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On the run, bin Laden lived in 5 houses
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:05AM March 30, 2012 CommentISLAMABAD (AP) — Osama bin Laden lived in five safe houses while on the run in Pakistan and fathered four children — two of them born in government hospitals, his youngest widow has told investigators.
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Polish workers protest plan to hike retirement age
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:01AM March 30, 2012 CommentWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of people from across Poland demonstrated noisily Friday outside Parliament to protest government plans to raise the retirement age to 67.
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Ugandan rights groups upset at murderer's pardon
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:55AM March 30, 2012 CommentKAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A decision by Uganda's president to pardon an Indian man who in 2000 was sentenced to die for the torture murder of his wife has generated fierce criticism from activists who say it sends the wrong message in a country where women's rights have long been abused.
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Terror in Europe fuels immigration tensions
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:47AM March 30, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — An al-Qaida-inspired gunman kills paratroopers and Jewish children in southern France. A far-right fanatic enraged by Muslim immigration guns down dozens of youths at a summer camp in Norway.
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Diplomat: US, Russia have 'homework' on shield
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:26AM March 30, 2012 CommentMOSCOW (AP) — Russia and the United States need to do their "homework" on the technicalities of a proposed NATO missile defense shield in order to settle a dispute that has strained relations, the U.S. State Department's top arms control official said Friday.
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Rights group urges Bahrain to free hunger striker
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:05AM March 30, 2012 CommentDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Amnesty International on Friday urged Bahrain to free a leading human rights activist who is on a hunger strike and reminded the Gulf kingdom's rulers to fulfill promises to release all those jailed for speaking out during the country's uprising.
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School punishes Filipino boys for Facebook kissing
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:53AM March 30, 2012 CommentMANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine Catholic school is withholding the diplomas of six high school boys who uploaded Facebook photos that appear to show them kissing one another, an education official said Friday.
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UK spy's family demand answers over puzzling death
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:38AM March 30, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — The family of a British codebreaker whose naked and decomposing body was found inside a padlocked sports bag believes the country's intelligence agencies may have interfered with evidence that could explain the spy's puzzling death, their lawyer said Friday.
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Magic! Harry Potter studio tour opens near London
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:35AM March 30, 2012 CommentWATFORD, England (AP) — Hogwarts Castle is ready to welcome the Muggle multitudes.
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Clinton, Saudi Arabia explore Syria crisis
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:35AM March 30, 2012 CommentRIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to work out a unified strategy on the crisis in Syria in talks with Saudi officials on Friday as further violence stymied U.N. efforts to convince Damascus to implement a cease-fire.
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Whistleblower accuses Putin's ally of corruption
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:58AM March 30, 2012 CommentMOSCOW (AP) — Russia's leading corruption whistleblower on Friday accused Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's close ally Igor Shuvalov of graft.
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Stocks recover as euro countries lift bailout fund
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:54AM March 30, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — European markets recovered some ground Friday after sharp losses this week, as finance ministers from the 17 euro countries agreed to bolster the amount of money available for any future financial bailouts.
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Headstone of Hitlers' parents' grave removed
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:21AM March 30, 2012 CommentVIENNA (AP) — The tombstone marking the grave of Adolf Hitler's parents, a place of pilgrimage for neo-Nazis, has been removed from an upper Austrian village cemetery at the request of a descendant, and the grave is ready for a new burial, officials said Friday.
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1 wounded in man's shooting spree in Finland
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:54AM March 30, 2012 CommentHELSINKI (AP) — A 23-year-old gunman wounded the father of his former girlfriend in an office building in Finland on Friday, then went to a nearby school and fired several shots through a classroom door, police said.
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Apple pledge could lead to China wage hikes
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:36AM March 30, 2012 CommentBEIJING (AP) — A pledge by the manufacturer of Apple's iPhones and iPads to limit work hours at its factories in China could force other global corporations to hike pay for Chinese workers who produce the world's consumer electronics, toys and other goods.
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Eurozone boosts financial buffers to $1.1 trillion
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:11AM March 30, 2012 CommentCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The 17 countries that use the euro have boosted their emergency funding for heavily indebted countries to €800 billion ($1.1 trillion) — an amount that falls short of what the currency union's international partners had said is needed to calm financial markets.
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Thousands attend India funeral of Tibetan activist
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:08AM March 30, 2012 CommentDHARMSALA, India (AP) — Thousands of emotional Tibetan exiles chanted prayers and shouted slogans in northern India on Friday as they attended the funeral of a man who set himself on fire in protest of China's rule of his homeland.
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Afghanistan war critic wins UK Parliament seat
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:29AM March 30, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — An outspoken critic of the war in Afghanistan claimed Friday that public anger over the conflict propelled him to a surprise victory in a special election for a seat in Britain's House of Commons.
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Myanmar's election on Sunday: Why It Matters
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:20AM March 30, 2012 CommentBANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar's special election Sunday is for a small portion of parliament seats, but has taken on immense symbolic importance because it will likely see pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi win her first term in office.
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Afghan village policeman kills 9 comrades
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:17AM March 30, 2012 CommentKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A member of a U.S.-backed Afghan village police force killed nine of his fellow officers as they slept Friday in a volatile eastern area, officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
