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Former Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, who oversaw coalition forces in Iraq before retiring in the aftermath of the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, is running for Senate in Texas as a Democrat. Sanchez announced the decision on his Facebook page on Wednesday and will file campaign paperwork in San Antonio. Sanchez said he could "think of no better way to continue my public service" than to run for

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Italian police and coast guard officials on Sunday rescued some 400 illegal migrants coming from Libya whose boat was tossed against rocks near port in southern Italy after the steering malfunctioned, officials said. Images of the rescue showed panicked migrants jumping or falling into the choppy waters as their boat heaved in the waves off the tiny island of Lampedusa. Some managed to make their

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WILLOW GROVE, Pa. (AP) -- Fans of comics basked in a bounty of free issues as retailers from Los Angeles to London handed out thousands upon thousands of free copies Saturday for the 10th annual Free Comic Book Day. Some stores opened early while others arranged for artists and writers, including top names like DC Comics' chief creative officer, Geoff Johns, Marvel writer Jonathan Hickman and

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BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) -- Northern Ireland's two major parties will return to power atop a joint Catholic-Protestant government with increased support for their policies of compromise and peacemaking, electoral returns Saturday showed. The British Protestants of the Democratic Unionists and the Irish Catholics of Sinn Fein - bitter enemies for decades but, since 2007, partners in

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BEIJING (AP) -- China's government said it fined consumer products maker Unilever for disrupting efforts to cool surging inflation by talking to Chinese media about expected price hikes for soap and triggering a buying rush. The British-Dutch company was fined 2 million yuan ($308,000) for "spreading information about price rises and disrupting market pricing order," the Cabinet's planning agency

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BEIJING (AP) -- China is ready to discuss its currency controls at talks in Washington next week, a Chinese official said Friday, but he gave no sign Beijing will act on U.S. pressure to speed the rise of its yuan. U.S. officials say they plan to raise currency at annual talks Monday and Tuesday and also press Beijing to open its market for financial services. American officials say the yuan is

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. military's use of Geronimo as a code name for Osama bin Laden tarnished the achievement of the raid by insulting an American ethnic group, Native American tribal leaders and advocates told Congress on Thursday. Comparing the legendary Apache leader to a terrorist and enemy of the United States was deeply insulting and did real damage to Native Americans of all ages,

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SINGAPORE (AP) -- The prime minister is admitting mistakes and even apologizing. It's a sign that the party that has dominated Singapore and told the island state what's best for a half-century could be facing its strongest electoral challenge. The People's Action Party, with the son of Singapore founding father Lee Kwan Yew at the helm, is still expected to overwhelmingly win Saturday's

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Osama bin Laden's death has Congress pointing fingers at Pakistan and many in the Obama administration expressing thinly veiled exasperation. But it probably won't mean the breakup of a marriage of convenience that is maddening to both the U.S and nuclear-armed Pakistan. The alternative would be worse. The commando raid Monday on bin Laden's comfortable house deep inside

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SAN JUAN DE SABINAS, Mexico (AP) -- Stunned and saddened relatives held a vigil Wednesday outside a mine in northern Mexico where nine workers were trapped and possibly dead following an explosion that killed at least five of their colleagues. Rescuers used picks, shovels and their hands to tunnel through dirt, wood, metal and rock in a frantic effort to reach the miners trapped 197 feet (60

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Pfizer Inc. reported flat first-quarter sales and shaved its revenue forecasts Tuesday as generic competition eats away at key drugs and pressure builds for the drugmaker to sell or spin off parts of the company. Despite analysts grilling them on spinoff plans, Pfizer executives say they won't announce any bold moves for several months. Pfizer shares fell nearly 3 percent, even though lower taxes

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MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) -- The mayor of a Mexican town who survived two drug cartel assassination attempts has gotten his own "corrido," a genre of Mexican folk song that in recent years has been more devoted to glorifying the exploits of drug traffickers than public servants. But in a Mexico desperate for heroes, plain-talking Mayor Jaime Rodriguez Calderon seems made to order: The song dedicated

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PHOENIX (AP) -- Doctors say Rep. Gabrielle Giffords can walk a little and is even trying to improve her gait. But the report Sunday in The Arizona Republic adds the congresswoman herself is planning to "walk a mountain." Giffords uses her left side and has begun making limited use of her right arm and leg, a common effect of a bullet wound on the left side of the brain, said Dr. Gerard Francisco,

