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Powerful earthquake hits Chile's coast
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 rocked off the coast of Chile on Monday. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck off the southern region. No injuries or damages were yet reported, and experts aren't issuing a warning of a tsunami to residents, CNN reported. The quake hit an estimated 388 miles west of Puerto Aisen. Earthquakes are common in the nation.
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Syria's Bashar Assad: I'm not stepping down
Syria's President Bashar Assad emerged from the shadows to announce in a publicly televised interview that he's not stepping down, and he's not caving to "terrorists" who were tearing apart his country. It's his first interview since the international community has pressed for a peace conference to put a halt to the violence, BBC reported. Mr.
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Youth gangs riot in Stockholm over police shooting of old man
Youth gangs in one Stockholm suburb were rioting on Monday, hurling rocks and setting buildings and cars on fire, in protest of police who fatally shot an elderly man. An entire apartment block has been evacuated, The Associated Press reported. Three police officers were injured by rocks so far.
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South Korea: North Korea fires 5th projectile in 3 days into nearby waters
South Korea has accused its northern neighbor of firing a short-range projectile into its nearby waters for the fifth time in the past three days. North Korea claimed its launches are simply drills aimed at bolstering its defenses against an attack from the United States and South Korea.
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Iran claims new air defense missile system
Iran says it has new air defense missile technology that can take on low-flying craft, and it's in process of mass producing the system. The system, called Herz-9 or Talisman-9 in Farsi, can also fly at night, Defense Minister Gen. Ahmad Vahidi said, The Associated Press reported. State television broadcast pictures of the system , two missiles mounted on top of truck.
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South Korea: North Korea fires 5th projectile into waters
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) , South Korea says North Korea has fired a short-range projectile into its own eastern waters , for the fifth time in three days. Pyongyang regularly conducts short-range missile tests. Analysts say these recent launches appear to be weapons tests or an attempt to get U.S.
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SKorea analyzing NKorea's 4 projectile launches
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) , South Korea is analyzing whether projectiles North Korea fired into its eastern waters over the weekend are short-range missiles or a new type of artillery the country may be developing, officials said Monday.
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Embassy Row: 'Cognitive disconnect'
Pakistani Ambassador Sherry Rehman doesn't mince words. She rolls them out like fresh dough, pounds them into heaps and injects them with a "cognitive disconnect" or a "bilateral trajectory." Ms. Rehman served up a verbal smorgasbord as she warned the U.S.
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Tunisia security blocks salafi conference, 1 dead
KAIROUAN, Tunisia (AP) , Around 11,000 police officers and soldiers blocked an annual conference Sunday at Tunisia's main religious center by a radical Islamist movement that has been implicated in attacks across the country, prompting clashes with angry youths that resulted in one death.
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Slim, broadcasters take fight to soccer field
MEXICO CITY (AP) , Mexicans often feel that billionaire Carlos Slim owns everything in their country, from telephone and Internet companies to banks and chain stores, but his latest acquisitive foray is meeting resistance after touching a national passion: soccer.
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Honeybees trained in Croatia to find land mines
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) , Mirjana Filipovic is still haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on a fishing trip nearly a decade ago. It happened in a field that was supposedly de-mined.
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Russian TV: U.S. Embassy employee accused of spying flies out of Moscow
MOSCOW (AP) , The U.S. Embassy employee accused of spying in Moscow flew out of Russia on Sunday, five days after he was ordered to leave the country, NTV television reported. The Kremlin-loyal TV station broadcast video Sunday evening showing Ryan Fogle going through passport control and security at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport.
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Report: Iran hangs 2 men convicted of spying for U.S., Israel
TEHRAN (AP) , Authorities have executed two men convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, Iran's state radio said. Sunday's report said Mohammad Heidari, who was accused of providing Mossad with classified information in return for money, and Kourosh Ahmadi, who allegedly gave the CIA intelligence on Iran, were hanged.
