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‘Fearless Felix’ comes home
SALZBURG, Austria — Supersonic skydiver Felix Baumgartner has finally come home after his death-defying, record-breaking leap from the edge of space. The Austrian former military parachutist fac...
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Associated Press Kuwait riot policemen arrest a man during a demonstration Monday in Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Kuwait’s turmoil brings rare protest partnership
KUWAIT CITY — For Kuwait’s embattled rulers, clashes earlier this week with anti-government protesters were more than just a sign tensions may be mounting. The crowds themselves showed the wide...
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Associated Press Syrian rebel fighters take cover Friday as a Syrian army sniper aims over a destroyed mosque in Tarik Al-Bab, southeast of Aleppo, Syria.
Bombings, clashes leave Syria truce in tatters
BEIRUT — A Syrian warplane flattened a three-story building, suspected rebels detonated a deadly car bomb and both sides traded gunfire in several hotspots across the country Saturday, activists sa...
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Associated Press Pakistani Taliban patrol Aug. 5 in their stronghold of Shawal in the Pakistani tribal region of South Waziristan. Pakistan has stepped up outreach to some of its biggest enemies in Afghanistan, a significant policy shift that could prove crucial to U.S.-backed efforts to strike a peace deal in the war-torn country.
Pakistan outreach could aid accord with Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has increased efforts to reach out to some of its biggest enemies in Afghanistan, a significant policy shift that could prove crucial to U.S.-backed efforts to strike a peace d...
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Cow kills man at Muslim feast
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A Gaza health official says a panicking cow killed a Palestinian man who was trying slaughter the beast during the Muslim celebration of Eid al-Adha. Muslims around the w...
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Associated Press A group of volunteers, wearing vests painted with the slogan 'Anti-harassment,' confront a group of teasing young boys near Cairo's Tahrir Square. Instead of taking to the streets with air horns and toy guns and hissing at women like many of their peers, the small group of young Egyptian men tried to secure the streets of downtown Cairo during Eid al-adha.
Egyptian activists battling holiday sex harassment
CAIRO — A group of Egyptian men had a mission for this year’s Eid al-Adha, Islam’s biggest holiday, which began Friday. They wanted to make some effort to stop sexual harassment of women, which in ...
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France: Lawmakers pass bill to pay for abortions
PARIS — France’s lower house voted Friday to fully reimburse all abortions and to make contraception free for minors. National medical insurance currently pays in full for abortions for minors a...
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ExxonMobil executive gunned down in Belgium
BRUSSELS — A British oil executive was gunned down in front of his wife in the Belgian capital of Brussels. Helmeted assailants escaped on a motorcycle. Police has made no arrests in the case. ...
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Associated Press Adel Aly, 47, a member of the Egyptian National Circus, walks on the rope in front of the audience inside a circus tent Friday in Gaza City. The Egyptian National Circus put on its first show of a month-long visit to the impoverished coastal territory on Friday.
The circus visits impoverished Gaza
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The circus came to Gaza on Friday, accompanied by blaring music, juggling clowns and fire blowers — but getting it there required its own high-wire act. No women performe...
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Chile’s ALMA probes for origins of universe
LLANO DE CHAJNANTOR, Chile — Earth’s largest radio telescope is growing more powerful by the day on this remote plateau high above Chile’s Atacama desert, where visitors often feel like they’re pla...
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