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Egypt searches for budget aid
CAIRO — During a meeting in a Black Sea resort city, Egypt’s president and members of his government turned to Russian President Vladimir Putin and asked for a sizable loan, according to a Putin ai...
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Austerity-weary Iceland takes part in national election
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Five years after Iceland’s economy imploded, austerity-weary voters looked set Saturday to return the parties widely blamed for the disaster to power. Polls showed the Progr...
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Associated Press A North Korean flag hangs inside the interior of Pyongyang's Supreme Court on March 20. North Korea says it will soon deliver a verdict in the case of detained American Kenneth Bae, whom it accuses of trying to overthrow the government, further complicating already fraught relations between Pyongyang and Washington.
North Korea says verdict soon for American citizen
PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea says it will soon deliver a verdict in the case of a detained American it accuses of trying to overthrow the government, further complicating already fraught re...
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Associated Press A Muslim man prays Saturday on the roof of the garment factory building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Police took six people into custody in connection with the collapse of a shoddily-constructed building this week, as rescue workers pulled 19 survivors out of the rubble on Saturday and vowed to continue as long as necessary to find others despite fading hopes.
Police take six into custody in connection with building collapse
SAVAR, Bangladesh — Police in Bangladesh took six people into custody in connection with the collapse of a shoddily-constructed building that killed at least 348 people, as rescue workers admitted ...
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Jews trek into Tunisia for famed pilgrimage
DJERBA, Tunisia — Under a bright Mediterranean sun Saturday, Jews whose forebears once thronged Tunisia are trekking to a celebrated synagogue under the protection of police — as organizers try to ...
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Associated Press U.S. soldiers cross a river in Afghanistan on a two-day mission to clear the area of explosives caches on April 10. The Taliban have announced they will launch their spring offensive today, signaling plans to step up attacks as the weather warms across Afghanistan, making both travel and fighting easier.
Taliban begin spring offensive
KABUL, Afghanistan — A NATO plane crash in southern Afghanistan killed four international troops on Saturday, the same day the Taliban announced its spring offensive and said it will target militar...
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Afghan troops hold ground at high cost
FORWARD OPERATING BASE CONNOLLY, Afghanistan — The Americans could be spotted waiting for the Chinooks in the 2 a.m. darkness only by the shape of their night-vision goggles, as they shared a cigar...
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Associated Press An Afghan police commander explains to local tribal elders how the Afghan security forces intend to search the elder villages for insurgents, with an elder accompanying each police team, hours after a combined force of Afghans and Americans encircled the town in a pre-dawn raid March 26. U.S. Brigade commander Col. Joseph McGee, of the U.S. Army 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, listens at right, at the Afghan army base next to Forward Operating Base Connolly, in Khogyani district, Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan.
Afghan troops hold ground at high cost
FORWARD OPERATING BASE CONNOLLY, Afghanistan — The Americans could be spotted waiting for the Chinooks in the 2 a.m. darkness only by the shape of their night-vision goggles, as they shared a cigar...
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Associated Press A worker builds a security fence along the border between Israel and Syrian on the Golan Heights on Wednesday. Against a breathtaking vista of green fields and a snowcapped mountain range, all is silent but for a strong gust of wind whipping across the landscape. The tranquility is suddenly interrupted by a burst of gunfire from beyond a newly built fortified fence. Jihadi rebels are battling with Bashar Assad's battered troops in a nearby Syrian village. Watching it all unfold are Israeli soldiers atop tanks -- a sight unseen here in a generation -- and the sounds of explosions from a large-scale Israeli drill are distinctly heard in the background.
Israel fears end to 40-year peace on Syrian front lines
ALONEI HABASHAN, Golan Heights — Against a vista of green fields and snowcapped mountains, all is silent but for a gusting wind. Then comes a burst of gunfire from the Syrian civil war raging next ...
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Associated Press A Syrian Army tank travels the streets of the Jobar district of Damascus, Syria, on Friday. On the streets of Damascus, the two-year old conflict dragged on Friday, with government troops pushing into two northern neighborhoods, triggering heavy fighting with rebels as they tried to advance under air and artillery support, activists said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the fighting between rebels and soldiers backed by pro-government militiamen was concentrated in the Jobar and Barzeh areas.
Syrian rebels call on world for action
BEIRUT — Syrian opposition groups called Friday for international action after the Obama administration said U.S. intelligence indicates President Bashar Assad’s regime has used chemical weapons. T...
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