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US is heaping new pressure on Russia
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The U.S. is heaping new pressure on Russia to change course and support international action in Syria, warning that intransigence by Moscow may lead to open civil war that cou...
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Associated Press An Egyptian woman passes by a wall Thursday with graffiti depicting Egyptians killed during the revolution (left) and the military council casting a vote with a blooded hand and Arabic that reads "presidential elections 2012, down with Felol," in Cairo. Egypt's notorious emergency law expired Thursday, ending more than 30 years of broad powers to arrest and detain for a police force accused of widespread human rights abuses.
Egypt’s 31-year emergency law ends
CAIRO — Egypt’s notorious emergency law expired Thursday, ending 31 years of broad powers to detain and arrest for a police force accused of severely abusing its far-reaching authority. Since fo...
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Associated Press President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi reports to the Economic Committee, in capacity as the head of the European Systemic Risk Board, at the European Parliament Thursday in Brussels.
ECB chief warns Euro structure is ‘unsustainable’
FRANKFURT, Germany — The head of the European Central Bank warned Thursday that the euro currency union is “unsustainable” without stronger political and financial ties, and called for a new course...
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Associated Press Syrian security forces (background) hold their machine guns and surround anti-Syrian regime mourners (foreground) on during the funeral procession of the activist Nour al-Zahraa, 23. He was shot by Syrian security forces on Sunday, in Kfar Suseh area, in Damascus, Syria.
Pro-regime Syrian gunmen take larger role
BEIRUT — The swaggering gunmen operate as hired muscle for the Syrian regime, clutching rifles and daggers as they sweep through towns and villages, sometimes after regular military troops have pul...
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Study sees hope for spine treatment
NEW YORK — Many scientists are working on treatments to help people with spinal cord injuries walk. Now there’s a striking new demonstration of how one approach might work: Spinal nerve stimulation...
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Police think body parts suspect fled abroad
OTTAWA, Ontario — A Canadian porn actor suspected of mailing body parts to the headquarters of two major political parties after making a video of the killing might have fled to France, police said...
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13 corpses found amid fallout
BEIRUT — Thirteen bound corpses, many apparently shot execution-style, have been discovered in eastern Syria, U.N. observers said Wednesday, days after the massacre of more than 100 people provoked...
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Pope’s butler vows to help scandal probe
VATICAN CITY — The biggest scandal to rock the Vatican in decades widened Monday with the pope’s butler, arrested for allegedly having confidential documents in his home, agreeing to cooperate with...
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Tony Blair says he ducked fight with media
LONDON — Former Prime Minister Tony Blair said Monday that he couldn’t stand up to the Britain’s media tycoons while in power, telling an official media ethics inquiry that doing so could have drag...
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Japanese rice farmers plant, pray
FUKUSHIMA, Japan — Last year’s crop sits in storage, deemed unsafe to eat, but Toraaki Ogata is back at his rice paddies, driving his tractor trailing neat rows of seedlings. He’s living up to his ...
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