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Rebels seek leverage with abductions
BEIRUT — With gunmen standing in the background, a Syrian rebel video purported Tuesday to show their latest captive: a lone Lebanese Shiite suspected of links to pro-regime Hezbollah whose abducti...
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Associated Press An Afghan Muslim devotee reads from the Quran Tuesday in the city of Jalalabad east of Kabul, Afghanistan. The last ten days of Ramadan, known as Itikaf, are very important according to many Muslims due to the belief that Prophet Muhammad used to exert himself even more in worship, hoping to draw himself closer to God.
Suicide bombers spread terror and death across Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — Suicide bombers launched multiple attacks in a remote corner of southwestern Afghanistan near the Iranian border Tuesday, killing dozens of people including shoppers buying swe...
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Israel debates need for attack of Iran
JERUSALEM — To attack or not to attack? With Israeli politicians warning repeatedly that Iran is secretly pursuing nuclear weapons, this question has spawned an unprecedented amount of agonizing ev...
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Associated Press Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton holds hands with other officials, including African Union Chair-Designate Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, during a dance at a gala dinner Tuesday at Sefako M. Makgatho Presidential Guest House in Pretoria, South Africa.
Clinton’s Africa trip: Bees, snow — and dancing
COTONOU, Benin — On an epic journey through Africa, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton braved an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Uganda, escaped a swarm of angry bees in Malawi an...
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Blasts, gunfire hit Damascus in blow to Assad
DAMASCUS, Syria — Gunmen detonated back-to-back roadside bombs and clashed with police in central Damascus Saturday in attacks that caused no damage but highlighted the ability of rebels to breach ...
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Fate of China’s Bo Xilai still uncertain after trial
BEIJING — The official Chinese account of the murder trial of the wife of a disgraced top politician made clear that she will be convicted, but never mentioned her once-powerful husband, suggesting...
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Associated Press Flavia Soares da Costa has her braces adjusted July 31 at the Simetria Orthodontic Clinic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
New middle class driving Brazil makeover
RIO DE JANEIRO — The orthodontist bent intently over Flavia Soares da Costa’s open mouth, tightening the glimmering silver brackets that are remaking her smile. Not long ago, it would have been ...
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Associated Press Keryne Este practices pole dancing at an outdoor gym as her friends watch during one of their weekend outings to a public park July 1 in Caracas, Venezuela. Pole dancing may have started out in strip clubs, but since the 1990s, it's become an all-ages exercise and sport phenomenon the world over.
Pole dancers turn heads outdoors
CARACAS, Venezuela — Children pedaled around on tricycles at a playground in Caracas, while joggers ran past on a winding pathway, then slowed down and paused to gape at the unfolding scene on a re...
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Afghan police officer kills 3 US Marines
KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan police officer shot and killed three U.S. Marines after sharing a meal with them before dawn Friday and then fled into the desolate darkness of southern Afghanistan, ...
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Italian special effects master Rambaldi dies
MILAN — Carlo Rambaldi, a special effects master and three-time Oscar winner known as the father of “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial,” died Friday in southern Italy after a long illness, Italian news m...
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