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Egypt newspaper censored over insult to president
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:53PM August 11, 2012 CommentCAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court ordered the Saturday editions of a newspaper confiscated over allegations it insulted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi and instigated sectarian discord, Egypt's official news agency said.
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EYES ON LONDON: Marathon, Referees, Living Legend
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:32PM August 11, 2012 CommentMARATHON GOLD FOR UGANDA
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Iranian pilot campaigns to lift airliner sanctions
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:38PM August 11, 2012 CommentTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian pilot who guided an Iran Air Boeing passenger plane to a safe emergency landing last year despite broken front landing gear has launched a campaign to lift Western sanctions that restrict the import of civilian plane spare parts.
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Blasts, gunfire hit Damascus in blow to Assad
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:29PM August 11, 2012 CommentDAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Gunmen detonated back-to-back roadside bombs and clashed with police in central Damascus Saturday in attacks that caused no damage but highlighted the ability of rebels to breach the intense security near President Bashar Assad's power bases.
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Afghan policeman kills 10 fellow policemen
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:10PM August 11, 2012 CommentKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan police officer killed at least 10 of his fellow officers on Saturday, a day after six U.S. service members were gunned down by their Afghan partners in summer violence that has both international and Afghan forces questioning who is friend or foe.
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Wildfire threatens ancient forest in Spain
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:07PM August 11, 2012 CommentMADRID (AP) — Officials said Saturday that a wildfire thought to be under control on a Spanish island is now spreading, threatening a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Bo Xilai's fate still uncertain after wife's trial
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:18PM August 11, 2012 CommentBEIJING (AP) — The official Chinese account of the murder trial of the wife of a disgraced top politician made clear that she will be convicted, but never mentioned her once-powerful husband, suggesting the Communist Party wants to distance him from the crime.
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Belarus KGB summons Swedish teddy bear stunt team
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:14PM August 11, 2012 CommentSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Belarus' top security agency — the KGB — has summoned a Swedish advertising team for questioning after the group air-dropped hundreds of parachute-wearing teddy bears that carried pro-human rights messages onto the soil of the authoritarian ex-Soviet state. The agency threatens the Swedes with fines or even jail time if they don't show up in 10 days.
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US, Turkey plan for worst-case scenarios in Syria
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:02PM August 11, 2012 CommentISTANBUL (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Turkey's foreign minister said Saturday that their countries are creating a formal structure to plan for worst-case scenarios in Syria, including a possible chemical weapons attack on regime opponents.
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Mexico beats Brazil to win 1st Olympic soccer gold
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:54AM August 11, 2012 CommentWEMBLEY, England (AP) — Mexico is celebrating its first Olympic gold medal in men's soccer, and Brazil is wondering if it will ever be able to add the title to its long list of triumphs.
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Putin promises to boost Russian air force
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:36AM August 11, 2012 CommentMOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin promised Saturday to re-equip the Russian air force with hundreds of new aircraft as part of an ambitious military modernization program.
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Female Syrian Olympic hurdler DQ'd for doping
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:39AM August 11, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — A female hurdler from Syria was kicked out of the London Olympics on Saturday after failing a drug test.
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Saudi foreign minister undergoes surgery
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:43AM August 11, 2012 CommentRIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia says Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal has undergone abdominal surgery.
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Date set for Kazakhstan opposition leader's trial
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:26AM August 11, 2012 CommentALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — Supporters of Kazakhstan opposition leader Vladimir Kozlov said Saturday that his trial on charges of seeking to overthrow the Central Asian nation's government is set to begin next week.
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Ryan seen as Romney's bridge across GOP spectrum
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:15AM August 11, 2012 CommentJANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — Even before Wisconsin sent Paul Ryan to Congress, he was meticulously carving a path that seemed to point only upward.
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52 killed as bus falls into gorge in north India
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:47AM August 11, 2012 CommentNEW DELHI (AP) — An overcrowded bus fell into a deep gorge in a mountainous area of northern India on Saturday, killing 52 people and injuring 46 others, police said.
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Despite rocky region, Israeli tourism booming
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:44AM August 11, 2012 CommentJERUSALEM (AP) — It's priming for a risky showdown with Iran over its suspected nuclear program, concerned about neighboring Syria's bloody civil war spilling across the border and dealing with terrorists attempting to infiltrate from Egypt's lawless Sinai Peninsula.
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US women win 5th straight gold, rout France 86-50
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:24AM August 11, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — The names change, not the results. Just call the U.S. women's basketball team Olympic champion — again.
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8 bodies found inside car in northern Mexico
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:58PM August 10, 2012 CommentMEXICO CITY (AP) — Police found eight decomposing bodies Friday inside a car abandoned by a waterpark in northern Mexico, a day after authorities in a neighboring state located a sports utility vehicle with 14 bodies stuffed inside.
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SKorean leader visits islets, draws Japan protest
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:10PM August 10, 2012 CommentSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's president has made a surprise, election-year visit to islets also claimed by Japan, which quickly reasserted its sovereignty there, recalled its ambassador from Seoul and warned that the trip would worsen the countries' strained relations.
