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Associated Press A wooden boat, believed to have up to 180 asylum seekers on board, floats July 4 off Christmas Island, Australia. Asylum-seekers are reaching its shores in record numbers to avoid a tougher deportation policy the country is preparing to implement.
Asylum-seekers flock to shore before crackdown
CANBERRA, Australia — Australia calls it a “closing-down sale” for people smugglers: Asylum-seekers in rickety boats are reaching its shores in record numbers ahead of a tougher deportation policy ...
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Associated Press Peformers participate in the Opening Ceremony for the 2012 Paralympics Wednesday in London. 4,200 athletes from more than 160 nations are in London for the Paralympics.
Gala opens London’s Paralympics
LONDON — “Enlightenment” was the theme, physicist Stephen Hawking the guide and Olympic Stadium the venue Wednesday night as London welcomed 4,200 athletes from more than 160 nations to the 2012 Pa...
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UN chief hits host Iran over human rights
TEHRAN, Iran — The U.N. chief jolted his Iranian hosts for a nonaligned nations meeting Wednesday by pointing out “serious concerns” in Tehran’s human rights record and urging cooperation with the ...
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Karzai moves to replace Afghan security chiefs
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai moved to replace the country’s intelligence chief and the ministers of defense and interior Wednesday, the first step in what senior government of...
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Associated Press Syrians who fled their homes due to fighting between Syrian army and rebels shout slogans as they march toward the Turkish border during a protest asking the Turkish government to let them enter near the Syrian town of Azaz on Tuesday.
Syrian opposition’s goal stays elusive
AZAZ, Syria — In the foreign halls of power, the strategy is clear: Syria’s opposition should unite to present an alternative to Bashar Assad’s rule — a step France’s president says would lead to ...
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Egypt leader said to reach out to radicals in Sinai
CAIRO — Egypt’s Islamist president is using former jihadists to mediate with radical Islamists in Sinai, trying to ensure a halt in militant attacks in return for a stop in a military offensive in ...
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Associated Press Cindy (center right) and Craig Corrie (center), the parents of Rachel Corrie, a pro-Palestinian activist who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza in 2003, sit together with their daughter Sarah in the courtroom just before the district court's ruling in Haifa, Israel, on Tuesday.
Israeli court rejects activist’s family lawsuit
HAIFA, Israel — An Israeli court on Tuesday cleared the military of wrongdoing in the death of a young American activist who was crushed by an Israeli bulldozer during a protest in the Gaza Strip n...
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Defectors officers live in secret camp in Jordan
MAFRAQ, Jordan — In an isolated stretch of Jordanian desert, a heavily guarded, secret compound houses 1,200 senior police and army officers who defected from nearby Syria. The men live in trail...
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Associated Press People walk outside Pizza Pizza restaurant Thursday in Baghdad.
Fast food finds fans in Baghdad
BAGHDAD — Baghdad’s embattled residents can finally get their milkshakes, chili-cheese dogs and buckets of crispy fried chicken. Original recipe or extra spicy, of course. A wave of new American...
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Associated Press Cindy (left) and Craig Corrie (right), the parents of Rachel Corrie, a pro-Palestinian activist who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza in 2003, sit together with their daughter Sarah during an interview with the Associated Press in Jerusalem on Sunday.
Family of slain US activist awaits verdict
JERUSALEM — Almost a decade after their daughter was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer as she tried to block its path in a Gaza Strip conflict zone, Rachel Corrie’s parents are preparin...
Aug 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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