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UK police charge 3 more men with terrorism offenses
LONDON — Three men were accused in a British court Tuesday of building a makeshift bomb and making other preparations for a terrorist attack against the far-right English Defense League. Hours late...
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AP Photo Egyptian Parliament Speaker Saad el-Katani presides Tuesday over a brief session of Parliament, the first since the country's high court ruled the chamber unconstitutional, in Cairo. Egypt's Islamist-dominated parliament convened in defiance of a ruling by the country's highest court and swiftly voted to seek a legal opinion on the decision that invalidated the chamber over apparent election irregularities.
Egypt’s new president flexes power, but moves cautiously
CAIRO — The faceoff between Egypt’s new Islamist president and the old guard military sharpened Tuesday, with parliament defying orders to disband and the highest court slapping back at Mohammed Mo...
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Agreement reached with Assad
DAMASCUS, Syria — International envoy Kofi Annan tried to breathe new life Monday into his moribund peace efforts in Syria, saying he has reached a new framework with President Bashar Assad and wou...
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In this image made off North Korea's KRT video footage, North Korea's new Moranbong band and performers dressed as America's cartoon characters perform in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, July 6, 2012. Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh took the stage for new leader Kim Jong Un, in an unusual performance featuring Disney characters in North Korea. (AP Photo/KRT)
Disney’s Mickey Mouse takes North Korean stage in show for Kim
Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea — Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh took the stage in North Korea during a concert for new leader Kim Jong Un, in an unusual performance featuring Disney c...
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NATO: 6 service members killed in Afghanistan
BY PATRICK QUINN Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan — A bomb in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday killed six NATO service members, on a day where a total of 29 people died from roadside bombs an...
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International donors pledging $16 billion in Afghanistan aid
TOKYO — International donors will pledge $16 billion in aid for Afghanistan over the next four years in hopes of stabilizing the country after most foreign combat troops return home, a U.S. diploma...
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Associated Press A Libyan woman votes at a polling station Saturday in the old city of Tripoli, Libya. Jubilant Libyan voters marked a major step toward democracy after decades of erratic one-man rule.
Libyans hold 1st nationwide vote in decades
TRIPOLI, Libya — Jubilant Libyans chose a new parliament Saturday in their first nationwide vote in decades, but violence and protests in the restive east underscored the challenges ahead as the oi...
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Libya on edge before first post-Gadhafi election
TRIPOLI, Libya — Fears of militia violence and calls for a boycott threatened Friday to mar Libya’s first nationwide parliamentary election, a milestone on the oil-rich North African nation’s rocky...
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US stance on Paraguay’s Lugo impeachment draws criticism
BY BELEN BOGADO and PEDRO SERVIN Associated Press ASUNCION, Paraguay — When Fernando Lugo was nearing the end of his lonely run as Paraguay’s elected president, the former priest appealed to ...
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Peace talks spawn Taliban splinter groups
BY KATHY GANNON Associated Press ISLAMABAD — As the United States and its allies try to negotiate a peace settlement with the Taliban before all combat troops leave Afghanistan in 2014, a new...
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