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Lady Gaga Unsure if Concert Will Go On In Indonesia
Last Updated: 7:59 AM 05/23/12 - Lady Gaga is as confused as anyone about whether she'll be allowed to perform in Indonesia.
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Images Show More N. Korea Work on Nuke Test Site
Last Updated: 7:33 PM 05/21/12 - North Korea has ramped up activity at its nuclear test site, according to an analysis of recent satellite images released Tuesday, a day after the top U.S. envoy for North Korea warned Pyongyang that an atomic test would unify the world in seeking swift, tough punishment.
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6.0 Quake Damages World Renowned Cheese Producers
Last Updated: 4:39 PM 05/21/12 - Cheese producer Oriano Caretti woke up to the shaking earth, and then to the roar of some 30,000 39-kilogram (86-pound) wheels of Parmesan cheese crashing to the ground in the warehouse next to his home.
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NATO Sets 'Irreversible Transition' in Afghanistan
Last Updated: 4:43 PM 05/21/12 - President Barack Obama and fellow NATO leaders solidified plans Monday for an "irreversible transition" in Afghanistan, affirming their commitment to ending the deeply unpopular war in 2014 and voicing confidence in the ability of Afghan forces to take the lead for securing their country even sooner.
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Bus With Students Falls off Albania Cliff; 11 Die
Last Updated: 10:27 AM 05/21/12 - A bus carrying university students fell off a cliff in southern Albania on Monday, killing 11 people and injuring another 22, authorities said.
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Lockerbie Bomber Buried in Libya
Last Updated: 9:42 AM 05/21/12 - The only man convicted for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing was buried Monday with little fanfare near the Libyan capital with just under 100 family members and passers-by in attendance.
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Founder of Sea Shepherd leaves German Jail
Last Updated: 7:22 AM 05/21/12 - The founder of the environmental activist group Sea Shepherd has left a German jail after a court ordered him freed on bail pending a decision on whether he will be extradited to Costa Rica.
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Prosecutor Launches Strauss-Kahn Rape Probe
Last Updated: 4:15 AM 05/21/12 - A French prosecutor has opened a preliminary investigation into allegations of rape in a Washington hotel by former IMF chief and one-time French presidential hopeful Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
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Police Say 5 Die As Plane Crashes in Bosnia
Last Updated: 9:55 AM 05/20/12 - A small sports plane burst into flames just after takeoff in northwest Bosnia on Sunday, killing the five people on board.
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Chinese Activist Who Fled House Arrest Lands in US
Last Updated: 1:12 AM 05/20/12 - A blind Chinese legal activist who was suddenly allowed to leave the country has arrived in the United States.
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Three Dead After 6.0 Magnitude Earthquake in Italy
Last Updated: 1:20 AM 05/20/12 - A magnitude-6.0 earthquake shook northern Italy early Sunday, killing at least three people and toppling some buildings, emergency services and news reports said.
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Vatican: New Book of Leaked Documents `Criminal'
Last Updated: 12:01 PM 05/19/12 - The Vatican has denounced as "criminal" a new book of leaked internal documents that shed light on power struggles inside the Holy See and the inner workings of its embattled bank, and
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2 Killed as Car Crashes at French Rally
Last Updated: 10:00 AM 05/19/12 - Police say a car competing in a road race has lost control and smashed into a crowd of spectators in a French village, killing two and injuring at least 15.
Gunter Sachs Art Collection to be Auctioned in UK
Last Updated: 9:53 AM 05/19/12 - A modern art collection, including works by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Salvador Dali, will be sold next week in London, Sotheby's said Saturday.
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Quebec Passes Law in Effort to End Daily Protests
Last Updated: 7:34 PM 05/18/12 - Quebec's provincial government passed an emergency law Friday restricting demonstrations and shutting some universities as the government seeks to end three months of protests against tuition hikes. Outraged students reacted by calling it an act of war.
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Diplomats: UN Experts say N. Korea Violates Sanction
Last Updated: 7:30 PM 05/18/12 - An expert panel's report says North Korea continues to violate U.N. sanctions, citing possible attempts to ship arms to Syria and Myanmar and illegally import luxury goods, U.N. diplomats said Friday.
