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Spanish police say they foiled cartel expansion
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:36PM August 10, 2012 CommentMADRID (AP) — Spanish police working with the FBI have halted an attempt by a major Mexican drug smuggling and distribution ring to establish a European operation, authorities said Friday. Four suspected Sinaloa cartel members, including an alleged cousin of the group's notorious leader, have been arrested in Madrid.
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Egypt arrests 9 militants linked to Sinai attacks
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:26PM August 10, 2012 CommentEL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian troops and security forces on Friday detained nine Islamic militants in northern Sinai believed to be behind a surprise attack last weekend that killed 16 Egyptian soldiers, a security official said.
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China: Politician's wife admitted murdering Brit
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:16PM August 10, 2012 CommentBEIJING (AP) — The wife of a disgraced top Chinese politician was a depressed woman on medication but a willful murderer who poisoned a British businessman while in fear for her son's life, official media said Friday in what appeared to be a prelude to her conviction and punishment after a seven-hour trial.
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US breaks 27-year-old record in women's 4x100
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:12PM August 10, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Pointing the baton at the clock showing the world-record time of 40.82 seconds, Carmelita Jeter anchored the United States on Friday night to its first Olympic gold medal in the women's 4x100-meter relay since 1996.
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Syrian rebels low on guns as regime strikes Aleppo
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:12PM August 10, 2012 CommentAZAZ, Syria (AP) — Syrian rebels were running low on ammunition and guns Friday as government forces tried to consolidate their control over Aleppo, the country's largest city and a deadly battleground for more than two weeks.
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Russian official's tweet appears to target Madonna
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:52PM August 10, 2012 CommentMOSCOW (AP) — A Russian deputy premier has made a rude statement apparently aimed at Madonna regarding her support for the jailed members of a Russian punk band awaiting a verdict in their trial.
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EYES ON LONDON: Hulk, Uzbek dolls, Spice Girls
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:32PM August 10, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Around 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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Excerpts from state media report on Gu Kailai case
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:27PM August 10, 2012 CommentBEIJING (AP) — China's official Xinhua News Agency published an unprecedented 3,400-word article Friday on the murder trial of Gu Kailai, the wife of disgraced politician Bo Xilai. The story breaks the near-total silence that state-run media had maintained on the case and appears to show the government is preparing for an imminent conviction. Gu has not spoken publically and no international media outlets were allowed into her trial that took place Thursday in the eastern city of Hefei.
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Footloose! Olympic athletes unleash victory dances
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:21PM August 10, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — From the track to the ring to the sandpit, this crop of Olympians just can't stop the beat. The London Games have brought an outpouring of crazy, creative victory celebrations.
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Georgian opposition claims repression
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:07PM August 10, 2012 CommentBATUMI, Georgia (AP) — Wherever she goes, journalist Ekaterine Dugladze is followed by a group of men carrying video cameras. Saying they're reporters, they shove microphones into her face and pester her with meaningless questions and vulgar remarks.
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US heading for win over China in both medals races
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:02PM August 10, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — With a surge of medals in track and field, the United States has sprinted ahead of China and is poised to finish atop the medals table at the London Olympics — maybe with the most golds ever collected by the Americans on foreign soil.
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Spanish police arrest activists for shop 'heist'
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:55PM August 10, 2012 CommentMADRID (AP) — Spanish police have arrested seven left-wing union activists for their alleged role in a "Robin Hood"-style looting of a supermarket made to highlight the plight of people suffering through the country's recession.
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Who's who in China's Bo Xilai political scandal
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:50PM August 10, 2012 CommentBEIJING (AP) — The political scandal surrounding one of China's most high-profile politicians, Bo Xilai, is the messiest to strike the ruling Communist Party in years, exposing divisions just ahead of a crucial leadership transition in the fall. Here's a look at the leading characters in the scandal and his wife's murder trial.
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New middle class driving Brazil economic makeover
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:49PM August 10, 2012 CommentRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The orthodontist bent intently over Flavia Soares da Costa's open mouth, tightening the glimmering silver brackets that are remaking her smile.
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Iran sailors rescued by US Navy return home
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:34PM August 10, 2012 CommentTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's official news agency says that 10 Iranian sailors rescued by the U.S. navy have returned home, as Iranian officials downplay the efforts made by Tehran's American adversary.
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Swede in Cuba car crash worried about driver
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:04PM August 10, 2012 CommentSTOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish politician who survived a car crash in Cuba says he is deeply worried about the fate of a Spanish colleague who was driving the vehicle and has been charged with manslaughter.
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How long can Spain take the financial heat?
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:00PM August 10, 2012 CommentImagine struggling to keep a control of your debts, with the costs and interest rates going up and up until you can barely meet the monthly installments. How long do you hold on, scrimping and saving, before you throw in the towel?
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Yemen: Ex-leader's men encircle Defense Ministry
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:00PM August 10, 2012 CommentSANAA, Yemen (AP) — Hundreds of Republican Guard forces loyal to former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh encircled the Defense Ministry in Sanaa for several hours early on Friday, protesting a move to strip the ex-president's son of part of his military command, officials said.
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UK offers more nonlethal aid to Syria's opposition
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:39PM August 10, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Britain's government is giving an extra 5 million pounds (US$7.8 million) worth of aid to Syria's opposition, supplying items including communications equipment, body armor and medical supplies to groups seeking to oust President Bashar Assad's regime.
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Iraq's Kurds seek greater clout through oil policy
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:04PM August 10, 2012 CommentBAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's minority Kurds are upping the ante with their go-it-alone oil policy, luring some of Big Oil's biggest players and again challenging Iraq's central government to a showdown over a shared export route.
