:40:25 -0400 |
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