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No Chavez running mate in Venezuela despite cancer
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:00PM September 15, 2012 CommentCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — When he takes the stage at campaign rallies, Hugo Chavez stands alone.
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Official: Ethiopia's ruling party names new leader
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:51PM September 15, 2012 CommentADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia's ruling party on Saturday named as its leader acting Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, who took over after the death last month of longtime leader Meles Zenawi, an official said at the end of a congress of party bosses.
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UK police arrest journalist in bribery probe
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:51PM September 15, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — British police arrested a journalist Saturday on suspicion of bribery, acting on information supplied by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.
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Syria envoy says no plan to end violence yet
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:27PM September 15, 2012 CommentDAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The new international envoy tasked with ending Syria's civil war summed up his first foray to Damascus Saturday with a startling and frank admission that he still has no plan for stopping the bloodshed which he warned could threaten world peace.
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US: Ukraine fails test by jailing ex-PM
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:05PM September 15, 2012 CommentYALTA, Ukraine (AP) — A top U.S. official said Saturday that Ukraine is failing its test on democracy in the run up to parliamentary elections, citing the jailing of ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and shrinking media freedoms.
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Zimbabwe prime minister goes ahead with wedding
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:59AM September 15, 2012 CommentHARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The Zimbabwe prime minister went ahead with wedding celebrations Saturday despite a court ruling that cancelled his marriage license on allegations that he would be committing bigamy.
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UK military: No plan to end Harry's Afghan tour
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:33AM September 15, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Britain says it doesn't plan to cut short Prince Harry's deployment to Afghanistan, despite the Taliban attack on the base where he is stationed.
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Tunisia's ruling party condemns US Embassy attack
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:22AM September 15, 2012 CommentTUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia's governing moderate Islamist party condemned the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Tunis and the neighboring American school, saying Saturday that such violence threatens the country's progress toward democracy after decades of dictatorship.
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Gambia: President Jammeh halts executions
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:53AM September 15, 2012 CommentBANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has halted the executions of prisoners on death row, at least for now.
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China's presumed next leader reappears in public
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:48AM September 15, 2012 CommentBEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping reappeared in public Saturday after a two-week absence that sparked rumors about his health and questions about the stability of the country's succession process.
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Angelina Jolie pushes plight of refugees in Iraq
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:34AM September 15, 2012 CommentBAGHDAD (AP) — Hollywood star Angelina Jolie is in Iraq meeting with leaders about the plight of an estimated 50,000 refugees who fled to escape violence in Syria.
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Prominent Myanmar activist cancels trip to US
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:34AM September 15, 2012 CommentYANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A prominent Myanmar activist said Saturday that he is canceling a trip to the United States to receive a democracy award, to show solidarity with more than a dozen fellow activists whose applications for passports have apparently been denied.
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Thousands in SKorea attend funeral for Rev. Moon
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:01AM September 15, 2012 CommentGAPYEONG, South Korea (AP) — Tens of thousands of mourners sobbed, sang, prayed and vowed to cherish the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's teachings Saturday as they said goodbye to their self-proclaimed messiah and "True Father," whose death earlier this month shed light again on his controversial religious and business empire.
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2 Marines killed in attack in southern Afghanistan
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:56PM September 14, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Heavily armed insurgents attacked a British air base in southern Afghanistan Friday, killing two U.S. Marines and wounding several other troops, U.S. officials said.
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Guatemala eruption turns to tourist draw
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:02PM September 14, 2012 CommentANTIGUA, Guatemala (AP) — A terrifying eruption of one of the world's most active volcanoes tapered off Friday into a draw for delighted tourists, who snapped photos from a neighboring colonial city and made plans to take night hikes to see glowing rivers of lava.
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Egypt's Christians anxious, anticipate troubles
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:47PM September 14, 2012 CommentCAIRO (AP) — Christians gathered Friday in front of a Cairo cathedral holding signs denouncing a film that mocked the Prophet Muhammad amid fears that Muslims will take out their anger on Egypt's minority community.
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Critics say Argentina leader wants another term
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:57PM September 14, 2012 CommentBUENOS AIRES (AP) — President Cristina Fernandez is being coy about whether she wants to stay in power after her constitutional term ends.
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Libyan officials: US drones behind airport closure
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:44PM September 14, 2012 CommentBENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — U.S. drones hovered over the eastern city of Benghazi on Friday and militia forces fired toward the crafts, prompting authorities to close the airport for several hours for fear a commercial aircraft could be hit, Libyan officials said.
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2 dead, 40 injured at US Embassy protest in Tunis
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:43PM September 14, 2012 CommentTUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Violent protests outside the U.S. Embassy in Tunis against an anti-Muslim film were met with tear gas and gunshots Friday, leaving two people dead, around 40 others injured and plumes of black smoke wafting over the city.
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Topless tempest: Kate photos spark palace fury
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:25PM September 14, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Paparazzi, French media and a British royal: The publication of topless photos of Prince William's wife Kate has reunited the same players whose clash ended with the untimely death of his mother, Princess Diana, in a Parisian car crash.
