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Madrid's Catholic Church says it needs exorcists
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:20AM May 24, 2013 CommentMADRID (AP) — The Catholic archdiocese in Madrid says it needs more exorcists to help some of its faithful cope with the devil.
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3 al-Qaida members, 2 soldiers dead in Yemen clash
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:59AM May 24, 2013 CommentSANAA, Yemen (AP) — A security official says al-Qaida gunmen attacked a military position in a southern province, touching off fighting that left three militants and two soldiers dead.
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UN chief challenges African leaders over Congo
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:55AM May 24, 2013 CommentKAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging African leaders to implement a plan that the U.N. hopes will stabilize eastern Congo after years of turmoil.
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Kenya's mental hospital drugs, confines patients
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:34AM May 24, 2013 CommentNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An advocacy group says patients at Kenya's only psychiatric hospital are often confined and immobilized using drugs that put them into a comatose-like state, factors that could have led to the recent escape of 40 male patients.
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UK military jet launched to probe civilian plane
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:26AM May 24, 2013 CommentLONDON (AP) — Britain's Ministry of Defense says a Typhoon jet has been launched to investigate an incident involving a civilian aircraft.
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Uganda president ousts army boss amid dispute
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:16AM May 24, 2013 CommentKAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda's president fired his top military commander Friday, the ouster apparently linked to turmoil over President Yoweri Museveni's alleged plan to have his son succeed him as head of state.
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France won't force companies to cap executive pay
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:50AM May 24, 2013 CommentPARIS (AP) — The French government is trying to woo executives and entrepreneurs, amid concerns that it has antagonized the businesses needed to reinvigorate the economy.
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Q&A: On Turkey's proposed alcohol restrictions
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:37AM May 24, 2013 CommentANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A look at legislation passed in Turkey's parliament early Friday that would ban all alcohol advertising and tighten restrictions on the sale of such beverages, and how such a law could affect tourists and liquor companies in the mainly Muslim but secular country.
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UN nuke agency's Iran probe driven by US-led intel
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:27AM May 24, 2013 CommentVIENNA (AP) — The U.N. nuclear agency responsible for probing whether Iran has worked on a nuclear bomb depends on the United States and its allies for most of its intelligence, complicating the agency's efforts to produce findings that can be widely accepted by the international community.
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Correction: Mozambique-UN story
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:19AM May 24, 2013 CommentMAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — In a story May 21 about U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visiting Mozambique, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Mozambique became independent in 1974, instead of 1975.
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Explosion hits heart of Afghan capital
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:15AM May 24, 2013 CommentKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An explosion has sent smoke rising over the heart of Afghanistan's capital. The strong blast was felt several kilometers (miles) away.
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Egypt: 3 women killed in 'honor' crime
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:10AM May 24, 2013 CommentLUXOR, Egypt (AP) — An Egyptian security official says 10 male relatives have killed a mother and her two daughters on suspicion of moral offenses — so-called "honor killings."
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Zimbabwe activist: Prisoners denied Aids drugs
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:01AM May 24, 2013 CommentHARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Zimbabwean human rights activist says he wants the nation's highest court to order prison authorities to ensure suspects in jail can receive their life-prolonging HIV/AIDS medications.
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Pakistan: US diplomat kills pedestrian in accident
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:59AM May 24, 2013 CommentISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.S. Embassy says an American diplomat accidentally killed a pedestrian while driving in the Pakistani capital.
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Niger government: No hostages in Agadez
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:51AM May 24, 2013 CommentNIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger's government spokesman told The Associated Press that the jihadists who attacked a military installation in the town of Agadez on Thursday had never taken any hostages, unlike their earlier statements.
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Obama's speech welcomed in Pakistan, Yemen
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:40AM May 24, 2013 CommentISLAMABAD (AP) — President Barack Obama's speech on the use of drones and the fate of Guantanamo prisoners was largely welcomed Friday in two key countries affected by the policies— Pakistan and Yemen.
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Kerry's focus on peace talks, not settlements
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:23AM May 24, 2013 CommentTEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Israel's government on Friday to prevent further settlement construction where possible to help revitalize Middle East peace hopes, but stressed that the Jewish state and Palestinians alike should remain focused on the larger goal of restarting direct negotiations.
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Attack casts spotlight on radical preachers
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:38AM May 24, 2013 CommentLONDON (AP) — Two Muslim hardline preachers say that one of the suspects in the killing of a London soldier was interested in their teachings. And a British government official said one of the men tried to go to Somalia to train or fight with the terror group al-Shabab.
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Suicide bomber kills 3 in northwest Pakistan
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:14AM May 24, 2013 CommentPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police say a suicide bomber walked up to a vehicle owned by an Afghan religious leader in northwestern Pakistan and set off his explosives, killing three people.
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Berlusconi looms large in Rome mayor election
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:34AM May 24, 2013 CommentROME (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi's figure looms large over Rome's mayoral elections this weekend even though the former premier isn't among the 19 candidates running.
