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U.S. apologizes for Quran burnings in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S. apologized Tuesday for the burning of Muslim holy books that had been pulled from the shelves of a detention center library adjoining a major base in eastern Afghanistan because they contained extremist messages or inscriptions.
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Strauss-Kahn held in prostitution probe
PARIS - French police questioned former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn all day Tuesday in a probe into a suspected hotel prostitution ring.
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Nobel winner Dulbecco dies at 97
ROME - Renato Dulbecco, who shared the 1975 Nobel Prize in medicine for his seminal research on the interaction between tumors and cells, has died in California. He was 97.
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Source: Greece to get $170 billion bailout
BRUSSELS - After more than 12 hours of talks, the countries that use to euro reached an agreement early today to hand Greece ¤130 billion ($170 billion) in extra bailout loans to save it from a potentially disastrous default next month, an European Union diplomat said.
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Seoul holds military drills despite North Korea threat
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea conducted live-fire military drills near its disputed sea boundary with North Korea Monday despite Pyongyang's threat to respond with a "merciless" attack.
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Syrian forces mass outside resistance stronghold
BEIRUT - Syrian tanks and troops massed Monday outside the resistance stronghold of Homs for a possible ground assault that one activist warned could unleash a new round of fierce and bloody urban combat even as the Red Cross tried to broker a cease-fire to allow emergency aid in.
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Inmate riot underlines prison issues in Mexico
MONTERREY, Mexico - The revelation that guards likely helped members of the violent Zetas drug cartel slaughter 44 rival inmates and break out of a northern Mexico jail throws new attention on the enormous corruption inside the country's overcrowded, underfunded prisons.
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Judicial officials slain in Syria
BEIRUT - Gunmen in Syria staged a guerrilla-style ambush that killed a senior state prosecutor and a judge Sunday in an attack that suggested armed factions are growing bolder and more coordinated in their uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S. apologized Tuesday for the burning of Muslim holy books that had been pulled from the shelves of a detention center library adjoining a major base in eastern Afghanistan because they contained extremist messages or inscriptions.
Full story >>
Strauss-Kahn held in prostitution probe
PARIS - French police questioned former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn all day Tuesday in a probe into a suspected hotel prostitution ring.
Full story >>
Nobel winner Dulbecco dies at 97
ROME - Renato Dulbecco, who shared the 1975 Nobel Prize in medicine for his seminal research on the interaction between tumors and cells, has died in California. He was 97.
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Source: Greece to get $170 billion bailout
BRUSSELS - After more than 12 hours of talks, the countries that use to euro reached an agreement early today to hand Greece ¤130 billion ($170 billion) in extra bailout loans to save it from a potentially disastrous default next month, an European Union diplomat said.
Full story >>
Seoul holds military drills despite North Korea threat
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea conducted live-fire military drills near its disputed sea boundary with North Korea Monday despite Pyongyang's threat to respond with a "merciless" attack.
Full story >>
Syrian forces mass outside resistance stronghold
BEIRUT - Syrian tanks and troops massed Monday outside the resistance stronghold of Homs for a possible ground assault that one activist warned could unleash a new round of fierce and bloody urban combat even as the Red Cross tried to broker a cease-fire to allow emergency aid in.
Full story >>
Inmate riot underlines prison issues in Mexico
MONTERREY, Mexico - The revelation that guards likely helped members of the violent Zetas drug cartel slaughter 44 rival inmates and break out of a northern Mexico jail throws new attention on the enormous corruption inside the country's overcrowded, underfunded prisons.
Full story >>
Judicial officials slain in Syria
BEIRUT - Gunmen in Syria staged a guerrilla-style ambush that killed a senior state prosecutor and a judge Sunday in an attack that suggested armed factions are growing bolder and more coordinated in their uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime.
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Drills elicit N. Korean threat
PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea will launch "merciless" strikes if South Korea goes through with planned live-fire drills today in a disputed front-line area near their disputed sea border, a North Korean officer warned in an interview with the Associated Press.
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Egypt sets trial date, escalating rift with U.S.
CAIRO - Egypt said Saturday the criminal trial of 16 Americans and 27 others will start Feb. 26 in a politically charged case against foreign-funded pro-democracy groups that has badly shaken Cairo's ties with Washington.
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Iran poised for big nuke jump
VIENNA - Iran is poised to greatly expand uranium enrichment at a fortified underground bunker to a point that would boost how quickly it could make nuclear warheads, diplomats tell the Associated Press.
