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Associated Press This is the interior of the Games Terminal for the Olympics at Heathrow Airport on May 25 in London. The project will cost $31 million, process 37,000 bags and deal with 10,000 athletes and officials. But don't blink: At the end of the Olympics it will disappear.
Now you see it: Temporary terminal for ’12 Olympics
LONDON — The project will cost $31 million, process 37,000 bags and deal with 10,000 or so athletes. But don’t blink, because you might miss Heathrow’s Games Terminal: After three days, it will dis...
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Associated Press Palestinian workers destroy watermelons grown in Jewish settlements in May 2010 near the West Bank city of Jenin.
Made in Israel? Not a simple question today
JERUSALEM — For decades, Israel has marketed an array of cosmetics and food products manufactured in the occupied West Bank as “Made in Israel,” blurring their true origins in Jewish settlements op...
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Mubarak receives life sentence
CAIRO — Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison Saturday for failing to stop the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him, offering his opponents a measure of justice. But he...
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Associated Press Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip (right) arrive for the Epsom Derby on Saturday at Epsom racecourse, England, at the start of a four-day Diamond Jubilee celebration to mark the 60th anniversary of Elizabeth's accession to the throne.
Queen spends day at races
LONDON — It was a royal day at the races, as Queen Elizabeth II watched a horse with the courtly name of Camelot win the Epsom Derby on Saturday — the kickoff to a four-day celebration of the Briti...
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Panetta: No China threat from US military in Asia
SINGAPORE — Secretary Leon Panetta sent a message Saturday that America’s new military focus on the Asia-Pacific is not intended to raise tensions in the region or threaten Beijing. The Pentagon...
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NATO rescues aid workers held by Afghan militants
KABUL, Afghanistan — It was a risky but successful operation: British and other NATO forces stormed a cave tucked in the mountains before dawn Saturday and rescued two foreign female aid workers an...
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UN rights body condemns Syria over killing of civilians
BEIRUT — The U.N.’s top human rights body voted overwhelmingly Friday to condemn Syria over the slaughter of more than 100 civilians last week, but Damascus appeared impervious to the crescendo of ...
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Britain marks queen’s reign
LONDON — The patriotic bunting is ready, the golden carriage on standby, the boats freshly painted, the shops filled with royal souvenirs. Britain is marking Queen Elizabeth II’s 60 years on the...
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US is heaping new pressure on Russia
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The U.S. is heaping new pressure on Russia to change course and support international action in Syria, warning that intransigence by Moscow may lead to open civil war that cou...
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Associated Press An Egyptian woman passes by a wall Thursday with graffiti depicting Egyptians killed during the revolution (left) and the military council casting a vote with a blooded hand and Arabic that reads "presidential elections 2012, down with Felol," in Cairo. Egypt's notorious emergency law expired Thursday, ending more than 30 years of broad powers to arrest and detain for a police force accused of widespread human rights abuses.
Egypt’s 31-year emergency law ends
CAIRO — Egypt’s notorious emergency law expired Thursday, ending 31 years of broad powers to detain and arrest for a police force accused of severely abusing its far-reaching authority. Since fo...
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