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DOVER, Delaware (AP) -- The Dupont Co. raised its 2011 earnings guidance Thursday after double-digit sales boosted first-quarter earnings, and executives urged shareholders of a Danish takeover target to strongly consider its offer. The chemical company is attempting to buy Danish food additives maker Danisco for nearly $6 billion, but said it would pursue other opportunities if needed. CEO and

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Wells Fargo's income jumped 51 percent in the first quarter as more people opened accounts with the bank and business customers took out more loans. Revenues fell as higher interest rates resulted in a sharp decline in new mortgages. The San Francisco bank said Wednesday it earned $3.6 billion after paying preferred dividends, or 67 cents per share. That compared with $2.4

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LONDON (AP) -- Two gay men say their first-date kiss got them thrown out of a London pub - and turned them into a Twitter sensation. Jonathan Williams says he and his date, James Bull, were asked to leave after sharing what they described as a "hands-on-the-table" kiss at the John Snow pub in London's Soho, normally known as one of London's gay-friendliest neighborhoods. Anger snowballed after

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The six-month anniversary age 26 on your health plan if he or she can't get coverage through a job. New policies can't deny coverage for children up to age 19 based on pre-existing medical conditions. "Grandfathered" plans can, however, they also can adjust annual dollar bounds on coverage and require patients to assist invite a few cautionary avails. Nearly people in the private market are

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- California's new governor faces daunting obstacles as he tries to erase a $26.6 billion budget gap, but one of the hardest to ignore is a pair of AM-radio shouters whose conservative-minded audience has a track record of making life uncomfortable, even miserable, for politicians who lose the pair's favor. John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou have used their daily "John and Ken Show"

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ROME (AP) -- It isn't every day that a conductor concedes an encore for an opera chorus. Even rarer is asking the audience to sing it, but maestro Riccardo Muti has just done so for the love of homeland. Muti swirled about on his podium late Saturday night to face the audience during Giuseppe Verdi's "Nabucco" at Rome's Teatro dell'Opera when shouts of "bis!" (encore!) rang out. The chorus had

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Foreign nations and military alliances continue debating possible responses to the crisis in Libya. NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the situation in Libya and the region will be at the top of the agenda when alliance defense ministers meet in Brussels on Thursday. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates will attend the meeting. A senior U.S. official says Gates will tell the ministers about U.S

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Jared Sullinger had 20 points and 18 rebounds as No. 1 Ohio State barely avoided a stunning upset, beating Northwestern 67-61 in overtime Friday in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals. Sullinger made all 10 of his free throws in overtime after missing a baseline jumper that would have won the game as time expired in regulation. His 18 rebounds fell one short of the

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Foursquare, the smart phone service that lets you "check in" to restaurants, bars and wherever else you want to tell friends you're at, is trying to help you discover new places. A new version of its application will include a new button, "explore," which replaces the current "tips" section. Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley said the idea is to find things near you, including

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Gordon Hayward watched as the shot that would have provided one of basketball's greatest endings soared toward the rim. No good! No tears, either. "I've never cried after a game," Hayward said. "Just not something that I do." Nor does Hayward recall any of his Butler teammates bawling after his halfcourt heave just missed at the buzzer of last year's NCAA championship game, giving Duke a 61-59

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NEW YORK (AP) -- The start of the insider trading trial of a one-time billionaire Tuesday is expected to offer a rare look at the seamier side of Wall Street as prosecutors play taped conversations to try to prove that the powerful hedge fund founder conspired to earn more than $50 million illegally. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announced the October 2009 arrest of Raj Rajaratnam by saying it was

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Several prominent U.S. senators on Sunday stepped up their push for a no-fly zone over Libya and downplayed Pentagon concerns about its risks. Democrat John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told CBS television's "Face the Nation" program that the United States and its allies should plan to set up a no-fly zone over Libya. "[We should] prepare a no-fly zone in conjunction

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GRANBURY, Texas (AP) -- An all-night birthday party at a lakefront home in North Texas ended with a fire that killed six people and injured three others, authorities say. Investigators were still trying to determine the cause of the blaze that happened early Sunday morning at a double-wide mobile home in Lake Granbury, about 65 miles southwest of Dallas, Hood County Fire Marshal Brian Fine said.

