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SAfrica: $563M lost in gold, platinum production
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:46PM September 17, 2012 CommentMARIKANA, South Africa (AP) — Strikes have cost South Africa close to 4.5 billion rand (nearly $563 million) in lost gold and platinum production, President Jacob Zuma announced Monday as the mine where labor unrest began said it is halting work on shaft construction that will cost 1,200 jobs.
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Troops pack up gear to ship out of Afghanistan
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:22PM September 17, 2012 CommentKANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — It was nearly 2 a.m. when U.S. Army Pfc. Zach Randle jumped out of his bulky armored vehicle in southern Afghanistan for what he hoped would be the last time.
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German lawmakers see signs of far-right cover up
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:09PM September 17, 2012 CommentBERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers investigating a string of far-right murders said Monday there appeared to have been a cover up by officials who withheld key information on the authorities' contacts with neo-Nazis linked to the case.
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Latest developments on anti-Islam film protests
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:08PM September 17, 2012 CommentHere's a look at protests and reaction across the Middle East and elsewhere Monday over an anti-Islam film produced in the U.S. ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad.
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Nigerian military: 2 radical sect leaders killed
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:58PM September 17, 2012 CommentKANO, Nigeria (AP) — Soldiers manning a checkpoint in northern Nigeria shot to death two ranking members of a radical Islamist sect responsible for hundreds of killings this year alone, a military official said Monday.
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Afghans reject US-favored administrative detention
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:35PM September 17, 2012 CommentKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan president's office says a judicial panel has ruled that administrative detention runs counter to the country's laws, potentially thwarting a U.S. plan to hand over Afghan detainees that American officials believe should continue to be held without recourse to a trial.
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi begins landmark US visit
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:35PM September 17, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, renowned for her peaceful struggle against military rule, began a marathon tour of the U.S. Monday, the latest milestone in her remarkable journey from political prisoner to globe-trotting stateswoman.
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Villages slowly vanish as Hispaniola lakes grow
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:55PM September 17, 2012 CommentBOCA DE CACHON, Dominican Republic (AP) — No one thought much about it when the largest lake in the Caribbean began rising in a year of heavy rains. But then it never stopped.
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Bahrain charges 7 police with uprising abuses
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:12PM September 17, 2012 CommentMANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Bahrain says it has charged seven police lieutenants with alleged abuses against suspected anti-government protesters, including using torture to obtain confessions that were later thrown out in court.
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Merkel insists bank supervision must not be rushed
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:03PM September 17, 2012 CommentBERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel is digging in her heels on plans for a new European banking supervisor, insisting Monday that they must not be rushed and that she sees no need for joint European deposit insurance.
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Togo militia stops protest against president
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:41AM September 17, 2012 CommentLOME, Togo (AP) — A militia of some 500 men loyal to President Faure Gnassingbe prevented a march by opposition groups over the weekend.
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UN panel: Foreigners making Syrian rebels radical
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:17AM September 17, 2012 CommentGENEVA (AP) — The number of foreign fighters in Syria is growing, some operating independently and some joining anti-government forces which they are helping to make more radical, U.N. human rights investigators said Monday.
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Kenyan terror suspect admits possession of bombs
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:03AM September 17, 2012 CommentNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Kenyan man pleaded guilty Monday to possession of six bombs including four suicide vests and being a member of al-Shabab, the Somali Islamist extremist group allied to al-Qaida that has threatened terrorist attacks in Kenya.
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Lawmaker fined about $4,000 for insulting EU chief
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:44AM September 17, 2012 CommentBRUSSELS (AP) — How much does it cost to tell the one of the EU's top officials he has "the charisma of a damp rag?" About €3,000, or close to $4,000, as a European member of Parliament has discovered.
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New Myanmar amnesty includes political prisoners
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:20AM September 17, 2012 CommentYANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar announced on Monday that it is releasing 514 prisoners under an amnesty, including political detainees and some foreigners.
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Hamas court convicts 4 in Italian activist death
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:11AM September 17, 2012 CommentGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Hamas court convicted four men on Monday of last year's kidnapping and killing of a pro-Palestinian Italian activist in Gaza, sentencing two of the defendants to 35 years in prison, a judicial official said.
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Theft trial for papal butler starts next week
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:06AM September 17, 2012 CommentVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI's ex-butler and another Vatican lay employee will go on trial next week in the embarrassing theft of papal documents that exposed alleged corruption at the Holy See's highest levels.
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West Africa leader urges Mali intervention
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:30AM September 17, 2012 CommentABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — The president of the West African bloc of nations says it "can no longer hesitate" to combat terrorism and criminality in northern Mali, which was overrun by Islamists.
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Qatar Airways dismisses talk of deal with BA
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:16AM September 17, 2012 CommentDOHA, Qatar (AP) — The head of Qatar Airways dismissed suggestions Monday that the fast-growing Gulf carrier is pursuing an alliance with British Airways' parent company.
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Violent clashes over anti-Islam film in 3 nations
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:10AM September 17, 2012 CommentTIMERGARAH, Pakistan (AP) — Hundreds of protesters demonstrating against an anti-Islam film torched a press club and a government building in northwest Pakistan on Monday, sparking clashes with police that left at least one person dead. Rioting demonstrators battled with police outside a U.S. military base in Afghanistan and the U.S. Embassy in Indonesia.
