Dozens injured in Swiss train wreck Posted: 29 Jul 2013 02:27 PM PDT The driver of one of the trains was still unaccounted for and feared dead.
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Bombs kill 15 in Nigeria's Kano: Police Posted: 29 Jul 2013 04:55 PM PDT KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Multiple bomb blasts in Nigeria's biggest northern city of Kano killed 15 people on Monday, a senior policeman said, in an area previously targeted by militant Islamist group Boko Haram. Several witnesses said they saw dead bodies after hearing multiple blasts at around 9:30 p.m. (2030 GMT) in the Sabon Gari district, a predominantly Christian area dominated by ethnic Igbos from the southeast. "In all bomb attacks 15 were killed," the policeman in Kano told Reuters, asking not to be named. ...
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Police: Woman arrested in DC cathedral vandalism Posted: 29 Jul 2013 03:29 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A woman was arrested Monday after green paint was found splattered inside two chapels at the Washington National Cathedral, and police were investigating her in connection with two similar incidents on the National Mall, authorities said.
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Child prostitution: Raids rescue 105 young people Posted: 29 Jul 2013 03:38 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Declaring child prostitution a "persistent threat" in America, the FBI said Monday that authorities had rescued 105 young people and arrested 150 alleged pimps in a three-day sweep in 76 cities.
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Personality cult built around Egypt's top general Posted: 29 Jul 2013 02:30 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — In dark sunglasses and a uniform studded with medals, Egypt's top general is everywhere, looking down from posters and banners proclaiming him "lion of the nation." Adoring songs vow "We are behind you."
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Experts: Unlikely US helped NZ spy on reporter Posted: 29 Jul 2013 03:08 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. official said Monday that the National Security Agency did not monitor phone conversations between a New Zealand journalist and his Afghan sources, and other officials and experts said any surveillance was more likely to have been done under standard military intelligence monitoring of enemy communications in war zones.
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Panel backs lung cancer screening for some smokers Posted: 29 Jul 2013 03:56 PM PDT For the first time, government advisers are recommending screening for lung cancer, saying certain current and former heavy smokers should get annual scans to cut their chances of dying of the disease.
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Official: Cannes diamond heist actually nets $136M Posted: 29 Jul 2013 03:09 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — Wearing a scarf to mask his face, the gunman sneaked into the posh Cannes hotel and held up a diamond show as three security guards looked on, then fled on foot about a minute later. In the end, he made off with a breathtaking $136 million worth of valuables — the biggest jewelry heist in years, maybe ever.
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Russian anti-gay laws impact Olympics, vodka sales Posted: 29 Jul 2013 03:09 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Russian vodka and the Winter Olympics in Sochi. For now, those are the prime targets as gays in the United States and elsewhere propose boycotts and other tactics to convey their outrage over Russia's intensifying campaign against gay-rights activism.
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Is he coming back? Phelps vague about future Posted: 29 Jul 2013 03:15 PM PDT BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — When Michael Phelps walked away from swimming after the London Olympics, he was adamant about one thing: His career was over.
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Witness: Paterno said Penn St. erred on Sandusky Posted: 29 Jul 2013 03:29 PM PDT HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Longtime Penn State head coach Joe Paterno said that the university mishandled its response to the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, a former assistant coach testified Monday during a hearing for three top school officials accused of a cover-up.
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Pope Francis says he won't judge gay priests Posted: 29 Jul 2013 11:34 AM PDT ABOARD THE PAPAL AIRCRAFT (AP) — Pope Francis reached out to gays on Monday, saying he won't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference as he returned from his first foreign trip.
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Hudson's Bay buying Saks for about $2.4 billion Posted: 29 Jul 2013 02:48 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Don't let the global economy fool you: Luxury is hardly dead.
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EU diplomat seeks a way out of Egypt's crisis Posted: 29 Jul 2013 02:53 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Europe's top diplomat on Sunday searched for a way out of Egypt's increasingly bloody and complex crisis, looking for compromises in talks with the military-backed government and allies of the ousted president.
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EU diplomat tries to mediate in Egypt's tensions Posted: 29 Jul 2013 11:51 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Europe's top diplomat urged Egypt's interim government to reach out to the Muslim Brotherhood as she worked Monday to mediate an end to the country's increasingly bloody crisis, while the mainly Islamist protesters calling for the return of ousted leader Mohammed Morsi massed for more protests.