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China will spend $91.5 billion on the People's Liberation Army, navy and air forces next year, marking a return to double-digit spending. Last year the defense budget rose 7.5 percent. The increase is likely to increase alarm in Taiwan, Japan, India and other parts of Asia. Announcing the military budget ahead of the annual National People's Congress, parliamentary spokesman Li Zhaoxing sought to

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An official of G-Risk, an international risk assessment organization, says Libya's anti-government protesters have been psychologically emboldened after the group fought off an attempt by forces loyal to embattled leader Moammar Gadhafi to reclaim Brega, an oil town in the eastern part of the country. Claude Salhani says, despite the anti-government protesters' victory, the international

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SANGIN, Afghanistan (AP) -- The cacophony of gunfire and bombing that dominated this southern river valley in the fall has dropped to a whisper, but U.S. Marines who have paid a heavy price battling the Taliban in Afghanistan's deadliest spot expect the insurgents to hit back hard. Violence in Helmand province's Sangin district dropped sharply about a month ago, a development the Marines believe

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SYDNEY (AP) -- Australia's political leaders were lampooned for their opposition to gay marriage as hundreds of thousands of revelers crammed inner Sydney streets Saturday for one of the world's premier gay and lesbian parades. Some 300,000 spectators in sidewalk throngs often 10 to 15 people deep turned out for Sydney's 34th annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade. Caricatures of Prime Minister

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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Zimbabwe's defiant president has threatened to seize foreign businesses in retaliation for Western economic sanctions targeting him and his supporters over alleged human rights abuses in the southern African nation. President Robert Mugabe made special mention on Wednesday of British-controlled banks and businesses, saying British interests controlled 400 businesses in

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Before he took charge of the Federal Reserve in 2006, Ben Bernanke vowed to steer clear of political issues. Nowadays he seems to have an opinion on everything. The latest example came Wednesday, when the Fed chief told Congress that a House Republican plan to cut $61 billion in federal spending this year would cost the economy jobs. Both sides seized on his remarks: Democrats

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- More than four decades after Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated, his convicted murderer wants to go free for a crime he says he can't remember. It is not old age or some memory-snatching disease that has erased an act Sirhan Bishara Sirhan once said he committed "with 20 years of malice aforethought." It's been this way almost from the beginning. Hypnotists and

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Somalia has one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters, with hundreds of thousands of people displaced due to conflict. Now, a prolonged drought is adding to the country's many problems. A top U.N. official says he wants the Somali people to know that aid agencies will do everything they can to help. U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia Mark Bowden has written an open letter to the

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Walt Disney Co. said Thursday that it has acquired children's social network Togetherville for an undisclosed sum. The deal is part of Disney's strategy of investing more in social and mobile companies and less in creating console-based video games. Togetherville is meant for children aged 6 to 10 and allows them to interact with the children of their parents' friends on

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(FT) -- The world faces a protracted bout of extremely high food prices, the US government has warned, overwhelming farmers' ability to cool commodity markets by planting millions of additional hectares with crops. The US Department of Agriculture on Thursday forecast nominal record farm-gate prices for corn, wheat and soyabeans in the crop year that begins with the 2011 harvests. It added that

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(CNN) -- Arsenal closed to within a point of leaders Manchester United with a 1-0 win over Stoke at the Emirates Wednesday night. Arsenal hit the woodwork through Theo Walcott after just a minute and went ahead on 14 as Sebastien Squillaci scored from a header, his first league goal of the season. But Arsenal lost Cesc Fabregas to injury soon afterwards and lost momentum against determined

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fewer people requested unemployment benefits last week, pushing the average number of applications over the past four weeks to the lowest level in more than two and a half years. Applications for unemployment benefits dropped by 22,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 391,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. It was the third decline in the past four weeks. The four-week

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Kosovo has chosen millionaire tycoon Behgjet Pacolli as its new president. Mr. Pacolli is the nation's second president since it declared its independence from Serbia in 2008. Mr. Pacolli received 62 ballots on a third round of voting after having failed to garner enough support in two earlier rounds. Only 67 lawmakers were present by the third attempt, as most opposition members walked out of

