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Morocco: Court upholds life sentence for terrorist

The official MAP news agency says the court upheld a lower court’s July, 2009, conviction of Abdelkader Belliraj, a 53-year-old dual Moroccan-Belgian …
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British Petroleum: No sign of leaks as capped well nears 48 hours

Kent Wells, a BP PLC vice president, said engineers glued to an array of pressure, temperature, sonar and other sensors were seeing no evidence of oil …
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Analysis: Dems enacted much of Obama’s agenda

Whatever the longer term impact — the most far-reaching changes in the health care legislation won’t start until 2014 — the immediate aftermath is …
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Clinton off to Afghanistan as war fears rise

U.S. lawmakers are increasingly questioning the course of the war. The number of soldiers from the U.S. and other countries in the international …
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British tour firm collapses, affecting thousands

The Civil Aviation Authority said that Goldtrail Travel Ltd. flights from Britain had been suspended and that it was making alternate arrangements for …
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Gays march in Poland to demand equal rights

Activists from Euro Pride, a European gay-rights festival, walked Saturday through central Warsaw, a city that has proven unfriendly to gays and …
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Police detains 40 after Iran mosque bombing

Gen. Ahmad Reza Radan, Iran’s deputy police chief, told the semiofficial Fars agency that the suspects "intended to create insecurity in Zahedan after …
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Oil pipeline explodes, burns for 15 hours in China

State-run media said the pipeline blew up Friday evening, and more than 2,000 firefighters worked overnight to control flames and further blasts on a …
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BP, scientists try to make sense of well puzzle

Their round-the-clock work deciphering a puzzle of data from undersea robots and instruments at the wellhead is helping BP and the government …
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German protestant bishop steps down over abuse report

In an echo of scandals hitting the Catholic church, Spiegel news magazine reported last week that Bishop Maria Jepsen, 65, heard in 1999 that the …
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U.S. spies for Cuba get life, 6-3/4 years in prison

Walter Kendall Myers, 73, who had access to State Department classified information, and his wife, Gwendolyn, 72, who worked at a bank, were …
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United Nations pays tribute at first Nelson Mandela Day

The 192-member world body, in a rare action, decided last November to commemorate Mandela’s birthday — July 18 — every year to recognize the Nobel …
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28 killed in hotel fire in Iraq’s Kurdish region

Half of those killed were foreigners, a reflection of the thousands of migrants who have flooded the Kurdish region in northern Iraq in recent years …
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Apple: Free cases to alleviate iPhone 4 problems

Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the giveaway Friday during a news conference at the company’s headquarters, even as the company denied that the iPhone …
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World Health Organization criticizes Amnesty report into North Korea health

WHO spokesman Paul Garwood insisted he wasn’t criticizing Amnesty’s work, but the public relations flap illustrated an essential quandary for aid …
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Factbox: Five facts about Turkish-Armenian ties

In a gesture to help heal wounds, Turkey will open a 10th century Armenian church in eastern Turkey on Sept. 19 for a one-day religious service that …
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Zimbabwe gets go-ahead to sell some diamonds

Global Witness and Partnership Africa Canada said in a statement they welcome the agreement’s condition that Zimbabwe make "measurable improvements" …
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World Bank grants Albania $425 million in loans

Officials from the bank and the Albanian government say the money will be used to help fund several infrastructure projects and improve public …
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