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Estimate of French diamond heist raised to $136M Posted: 29 Jul 2013 12:25 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — Wearing a scarf to mask his face, the gunman held up at least three security guards and then fled the luxury Cannes hotel roughly a minute later with $136 million in diamond jewelry, more than twice the initial estimated worth of the loot.
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Obama lunches with Hillary Clinton Posted: 29 Jul 2013 02:24 PM PDT Is 2016 on the menu as President Barack Obama hosts Hillary Clinton for lunch?
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Bradley Manning's Wikileaks case verdict coming Tuesday Posted: 29 Jul 2013 02:09 PM PDT By Medina Roshan (Reuters) - The verdict will be read on Tuesday at the court-martial of the soldier accused of the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history, the judge said, with the biggest question whether he will be convicted of the most serious charge of aiding the enemy, carrying a life sentence. ...
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Terminally ill woman gets dream wedding Posted: 29 Jul 2013 09:30 AM PDT Jen Bulik, a 35-year-old who was recently diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, got the wedding of her dreams over the weekend — thanks in large part to the generosity of strangers.
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Philadelphia row house collapses, injuring eight Posted: 29 Jul 2013 02:28 PM PDT PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A natural gas leak was to blame for an explosion on a densely-packed city block caused one row house to collapse into the street and left eight people injured, including two babies and a critically injured contractor, officials said.
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Did Poland house secret CIA jail? Posted: 29 Jul 2013 08:01 AM PDT European court takes up 2nd case that could reveal more.
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Photos: Egypt unrest incurs diplomatic rebuke to back off the Brotherhood Posted: 29 Jul 2013 07:58 AM PDT  Egypt's interim President Adli Mansour (R) meets with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton at El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo July 29, 2013. Ashton became the first senior overseas envoy to visit Egypt's new rulers since the weekend killing of at least 80 supporters of the country's deposed Islamist president. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) |
More than 40 injured in Swiss train wreck Posted: 29 Jul 2013 12:16 PM PDT At least four people sustain serious injuries in the head-on crash near Bern.
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FBI arrests 150 in child prostitution ring Posted: 29 Jul 2013 11:08 AM PDT Agents rescue 105 children during the operation at truck stops, motels and casinos.
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Photos: 50 tons of spilled oil ruin beloved Thai beach Posted: 29 Jul 2013 08:34 AM PDT  Thai soldiers in white biohazard suits take part in a clean-up operation at Ao Prao Beach on Koh Samet, Rayong July 29, 2013. Crude oil that leaked from a pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand over the weekend has reached a Thai tourist resort, pipeline operator PTT Global Chemical Pcl said on Monday. Around 50,000 litres of crude oil poured into the sea on Saturday around 20 km (12 miles) off the coast of Rayong, southeast of the capital Bangkok. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha (THAILAND - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) |
After Asiana crash, use GPS, not eyeballs Posted: 29 Jul 2013 12:30 PM PDT Aviation authorities tell foreign airlines: Use computers to land at San Francisco's SFO.
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Nazi war criminal's 100th birthday sparks Rome protests Posted: 29 Jul 2013 07:33 AM PDT ROME (Reuters) - Dozens of demonstrators, including members of Rome's Jewish community, protested outside the apartment building where the former SS officer responsible for one of Italy's worst wartime massacres celebrated his 100th birthday on Monday. Erich Priebke, a former SS captain, lives under house arrest in the Italian capital after being sentenced to life imprisonment in 1998 for the massacre in the Ardeatine Caves near Rome where 335 civilians were killed in March 1944. ...
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Pope on gay priests: 'Who am I to judge?' Posted: 29 Jul 2013 05:36 AM PDT ABOARD THE PAPAL AIRCRAFT (AP) — Pope Francis reached out to gays on Monday, saying he wouldn't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference as he returned from his first foreign trip.
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Exclusive: Signs of declining economic security Posted: 29 Jul 2013 03:36 AM PDT Four out of 5 U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near-poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives, a sign of deteriorating economic security and an elusive American dream. Survey ...
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