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Civilians, defense lawyers and activists are welcoming the sentencing Monday of an army lieutenant colonel and eight other soldiers in the mass rape of dozens of women in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. They say, though, it is just a small step in the fight against rampant rape in the war-torn country. Hundreds of people jeered at the convicted as they were led away in handcuffs outside

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Duke is back on top of The Associated Press' college basketball poll for the first time in just over a month. St. John's is back in the Top 25 for the first time in over a decade. The Blue Devils (25-2) jumped from fifth to No. 1 on Monday after a week that saw the top four teams in the poll all lose. The move to the top is the biggest since Kansas went from sixth to No. 1 in November 2003, the

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(CNN) -- Jordan's King Abdullah II told his new government to enact "real and quick reform" Sunday amid growing protests around the Middle East, promising to root out corruption and give lawmakers a bigger role in government. "We need hard work, and we need a continuous process of assessment and evaluation to correct errors and failures," Abdullah said after meeting with new government ministers,

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NEW YORK (AP) -- After slashing his stepfather to death with a kitchen knife, 23-year-old Maksim Gelman headed to the home of a female acquaintance, killed her mother, then waited patiently for hours for the young woman to arrive so he could kill her, too, police said. Initially, authorities thought it was the case of a jilted lover, angry at an ex-girlfriend. But it became clear later the

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CAIRO (AP) -- He organized his first demonstration while still a student in 1998, then got arrested and tortured by Egyptian police two years later at age 23. Now he has seen the fall of the president he spent his adult life struggling against. For 33-year-old activist Hossam el-Hamalawy, though, Egypt's three-week youth revolution is by no means over - there remains a repressive state to be

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SINGAPORE (AP) -- Singaporean Ramzi Mohamed is tired of sleeping in the living room of the two-bedroom apartment he shares with his mother and older brother. His problem is that housing prices in the city-state are up almost 70 percent since 2006 while the 29-year-old gym administrator's monthly salary of 1,200 Singapore dollars ($938) hasn't budged in five years. "When I was 20, I thought I'd

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Forget Springsteen, the Sopranos and Snooki. The hottest thing outta New Jersey is Gov. Chris Christie - at least politically. He's been in office just a year but fellow Republicans everywhere are highlighting the former federal prosecutor's get-tough approach to fighting runaway spending and taking on Democratic-friendly unions. Fans argue it's the right prescription for

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For two decades, Eric Selby had been completely blind and dependent on a guide dog to get around. But after having an artificial retina put into his right eye, he can detect ordinary things like the curb and pavement when he's walking outside. "It's basically flashes of light that you have to translate in your brain, but it's amazing I can see anything at all," said Selby, a retired engineer in

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Now that President Hosni Mubarak is gone, the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest opposition group, says it will register as a legitimate political party once party restrictions are lifted. The group was banned under Mr. Mubarak's rule. The Muslim Brotherhood said Tuesday that it will form a political party to assert its role in Egypt's nascent democracy. But it said it would not field a

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A Connecticut lawmaker wants to create the country's first state registry for people convicted of gun crimes, a proposal he says will help police track and deter repeat offenders. Opponents worry it'll be a costly, unnecessary and excessive step. State Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney got the idea from several cities, including New York and Baltimore, which already have instituted

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WASHINGTON - The Obama administration will propose a new budget that will reduce the federal deficit by $1.1 trillion in 10 years by cutting many popular programs but said Sunday that steeper reductions proposed by Republicans were unwise. President Obama's budget for 2012 will propose a wide array of cuts in domestic spending, including to home-heating programs, community-development projects

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WASHINGTON - The U.S. condemned Syria on Saturday for the secret trial of a young blogger on "spurious" spy charges and appealed for her immediate release. Tal al-Mallohi was taken into custody in December 2009. Her blog, known for poetry and social commentary, focused mostly on the suffering of Palestinians. It was not clear whether al-Mallohi's arrest was connected to the blog. A Syrian

