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Swiss govt wants to end death penalty everywhere
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:19AM July 19, 2012 CommentGENEVA (AP) — The Swiss government has reaffirmed its commitment toward seeking the abolition of the death penalty "throughout the world."
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Lebanon indicts dozens from 2007 clashes
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:11AM July 19, 2012 CommentBEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese judicial officials say an investigative judge has indicted 88 people allegedly involved in 2007 fighting against the army in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, demanding that some of them face the death penalty.
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Egypt court delays ruling on constitutional panel
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:45AM July 19, 2012 CommentCAIRO (AP) — A Cairo court has postponed to July 30 a key ruling that will determine the legality of an Islamist-dominated panel tasked to write Egypt's new constitution.
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British PM: Afghan and Pakistan in joint fight
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:20AM July 19, 2012 CommentKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — British Prime Minister David Cameron called on Afghanistan and Pakistan on Thursday to make common cause against insurgents in the two countries' border zone. He spoke in Kabul in a visit aimed at adding British weight to American diplomatic attempts to get Pakistan to become more cooperative in ending the Afghan war.
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Syria uprising puts Hezbollah on defensive
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:38AM July 19, 2012 CommentSIDON, Lebanon (AP) — On a main road connecting the Lebanese capital with the south, Sheik Ahmad Assir kneels under a blazing sun to pray and then sits down with supporters at his anti-Hezbollah protest camp and launches into a new tirade against Lebanon's most powerful and well-armed force.
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Israel's Barak: We'll block Syrian refugees
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:42AM July 19, 2012 CommentJERUSALEM (AP) — Defense Minister Ehud Barak, standing within earshot of fighting in Syria, said Thursday that Israel would stop Syrian refugees from entering the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights if they try to flee there.
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Italy sets March appeal for Amanda Knox acquittal
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:33AM July 19, 2012 CommentROME (AP) — An Italian court in Perugia has set March 25 for the prosecution's appeal of Amanda Knox's acquittal in the 2007 murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher.
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Official: Jihadists kill 2 Egypt soldiers in Sinai
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:46AM July 19, 2012 CommentELARISH, Egypt (AP) — An Egyptian security official says Islamist militants have shot to death two soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula, close to the border with the Gaza Strip.
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London's Olympic summer has a Shakespearean flavor
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:50AM July 19, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — As the world comes to Britain for the Olympics, Britain is celebrating arguably its greatest gift to the world — the plays of William Shakespeare.
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British PM says Assad must step down
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:23AM July 19, 2012 CommentKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — British Prime Minister David Cameron called on Thursday on Syria's president to step down following an escalation of violence and bombings in the capital Damascus.
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8th person dies in attack on Israelis in Bulgaria
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:34AM July 19, 2012 CommentJERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Foreign Ministry says the death toll in the bombing of a bus of Israeli tourists in Bulgaria has risen to eight, after a man died of his wounds.
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Kim given new title; NKorea introduces army chief
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:51PM July 18, 2012 CommentPYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Hundreds of soldiers danced in Pyongyang's plazas after North Korea announced that leader Kim Jong Un was named marshal, a title cementing his status atop the authoritarian nation's military as he makes key changes to the 1.2 million-man force.
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UN vote on Syria delayed until Thursday
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:29PM July 18, 2012 CommentUNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council delayed a vote on a new Syria resolution until Thursday in a last-minute effort to get key Western nations and Russia to agree on measures to end the dramatically escalating violence.
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Attack on Israeli tourist bus in Bulgaria kills 7
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:15PM July 18, 2012 CommentSOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Israel vowed to strike back at Iran for a brazen daylight bombing Wednesday that killed at least seven people on a bus full of Israeli tourists in Bulgaria.
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Islamist rebel group releases 3 hostages
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:03PM July 18, 2012 CommentBAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A helicopter was dispatched to Mali on Wednesday to retrieve three European hostages held for the past 10 months by a jihadist group, according to the governments of Italy and Spain and a military official in Burkina Faso, which sent the copter.
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New inquiry into death of UN's Dag Hammarskjold
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:01PM July 18, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — A group of international jurists has been commissioned to reinvestigate the 1961 death of U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold, one of the Cold War's most enduring mysteries.
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Yemen president warns Iran to stop meddling
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:13PM July 18, 2012 CommentSANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen's president on Wednesday called on Iran to stop spying in his country, warning that the Shiite-led nation would "pay the price" if it continues meddling.
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Protesters try to storm Syria embassy in Egypt
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:04PM July 18, 2012 CommentCAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security forces have fired tear gas to push back several hundred protesters trying to storm the Syrian Embassy in Cairo and raise the green-striped flag of Syria's rebels.
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Libya's independents might emerge as third power
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:34PM July 18, 2012 CommentTRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya's elections have brought in a large new political generation of independents — businessmen, activists, former judges and former exiles — who form the largest bloc in the first elected national assembly after Moammar Gadhafi's fall and will be the big wild card in determining the country's course.
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It's party time for Olympic athletes
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:17PM July 18, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — "Sex And The City" move over. Here comes "Sex In The Village." Make that athletes village. As in Olympics.
