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Subway in the sky atop New York tower construction

A sandwich shop is serving construction workers at the top of the scaffolding that will become 1 World Trade — also known as the Freedom Tower — on …
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Japan’s Ai Miyazato is new No. 1 in women’s golf

Miyazato leads the latest rankings released on Monday, a day after her victory at the ShopRite Classic in Galloway Township, New Jersey. Miyazato has …
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France resumes World Cup training day after strike

Monday’s session went ahead without any of the drama of Sunday, when captain Patrice Evra had an altercation with the team’s physical trainer, one FFF …
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Afghans increasingly abusing opium, heroin

The data suggest that even as the U.S. and its allies have poured billions into programs to try to wean the Afghan economy off of drug money, opium …
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United Kingdom to sell right to run London-Channel Tunnel link

News reports suggest a winning bid would be around 1.5 billion pounds ($2.2 billion). The Department for Transport said Monday that the winning bidder …
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Late Polish president’s twin heads to runoff vote

The outcome is expected to shape the country’s direction on a wide range of issues, including the adoption of the euro, welfare reform and even its …
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iCampaigning? US candidates turning to phone applications

Maintaining a Facebook page and Twitter feed has become standard practice for U.S. political candidates seeking to get their message out. Now some are …
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Three cities set to make final list for 2018 Olympics

Unlike previous shortlist decisions, this one involves little suspense: All the contenders are expected to make the cut in what is already the …
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Update: Abnormal radiation detected near Korean border

The Science Ministry said its investigation ruled out a nuclear test by North Korea, but failed to determine the source of the radiation. It said …
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Heavy rains kill at least 175 in southern China

Torrential downpours have triggered flash floods, inundated crops, disrupted traffic and telecommunications, forcing the evacuation of more than 1 …
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Komorowski leads in Polish vote, to woo leftists

Komorowski, who is speaker of parliament and also Poland’s acting president, won 41 percent of the vote against 37 percent for his main rival, …
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Japan’s politically touchy debate on sales tax hike

Kan’s call last week to discuss doubling the 5 percent sales tax was a major shift from his Democratic Party’s stance under his predecessor Yukio …
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Coal mine explosives blast kills 46 in China

The 72 miners were trapped after stored explosives blew up at the Xingdong No.2 Mine in Weidong district of Pingdingshan in Henan province, it …
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Europe’s drugmakers beat U.S. on access for poor

The Access to Medicines Index (AMI) — released this week for the second time since its launch in 2008 — is produced by a Dutch-based foundation and …
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Colombia’s Santos sweeps to presidential win

Santos vowed to maintain Uribe’s security and pro-business policies, which have drawn in record levels of foreign investment and helped weaken the …
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Global rally cools after China leaves yuan flat

However, they gave back some gains after the Chinese central bank set its daily reference rate on Monday at 6.8275 per dollar, unchanged from its …
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Hurricane Celia strengthens in Pacific off Mexico

A Category 1 hurricane with winds up to 80 mph (130 kph), Celia was 370 miles (600 km) south of the tourist resort of Acapulco and was moving toward …
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UN labor meeting urges end to mandatory HIV tests

Testing for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, must be voluntary and no job applicant or employee should be forced to undergo testing, according to the …
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