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NEW ORLEANS - The cleanup of oiled beaches along the Gulf of Mexico has reached a point where crews, heavy equipment and thorough scrubbing can cause more damage to the ecosystem than good, the Coast Guard said Friday. Birds, sea turtles, fish and other species are more likely to be harmed by an aggressive cleanup than by simply leaving remnants of oil and letting it slowly degrade, the Coast

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Marijuana users sometimes report that pot enhances their desire for sex. But a new review of research on marijuana and sexual health suggests that male smokers could be courting sexual dysfunction. Research on the topic is contradictory and few studies are high-quality, said study researcher Rany Shamloul, a physician with appointments at the University of Ottawa and Queen's University in Canada

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A Minnesota nurse allegedly took painkillers from a surgical patient who was supposed to be sedated, according to prosecutors. Sarah May Casareto, 33, of Forest Lake, Minn., was charged Wednesday with one count of theft of a controlled substance. Casareto allegedly told police officers she was addicted to pain medications. According to the criminal complaint, she told a patient who was about to

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(CNN) -- Businesses may still be suffering from the effects of widespread economic downturn, but the world's leading football clubs are earning more than ever according to a new report. The top-20 teams generated a record €4.3 billion ($5.9 billion) in the 2009-10 season, an 8% increase on the previous period, says financial advisor Deloitte. Its Football Money League, released on Thursday,

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Hackers working in China broke into the computer systems of five multinational oil and gas companies to steal bidding plans and other critical proprietary information, the computer security firm McAfee Inc said in a report. The report, which named the attacks Night Dragon, declined to identify the five known companies that had been hacked and said that another seven or so had also been broken

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The family of an anti-communist Lao general is hoping for a last-minute decision Wednesday that would permit the remains of General Vang Pao to be buried alongside many of America's greatest war heroes. Vang Pao's widow and children appealed Tuesday for President Barack Obama to reverse a decision by the U.S. military preventing the general from being buried at Arlington National Cemetery outside

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(CNN) -- A blast that injured 10 people Tuesday at a market in Turkey was a gas explosion, the governor said. Mustafa Toprak, governor of the southeastern province Diyarbakir, said the blast was due to LPG (liquified petroleum gas) compression, according to Turkey's semi-official Anadolu Agency news service. Toprak said one person is in serious condition, according to the report. Most of the

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Egypt's central bank has intervened to support the country's currency, buying pounds after their value fell to a six-year low against the U.S. dollar. The central bank action on Tuesday was aimed at stabilizing Egypt's stalled economy, which has been battered by two weeks of street protests calling for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. The pound had fallen to near six-year low to the dollar

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Oil prices fell Monday as investors shifted their focus from unrest in Egypt to the U.S. economy. West Texas Intermediate crude, or WTI, for March delivery fell $1.55 to settle at $87.48 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. In London, Brent crude lost 58 cents to settle at $99.25 per barrel on the ICE Futures exchange. Violent anti-government demonstrations in Egypt settled down after

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Britain's military doctors have pioneered new techniques to save soldiers gravely wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq. Now the lessons learned will be brought together in a new research center at a hospital in the British city of Birmingham. The center hopes to benefit both wounded soldiers and civilians. A British soldier wounded in Afghanistan recovers in a hospital in Birmingham, in central

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Governors around the U.S. are proposing to balance their states' budgets with a long list of cuts and almost no new taxes, reflecting a goal by politicians from both parties to erase deficits chiefly by shrinking government. On Monday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott, a newly elected Republican, is expected to issue a budget that cuts state spending by $5 billion and overhauls public-employee pensions. A

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NEW YORK -- New York City officials have confirmed that three New Yorkers contracted cholera while in the Dominican Republic for a wedding. The Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, where thousands have died from cholera. A medical epidemiologist for the city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene told The New York Times Saturday that all three New Yorkers who were

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OAKLAND, Calif. - A member of Your Black Muslim Bakery has been ordered to serve 10 years in prison for his role in the May 2007 kidnapping of a mother and daughter and subsequent torture of the daughter. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that 24-year-old Yusef Bey V was sentenced in Alameda County court Friday as part of a plea deal in which he pleaded guilty to kidnapping. Authorities say Bey

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Republican John McCain says he has no plans to give his seal of approval to any of the numerous GOP candidates thinking about running for the White House. "I think I'm staying out of this for the first time in many years," the Arizona senator told Politico earlier this week. When asked if that meant if he would stay out of the 2012 presidential race completely, McCain replied: "Most likely."

