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US consulate attack in Libya called twin operation
BENGHAZI, Libya — Heavily armed militants used a protest of an anti-Islam film as a cover and may have had help from inside Libyan security in their deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate, a senior Li...
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Associated Press A stone frieze, which may have been from a choir stall, is discovered during an excavation of the car park behind council offices in Leicester. Archaeologists searching under the city center car park for the lost grave of Britain's King Richard III have discovered human remains.
King Richard III grave hunters find human skeleton in UK
LONDON — Archaeologists searching for the grave of King Richard III say they have found bones that are consistent with the 15th century monarch’s physical abnormality and of a man who died in battl...
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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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California man confirms his role in ‘Innocence of Muslims’ film
LOS ANGELES — The search for those behind the provocative, anti-Muslim film that triggered mobs in Egypt and Libya led Wednesday to a California Coptic Christian convicted of financial crimes who a...
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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 ...
Sep 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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