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Cuban President's Daughter to Meet with Gay Groups
Last Updated: 6:58 PM 05/18/12 - Cuban first daughter Mariela Castro is planning to meet with San Francisco's lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual community during a U.S. visit next week that is being opposed by some Cuban-American politicians.
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Iranian Rapper In Hiding In Germany
Last Updated: 7:50 AM 05/18/12 - Iranian singer in hiding in Germany after threaAn Iranian-born artist has gone into hiding in Germany after receiving death threats for allegedly insulting a Shiite saint in a rap song.
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Obama to Tout $3B Pledge for Food Security
Last Updated: 7:16 AM 05/18/12 - President Barack Obama is set to announce a new $3 billion food security initiative to help alleviate hunger and poverty in Africa.
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London Gets Olympic Flame
Last Updated: 12:22 PM 05/17/12 - The Olympic torch has passed to London.
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Owner of Belly Dancing TV Station Arrested
Last Updated: 12:35 PM 05/17/12 - An Egyptian security official says vice police have arrested the owner of a TV station that broadcasts belly dancing 24 hours a day for allegedly operating without a license, inciting licentiousness and facilitating prostitution.
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Cuban President's Daughter Gets US Visa
Last Updated: 1:43 PM 05/17/12 - Cuban first daughter Mariela Castro has been granted a U.S. visa to attend events in San Francisco and New York.
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Police Hold Diamond-Swallower Until Evidence Moves
Last Updated: 7:37 AM 05/17/12 - Police in the Canadian province of Ontario say they are holding a man who allegedly swallowed a$20,000 diamond as long as it takes for him to produce the evidence.
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Spanish Bank Hit By Report of Withdrawals
Last Updated: 7:31 AM 05/17/12 - A recently nationalized Spanish bank's shares plummeted Thursday after a newspaper said depositors were rushing to withdraw money, while the country paid sharply higher interest rates in a debt auction, reflecting concerns the country will be caught up in the fallout of the Greek crisis.
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100 Rio Buildings Risk Collapse
Last Updated: 12:50 PM 05/16/12 - The head of Rio de Janeiro's regional engineering agency says the Olympic city has at least 100 abandoned buildings that run the risk of collapse.
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Bomber Sought in Bogota Explosion
Last Updated: 12:45 PM 05/16/12 - Colombian investigators are seeking a man between 17 and 20 years old they suspect is the bomber who killed two bodyguards of a conservative former interior minister and injured 39 people in a busy commercial district of Bogota.
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Baby Red Crabs Invade Cayman Islands
Last Updated: 12:43 PM 05/16/12 - Hundreds of thousands of red baby crabs are invading the Cayman Islands in a seasonal migration that residents say is unusually heavy this year.
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Amazon Tributary Hits Record High After Rains
Last Updated: 12:18 PM 05/16/12 - A mighty tributary of the Amazon River has hit a record high level after weeks of heavy rains.
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At Least 29 Killed in Attacks in Yemen
Last Updated: 8:34 AM 05/16/12 - Government troops and warplanes pounded al-Qaida positions in southern Yemen on Wednesday, killing at least 29 militants as part of a ramped up campaign against the group, military officials said.
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2 Army Generals Held in Mexican Drug War Violence
Last Updated: 8:33 AM 05/16/12 - Federal prosecutors say anti-drug agents have detained and are questioning two army generals, including a former assistant defense secretary.
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Black Box Found from Crashed Russian Jet
Last Updated: 12:14 AM 05/16/12 - Searchers have found the cockpit voice recorder from a Russian passenger jet that smashed into the side of an Indonesian volcano, killing 45 people. The recording of comments by the plane's veteran pilots could help explain what caused the crash.
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Australia Pledges $300M to Afghan Aid
Last Updated: 12:21 AM 05/16/12 - Australia will contribute $100 million annually for three years beginning in 2015 toward the $4 billion a year cost of running the Afghan National Security Forces after they take responsibility for their country's security.
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Iran's Tough Nuclear Stance Masks Troubles at Top
Last Updated: 12:09 AM 05/16/12 - The negotiating stance from Iranian officials never varies: The Islamic Republic will not give up its capabilities to make nuclear fuel. But embedded in the messages are meanings that reach beyond Tehran's talks with world powers.
