World News
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16 children, 1 teacher dead in Pakistan bus fire
Saturday, May 25, 1:01 am
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - Police say that a teacher was among the 17 burned to death in eastern Pakistan when a minibus taking children to school suddenly caught fire. Police earlier said... Read more...
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16 children, 1 teacher dead in Pakistan bus fire
Saturday, May 25, 12:59 am
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - Police say that a teacher was among the 17 burned to death in eastern Pakistan when a minibus taking children to school suddenly caught fire. Police earlier said... Read more...
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Chile's Indians take on world's largest gold miner
Saturday, May 25, 12:45 am
EL CORRAL, Chile (AP) - The Diaguita Indians live in the foothills of the Andes, just downstream from the world's highest gold mine, where for as long as anyone can remember they've drunk straight... Read more...
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Syria regime unleashes artillery barrage on Qusair
Saturday, May 25, 12:40 am
BEIRUT (AP) - Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad unleashed on Saturday their heaviest artillery and rocket barrage yet in a week-long battle to dislodge rebels from a strategic western... Read more...
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Kerry makes sub-Saharan Africa visit
Saturday, May 25, 12:33 am
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it cracks down on... Read more...
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7 Filipino marines, 4 militants killed in clash
Friday, May 24, 11:32 pm
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - At least seven Filipino marines and four Abu Sayyaf militants were killed in a clash Saturday as the military launched an offensive against al-Qaida-linked gunmen who have... Read more...
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Toronto mayor denies he smokes crack cocaine
Friday, May 24, 10:06 pm
TORONTO (AP) - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict, breaking a week of silence over reports of a video purportedly showing him using the drug.... Read more...
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NKorean envoy delivers letter to China's president
Friday, May 24, 7:15 pm
BEIJING (AP) - A top North Korean envoy has delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled nuclear disarmament... Read more...
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Ex-Guatemala president extradited to US
Friday, May 24, 6:49 pm
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited on Friday to the United States to face charges of laundering $70 million in Guatemalan funds through U.S. bank... Read more...
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Soldier's slaying prompts UK security review
Friday, May 24, 5:59 pm
LONDON (AP) - Both of the suspects accused of butchering a British soldier during broad daylight on a London street had long been on the radar of Britain's domestic spy agency, though investigators... Read more...
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Honduran gangs to announce truce to cut violence
Friday, May 24, 5:19 pm
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - Honduras' two largest and most-violent gangs will sign a truce next week and ask for a dialogue with the government and police to help them start leaving their gang... Read more...
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Mexico: far fewer people disappeared than feared
Friday, May 24, 4:08 pm
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico's top security official said Friday that far fewer people disappeared during Mexico's drug war than were feared when the government released a list of about 26,000 cases. Interior... Read more...
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Canada: Qatar gives up bid to relocate UN agency
Friday, May 24, 3:54 pm
TORONTO (AP) - Qatar has abandoned its bid to relocate the United Nations civil aviation agency from Canada to the tiny emirate, ending a bitter fight between the two nations, both countries said... Read more...
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Third term begins for Ecuador's President Correa
Friday, May 24, 3:53 pm
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Ecuador's Rafael Correa began his third term as president on Friday under seemingly ideal conditions: extremely high popularity, a more than two-thirds majority in Congress,... Read more...
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IMF chief named key witness in French payoff case
Friday, May 24, 2:38 pm
PARIS (AP) - After two days of intense questioning from French magistrates, International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said Friday a court named her as a key witness in an investigation... Read more...