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Syrian forces fire on funeral in Damascus, kill 1
BEIRUT - Syrian security forces fired live rounds and tear gas Saturday at thousands of people marching in a funeral procession that turned into one of the largest protests in Damascus since the 11-month uprising against President Bashar Assad began.
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Fire sweeps street markets in Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - A fire has swept through street markets in the capital of Honduras, a nation traumatized just five days ago by a fire that killed 358 people at a prison.
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PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea will launch "merciless" strikes if South Korea goes through with planned live-fire drills today in a disputed front-line area near their disputed sea border, a North Korean officer warned in an interview with the Associated Press.
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Egypt sets trial date, escalating rift with U.S.
CAIRO - Egypt said Saturday the criminal trial of 16 Americans and 27 others will start Feb. 26 in a politically charged case against foreign-funded pro-democracy groups that has badly shaken Cairo's ties with Washington.
Full story >>
Iran poised for big nuke jump
VIENNA - Iran is poised to greatly expand uranium enrichment at a fortified underground bunker to a point that would boost how quickly it could make nuclear warheads, diplomats tell the Associated Press.
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Syrian forces fire on funeral in Damascus, kill 1
BEIRUT - Syrian security forces fired live rounds and tear gas Saturday at thousands of people marching in a funeral procession that turned into one of the largest protests in Damascus since the 11-month uprising against President Bashar Assad began.
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Fire sweeps street markets in Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - A fire has swept through street markets in the capital of Honduras, a nation traumatized just five days ago by a fire that killed 358 people at a prison.
Full story >>
Avalanche injures son of Dutch monarch
VIENNA, Austria - An avalanche buried and seriously injured the second son of Dutch Queen Beatrix while he skied off marked trails Friday in the westernmost corner of Austria and he was rushed to the intensive care unit of an Innsbruck hospital, officials said.
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Global clearinghouse ready to evict Iran banks to stall drive for WMD
BRUSSELS - A financial clearinghouse used by virtually every country and major corporation in the world agreed Friday to shut out Iran from its respected network, an unprecedented escalation of global economic pressure to halt Iran's suspected drive for nuclear weapons.
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Gunmen free 119 in Nigeria prison
LAGOS, Nigeria - Armed gunmen from a radical Islamist sect stormed a federal prison in Nigeria amid heavy gunfire and explosions, killing one guard and freeing 119 inmates in an assault marking its growing national ambitions, officials said Thursday.
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Assad calls for vote, steps up assault
BEIRUT - As Syrian forces stepped up their assault Wednesday on rebellious cities, President Bashar Assad ordered a referendum on a new constitution that would create a multiparty system in a country that has been ruled by his autocratic family dynasty for 40 years.
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Iran claims major nuclear steps
TEHRAN, Iran - In defiant swipes at its foes, Iran said Wednesday it is dramatically closer to mastering the production of nuclear fuel even as the U.S. weighs tougher pressures and Tehran's suspected shadow war with Israel brings probes far beyond the Middle East.
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VIENNA, Austria - An avalanche buried and seriously injured the second son of Dutch Queen Beatrix while he skied off marked trails Friday in the westernmost corner of Austria and he was rushed to the intensive care unit of an Innsbruck hospital, officials said.
Full story >>
Global clearinghouse ready to evict Iran banks to stall drive for WMD
BRUSSELS - A financial clearinghouse used by virtually every country and major corporation in the world agreed Friday to shut out Iran from its respected network, an unprecedented escalation of global economic pressure to halt Iran's suspected drive for nuclear weapons.
Full story >>
Gunmen free 119 in Nigeria prison
LAGOS, Nigeria - Armed gunmen from a radical Islamist sect stormed a federal prison in Nigeria amid heavy gunfire and explosions, killing one guard and freeing 119 inmates in an assault marking its growing national ambitions, officials said Thursday.
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Assad calls for vote, steps up assault
BEIRUT - As Syrian forces stepped up their assault Wednesday on rebellious cities, President Bashar Assad ordered a referendum on a new constitution that would create a multiparty system in a country that has been ruled by his autocratic family dynasty for 40 years.
Full story >>
Iran claims major nuclear steps
TEHRAN, Iran - In defiant swipes at its foes, Iran said Wednesday it is dramatically closer to mastering the production of nuclear fuel even as the U.S. weighs tougher pressures and Tehran's suspected shadow war with Israel brings probes far beyond the Middle East.
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