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Magnitude-6.1 Earthquake Shakes Northeastern Japan
Last Updated: 8:09 PM 05/23/12 - No tsunami is expected.
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Turkey Proposes Charges Against Israeli Military
Last Updated: 8:07 PM 05/23/12 - The court in Istanbul received the proposed indictment, and will have 15 days to decide whether to accept it.
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Egyptians Vote in First Free Presidential Election
Last Updated: 8:05 PM 05/23/12 - More than 15 months after the ouster of their autocratic leader, Egyptians have been streaming to polling stations.
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Pressure on EU Leaders to Solve Greek Crisis
Last Updated: 8:04 PM 05/23/12 - The head of the eurogroup says that the 17 nations using the euro as their currency `'have to consider all kinds of events."
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North Korea Threatens to Keep Building Nuclear Program
Last Updated: 8:57 PM 05/22/12 - A Foreign Ministry spokesman made no direct threat Tuesday of a nuclear test but said North Korea feels compelled to strengthen its "nuclear deterrent" in the face of U.S. hostility.
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UN Nuclear Chief : Deal with Iran Reached on Probe
Last Updated: 8:55 PM 05/22/12 - A deal has been reached with Iran that will allow the U.N. nuclear agency to restart a long-stalled probe into suspicions that Tehran has secretly worked on developing nuclear arms.
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Mexico Front-Runner Keeps Double-Digit Lead
Last Updated: 8:54 PM 05/22/12 - A new poll in Mexico says the second- and third-place candidates in the presidential race are running neck and neck -- but remain far behind the candidate of the country's former ruling party.
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Hugo Chavez Back on Television in Venezuela
Last Updated: 8:53 PM 05/22/12 - Chavez led a televised Cabinet meeting, seated at a table with aides Tuesday
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New Zealand to Pull Afghanistan Troops Next Year
Last Updated: 9:57 PM 05/21/12 - Prime Minister John Key told reporters Tuesday that the 145 New Zealand troops stationed in Bamiyan province will come home in late 2013 rather than 2014.
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Suicide Bomber Kills Scores At Yemen Army Parade
Last Updated: 4:20 AM 05/21/12 - A Yemeni official says a suicide bomber blew himself up during a military parade rehearsal in the capital Sanaa, killing scores of people.
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3 Climbers Die On Mount Everest, 2 Still Missing
Last Updated: 3:32 AM 05/21/12 - A Nepalese mountaineering official says three climbers returning from the summit of Mount Everest have died and two more are missing.
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US Warns North Korea Against Another Nuke Test
Last Updated: 3:29 AM 05/21/12 - The top U.S. envoy for North Korea is warning Pyongyang that any nuclear test will be met with "swift and sure" international punishment.
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Robin Gibb of Bee Gees Dies at 62
Last Updated: 2:59 AM 05/21/12 - Legendary singer had been battling cancer, pneumonia
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Powerful Quake Kills At Least 4 In Northern Italy
Last Updated: 5:56 AM 05/20/12 - A powerful early morning earthquake in northern Italy has killed at least four people and toppled buildings.
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Chinese Activist Who Fled House Arrest Lands in US
Last Updated: 8:31 PM 05/19/12 - Chen Guangcheng escaped house arrest in April and has been allowed to come to the U.S. to study at New York University
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Parliament Dissolved; New Elections On June 17
Last Updated: 5:38 AM 05/19/12 - President Karolos Papoulias has dissolved the Parliament elected on May 6 and set a new election date for June 17.
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Torch Starts Its 8,000 Mile Journey
Last Updated: 4:37 AM 05/19/12 - British sailing hero Ben Ainslie has kicked off the torch relay for the 2012 London Olympics with a stroll through teary, flag-waving crowds who cheered the arrival of the flame.
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Blind China Activist Preparing To Head To US
Last Updated: 3:21 AM 05/19/12 - A blind Chinese activist whose escape from a rural village set off a diplomatic tussle between Beijing and Washington says he is at an airport waiting to leave for the United States.
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Cuban President's Daughter Gets U.S. Visa
Last Updated: 7:53 PM 05/17/12 - She is scheduled to attend a conference in San Francisco and an event in Washington.
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Greece Hands Olympic Flame Over to Britain
Last Updated: 7:52 PM 05/17/12 - Hundreds of Greeks huddled beneath umbrellas and sat on the stone steps of the ancient stadium in Athens on Thursday to watch the ceremonial handover of the Olympic flame to the organizers of the 2012 London Olympics.
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Mexico Army Generals Probed for Cartel Ties
Last Updated: 7:51 PM 05/17/12 - A Mexican official says that two army generals detained by anti-drug prosecutors are being investigated for possible links to the Beltran Leyva drug cartel.
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Eight Lottery Scam Suspects Arrested in Jamaica
Last Updated: 7:49 PM 05/17/12 - Jamaican police have arrested eight people accused of defrauding U.S. citizens.
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Turkey Shows Renewed Interest in EU Bid
Last Updated: 7:44 PM 05/16/12 - Turkey began its EU accession negotiations in 2005 but made little progress in its candidacy, thanks to a dispute with EU-member Cyprus and opposition from French President Nicolas Sarkozy to Turkey's membership.
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French Prime Minister Announces New Cabinet
Last Updated: 7:42 PM 05/16/12 - French Socialist Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has completed his first task on the job.
