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Warsaw ghetto survivor in Israel recalls uprising
JERUSALEM — Two days before her comrades embarked on an uprising that came to symbolize Jewish resistance against the Nazis in World War II, 14-year-old Aliza Mendel got her orders: Escape from the...
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Mandela released from hospital
JOHANNESBURG — Former President Nelson Mandela was discharged from a hospital on Saturday following treatment for pneumonia, the presidency said in news that cheered South Africans who had waited t...
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Associated Press South Korean Army K-55 self-propelled howitzers are deployed during their military exercise in the border city between two Koreas, Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea. After a series of escalating threats, North Korea has moved a missile with "considerable range" to its east coast, South Korea's defense minister said Thursday. But he emphasized that the missile was not capable of reaching the United States and that there are no signs that the North is preparing for a full-scale conflict.
Dempsey: provocations fit long pattern
STUTTGART, Germany — North Korea’s bellicose rhetoric and threats, while worrisome, appear to fit a decadeslong pattern of provocation followed by uneasy peace, the top U.S. military officer said F...
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Associated Press Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks at the Opera House in central Damascus, Syria in January. Assad has warned that the fall of his regime or the breakup of Syria will unleash a wave of instability that will shake the Middle East for years to come.
Syrian president warns of fallout if regime falls
BEIRUT — President Bashar Assad warned the fall of his regime or the breakup of Syria will unleash a “domino effect” that will fuel Middle East instability for years to come, in his sharpest warnin...
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Nuclear talks with Iran showing signs of trouble
ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Talks seeking to find common ground between Iran and a group of six nations over concerns that Tehran’s nuclear program might be used to make weapons appeared to run into troub...
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Officials: Kerry to travel to Mideast this weekend
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry is traveling to Turkey and Israel this weekend to build on the two nations’ efforts to repair ties and look for a possible way to restart long-stalled Mid...
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Associated Press Syrian Free Army fighters wait on March 28 in Deal, less than 10 miles from the Jordanian border in Daraa province, Syria.
Syrian rebels set their sights on strategic south
BEIRUT — Syrian rebels captured a military base in the south on Wednesday and set their sights on seizing control of a strategically important region along the border with Jordan that would give th...
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Associated Press A woman looks at diagrams showing the use of uranium for a nuclear bomb and nuclear power generation at the Seoul Science Park Wednesday in Seoul, South Korea.
North Korea prepares to attack US with nukes
PAJU, South Korea — North Korea warned early Thursday that its military has been cleared to attack the U.S. using “smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear” weapons, while the U.S. said it was stre...
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Associated Press Flags of member nations fly outside the General Assembly building at the United Nations headquarters in New York in September 2005. The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the first treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar international arms trade Tuesday, a goal sought for over a decade to try to keep illicit weapons out of the hands of terrorists.
UN adopts treaty to regulate arms
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the first international treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade Tuesday, after a more than decade-long campaig...
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Associated Press Rebel soldiers drive past stalls at the central market in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, Wednesday. Aid groups and the international community condemned widespread looting in Central African Republic's capital, saying that even hospitals had been robbed in the aftermath of a weekend coup that ousted the president of a decade.
African Republic coup leader adds to his hold on government
BANGUI, Central African Republic — Central African Republic’s coup leader solidified his hold on the government Monday after announcing that he will serve as both president and defense minister, wh...
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