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Key lawmakers stand by Aussie gov't over scandal
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:14AM April 23, 2012 CommentCANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Key independent lawmakers said Monday that they will stand by Australia's embattled government after the parliamentary speaker temporarily stepped aside over allegations of sexual harassment and fraud.
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NKorean military issues sharp threat to South
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:49AM April 23, 2012 Comment (3)PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea's military warned Monday of imminent "special actions" that would reduce South Korea's conservative government to ashes within minutes, sharply escalating the rhetoric against its southern rival.
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Boy glad football lost in tsunami found in Alaska
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:30PM April 22, 2012 CommentTOKYO (AP) — A teenager who lost his home in Japan's devastating tsunami now knows that one prized possession survived: a football that drifted all the way to Alaska.
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China expresses confidence in NKorea's leader Kim
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:48PM April 22, 2012 CommentBEIJING (AP) — China's top foreign policy official has met a North Korean delegation and expressed confidence in the country's young leader just over a week after Pyongyang conducted a rocket launch that Beijing had discouraged.
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French far-right soars in presidential vote
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:06PM April 22, 2012 CommentPARIS (AP) — The anti-immigrant far right emerged as a potentially major force in French politics with a record showing by its candidate Marine Le Pen in the first round of presidential elections.
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Yemen: Air strikes kill 7 al-Qaida militants
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:03PM April 22, 2012 CommentSANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni military officials say seven al-Qaida-linked militants have been killed in two airstrikes in the south. It's the latest in a Yemen offensive against the Islamist militants.
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Israeli leader plays down gas dispute with Egypt
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:42PM April 22, 2012 CommentJERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's prime minister on Monday scrambled to contain the damage from Egypt's decision to cut off natural gas exports, dismissing the matter as a mere "business dispute" as he tried to prevent a full-fledged diplomatic crisis.
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Official: Sudan bombs South Sudan, killing a boy
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:28PM April 22, 2012 CommentBENTIU, South Sudan (AP) — Sudanese warplanes bombed a major town Monday in South Sudan, hitting a market and killing a boy while wounding at least 10 people. South Sudanese troops fired back as the threat of full-scale war between the two nations loomed.
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Presidential candidate Moussa says Egypt in crisis
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:27PM April 22, 2012 CommentCAIRO (AP) — Egypt is facing daunting challenges, a leading candidate for president said Sunday, presenting his decades as a senior government official as a prime reason to vote for him and not an Islamist.
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Military chief: Israel increases covert operations
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:50PM April 22, 2012 CommentJERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's military chief of staff says he has ordered his forces to step up covert operations in enemy countries.
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Pakistan orders new plane inspection after crash
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:58AM April 22, 2012 CommentISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani government mandated Sunday that all airplanes operated by private airlines must undergo a new inspection to determine whether they are safe to fly, days after a crash near the capital killed 127 people.
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Google Street View comes to Israel
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:43AM April 22, 2012 CommentTEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — After months of consultations with Israeli security officials, Google has launched its popular Street View service in the country's three largest cities.
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Suu Kyi party refuses Myanmar seats over oath row
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:13AM April 22, 2012 CommentYANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party refused to take its new seats in parliament Monday because of a dispute over one word in the lawmakers' oath, but party officials said the issue would be overcome soon and the Southeast Asian nation's president also said a revision was possible.
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Norwegian gunman says he lost family after attacks
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:43AM April 22, 2012 CommentOSLO, Norway (AP) — The right-wing extremist who confessed to a massacre of 77 people in Norway compared on Monday the pain he caused the families of his victims to his own situation, saying he lost contact with his friends and family after the July 22 attacks.
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US, Afghanistan reach deal on strategic pact
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:33AM April 22, 2012 CommentKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. and Afghanistan reached a deal Sunday on a long-delayed strategic partnership agreement that ensures Americans will provide military and financial support to the Afghan people for at least a decade beyond 2014, the deadline for most foreign forces to withdraw.
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Iraqi premier starts talks in Iran
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:13AM April 22, 2012 CommentTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iraq's prime minister traveled to Tehran Sunday for top level talks, underlining the close ties between governments of the two countries.
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Bangladeshi police clash with striking protesters
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:12AM April 22, 2012 CommentDHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at stone-throwing opposition supporters enforcing a strike Sunday to protest a politician's disappearance, leaving dozens injured, police said.
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Murdoch to be quizzed on his UK political sway
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:36AM April 22, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — He was long considered one of the most important power brokers in British politics. Now, with his influence shriveled by Britain's phone hacking scandal, media mogul Rupert Murdoch is returning to the U.K. to face questions about his ties to the country's most senior politicians.
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Bahrain welcomes back F1 amid security crunch
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:19AM April 22, 2012 CommentMANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Under heavy security, Bahrain's embattled leaders toasted the return Sunday of the coveted Formula One Grand Prix even as riot police used armored vehicles to virtually seal off opposition strongholds and fight hit-and-run clashes in the Arab Spring's longest-running street battles.
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Dutch FM flies home to discuss future of austerity
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:03AM April 22, 2012 CommentAMSTERDAM (AP) — The Dutch finance minister has flown home early from an International Monetary Fund meeting to discuss the future of austerity measures torpedoed by euro-skeptic lawmakers and to reassure rating agencies he wants to put his country's budget back on track.
