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Pakistan girl jailed, accused of blasphemy
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:13PM August 20, 2012 CommentISLAMABAD (AP) — A Christian girl was sent to a Pakistani prison after being accused by her furious Muslim neighbors of burning pages of the Islamic holy book, the Quran, in violation of the country's strict blasphemy laws.
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New Belarus foreign minister named
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:11PM August 20, 2012 CommentMINSK, Belarus (AP) — Belarus' authoritarian president has named a new foreign minister in what is being seen as an effort to improve relations with the European Union and United States.
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Bahrain prosecutor: Shot gun fire killed teen
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:50PM August 20, 2012 CommentMANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Bahrain's public prosecutor's office says shotgun pellets caused the death of a 16-year-old youth last week in an incident that has sharply raised tensions in the Gulf kingdom.
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Activists up ante in China, Japan isle dispute
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:08PM August 20, 2012 CommentTOKYO (AP) — When Tokyo's nationalist governor suggested buying uninhabited islands at the center of a long-simmering dispute with China, Beijing immediately denounced him and even Japan's government played down the plan, fearing an international firestorm.
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A year after crisis, aftershocks rock Ivory Coast
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:58PM August 20, 2012 CommentABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — More than a year after 3,000 people died in political violence in Ivory Coast, the nation is being rocked by brazen attacks on military forces by shadowy gunmen. In a country awash in weapons and grudges, the list of suspects includes loyalists of a disgraced president and former rebel fighters who supported the new president and haven't received anything in return.
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Myanmar government ends direct media censorship
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:51PM August 20, 2012 CommentYANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar abolished direct censorship of the media Monday in the most dramatic move yet toward allowing freedom of expression in the long-repressed nation. But related laws and practices that may lead to self-censorship raise doubt about how much will change.
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ICC rejects Gbagbo jurisdiction challenge
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:58PM August 20, 2012 CommentTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — International Criminal Court judges have rejected arguments by former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo that they lack the jurisdiction to try him on charges of crimes against humanity.
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Argentina wants foreigners, 16-year-olds to vote
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:20PM August 20, 2012 CommentBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina is rethinking what it means to be a citizen, proposing radical changes that would have both foreigners and 16-year-olds vote to determine who should run the country.
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Prince Philip leaves hospital after treatment
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:12PM August 20, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Britain's Prince Philip left a Scottish hospital Monday after five days of treatment for a bladder infection.
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6 dead in earthquake on northern Indonesian island
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:55AM August 20, 2012 CommentJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The death toll rose to six on Monday from a powerful weekend earthquake in Indonesia as rescuers reached mountainous villages that had been cut off by landslides, officials said. At least 43 others were injured, including eight in critical condition.
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Germany: Greece must follow through with reforms
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:13AM August 20, 2012 CommentBERLIN (AP) — Europe's leaders are gearing up for a high-stakes week of financial diplomacy that could determine Greece's future — and the stability of the 17 countries that use the euro.
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Jordan protests Syrian shelling that wounded girl
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:39AM August 20, 2012 CommentAMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan has sharply protested to Syria for artillery shelling that wounded a girl in a border village and panicked other civilians, Information Minister Sameeh Maaytah said Monday.
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Who's who in China's Bo Xilai political scandal
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:01AM August 20, 2012 CommentThe scandal surrounding one of China's most high-profile politicians, Bo Xilai, whose wife has been given a suspended death sentence for the murder of a British man, is the messiest to strike the ruling Communist Party in years and exposes divisions just ahead of a crucial leadership transition in the fall. Here's a look at the leading characters:
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Austria probes allegations soldiers raped teenager
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:55AM August 20, 2012 CommentVIENNA (AP) — An Austrian general says that a military commission has been set up to investigate allegations that servicemen took turns raping a foster home teenager decades ago.
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Russian opposition leader questioned by police
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:47AM August 20, 2012 CommentMOSCOW (AP) — Russian opposition leader and chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov has been called for questioning after a police officer accused him of biting his hand while he was being detained at a protest in support of Pussy Riot.
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Wife of Disgraced Chinese Politician Sentenced
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:42AM August 20, 2012 CommentHEFEI, China (AP) — The wife of a disgraced Chinese politician received a suspended death sentence Monday for the murder of a British businessman, as authorities move to tidy up a huge political scandal ahead of a once-in-a-decade leadership transition this fall.
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Tapes found in AP reporter's Cold War show trial
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:30AM August 20, 2012 CommentPRAGUE (AP) — The characters had been carefully chosen, the testimony rehearsed in advance, the verdict a foregone conclusion.
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Azores Islands escape Hurricane Gordon damage
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:35AM August 20, 2012 CommentLISBON, Portugal (AP) — Authorities say Hurricane Gordon has passed Portugal's mid-Atlantic Azores Islands without causing major damage and is losing strength.
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Jordan police say probing Syria refugee fire death
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:25AM August 20, 2012 CommentAMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordanian officials say they are investigating the death of a Syrian refugee who died in a fire in Jordan's first refugee camp — the first such incident at the tent city.
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Top US General in Afghanistan to Discuss Attacks
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:53AM August 20, 2012 CommentKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. military's top general was meeting with senior officials in Afghanistan on Monday to attempt to stop the recent wave of attacks by Afghan soldiers and police against international forces in the country.
