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Justice minister questions court action
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s justice minister Friday challenged the top prosecutor’s decision to charge 270 miners with the murders and attempted murders of 112 striking co-workers shot by the pol...
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Drug firm makes first apology for thalidomide
BERLIN — The German manufacturer of a notorious drug that caused thousands of babies to be born with shortened arms and legs, or no limbs at all, issued its first ever apology Friday — 50 years aft...
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Associated Press Residents of Tandag city in southern Philippines flee to higher grounds Friday following a 7.6-magnitude earthquake that struck eastern and southern Philippines. The quake set off car alarms, shook items off shelves and sent many coastal residents fleeing for high ground before the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center lifted all tsunami alerts.
Quake off Philippines spurs small tsunami
MANILA, Philippines — Thousands of villagers who fled their coastal homes during a powerful earthquake in the central Philippines have returned home, but hundreds more still jittery from the temblo...
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Associated Press Civilians demonstrate Friday in Aleppo, Syria. Syrian rebels have begun a major operation in the Aleppo region, aiming to strike at security compounds and bases around Syria's largest city, activists said Friday.
Activists say rebels shot plane
BEIRUT — Syrian activists said rebels shot down a government warplane over the northern province of Idlib on Thursday, the second time in a week that opposition fighters claimed to have brought dow...
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Turkey appeals for Syria safe zone
UNITED NATIONS — Turkey appealed to a reluctant UN Security Council Thursday for a safe haven for thousands of Syrians facing a “humanitarian disaster” as Britain and France said they would rule ou...
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UN nuke agency: Iran hampers probe
VIENNA — Iran has effectively shut down a probe of a site suspected of being used for work on nuclear weapons development while doubling the number of machines it could use to make the core of nucl...
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Associated Press A wooden boat, believed to have up to 180 asylum seekers on board, floats July 4 off Christmas Island, Australia. Asylum-seekers are reaching its shores in record numbers to avoid a tougher deportation policy the country is preparing to implement.
Asylum-seekers flock to shore before crackdown
CANBERRA, Australia — Australia calls it a “closing-down sale” for people smugglers: Asylum-seekers in rickety boats are reaching its shores in record numbers ahead of a tougher deportation policy ...
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Associated Press Peformers participate in the Opening Ceremony for the 2012 Paralympics Wednesday in London. 4,200 athletes from more than 160 nations are in London for the Paralympics.
Gala opens London’s Paralympics
LONDON — “Enlightenment” was the theme, physicist Stephen Hawking the guide and Olympic Stadium the venue Wednesday night as London welcomed 4,200 athletes from more than 160 nations to the 2012 Pa...
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UN chief hits host Iran over human rights
TEHRAN, Iran — The U.N. chief jolted his Iranian hosts for a nonaligned nations meeting Wednesday by pointing out “serious concerns” in Tehran’s human rights record and urging cooperation with the ...
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Karzai moves to replace Afghan security chiefs
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai moved to replace the country’s intelligence chief and the ministers of defense and interior Wednesday, the first step in what senior government of...
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