| Thu, May 23, 2013 |
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Inside China: Taiwan, China vie for toughness
The May 9 fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine coast guard set off an inadvertent naval competition between Taiwan and China. The incident occurred in the disputed Bashi Strait between Taiwan and the Philippines, and Taiwan and China each sent a large number of vessels to waters near the Philippines to demonstrate armed hostility.
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Embassy Row: Pressure on Iran
The House and Senate this week advanced bills to broaden sanctions against Iran because of its suspected nuclear weapons program and continued abuse of human rights, as the theocratic regime in Tehran took steps to manipulate its June 14 presidential election.
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Arrests of 2 in British soldier's slaughter signal wider Islamist terror plot
LONDON , British police late Thursday arrested a man and a woman in connection with the butchering of a British soldier on a London street, as anti-Muslim protests sprang up across the country. The arrests...
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Obama: Al Qaeda is on 'a path to defeat'
President Obama said Thursday that al Qaeda is nearly defeated and the war on terrorism has changed since he took office, and that demands a broad rethink that includes scaling down drone attacks, transferring detainees from Guantanamo Bay and revisiting the 2001 congressional resolution that set the country on perpetual war footing.
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Commander of drug cartel guilty of shooting ICE agents in Mexico
Julian Zapata Espinoza, a cell commander of the brutal Los Zetas drug cartel, pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in the District in the killing of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agent Jaime Zapata and the attempted murder of his partner, ICE Agent Victor Avila, during a February 2011 daylight ambush on a major highway 250 miles north of Mexico City.
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Next month's peace conference has Syrian rebels at a crossroads
The main Syrian opposition coalition meets in Istanbul Thursday for three days of talks, including a key decision whether or not to attend a Russia- and U.S.-backed peace conference with the Syrian government in Geneva next month.
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Lee Rigby, 25, identified as British soldier killed in London machete attack
Drummer Lee Rigby of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers was identified Friday by the Ministry of Defence as the victim in the horrific machete attack in the Woolwich neighborhood of London. Mr. Rigby, 25, joined the British army in 2006 and was stationed in London on a recruiting stint, the British military said in a release.
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5 dead in Lebanon clash of Assad foes, backers
BEIRUT (AP) , Opponents and supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad traded heavy machine gun fire and mortar shells in the Lebanese port city of Tripoli, leaving five people dead in what was described as some of the heaviest fighting there in years, officials said Thursday.
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Pakistan had arrested American who was killed by drone
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) , An American citizen killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan in 2011 was arrested by Pakistani authorities three years earlier but escaped after being released on bail, officials said Thursday.
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Author Dan Brown hounded for calling Manila 'gates of hell'
MANILA, Philippines (AP) , Dan Brown's description of Manila as "the gates of hell" in the American novelist's latest book has not gone down well with officials in the Philippine capital. The book "Inferno," which is being sold in the Philippines, includes a character who is visiting the city and taken aback by poverty, crime and the sex trade.
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IMF head Christine Lagarde in Paris court in fraud probe
PARIS (AP) , International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde is facing questions at a special Paris court Thursday over her role in the 400 million euro ($520 million) payoff to a controversial businessman when she was France's finance minister.
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U.S., Israel raise hopes for Mideast peace restart
JERUSALEM (AP) , The United States and Israel raised hopes Thursday for a restart of the Middle East peace process, despite little tangible progress so far from U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry's 2-month-old effort to get Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table.
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Lethal lapse: London machete attackers were probed by U.K.'s MI5 anti-terror investigators
A British government official says both suspects in the brutal killing of a solider were part of previous security services investigations for possible terror links. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the investigation, said he could not provide other details because the suspects may face trial.
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A mother's courage: Brave woman confronts London machete attacker; halts more bloodshed
LONDON (AP) , A brave scout leader who may have prevented further violence has emerged as an unlikely hero in the apparent terror attack that left one man dead on the streets of London. Ingrid Loyau-Kennett got off a bus and tried to reason with the two attackers after she tried to help the man lying on the street but found he had no pulse and was already dead.
