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Prince Charles costs UK taxpayers more last year
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:57AM June 29, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Prince Charles got a bit more costly for British taxpayers in the past year, according to palace figures released Friday.
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Sri Lankan police raid news website, arrest 9
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:56AM June 29, 2012 CommentCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan police arrested nine journalists and seized computers and documents from the office of an independent news website Friday, said a media rights group in one of the world's most dangerous countries for journalists.
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Markets buoyed by EU summit proposals
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:53AM June 29, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Markets breathed a huge sigh of relief Friday after Europe's leaders agreed a series of measures they hope will help contain the continent's crippling debt crisis.
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China: Pilot failed to locate runway before crash
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:47AM June 29, 2012 CommentBEIJING (AP) — A commercial airline pilot failed to locate the runway before landing and abandoned the plane after it crashed in northeastern China two years ago, the government said Friday and called for the chief pilot to be prosecuted.
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Chinese Astronauts Parachute Land After Mission
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Chinese astronaut Jing Haipeng, center, salutes from behind a glass enclosure next to Liu Yang, at left and Liu Wang, at right at the Jiuquan satellite launch center near Jiuquan in western China's Gansu province, Friday, June 15, 2012.
BEIJING (AP) — China's first female astronaut and two other crew members emerged smiling from a capsule that returned safely to Earth on Friday from a 13-day mission to an orbiting module that is a prototype for a future space station.
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Kremlin toughens rules for NGOs
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:52AM June 29, 2012 CommentMOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin's majority party in parliament says it's planning to submit a bill that would tighten official control over non-government organizations that receive funding from abroad.
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Suu Kyi's Europe trip revives lifetime of memories
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:45AM June 29, 2012 CommentBANGKOK (AP) — Paris brought back memories of onion soup. Oxford, of carefree student days and sharing a passion for literature with her two young sons. In London, Aung San Suu Kyi recalled her father, whose historic visit in 1947 came shortly before he was assassinated — when she was only 2.
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15 years after China takeover, Hong Kong uneasy
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:30AM June 29, 2012 CommentHONG KONG (AP) — For thousands of Hong Kongers, this weekend's 15th anniversary of China's takeover of the semiautonomous territory isn't a moment to celebrate but a chance to air grievances from corruption scandals to human rights to a widening gap between rich and poor.
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10,000 diamonds on display at Buckingham Palace
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:52AM June 29, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — A new exhibition at Buckingham Palace shows that diamonds are a queen's best friend.
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No quick-fix for China's troubled dairy industry
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:47AM June 29, 2012 CommentBEIJING (AP) — China learned hard lessons from a contaminated milk scandal that left six babies dead four years ago but its dairy industry is still plagued by quality lapses, from toxic mold in milk to mercury in baby formula.
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Europe's next big steps to tackle crisis
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:44AM June 29, 2012 CommentPARIS (AP) — European leaders confounded expectations and agreed to several steps, short-term and long, to try to stem the continent's spiraling debt crisis. Here are the key moves they are pledging:
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Officials: Gunmen kill 4 Sunni fighters in Iraq
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:34AM June 29, 2012 CommentBAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security officials say gunmen have killed four anti-al-Qaida fighters in an attack on a security checkpoint in an eastern province.
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US raises new concerns over Dubai hunger striker
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:55AM June 29, 2012 CommentDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Abu Dhabi is raising new concerns about the health of a jailed American businessman on hunger strike in the United Arab Emirates.
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National service proposal riles Israeli Arabs
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:21AM June 29, 2012 CommentNAZARETH, Israel (AP) — Israel's plan to overhaul its military draft has veered into turbulent new territory with the government's abrupt proposal to mobilize the country's Arab minority for civilian national service.
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SKorea puts off Japan military pact at last minute
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:20AM June 29, 2012 CommentTOKYO (AP) — Japan and South Korea put on hold an intelligence sharing pact less than an hour before it was to be formally signed Friday, in a major embarrassment for both countries forced by a political outcry in Seoul.
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Tanker truck crash sparks fire, kills 20 in China
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:10AM June 29, 2012 CommentBEIJING (AP) — A tanker truck filled with gasoline collided with a truck in southern China on Friday, setting off an explosion and a massive fire that left 20 people dead and 14 others hurt, including at least two with severe burns.
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Illegal West Bank settlement outpost cleared
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:43AM June 29, 2012 CommentJERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has finished evacuating some 30 settler families from an illegal West Bank outpost, encountering little resistance, police and the military said Friday.
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Spoiler or voice of reason? Russian role In Syria
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:33AM June 29, 2012 CommentRussia takes center stage Saturday when the U.S. and other major powers gather in Geneva to try to map out a strategy to end the bloodshed in Syria, where activists say 14,000 people have died since the uprising against President Bashar Assad began in March last year.
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Mongolia vote snag as ruling party demands recount
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:43AM June 29, 2012 CommentULAN BATOR, Mongolia (AP) — Calls for a recount of votes at some polling stations are delaying results in Mongolia's sharply contested legislative elections, which centered on how to spread the wealth from the poor but fast-growing country's mining boom.
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NKorean claims South agents tricked her to defect
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:49PM June 28, 2012 CommentPYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — In a rare news conference by a repatriated North Korean defector, a woman claimed she was tricked into defecting six years ago by South Korean agents but was welcomed by the North when she returned.