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'Britain's Obama' urges ties with West Africa
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) , A rising star in Britain's Labour Party, described by some as the "British Barack Obama," Chuka Umunna urged the United Kingdom to more aggressively forge ties with West Africa's fast-growing economies.
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AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional
WASHINGTON (AP) , The president and CEO of The Associated Press says the government's seizure of AP journalists' phone records was "unconstitutional" and already has had a chilling effect on newsgathering. Gary Pruitt says the Justice Department's secret subpoena of reporters' phone records has made sources less willing to talk to AP journalists.
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North Korea fires projectile into eastern waters
SEOUL (AP) , North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast Sunday, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials said. North Korea routinely test-launches...
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Obama to speak on legality of drone program
WASHINGTON (AP) , President Barack Obama will discuss the legality of his administration's secret drone program and other counterterrorm practices during a speech Thursday, a White House official said.
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Myanmar's promises go unfulfilled as leader meets with Obama
Myanmar's president will meet Monday with President Obama amid criticism that the Southeast Asian country has done little to end its war against ethnic minority rebels, protect stateless Muslims or implement democratic reforms that have been promised since its military junta was dissolved in 2011.
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Report: Iran hangs 2 men convicted of spying
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) , Iran's state radio says authorities have executed two men convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad and the American CIA intelligence agency. Sunday's report says Mohammad Heidari, who was accused of providing Mossad with classified information in return for money, and Kourosh Ahmadi, who allegedly gave the CIA intelligence on Iran, were hanged.
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Mice return from a month in space
MOSCOW (AP) , A Russian capsule carrying mice and lizards has returned to Earth after spending a month in space. Scientists say the experiment is intended to test the effects of weightlessness and other factors of space flight on cell structure.
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Karzai seeks Indian military aid amid Pakistan row
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) , Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek increased military aid from India during a three-day visit starting Monday and will discuss recent cross-border clashes with Pakistan, India's archrival, an aide said.
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Tunisia security blocks salafi conference
KAIROUAN, Tunisia (AP) , Massive numbers of Tunisian police and army surrounded Tunisia's religious center of Kairouan to prevent a conference by a radical Islamist movement that has been implicated in attacks around the country.
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Cannes helps actors Bejo and Rahim cross borders
CANNES, France (AP) , The magic and glamour of Cannes can be hard to spot on a day when rain is lashing the palm trees, roiling the gray Mediterranean and pooling in puddles along the Croisette. ...
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As fireworks crackle, Beckham plays last home game
PARIS (AP) , Never a stranger to the big stage, David Beckham was finally overwhelmed and reduced to tears as he went out in a burst of fireworks and cheers Saturday in his final home game for Paris Saint-Germain before retirement.
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Denmark's de Forest wins Eurovision song contest
MALMO, Sweden (AP) , Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops." Juries and television viewers across Europe awarded the barefoot de Forest for the catchy love song that is driven by her deep, Shakira-like voice.
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Reporter remembers fear in Videla's Argentina
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) , It was just about a day after Argentine strongman Jorge Rafael Videla had seized power in March of 1976, and the bloodletting was already beginning. I had trekked out to isolated Neuquen province looking for Maria Estela Martinez de Peron, the constitutionally elected leader that Videla and his military cohorts had just toppled.
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Assad to the world: I'm not stepping down
BEIRUT , Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down and will instead "face the storm," raising new doubts about a U.S-Russian effort to get Assad and his opponents to negotiate an end to the country's civil war.
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SKorea says NKorea fires 3 short-range missiles
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) , North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions.
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Blasts rock Libya's capital and eastern city
TRIPOLI, Libya , Libyan officials say explosions went off in the capital Tripoli and the restive eastern city of Benghazi, but no casualties were reported. A security official says one bombing targeted an abandoned church in Benghazi that had been previously damaged by fire. The explosion damaged only a car parked outside.
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Afghan rape victims still subject to criminal charges: Women's rights legislation blocked
KABUL, Afghanistan , Religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles and encourage disobedience.
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