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Colombia President Says Two Die in Bogota Bombing
Last Updated: 7:37 PM 05/15/12 - Officials say the attack targeted a former interior minister.
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Hollande, Merkel Pledge to Seek Growth for Europe
Last Updated: 7:35 PM 05/15/12 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande say they've agreed to discuss ways to generate economic growth in Europe.
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Al-Qaida Leader Calls New Yemen Leader a U.S. Agent
Last Updated: 7:35 PM 05/15/12 - Al-Qaida's leader has released a 17-minute audio address aimed at swaying public opinion against Yemen's new president.
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Convicted Bank Robber Arrested in Puerto Rico
Last Updated: 7:33 PM 05/15/12 - Federal authorities in Puerto Rico have arrested a convicted bank robber once featured on the TV show "America's Most Wanted."
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Iran Begin New Nuke Talks
Last Updated: 6:13 AM 05/14/12 - The U.N. nuclear agency has started new talks with Iran aimed at getting access to what it suspects was the site of secret tests to make nuclear arms. -
Lebanese Soldier Killed As Clashes Rock City
Last Updated: 8:05 AM 05/13/12 - Lebanon's national news agency says a sniper shot dead a soldier while sectarian clashes shook the northern city of Tripoli.
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Zimbabwe Braces For Power Cuts Of 9 Hours A Day
Last Updated: 6:37 AM 05/13/12 - Zimbabwe's state power company says it is implementing power cuts of at least nine hours a day as the winter season begins in the southern African nation.
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Afghan Official: Peace Council Member Killed
Last Updated: 4:55 AM 05/13/12 - Authorities say a gunman has shot and killed a top member of the Afghan peace council in Kabul.
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Greek President In Last-Ditch Coalition Effort
Last Updated: 8:03 AM 05/12/12 - Greek President Karolos Papoulias has called the leaders of Greece's political parties to meetings on Sunday, in a last-ditch effort to broker a deal for a coalition government.
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2 NATO Troops Die In Afghanistan, 1 In Bomb Blast
Last Updated: 6:42 AM 05/12/12 - NATO says a bomb attack has killed one of its service members in southern Afghanistan, while another has died of non-battle related injuries.
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3 Boston U. Students Killed In New Zealand Crash
Last Updated: 5:47 AM 05/12/12 - Officials have identified three Boston University students who were killed when their minivan crashed in New Zealand, where they had been studying.
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German Government Seeks To Allay Fears Of Inflation
Last Updated: 5:04 AM 05/11/12 - The German government is trying to allay domestic fears of runaway inflation after hints by the central bank that it would soften its conservative monetary policy.
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$200M Sought In NY Suit Over Ill-Fated Cruise Ship
Last Updated: 3:51 AM 05/11/12 - Four Hungarian musicians claim they're unable to work after suffering physical and emotional injuries on the Costa Concordia.
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Vatican Eyes Legion Priests For Abuse
Last Updated: 3:25 AM 05/11/12 - The Legion of Christ religious order says the Vatican is investigating seven of its priests for alleged sexual abuse of minors, and another two for other alleged crimes.
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Flash Flood In North Afghanistan Kills At Least 27
Last Updated: 2:17 AM 05/11/12 - A flash flood has swept through villages in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 27 people.
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Egypt Seizes Heavy Weapons Smuggled from Libya
Last Updated: 9:07 PM 05/10/12 - An official says the weapons include 40 surface-to-surface missiles, 17 rocket-propelled grenade launchers, mortar rounds, automatic rifles and around 10,000 artillery shells.
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Brazil Police Detain American Tourist in Rio
Last Updated: 9:06 PM 05/10/12 - The U.S. consulate said it had no comment.
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Deadly Lead Poisoning Continues in North Nigeria
Last Updated: 9:05 PM 05/10/12 - An official with Doctors without Borders says a deadly lead poisoning crisis in north Nigeria continues unstopped two years after the outbreak began.
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Van Gogh Museum Unveils New Water Color
Last Updated: 7:05 AM 05/10/12 - The painting features a pollard willow under a cloudy gray sky.
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Britain To Reverse Decision To Buy US Fighter Jets
Last Updated: 6:56 AM 05/10/12 - The government climbdown is bring called an embarrassment for the Prime Minister.
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SKorea Monks Offer To Resign Amid Gambling Scandal
Last Updated: 6:51 AM 05/10/12 - Photos were released purportedly showing fellow monks gambling illegally.
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Amanda Knox Slander Trial Postponed In Italy
Last Updated: 6:47 AM 05/10/12 - The judge is busy with another trial.
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Women Accuse Egyptian Military of Sexual Assault
Last Updated: 8:07 PM 05/09/12 - More than a dozen women were detained among some 300 protesters following a demonstration outside the Defense Ministry in Cairo last week.
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Norway Gunman Asks to Confront Massacre Survivors
Last Updated: 8:05 PM 05/09/12 - The court turned down his request.
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Al-Qaida Leader: Avenge Afghan Quran Burning
Last Updated: 8:03 PM 05/09/12 - Ayman al-Zawahri posted an audio on a militant website on Wednesday.
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Greek Left-Wing Leader Says Coalition Bid Fails
Last Updated: 8:02 PM 05/09/12 - Greek Radical Left leader Tsipras says that despite his best efforts since receiving the mandate on Tuesday, he was unable to raise enough support to form a government.
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