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Associated Press Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and his wife, Suha, hold hands prior to Arafat's departure from his compound in the West Bank town of Ramallah in 2004. Arafat's body may be exhumed to allow for more testing of the causes of his death, the Palestinian president said Wednesday.
Tests revive Arafat death debate
JERUSALEM — The discovery of traces of a radioactive agent on clothing reportedly worn by Yasser Arafat in his final days reignited a cauldron of conspiracy theories Wednesday about the mysterious ...
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Associated Press A typical candidate event including two high-energy photons whose energy (depicted by red towers) is measured in the CMS electromagnetic calorimeter. The yellow lines are the measured tracks of other particles produced in the collision. The pale blue volume shows the CMS crystal calorimeter barrel. To cheers and standing ovations, scientists at the world's biggest atom smasher claimed the discovery of a new subatomic particle Wednesday, calling it "consistent" with the long-sought Higgs boson -- popularly known as the "God particle" -- that helps explain what gives all matter in the universe size and shape.
Physicists celebrate evidence of ‘God particle’
GENEVA — Scientists at the world’s biggest atom smasher hailed the discovery of “the missing cornerstone of physics” Wednesday, cheering the apparent end of a decades-long quest for a new subatomic...
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Associated Press People visit the Shiite cemetery in Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday. Market bombings and other attacks across Iraq killed and wounded scores of people on Tuesday, and one senior intelligence figure said he could not rule out that guards may have taken bribes to allow terrorists to penetrate security during a Shiite pilgrimage.
Bombs kill 40; officials eye bribes
BAGHDAD — Bombs pounded six Iraqi cities and towns Tuesday, killing at least 40 people and raising suspicion that security forces might be assisting terrorists in launching attacks on Shiite Muslim...
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Barclays CEO Diamond quits in rate-fixing scandal
LONDON — Barclays Chief Executive Bob Diamond resigned Tuesday, the biggest scalp in a financial markets scandal that has ripped through the bank’s senior management and sown the seeds for a new in...
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Dalai Lama pushes monks to tackle science
SARAH, India — The shouts of more than a dozen Tibetan monks echo through the small classroom. Fingers are pointed. Voices collide. When an important point is made, the men smack their hands togeth...
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Associated Press A wall painting by artist Josef Kristofoletti is seen at the Atlas experiment site at the European Center for Nuclear Research, CERN, outside Geneva, Switzerland. The painting shows how a Higgs boson might look.
‘God particle’ evidence found
GENEVA — Physicists say they have all but proven that the “God particle” exists. They have a footprint and a shadow, and the only thing left is to see for themselves the elusive subatomic particle ...
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Morsi, Egypt’s new leader, claims revolution’s mantle
CAIRO — Standing before tens of thousands of adoring supporters in Tahrir Square, President Mohammed Morsi opened his jacket in a show of bravado to prove he was not wearing a bullet-proof vest. Th...
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Associated Press The skyline of Dubai is seen from the rear deck of the Queen Elizabeth 2. Istithmar World, the Dubai state investment company that owns the ship, outlined plans Monday to turn the retired cruiseliner into a 300-room hotel in Port Rashid, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Oceanliner QE2 to host visitors once again as hotel in Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Queen Elizabeth 2’s Dubai owners outlined plans Monday to turn the storied cruise liner into a dockside hotel that will keep many existing furnishings intact, endi...
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Philippine crocodile declared the largest in captivity
MANILA, Philippines — A huge crocodile known as Lolong has brought pride, fear, tourism revenue and attention to the remote southern Philippines town where it was captured. And now it has claimed a...
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Report: North Korea ships arms, violating United Nations sanctions
UNITED NATIONS — North Korea continues to violate U.N. sanctions by attempting to ship arms to Syria and Myanmar and illegally importing luxury goods, according to a long-awaited report by a U.N. e...
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