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Ex-Philippine President Arroyo released on bail
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:36AM July 25, 2012 CommentMANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo walked out of a government hospital on Wednesday where she had been detained for nearly eight months on election rigging charges after a court found that evidence against her was weak and granted bail.
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Vote appears to end feud in Papua New Guinea gov't
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:30AM July 25, 2012 CommentPORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) — The apparent victor in Papua New Guinea's parliamentary elections said Wednesday he would form a coalition government with support from his chief rival after their dual claims to the premiership roiled the South Pacific island nation for a year.
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5 Olympic things to know for Wednesday
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:28AM July 25, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Here's what to watch for at the London Olympics on Wednesday:
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Scottish government to back same-sex marriage
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:28AM July 25, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Scotland's government has announced plans to legalize same-sex marriages.
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Officials say 7 Afghan children killed by bomb
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:07AM July 25, 2012 CommentKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An insurgent bomb targeting Afghan police using a fresh water spring to replenish their drinking supplies instead killed seven children grazing farm animals, officials said Wednesday.
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British union calls off pre-Olympics border strike
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:01AM July 25, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — A union on Wednesday called off a pre-Olympics strike by immigration staff at London's Heathrow Airport, a relief to government officials who sued to try to stop it.
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Compensation controversy over 'Adriatic Alcatraz'
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:53AM July 25, 2012 CommentGOLI OTOK, Croatia (AP) — It rises up from the pristine waters off Croatia's coast, a forbidding mound of rock known as the Adriatic Alcatraz.
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Queen to visit top of Orbit tower at Olympic Park
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:44AM July 25, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is about to scale new heights.
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Al-Qaida claims responsibility for Iraq killings
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:58AM July 25, 2012 CommentBAGHDAD (AP) — An al-Qaida affiliate group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for Monday's wave of attacks that killed 115 people across the country and wounded hundreds others.
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Beijing mayor set for promotion amid flood scandal
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:53AM July 25, 2012 CommentBEIJING (AP) — Beijing's mayor is apparently still on track to be promoted to China's powerful decision-making body despite public questioning of the city government's handling of floods that left at least 37 dead.
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Strong quake rocks waters off Indonesia; 1 killed
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:33AM July 25, 2012 CommentBANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — A powerful earthquake jolted western Indonesia early Wednesday, killing a man and sending panicked residents fleeing from homes in towns and villages across Sumatra island's northern tip. No tsunami was generated.
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Ghana VP sworn in hours after president's death
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:43AM July 25, 2012 CommentACCRA, Ghana (AP) — President John Atta Mills' election victory secured Ghana's reputation as one of the most mature democracies in West Africa, a position further solidified Tuesday when the vice president took over only hours after the 68-year-old president died five months before finishing his first term.
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UN treaty on global arms trade sparks criticism
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:56PM July 24, 2012 CommentUNITED NATIONS (AP) — The first draft of a new U.N. treaty to regulate the multibillion dollar global arms trade sparked criticism Tuesday from campaigners seeking to keep illegal weapons from fighters, criminals and terrorists — and demands for changes before Friday's deadline for action.
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Recovering ex-congresswoman rides Alpine cable car
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:22PM July 24, 2012 CommentGENEVA (AP) — Former U.S. congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, recovering from injuries in a mass shooting last year, has ventured into the French Alps.
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A mausoleum built for Bolivar but worthy of Chavez
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:09PM July 24, 2012 CommentCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The towering, white mausoleum in downtown Caracas is for many Venezuelans a lot like Hugo Chavez, only in architectural terms: disproportionately larger-than-life, flamboyant and self-important.
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Top general, friend of Syrian president, defects
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:48PM July 24, 2012 CommentBEIRUT (AP) — Fighter jets unleashed sonic booms and helicopter gunships strafed rebels as they pressed their fight Tuesday into new neighborhoods in Aleppo, Syria's largest city. Farther south, ground troops combed Damascus after the nearly complete rout of the largest rebel assault yet on the capital.
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Chefs of world leaders boost diplomacy with food
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:27PM July 24, 2012 CommentPARIS (AP) — They feed the powerful and are most at home in the kitchen. But French President Francois Hollande contends that the chefs who cook for the leaders of the world have a behind-the-scenes role at the negotiating tables of international diplomacy.
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Alleged hacking victims include dead teen, actors
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:22PM July 24, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — On Tuesday, British prosecutors announced charges against eight people alleged to have been involved in a phone hacking scheme with more than 600 targets. The following are some prominent alleged victims:
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China's newest city is on tiny island, has big aim
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:06PM July 24, 2012 CommentBEIJING (AP) — China's newest city is a remote island in the South China Sea barely large enough to host a single airstrip. It has a post office, bank, supermarket and a hospital, but little else. Fresh water comes by freighter on a 13-hour journey from China's southernmost province.
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Greece says no to jailhouse pool
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:52PM July 24, 2012 CommentATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's largest maximum security prison won't get to keep its waterfall-adorned, barbecue-equipped pool.