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CHARLESTON, S.C. - A former South Carolina state treasurer who served 10 months in federal prison on a cocaine charge says in a newspaper editorial that cocaine and marijuana should be legalized. In the piece written for The Post and Courier of Charleston, 48-year-old Thomas Ravenel calls the U.S. war on drugs a failure and says the country should change its approach. The opinion article will be

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As the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers prepare to take the field for Super Bowl XLV, many football fans are wondering if there are any lingering effects from multiple concussions that sidelined Green Bay's quarterback, Aaron Rodgers this season. It's no secret Rodgers has had a rough season when it comes to taking hits. His first concussion came on October 10 in a game against the

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Abzulit Shauxalov, 31, sinks into the soft blue cushions of his living room sofa. He breathes deeply to quiet his pounding heart. His body is shaking and covered with sweat. With support from two metal poles, he has just walked six feet across his living room. "I did better today," said Shauxalov, a former policeman, whose legs were paralyzed after he was shot while on duty in Russia's volatile

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European Union lawmakers are in Tunisia Thursday on a fact-finding mission as the country's interim government enacts sweeping reforms, including firing police chiefs and governors. The visit to Tunisia by a European Union parliament delegation comes as the 27-member bloc has promised to help Tunisia, as it prepares for presidential elections six months from now. EU foreign affairs chief

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Greek police say they have defused a parcel bomb that had been sent to the Justice Ministry in Athens. Police say the package had been intercepted by security officials and had been addressed to the justice minister. Officials say the package is similar to rigged parcels sent to 14 European leaders and Athens-based embassies in November. The parcels caused no injuries or serious damage. A trial

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(CNN) -- Several major Midwest metropolitan areas are bracing for a massive winter storm system that threatened to dump a foot or more of snow and bring potentially debilitating winds. Political and emergency personnel leaders in Oklahoma City, St. Louis and Chicago, among other locales, vowed they were prepared to weather the storm. The leaders of several states, many of which have already had a

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The government of Ivory Coast's incumbent president, Laurent Gbagbo, says it will reject any finding that Gbagbo lost the disputed November presidential election. Gbagbo's foreign minister, Alcide Djedje, spoke to reporters a day after the African Union named a panel of leaders to resolve the Ivory Coast political crisis. Djedje said the leaders are welcome to visit Ivory Coast, but said the

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The Russian government has issued a travel warning concerning Egypt, and Russian firms have started to evacuate their staff. But many Russian tourists have flatly refused to change their plans. Egypt has been hit with a wave of violence following mass protests against the current President Hosni Mubarak. Egypt is one of the most popular destinations for Russians on vacation. Although the Russian

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Judges at the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor have admitted into evidence two Wikileaks documents that appear to question the impartiality of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. The decision comes just days before prosecutors and defense attorneys present their closing arguments in Mr. Taylor's war crimes trial. Mr. Taylor is pleading not guilty to 11 counts of crimes

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Television network CBS might have to write episodes of "Two and a Half Men" that do not include Charlie Sheen if the show's star does not get out of rehab quickly, the New York Post reported Monday. CBS has about six weeks to figure what to do with the show. Two unaired episodes of the series -- TV's No. 1-rated comedy -- are in the can, according to the show's producer, Warner Bros. Repeats,

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Witnesses report renewed violence in the Nigerian city of Jos, where authorities are trying to halt a wave of fighting between Muslim and Christian gangs. Residents say rioters set fire to at least two fuel stations and a number of cars and buildings Saturday. Witnesses say as many as 15 people were killed in the violence, though local officials could not confirm the figure. The unrest began

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Montgomery County class sizes would be maintained and school employees would get raises under a budget proposed Wednesday by School Superintendent Jerry D. Weast, opening what is likely to be a contentious budgeting season with an increase request that is the minimum required by a state law. But the proposal for a budget of $2.16 billion for fiscal 2012 - an increase of $60 million over the

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NEW YORK - A former fugitive held in New York agreed Friday to go to Michigan to face charges he was a member of a violent ring that lured Eastern European women to the United States and forced them to become strippers. Veniamin Gonikman, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Ukraine, consented to the transfer during a brief appearance in federal court in Brooklyn. The jailed Gonikman, 55, has "