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Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) , An 80-year-old Japanese man who has had four heart operations in recent years became the oldest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest on Thursday , although his record may last only a few days. An 81-year-old Nepalese man, who held the previous record, plans his own ascent next week.
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Markets roiled by Nikkei's 7.3 percent slide
LONDON (AP) , Financial markets around the world were roiled Thursday after Japanese stocks suffered their biggest slide since the country was hit by a devastating tsunami more than two years ago. Several...
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U.K. emergency committee meets after machete attack in London
LONDON (AP) , The British government's emergency committee met Thursday after two attackers butchered a British soldier in a daylight attack in London that raised fears terrorism had returned to the capital.
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Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) , An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer on Thursday became the oldest person to reach the top of Mount Everest , although his record may last only a few days. An 81-year-old Nepalese man, who held the previous record, plans his own ascent next week.
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| Wed, May 22, 2013 |
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Polish man gets quick face transplant after injury
WARSAW, Poland (AP) , A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to date for such an operation. It was Poland's first face transplant.
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Inside the Ring: NSA under Reagan
The National Security Agency, the electronic spy and code-breaking service whose name frequently is mentioned with the words "super-secret," recently declassified details of its history. A former "top-secret"...
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Afghan students protest women's rights decree
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) , Hard-line Islamist students protested in the Afghan capital demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women's rights that they say is un-Islamic. It was the latest sign of a backlash against the legal protections passed in the 12 years since the toppling of the Taliban regime known for its harsh treatment of women.
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Feds say U.S. drones have killed four Americans
U.S. drone strikes have killed four Americans, including one who was "specifically targeted" and three others who were not targets, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said in a letter to Congress on Wednesday, publicly confirming the strikes for the first time.
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Reporters, human rights activists trash Israel on secret Facebook site
A "secret" Facebook group of foreign correspondents and human rights activists quickly devolved into an anti-Israel hate-fest on Tuesday following the release of a new Israeli government report that cleared the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) of wrongdoing in the 2000 death of a Palestinian boy.
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Kerry: U.S., allies ready to step up aid to rebels
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) , The United States and several key allies sought Wednesday a strategy to end Syria's civil war, their united efforts unable at the moment to stem the Assad regime's military gains and Washington still unwilling to join those providing the rebels with lethal military aid.
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London terror suspects shout ‘Allahu Akbar' and machete man to death
A machete-wielding attacker and his gun-toting sidekick killed a man in the streets of London on Wednesday, and police are regarding the pair - whom they subsequently shot - as potential terrorists. The prime minister called the incident "truly shocking," and said police are investigating it as a terrorist attack, BBC reported.
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House panel urges Obama to expand sanctions on Iran
With broad bipartisan support Wednesday, a key House panel pushed forward new Iran sanctions legislation, calling on the Obama administration to broaden its strategy of using economic punishment to pressure the Islamic Republic away from developing a nuclear bomb.
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Weak yen a help for Japan, but headache elsewhere
TOKYO (AP) , A steady fall in the value of the yen is proving a godsend for exporters such as Toyota. The cheaper yen is making their products more affordable overseas. Japan's trading partners are generally pleased, too, even though the lower yen makes their exports relatively more expensive.
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Pope Francis attacks 'savage capitalism' in call for charity
Pope Francis, in a blistering attack on capitalism, said followers of the faith ought to bolster their charitable outreach and dampen their materialist pursuits. He made his comments while visiting a food kitchen on Tuesday.
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Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe signs constitution limiting government power
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe signed into law on Wednesday a constitution that scales back government powers, including those currently enjoyed by his own office. Mr. Mugabe signed the document in Harare, the capital, at a ceremony marked by a handshake with his longtime political rival, Morgan Tsvangirai, the Voice of America reported.
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Cabinet shake-up begins in Libya under new law
Libya's prime minister has nominated a new interior minister to fill the first spot vacated in his Cabinet, a consequence of a new law that bars officials who had served under late dictator Moammar Gadhafi from holding public office.
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