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US 'concerned' about Romania amid power struggle
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:32PM July 03, 2012 CommentBUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Romania says he is "deeply concerned" about threats to the "independence of democratic institutions" in the eastern European country, where the prime minister and the president are engaged in a bitter power struggle.
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Barclays CEO Diamond quits in rate-fixing scandal
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:01PM July 03, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Barclays Chief Executive Bob Diamond resigned Tuesday, the biggest scalp in a financial markets scandal that has ripped through the bank's senior management and sown the seeds for a new investigation into Britain's banking sector.
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Olympic Experts Sure They Can Repel Cyber Threats
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Members of the U.S. men's and women's Olympic gymnastics team throw confetti into the air as they celebrate after the final round of the women's Olympic gymnastics trials, Sunday, July 1, 2012, in San Jose, Calif.
LONDON (AP) — Vital computer systems for London's 2012 Olympic Games have come under repeated cyber-attacks — but only from hackers who were invited to join in thousands of hours of security tests.
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EU court OKs resale of software licenses
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:54PM July 03, 2012 CommentLUXEMBOURG (AP) — The European Union's highest court ruled Tuesday that software makers cannot keep people who download programs from selling their licenses for those programs to others — as long as they disable their own copies.
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Israel's Netanyahu faces coalition crisis
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:31PM July 03, 2012 CommentJERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's prime minister on Tuesday moved to contain the first major crisis in his newly expanded coalition government after his most significant partner threatened to quit in a dispute over how to overhaul the country's military draft.
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Strasbourg court rules in favor of Tymoshenko ally
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:28PM July 03, 2012 CommentKIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday condemned as arbitrary the arrest of a top ally of jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
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Senegal police question ex-president's son
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:04PM July 03, 2012 CommentDAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The son of Senegal's ex-president has been questioned by police about his management of state resources during his father's 12 years in office.
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Palestinians seek more UNESCO site recognitions
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:59PM July 03, 2012 CommentRAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian Authority says it will seek to have additional religious West Bank sites recognized by UNESCO as endangered World Heritage sites.
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Hippo gunned down after killing 2 in north Nigeria
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:48PM July 03, 2012 CommentSHELLENG, Nigeria (AP) — A hippopotamus that killed two fishermen in Nigeria's northeast has been shot dead, authorities said Tuesday, highlighting how ill-equipped Nigerian wildlife control officials are to protect both wildlife and the communities that surround them.
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5 climbers die in Swiss mountain accident
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:39PM July 03, 2012 CommentGENEVA (AP) — Five foreign climbers died Tuesday in a mountain accident in Switzerland near the Italian border, police said.
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Iran arrests 2 Azerbaijan nationals as spies
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:33PM July 03, 2012 CommentTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's state TV is reporting officials have interrogated two Azerbaijan citizens on charges of spying.
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Ex-President Sarkozy's Home, Offices Searched
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This Friday, May 4, 2012 file photo shows France's then President and conservative candidate for re-election in 2012, Nicolas Sarkozy as he delivers a speech during a campaign meeting in Sables d'Ollonne, western France.
PARIS (AP) — French investigators searched former President Nicolas Sarkozy's home and office on Tuesday as part of a probe into suspected illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the L'Oreal cosmetics heiress, an official said.
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SAfrica: Chimps who attacked US student to live
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:10PM July 03, 2012 CommentJOHANNESBURG (AP) — Two adult chimpanzees that viciously attacked a U.S. student at a primate sanctuary in South Africa were defending their territory and will be allowed to live, the lead government investigator said Tuesday.
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Irish to sell debt for 1st time in nearly 2 years
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:09PM July 03, 2012 CommentDUBLIN (AP) — Bailed-out Ireland is to auction debt this week for the first time in nearly two years, treasury officials said Tuesday, in a test they hope will ease the nation's return to normal borrowing next year.
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Diamond in the rough; Banker Bob falls on sword
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:34AM July 03, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — He was a poster boy for corporate arrogance, telling Parliament last year that the time for bankers to apologize had passed.
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Publisher: Here's cover of new J.K. Rowling novel
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:32AM July 03, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Publishers have released the cover of the J.K. Rowling novel set for worldwide release in September.
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Kenyan Muslims, Christians vow to prevent violence
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:01AM July 03, 2012 CommentNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan clerics across the religious divide vowed Tuesday to not allow sectarian violence to erupt following attacks on churches over the weekend that killed at least 15 people.
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Human rights group slams Greek police violence
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:58AM July 03, 2012 CommentATHENS, Greece (AP) — Amnesty International charged in a report Tuesday that Greek police often use violence against demonstrators, migrants and detained suspects, and that authorities' willingness to downplay the problem exacerbates a "climate of impunity."
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France, Germany say Assad should leave power
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:56AM July 03, 2012 CommentPARIS (AP) — The top diplomats of France and Germany say Syrian President Bashar Assad should leave power, even though a U.N.-brokered political transition plan leaves his future role open.
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Bahrain: 15 police probed over abuse claims
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:38AM July 03, 2012 CommentMANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Bahrain has launched an investigation against 15 police officers over allegations of abuse of inmates, an official said Tuesday.
