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Taliban gunmen lay siege to Afghan hotel, 18 dead
KABUL, Afghanistan — Heavily armed Taliban gunmen stormed a lakeside hotel near Kabul, sending terrified guests jumping from windows or into a lake to try to escape the onslaught. Eighteen people w...
Jun 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rebels accused of mass killing
BEIRUT — An online video showed more than a dozen bloodied corpses, some of them piled atop each other and in military uniforms, dumped beside a road in northern Syria in what the government Friday...
Jun 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tension soars as Egypt awaits vote results
CAIRO — Egypt’s military and the Muslim Brotherhood traded blame for rising tensions Friday as the country awaited the outcome of a presidential runoff vote that pits an Islamist against ousted lea...
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Britain’s Prince William hits 30
LONDON — The man who once was among the world’s most eligible bachelors has turned 30 — but things are not so bad for Prince William as he celebrates his birthday with family and friends. Palace...
Jun 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sweden on nuke threat alert
STOCKHOLM — Sweden ramped up security at its three nuclear power plants Thursday after a small amount of explosives without a triggering device was found on a forklift on the grounds of the country...
Jun 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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US praises Syrian pilot’s defection
BEIRUT — A Syrian fighter pilot on a training mission flew his MiG-21 warplane to neighboring Jordan, where he was given asylum Thursday in a defection from the fiercely loyal air force that signal...
Jun 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mexico troops detain son of most-wanted drug lord
MEXICO CITY — Mexican marines on Thursday detained a young man they believe is one of the sons of Mexico’s most-wanted drug kingpin, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, leader of the powerful Sinaloa cartel...
Jun 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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IMF head warns of ‘acute stress’ in Europe
LUXEMBOURG — The head of the International Monetary Fund warned Thursday that the euro is under “acute stress” and piled pressure on Germany by advocating a series of measures to pull Europe out of...
Jun 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Greek conservative New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras (right) is sworn in during a ceremony at the Presidential Palace, as Greek president Karolos Papoulias (background) looks on, Wednesday in Athens.
Conservative sworn in as Greek crisis eases
ATHENS, Greece — Greek conservative party head Antonis Samaras was sworn in as prime minister Wednesday at the helm of a three-party coalition that will uphold the country’s international bailout c...
Jun 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Attack claims civilians, troops
KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber killed 21 people including three U.S. soldiers at a checkpoint in a packed market in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday — the third assault targeting Americans i...
Jun 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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