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Iraq warns Total over oil deal in Kurdish region
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:40AM August 13, 2012 CommentBAGHDAD (AP) — A government spokesman says Iraq has asked French oil giant Total S.A. to choose between working with the self-ruled northern Kurdish region or to quit developing one of the major oil fields in southern Iraq.
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Bo Xilai case a tricky matter for China's leaders
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:07AM August 13, 2012 CommentBEIJING (AP) — Trying disgraced politician Bo Xilai's wife for murder was the easy part in cleaning up the political mess the couple has created for China's communist party leaders. Now comes the tough part: punishing Bo for abuse of power without further tarnishing the party's reputation.
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US Navy ship collides with oil tanker in Gulf
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:26PM August 12, 2012 CommentDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer was left with a gaping hole on one side after it collided with an oil tanker early Sunday just outside the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
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EYES ON LONDON: For London Olympics, farewell time
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:37PM August 12, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — This is the final installment of Eyes on London, which roamed the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you:
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Now to Rio, Full of Olympic 2016 Jitters
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:21PM August 12, 2012 CommentRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The snuffing out of the Olympic flame in London Sunday marked a conclusion for most, but for 2016 host city Rio de Janeiro it kicked off four years of pre-games jitters and a race against the clock to ready this notoriously laid-back beach city for the global sports showcase.
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Massive blaze hits east London; Olympics are safe
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:42PM August 12, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Firefighters battled a massive blaze at an east London recycling center Sunday as the city prepared for the closing ceremony of the Olympics. Officials said the blaze was the biggest they'd seen in the city for years, but that the games would in no way be affected.
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BEAT BOBBIES
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:17PM August 12, 2012 CommentThe Olympics ended without any terror incidents or disruptive demonstrations, but police say their jobs are far from over. Some 7,000 officers will be on hand to police the upcoming Nottinghill Carnival, and the same number will help secure the Paralympics, which don't end until next month.
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Rule Britannia: Olympic closing ceremony explained
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:05PM August 12, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — The closing ceremony of the Olympics will be a global party, with a distinctively British flavor. Organizers say it will be "a celebration of all that's good about London, British people, our music and our culture."
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Residents describe terror of Iran quake, 250 die
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:52PM August 12, 2012 CommentTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Residents of the zone in northwestern Iran hit by powerful twin earthquakes described moments of terror and panic with birds crowing loudly in warning seconds before the ground shook. As the death toll rose Sunday to more than 250 with entire villages leveled, rescuers called off searches for survivors and turned their attention to caring for the 16,000 people left homeless.
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Syrian opposition leader calls for no-fly zone
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:30PM August 12, 2012 CommentBEIRUT (AP) — The head of Syria's main opposition group in exile called Sunday for international powers to impose a no-fly zone in border areas to protect civilians who are coming under increasingly intense attacks by regime warplanes and helicopters.
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US wins gold, beats Spain 107-100 in men's hoops
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:09PM August 12, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — This was no Dream Team. This was reality.
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Rwandan tells AP of training to fight Congo
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:40PM August 12, 2012 CommentGOMA, Congo (AP) — Ibrahim Nsanzimana says he can no longer return to his home in Rwanda for fear of death. The 28-year-old recounted the tortured history of his Rwandan family's entanglement with neighboring Congo, and his latest recruitment by Rwanda to fight in eastern Congo.
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Wildfires threaten to burn precious parks in Spain
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:35PM August 12, 2012 CommentEL CERCADO, Spain (AP) — Fierce wildfires forced the evacuation of thousands of residents and were threatening some of Spain's most precious natural parks, including one that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, officials said Sunday.
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New Barclays chairman: I'll review entire business
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:28PM August 12, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — The new chairman of Barclays Bank says he'll undertake a top-to-bottom review of the embattled business, telling a British newspaper that he isn't wedded to any of his predecessor's policies.
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UK PM: Officials face athletic honors overload
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:18AM August 12, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — British athletes' Olympic success means the people charged with doling out the country's knighthoods and other honors will have their work cut out for them, Prime Minister David Cameron said Sunday.
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Brazilian women rebel against cesarean births
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:11AM August 12, 2012 CommentRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — From the day Mariana Migon discovered she was pregnant, she knew she wanted a natural birth. So just weeks before her due date, the first-time mother abandoned her obstetrician, her health plan and her private hospital room for the free public hospital in downtown Rio — where she had a real chance at a vaginal birth.
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Terror-free Olympics? No accident, officials say
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:39AM August 12, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — The rooftop missiles might have scared them off. Then again, it might have been the imposing warship or the army of undercover agents. Whatever the case, London's Summer Olympics have been terror-free so far.
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Israeli premier: Iran threat dwarfs all others
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:22AM August 12, 2012 CommentJERUSALEM (AP) — The threat from Iran dwarfs all other challenges the Jewish state faces, Israel's prime minister declared Sunday, as high-level hints of a possible Israeli attack on Iran's suspect nuclear program mounted.
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Manslaughter charge dropped in Gaza war case
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:21AM August 12, 2012 CommentJERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's military prosecutor dropped a manslaughter charge against a soldier initially suspected of killing a Palestinian woman and her daughter during Israel's war against Gaza militants nearly four years ago, a defense attorney said Sunday.
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And now...onto Rio! London puts out Olympic flame
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:20AM August 12, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — And now, on to Rio!