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Explosion in Colombian Capital Injures at Least 19
Last Updated: 12:22 PM 05/15/12 - A bomb has exploded on a crowded street in Colombia's capital and the city's health director says at least 19 people are injured.
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Man Sets Himself on Fire Outside Breivik Trial
Last Updated: 5:29 AM 05/15/12 - Oslo police say a man set himself on fire outside the courthouse where right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik is being tried on terror charges for a bombing and shooting massacre last July.
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Dow Down During Greek Crisis
Last Updated: 1:51 PM 05/14/12 - U.S. stocks are closing lower as worries about Greece rattle financial markets.
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49 Decapitated Bodies Found in Mexico
Last Updated: 11:45 AM 05/14/12 - Police found 49 mutilated bodies scattered in a pool of blood near the border with the U.S., region where Mexico's two dominant drug cartels are trying to outdo each other in bloodshed while warring over smuggling routes.
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Alleged Anonymous Hacker Pleads Not Guilty
Last Updated: 9:44 AM 05/14/12 - A Chicago man has pleaded not guilty to computer hacking charges stemming from an investigation aimed at taking out key players in the worldwide group Anonymous.
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6.2 Quake Downs Walls, Cuts Power in Northern Chile
Last Updated: 11:35 AM 05/14/12 - A magnitude-6.2 magnitude earthquake shook down walls and knocked out electricity in parts of far-northern Chile but no injuries or major damage were reported.
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Cyprus President Says He Will Not Run For Another Term
Last Updated: 11:57 AM 05/14/12 - Cyprus President Dimitris Christofias says he will not seek re-election for a second term because there is little hope that long-running talks with breakaway Turkish Cypriots to reunify the ethnically split island will succeed when his tenure expires in February next year.
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Lenin's Name Reappears at Walesa's Polish Shipyard
Last Updated: 6:24 AM 05/14/12 - Lenin's notorious name has returned to a public spot in Eastern Europe: the Gdansk shipyard where Lech Walesa led his anti-communist movement. Though just for a film set, the move has sparked emotions.
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Britain Bedeviled By Binge Drinking
Last Updated: 6:14 AM 05/14/12 - The girls slumped in wheelchairs look barely conscious, their blond heads lolling above the plastic vomit bags tied like bibs around their necks.
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Quake Hits Northern Chile
Last Updated: 5:32 AM 05/14/12 - An earthquake has shaken down walls and knocked out electricity in parts of far-northern Chile. No injuries have been reported, though.
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Deal Looks Near to End Palestianian Hunger Strike
Last Updated: 3:33 PM 05/13/12 - Egyptian and Palestinian officials said Sunday they were close to reaching a deal with Israel that would end a mass hunger strike by Palestinians in Israeli jails.
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Gunman Kills Member of Afghan Peace Council
Last Updated: 12:31 PM 05/13/12 - A gunman in a car assassinated a former high-ranking Taliban official working to end the decade-long war in Afghanistan, dealing a powerful blow Sunday to the fragile, U.S.-backed effort to bring peace to the country.
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Irish Pose Next Democratic Test for EU Austerity
Last Updated: 11:34 AM 05/13/12 - When voters in Greece and France got the chance, they dealt a resounding "No!" to parties backing austerity measures. The Irish could be next to give the European Union's austerity plans a black eye.
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Official: 49 Decapitated Bodies Left on Mexico Highway
Last Updated: 4:11 PM 05/13/12 - Forty-nine decapitated and mutilated bodies were found Sunday dumped on a highway connecting the northern Mexican metropolis of Monterrey to the U.S. border, officials said.
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Men in Afghan Police Uniforms Kill 2 NATO Troops
Last Updated: 10:35 AM 05/12/12 - Men wearing Afghan police uniforms shot dead two NATO service members Saturday in southern Afghanistan, authorities said, the latest in a string of attacks on international troops by Afghan security forces or militants disguised as police.
Kenya Seeks German Man for Info on Terror Group
Last Updated: 10:18 AM 05/12/12 - A Kenyan official says a German man is sought for questioning about the activities of an al-Qaida-linked militia group.
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Mexico Catches Suspect in Killing of 4 Marines
Last Updated: 8:39 AM 05/11/12 - The Mexican navy said Friday it has captured a member of the hyper-violent Zetas cartel who allegedly participated in the torture-slayings of four marines.
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