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Vigilantes target extremists in northeast Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — As soldiers continue an offensive against radical Islamic extremists in northeast Nigeria, young men armed with machetes and sticks have now entered the streets of the region's biggest city, targeting suspected fighters. |
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Turkish PM to meet Istanbul park protesters
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Police and protesters retrenched Wednesday after punishing overnight clashes in Istanbul's Taksim Square — an uncertain hiatus before officials were to hold talks aimed to end Turkey's biggest anti-government protests in decades. |
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Crackdown filling NKorean prisons with defectors
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's prison population has swelled with those caught fleeing the country under a crackdown on defections by young leader Kim Jong Un, according to defectors living in South Korea and researchers who study Pyongyang's notorious network of labor camps and detention centers. |
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Greek state TV closure triggers strikes
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's two largest labor unions called a 24-hour general strike for Thursday to protest the government's move to close state-run TV and radio, a decision that has shocked the public and triggered a political crisis. |
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Markets settle down after recent volatility
LONDON (AP) — Markets recovered their poise Wednesday, a day after investors around the world were spooked by the failure of the Bank of Japan to announce further easing measures. |
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Israel's Netanyahu in Poland to visit Nazi camp
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday kicked off a two-day visit to Poland that is steeped in symbolism, focusing on the Jewish people's painful history there as well as the strong relations between Poland and the Jewish state today. |
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Activists: Syrian rebel attack kills 60 Shiites
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels have attacked a village in the country's east, killing dozens of Shiites, mostly pro-government fighters, activists said Wednesday. A Syrian government official denounced the attack, saying it was a "massacre" of civilians. |
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Strike over EU plan snarls France, UK airports
PARIS (AP) — A strike by air traffic controllers is snarling flights around France, as workers protest a plan to simplify Europe's patchwork airspace and open up more air traffic duties to private enterprise. |
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Mandela remains in hospital for a 5th day
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — For the fifth straight day, former South African President Nelson was in a Pretoria hospital on Wednesday, being treated for a recurring lung infection. |
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Thousands of anti-Putin protesters march in Moscow
MOSCOW (AP) — Thousands of Russian opposition activists are marching through Moscow decrying President Vladimir Putin's authoritarian rule and calling for the release of people they consider political prisoners. |
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Italy raises 7 billion euros in bond sale
MILAN (AP) — Italy paid slightly higher interest rates to sell 7 billion euros ($9.3 billion) in 12-month bonds. |
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Warner axed by Australia for fight with English
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Australia dropped batsman David Warner from its Champions Trophy match against New Zealand on Wednesday for attacking an England player in a bar at the weekend, a sign of increasing tensions between the fierce rivals ahead of the Ashes series. |
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Incentive for Korea talks remains despite failure
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea dismantled the meeting table, pulled down the placards and rolled up the red carpet. Its intended guest, North Korea, has stopped answering the phone. |
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Motorcycle bomb kills 2, wounds 15 in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A motorcycle bomb killed an Afghan soldier and a civilian Wednesday and wounded 15 other people in southern Afghanistan, officials said. |
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UK unemployment falls slightly
LONDON (AP) — Official government figures show that UK job market recovered slightly, with unemployment falling by 5,000 between February and April. |
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OTC Morning-After Pill Coming - But Not YetAfter a prolonged legal fight, President Obama reversed course on age restrictions for the Plan B morning-after pill. It's unclear just how soon the emergency... |
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UN envoy: 'Streets are heating up' in south Yemen
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. envoy to Yemen warned Tuesday that "the streets are heating up" in the country's restive south and pent-up resentment over more than two decades of unaddressed grievances is reaching "a tipping point." |
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Bill to revamp military justice faces uphill fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ambitious legislation to stanch the growing number of sexual assaults in the armed forces by overhauling the military justice system faces an uncertain future due to vigorous objections from senior Defense Department leaders and key members of Congress who are concerned the proposed changes go too far. |
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Pope confirms 'gay lobby' at work at Vatican
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis lamented that a "gay lobby" was at work at the Vatican in private remarks to the leadership of a key Latin American church group — a stunning acknowledgment that appears to confirm earlier reports about corruption and dysfunction in the Holy See. |
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London police raid currency exchange bureaus
LONDON (AP) — Britain's Metropolitan Police force says it has raided currency exchange bureaus suspected of laundering more than 3 million pounds ($4.5 million) in ill-gotten cash. |
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