World News
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NKorean envoy delivers letter to China's Xi
Friday, May 24, 4:56 am
BEIJING (AP) - A top North Korean envoy delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled six-nation nuclear... Read more...
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Niger government: No hostages in Agadez
Friday, May 24, 4:52 am
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) - Niger's government spokesman told The Associated Press that the jihadists who attacked a military installation in the town of Agadez on Thursday had never taken any hostages, unlike... Read more...
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Top Swiss negotiator in tax disputes steps down
Friday, May 24, 4:50 am
GENEVA (AP) - Switzerland's top negotiator in talks to resolve disputes over tax evasion with Europe and the U.S. is stepping down. The Finance Ministry said Friday that Michael Ambuehl will... Read more...
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Austria links UN peacekeepers to Syria arms ban
Friday, May 24, 4:42 am
VIENNA (AP) - Austria is urging an extension of the EU arms embargo for Syria, saying it may rethink its U.N. peacekeeping role in the region otherwise. Austria's 377 soldiers make up the largest... Read more...
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Obama's speech welcomed in Pakistan, Yemen
Friday, May 24, 4:41 am
ISLAMABAD (AP) - President Barack Obama's speech on the use of drones and the fate of Guantanamo prisoners was largely welcomed Friday in two key countries affected by the policies_ Pakistan and... Read more...
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Russia: Syrian regime may take part in peace talks
Friday, May 24, 4:38 am
BEIRUT (AP) - The Syrian government has agreed "in principle" to attend a conference proposed by Russia and the United States on ending the Arab country's conflict, Russia's foreign ministry... Read more...
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EU approves better bee protection rules
Friday, May 24, 4:35 am
BRUSSELS (AP) - The European Union has approved restrictions on three pesticides to better protect dwindling bee populations, to enter into force by December. EU Health Commissioner Tonio Borg... Read more...
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2 former sex slaves demand Japan mayor quit
Friday, May 24, 4:33 am
OSAKA, Japan (AP) - Two Korean former sex slaves demanded the resignation of an outspoken Japanese mayor and canceled a meeting with him Friday for justifying Japan's wartime practice of forcing... Read more...
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Kerry's focus on peace talks, not settlements
Friday, May 24, 4:32 am
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Israel's government on Friday to prevent further settlement construction where possible to help revitalize Middle East peace hopes,... Read more...
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Runways reopen after emergency at Heathrow Airport
Friday, May 24, 4:23 am
LONDON (AP) - A British Airways jet made an emergency landing at London's Heathrow Airport Friday after developing a technical problem after takeoff. TV footage showed smoke streaming from one of the... Read more...
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Kerry blasts Iranian election maneuvering
Friday, May 24, 4:07 am
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - TEL AVIV, Israel _ U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is harshly criticizing Iran's guardian council for eliminating hundreds of presidential candidates and, in his view,... Read more...
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World stocks stabilize after big sell-off
Friday, May 24, 4:04 am
MOSCOW (AP) - World stocks stabilized on Friday, a day after global markets dropped sharply on concerns global growth is slowing and the Federal Reserve could start scaling back its monetary stimulus. Japan's... Read more...
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US lauds India for reducing Iranian oil imports
Friday, May 24, 3:41 am
NEW DELHI (AP) - A senior American official on Friday praised India for reducing oil imports from Iran and said the U.S. government will decide soon on New Delhi's request to renew a waiver from... Read more...
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Attack casts spotlight on radical preachers
Friday, May 24, 3:38 am
LONDON (AP) - Two Muslim hardline preachers say that one of the suspects in the killing of a London soldier was interested in their teachings. And a British government official said one of the men... Read more...
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Berlusconi looms large in Rome mayor election
Friday, May 24, 3:22 am
ROME (AP) - Silvio Berlusconi's figure looms large over Rome's mayoral elections this weekend, even though the former premier isn't among the 19 candidates running. The vote is very much... Read more...