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Darkness has fallen on the fifth day of demonstrations in Egypt, with thousands of protesters defying a curfew to remain on the streets and press for the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. The government had announced that Saturday's curfew would take effect at 4:00 p.m. local time (1400 UTC), two hours earlier than Friday, but crowds remained in Cairo's streets and squares. Late Saturday,

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The International Committee of the Red Cross reports the number of war wounded in the Somali capital Mogadishu last year was the highest in a decade. It says the staff at two ICRC-supported hospitals treated a record number of people caught in the crossfire of opposing forces. More than 6,000 patients were admitted to Keysaney and Medina hospitals last year. The figure, provided by the

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WASHINGTON - U.S. military and law enforcement officials say the government has made significant strides in figuring out who is responsible for complex cyber attacks, a fundamental but elusive first step to determine whether the U.S. should strike back, whom to strike, and how hard. U.S. authorities are using a mix of high-tech forensics and a greater emphasis on spying within the online world,

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(CNN) -- An Arkansas supermarket reversed its decision Wednesday to hide a magazine cover showing Elton John and his same-sex partner David Furnish holding their new baby. The shield placed over the current issue of Us Weekly read "Family shield to protect young Harps shoppers." The Arkansas-based grocery chain lets managers at its 65 stores decide when customers complain if the shield is needed,

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WASHINGTON -- The number of people applying for unemployment benefits rose sharply last week as snowstorms in some parts of the country forced companies to lay off workers. Applications surged by a seasonally adjusted 51,000 to 454,000, the highest level since late October. However, much of the increase was blamed on bad weather in four Southern states. That caused some companies to temporarily

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SALT LAKE CITY - A Utah military base that carries out tests to protect troops against biological attacks was locked down over a "serious concern," but was beginning to reopen early Thursday, officials said. Base commander Col. William E. King announced Wednesday evening that gates were locked to both incoming and outgoing personnel to resolve the problem, but that no one was in danger. King and

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Indians celebrated Republic Day in peace Wednesday in Indian-controlled Kashmir, as police blocked Hindu nationalists and Muslim separatists from raising opposing flags in the troubled region. Thousands of security forces clamped down on marchers from India's main opposition party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir state. The BJP had plans to hoist

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They just don't make 'em like they used to. Dishwashing detergents, that is. Really. Thanks to environmental protection laws passed in 16 states, dish detergent manufacturers have been forced to remove powerful cleansing agents called phosphates from their formulas nationwide. The result? Detergents that don't clean, reported Tampa Bay Online. Local appliance repairman Don DiChristopher told the

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"Shared Values" is the nominal theme of an African Union summit beginning this week in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa. But as always, the summit theme is being overshadowed by pressing issues of peace and security. This 16th AU summit is expected to draw approximately 25 heads of state and government from among its 53 member countries. Sudan's Omar al-Bashir will be here, Zimbabwe's Robert

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(CNN) -- Cuba on Friday suspended delivery of mail destined for the United States, saying the letters were being turned back because of anti-terrorist measures in the United States. The U.S. Postal Service confirmed that there are "some issues" connected with the Transportation Security Administration that it said has caused mail to "accumulate." The Postal Service is still accepting mail from

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Yemeni police have arrested a woman activist for leading anti-government protests in the capital, sparking a new wave of protests from hundreds of students demanding her release. Police arrested Tawakul Karman early Sunday in Sana'a while she was on her way home with her husband. Officials say the protests she led were not staged within the boundaries of the law. Demonstrations started

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Authorities on Sunday recovered the last remains of six people killed when a Puerto Rico National Guard helicopter plummeted into the ocean en route to a drug raid last month. The remains of Carlos Acevedo were found along the coast of Loiza, a beach community near the U.S. island's capital of San Juan, said National Guard Gen. Antonio Vicens. Acevedo was one of the pilots

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WASHINGTON - As veteran members of the Senate contemplate the future, they find themselves pondering a question memorably and musically posed by the Clash: Should I stay or should I go? The answers have so far been mixed, with three senior senators - Kent Conrad of North Dakota, a Democrat; Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, a Republican; and Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut, an independent -

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