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Turkey launches new crackdown on ex-officers
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:07AM April 12, 2012 CommentANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish prosecutors on Thursday ordered the arrest of dozens of former military officers, including four retired generals, over their role in the ousting of an Islamist prime minister.
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Afghan leader raises prospect of early elections
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:24AM April 12, 2012 CommentKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's president raised the prospect Thursday of holding presidential elections a year early to avoid a potentially deadly concurrence of a transition of power and a major drawdown of international forces in 2014.
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Italian man held by rebels in India lost 10 kilos
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:17AM April 12, 2012 CommentNEW DELHI (AP) — An Italian tour guide freed by Maoist rebels in eastern India on Thursday joked to reassure people he was well but said he lost 10 kilograms (22 pounds) during his tough, monthlong captivity.
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Mugabe arrives home under intense health scrutiny
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:12AM April 12, 2012 CommentHARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — President Robert Mugabe arrived home from Asia on Thursday morning as his party denied reports he had suffered a health emergency.
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Is North Korea serious about its race to space?
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:12AM April 12, 2012 CommentSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — According to North Korea's official version of things, commemorated on postage stamps and re-enacted in mass performances, the country's first venture into space was 14 years ago, when the "Bright Shining Star 1" satellite roared into orbit and began broadcasting marching music praising Kim Il Sung.
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Indonesians feel lucky after escape from quakes
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:07AM April 12, 2012 CommentBANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Residents surveying damage from two powerful earthquakes that reignited memories of the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami said Thursday they could hardly believe their luck.
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Shaken by shooting, Chinese still seek US colleges
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:04AM April 12, 2012 CommentBEIJING (AP) — Shaken by the shooting deaths of two Chinese students near the University of Southern California, China is unlikely to slow its pace of sending its students to U.S. universities.
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Syrian opposition vows protest to test shaky truce
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:41AM April 12, 2012 CommentBEIRUT (AP) — Syria's opposition called for widespread protests Friday to test the regime's commitment to an internationally brokered cease-fire that the U.N. chief described as so fragile it could collapse with a single gunshot.
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Stocks recoup losses but rally appears fragile
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:34PM April 11, 2012 CommentPARIS (AP) — Stock markets rallied Wednesday, recouping some of their losses from a day earlier, when fears grew that the U.S. economy was slowing and Europe's debt crisis returning.
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Chavez says he's 'doing very well' after treatment
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:10PM April 11, 2012 CommentCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned to Venezuela on Wednesday, saying he's "doing very well" following cancer treatment in Cuba.
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Philippines, China eye compromise to end standoff
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:58PM April 11, 2012 CommentMANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine and Chinese diplomats scrambled Thursday to ease tensions and save face amid a tense naval standoff in the disputed South China Sea.
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Strong earthquake strikes off the coast of Mexico
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:21PM April 11, 2012 CommentMEXICO CITY (AP) — A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Mexico on Thursday, waking up residents living near the Gulf of California, only hours after a separate temblor swayed tall buildings in Mexico City, causing evacuations.
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Egypt parliament votes to sideline Mubarak figures
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:58PM April 11, 2012 CommentCAIRO (AP) — Egypt's parliament has passed a bill that strips senior figures of ousted President Hosni Mubarak's regime of their political rights for 10 years.
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2 US Marines killed, 2 injured in Morocco
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:58PM April 11, 2012 CommentRABAT, Morocco (AP) — Two U.S. Marines were killed and two severely injured in the crash of a hybrid aircraft in Morocco on Wednesday, officials said.
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No launch from N. Korea; no backing down, either
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:25PM April 11, 2012 CommentPYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea's first chance at a rocket launch passed Thursday with no word of a liftoff, but also with no sign that Pyongyang intends to abandon what the U.S. and its allies consider an attempt to test long-range missile technology.
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Israel steps up campaign for convicted spy
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:22PM April 11, 2012 CommentJERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is ratcheting up calls on Washington to release convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, in a campaign that has reopened a long-running feud with its closest and most important ally.
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Argentine 'miracle' morgue baby improving
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:12PM April 11, 2012 CommentBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A mother in Argentina says she fell to her knees in shock after finding her baby alive in a coffin in the morgue nearly 12 hours after the girl had been declared dead.
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Algeria's first president dies at 95
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:34PM April 11, 2012 CommentALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Ahmed Ben Bella, Algeria's first president and a historic leader of its bloody independence struggle from France, died at his family home in Algiers on Wednesday. He was 95.
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Congo president calls for arrest of wanted warlord
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:38PM April 11, 2012 CommentKINSHASA, Congo (AP) — In a marked turnaround, Congo's president called Wednesday for the arrest of a notorious ex-warlord who has been serving in the country's army despite an international indictment on war crimes charges.
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Nokia credits $100 for Lumia 900 users for glitch
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:37PM April 11, 2012 CommentHELSINKI (AP) — Nokia Corp. says it will compensate Lumia 900 users in the United States with $100 in credit at AT&T because of a software problem that could cause a break in data connections.
