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Associated Press People get ready to offer funeral prayers for workers who lost their lives in a factory fire Wednesday in Karachi, Pakistan. Pakistani officials say the death toll from devastating factory fires that broke out in two major cities was 283.
Pakistan fires kill 283; lax safety laws blamed
KARACHI, Pakistan — Fires at two clothing factories in Pakistan left 283 people dead — many trapped behind locked doors and barred windows — tragedies that highlight workplace perils in a country w...
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US-Israel divisions over nuclear Iran boil over
JERUSALEM — Israel is sounding increasingly agitated over what it views as American dithering with economic sanctions too weak to force Iran to end its suspected drive toward nuclear weapons. In...
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Associated Press Protesters destroy an American flag pulled down from the U.S. embassy Tuesday in Cairo. Egyptian protesters, largely ultra conservative Islamists, climbed the walls of the U.S. embassy in Cairo, went into the courtyard and brought down the flag, replacing it with a black flag with Islamic inscription, in protest of a film deemed offensive to Islam.
American diplomat killed in Libya protest over controversal Islam film
CAIRO — Protesters angered over a film that ridiculed Islam’s Prophet Muhammad fired gunshots and burned down the U.S. consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, killing one American diploma...
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Memos suggest US hushed up Soviet crime
WARSAW, Poland — The American POWs sent secret coded messages to Washington with news of a Soviet atrocity: In 1943 they saw rows of corpses in an advanced state of decay in the Katyn forest, on th...
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Associated Press Lights decorate the stadium at the closing ceremony for the 2012 Paralympics on Sunday in London.
Paralympics come to a close
LONDON — Farewell, London. Good luck matching that, Rio. Coldplay, Rihanna and Jay-Z rocked the Olympic Stadium on Sunday night to give the biggest-ever Paralympic Games a rousing send-off, wrap...
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Taiwan isles face dicey makeover
BEIGAN, Taiwan — Cheng Yu-lan surveys the terraced courtyard outside her deserted Matsu tea shop and considers the $2 billion bonanza about to wash over the offshore Taiwanese archipelago — a bonan...
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Associated Press Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly in 2011. As Iran's president crafts his talking points for his annual trip to New York, one message is likely to remain near the top: Tehran has not closed the door on nuclear dialogue and is ready to resume negotiations with world powers.
Nuke talk questions await Iranian president at UN
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — As Iran’s president crafts his talking points for his annual trip to New York, one message is likely to remain near the top: Tehran has not closed the door on nuclear ...
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Associated Press Afghan security forces stands guard at the scene of a suicide bombing Saturday in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan authorities say a suicide bomber blew himself up near NATO headquarters, killing at least six people.
Suicide bomb kills 6 near NATO gate
KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber struck at the heart of NATO’s operation in Kabul on Saturday, killing at least six Afghan civilians in an attack that officials blamed on the Haqqani network —...
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Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit Leaders Retreat II Sunday in Vladivostok, Russia.
Russia rebuffs Clinton on Syria, Iran penalties
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia — Russia on Saturday soundly rejected U.S. calls for increased pressure on Syrian President Bashar Assad to relinquish power. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton trie...
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Associated Press A soldier wears a protective mask as the San Cristobal volcano spews smoke and ash Saturday near Chinandega, Nicaragua. Nicaragua's tallest volcano has let off a series of explosions, spewing gases and showering ash on nearby towns.
Nicaragua evacuates as volcano spews ash
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — The San Cristobal volcano spewed out a column of ash and gas 2½ miles high Saturday, leading Nicaraguan authorities to evacuate about 3,000 people from nine communities around ...
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