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Associated Press U.S. Gen. John Allen, top commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press Sunday in Kabul, Afghanistan. Allen says this year's pullout of 23,000 American troops is at the halfway point.
Troop withdrawal from Afghanistan halfway complete
KABUL, Afghanistan — This year’s pullout of 23,000 American troops from Afghanistan is at the halfway mark, U.S. Gen. John Allen, the top commander of U.S. and NATO forces, said Sunday in an interv...
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AP Photo A citizen journalist's image taken through a broken car window shows smoke billowing from a building after fighting between rebels and Syrian troops in the Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees Saturday in south Damascus, Syria. Syrian rebels launched fighting Sunday in Aleppo.
Syrian rebels push into Aleppo
BEIRUT — A new rebel group boasting some 1,000 fighters launched an operation Sunday to capture Syria’s largest city, Aleppo, while government troops using helicopter gunships and heavy artillery r...
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Israeli leader ready to secure Syrian arsenal
JERUSALEM — Israel would “have to act” if the Syrian regime collapses and there’s a risk Syria’s chemical weapons and missiles could fall into the hands of militant groups, Israel’s prime minister ...
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Japan probes alleged cover-up at nuclear plant
TOKYO — Japanese authorities are investigating subcontractors on suspicion that they forced workers at the tsunami-hit nuclear plant to underreport the amount of radiation they were exposed to so t...
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Associated Press Cristian Tudose stands outside his tent in a Norwegian forest at Lake Sognsvann, near Oslo, Norway. Tudose came here to look for work during his country's financial crisis, and now sells magazines on the streets of Oslo.
Norway’s tolerance tested on massacre anniversary
OSLO, Norway — Norway’s commitment to face xenophobia with tolerance on the first anniversary of bomb and gun attacks by a confessed right-wing killer is being put to the test by hostile reactions ...
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A look at AIDS by region
UNAIDS numbers from 2011 offer a global snapshot region-by-region. The first number is for HIV prevalence, the second is the number living with HIV, and the final number is deaths from AIDS-related...
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Associated Press People visit the AIDS Memorial Quilt on display July 5 as part of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington.
AIDS on decline, millions continue waiting for drugs
LONDON — When the AIDS epidemic erupted nearly three decades ago, analysts feared it would be impossible to stop the disease’s spread or to provide enough of the costly drugs needed to treat it. To...
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Associated Press Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv speaks in 2001 in Jerusalem. Elyashiv, revered by Jews worldwide as the top rabbinic authority of this generation for his scholarship and rulings on complex elements of Jewish law, has died. He was 102.
Elyashiv was revered by Jews worldwide
JERUSALEM — Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, revered by Jews worldwide as the top rabbinic authority of this generation for his scholarship and rulings on complex elements of Jewish law, died Wednesday...
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Associated Press Jay Jones and other performers rehearse for the opening ceremony for the 2012 Summer Olympics on Monday in London. Organizers said director Danny Boyle is trimming parts of the ceremony to make sure the show finishes on time.
London shortens Olympic ceremony to end on time
LONDON — Lights, camera, action ... Cut! Not the words director Danny Boyle was hoping to shout just days before the opening ceremony of the London Olympics. But the Oscar-winning director of...
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Pakistan, US to resume talks on drone strikes
WASHINGTON — The United States and Pakistan are resuming high-level counterterrorism talks suspended over a deadly border incident last year, with Pakistan’s spy chief set to visit Washington late ...
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