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Floods in northern India wash away buildings, killing at least 23 and leaving 50 missing
LUCKNOW, India – Torrential rain and floods washed away buildings and roads, killing at least 23 people in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, officials said Monday. More than a dozen people died in the state’s Rudraprayag district alone, while another 50 people were missing, said Amit Negi, an official in Uttarakhand. A landslide triggered
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Baked Alaska: Unusual heat wave hits 49th state, with temps topping 80 degrees in Anchorage
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A heat wave hitting Alaska may not rival the blazing heat of Phoenix or Las Vegas, but to residents of the 49th state, the days of hot weather feel like a stifling oven — or a tropical paradise. With temperatures topping 80 degrees in Anchorage, and higher in other parts of the
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Obama’s Berlin speech expectations: Big shoes to fill, including his own
BERLIN – Five years and 50 years. As President Barack Obama revisits Berlin, he can’t escape those anniversaries and the inevitable comparisons to history and personal achievement.
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Bomb blast, gunmen attack UN compound in Mogadishu; battle ongoing
MOGADISHU, Somalia – A Somali policeman and a U.N. official say that gunmen have attacked the U.N. compound in Mogadishu with a bomb guns. Police officer Abdi Hassan described the gunfire as “heavy” A U.N. official said the attack Wednesday is against a building just outside the secure airport compound where all the U.N. agencies
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UN, US warn of ‘maximum volatility’ in Golan Heights if Philippine peacekeepers withdraw
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines’ top diplomat says U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry have appealed to Manila not to withdraw more than 300 Filipino peacekeepers from the Golan Heights to avoid “maximum volatility” in the restive Middle East region. Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said Wednesday the diplomats made
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Turkey’s deputy PM gives ‘standing man’ protest nod of approval
ANKARA, Turkey – The new form of resistance that is spreading through Turkey has received a nod of approval from the country’s deputy prime minister. Bulent Arinc told reporters Wednesday that the protest by hundreds of people standing motionless for hours in streets and squares were peaceful and “pleasing to the eye.” He urged protesters,
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No regrets: Julian Assange marks year in Ecuador’s embassy in London
LONDON – A year ago, Julian Assange skipped out on a date with Swedish justice. Rather than comply with a British order that he go to the Scandinavian country for questioning about sex crimes allegations, the WikiLeaks founder took refuge in Ecuador’s embassy in London. He’s still there — and now says he won’t emerge
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Ohio mom says 3 held her captive; suspect’s lawyer insists he gave her, child place to live
ASHLAND, Ohio – A woman told authorities she was held captive for more than a year by three people who forced her to do housework, raided her bank account and menaced her with snakes and pit bulls. But an attorney for one of the suspects and the alleged captor’s mother said the mentally impaired woman
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Another big protest as Brazilians lament high cost of living, lack of good public services
SAO PAULO – Tens of thousands of Brazilians again flooded the streets of the country’s biggest city to raise a collective cry against a longstanding lament — people are weighed down by high taxes and high prices but get low-quality public services and a system of government infected with corruption. That was the repeated message
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Afghan Taliban claim they killed 4 US troops in attack just hours after peace talks announced
KABUL – The Taliban have claimed responsibility for an attack in Afghanistan that killed four U.S. troops just hours after the insurgent group announced it would hold talks with the Americans on finding a political solution to ending the nearly 12-year war. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said on Wednesday that the militants fired two rockets