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European leaders exceed expectations
BRUSSELS — Europe’s leaders finally rose to the challenge Friday, backing bold ideas to help weak countries and frail banks ravaged by a debt crisis that has crippled economic growth and threatened...
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Associated Press Thick smoke rises over the Damascus skyline after a powerful explosion rocked the Syrian capital Thursday near a busy market and the country's highest court.
Turkey fortifies Syrian border; Damascus hit
BEIRUT — Turkey deployed anti-aircraft guns, rocket launchers and other weapons along its border with Syria on Thursday, a military buildup that came as world powers showed new urgency to resolve ...
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Associated Press Hava Hershkovitz (right), a Holocaust survivor and winner of the first Miss Holocaust Survivor pageant, is congratulated Thursday by another participant in the northern Israeli city of Haifa. Fourteen women who lived through the horrors of World War II paraded on stage Thursday night in an unusual pageant, vying for the honor of being Israel's first "Miss Holocaust Survivor."
‘Miss Holocaust Survivor’ crowned
HAIFA, Israel — Grinning and waving, 14 women who survived the horrors of World War II paraded Thursday in an unusual pageant, vying for the honor of being crowned Israel’s first “Miss Holocaust Su...
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Britain investigates banks for interest-rate fixing
LONDON — More global banks are being investigated for the alleged financial market manipulation that led to fines of $453 million against Barclays Bank, British Treasury chief George Osborne said T...
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Syria violence escalates as US seeks turning point
BEIRUT — Gunmen attacked a pro-government TV station Wednesday near the Syrian capital, killing seven employees in the latest barrage of violence as world powers prepared for a high-level meeting t...
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Merkel hopes EU adopts growth package
PARIS — Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel says she hopes European leaders adopt a $162 billion stimulus package this week, in a gesture to French President Francois Hollande despite their differen...
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Associated Press Britain's Queen Elizabeth II shakes hands with Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister and former IRA commander Martin McGuinness watched by First Minister Peter Robinson, center, at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Wednesday.
Queen, ex-IRA chief plan symbolic Belfast meeting
BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Queen Elizabeth II and a former Irish Republican Army commander are about to meet for the first time in a symbolic milestone for Northern Ireland’s peace process, but jo...
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Is Britain ready to lose the House of Lords?
LONDON — Britain’s government says it’s time to force through long proposed attempts to reform the 700-year-old House of Lords, the country’s unelected upper chamber. Members of the Lords can re...
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Palestinians in last push for UN nod for Bethlehem
BETHLEHEM, West Bank — The Palestinians on Wednesday made a final push to have UNESCO recognize the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the Israeli-controlled West Bank as an endangered World He...
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Egypt’s generals eye Turkish model
CAIRO — Now that Egypt has its first freely elected president, Egypt’s powerful generals appear headed toward copying the Turkish model from decades past — retaining overwhelming powers while allow...
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