June 19, 2013
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Gaza suffers drop in foreign aid due to war
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A refugee from Syria recently opened a bakery here, drawing long lines of customers eager to taste meat and cheese pastries with the special flavors of Damascus — a rare bri...
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More Bangladesh factories are dangerous
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladeshi garment factories are routinely built without consulting engineers. Many are located in commercial or residential buildings not designed to withstand the stress of h...
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Liberals ask: Snub election or take chance?
TEHRAN, Iran — In the end, Iran’s presidential election may be defined by who doesn’t vote. Arguments over whether to boycott Friday’s ballot still boiled over at coffee shops, kitchen tables an...
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Associated Press Firefighters and rescue workers respond to a fatal commuter train wreck Thursday on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina. A two-level train slammed into another that had stopped between stations during the morning commute. Firefighters and police pulling passengers from the wreckage.
Argentine train wreck kills 3, injures hundreds
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A speeding commuter train slammed into another that had stopped between stations during the morning commute Thursday in suburban Buenos Aires, killing three passengers and...
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Associated Press A musician plays piano under the monument of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of the modern Turkey, as protesters gather to listen to his concert and police guard the area at the Taksim Square in Istanbul late Thursday.
Turkish PM meets with protesters
ISTANBUL — Turkey’s prime minister was meeting with anti-government protesters early today, hours after giving them his “final warning” to end their occupation of a central Istanbul park that has b...
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Associated Press Damaged buildings show the toll of battles between the rebels and Syrian government forces in Aleppo, Syria, on Thursday.
UN says nearly 93,000 killed in Syrian civil war
BEIRUT — Syrians are being killed at an average rate of 5,000 per month, the U.N. said Thursday as it raised the overall death toll in the civil war to nearly 93,000, with civilians bearing the bru...
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Associated Press Police guard the monument of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, at the Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, early today. Riot police fired tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets in day-long clashes that lasted into the morning, battling protesters who have been occupying the square and its adjacent Gezi Park in the country's most severe anti-government protests in decades.
Istanbul clashes extend into night
ISTANBUL — Riot police fired tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets in day-long clashes that lasted into today, battling protesters who have been occupying Istanbul’s central Taksim Square and i...
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Associated Press A shopper walks past a sign advertising a shop that sells commemorative coins with the face of Nelson Mandela on Tuesday in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Talk of Mandela’s mortality prevalent
JOHANNESBURG — The desk is spotless and books neatly line the shelves in Nelson Mandela’s office at a Johannesburg-based foundation that carries his name, but the former South African president and...
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Iran presidential race
TEHRAN, Iran — At a rally Monday, crowds gathered for candidate Hasan Rowhani broke out in chants for the release of political prisoners. Rafsanjani and former reformist President Mohammad Khata...
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AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon A picture showing the reunion of family members from North and South Korea is displayed today at the Korean Red Cross headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. The two Koreas will hold their highest-level talks in years Wednesday in an effort to restore scrapped joint economic projects and ease animosity marked by recent threats of nuclear war.
Korea talks raise hopes
FOSTER KLUG YOUKYUNG LEE Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — The two Koreas will hold their highest-level talks in years Wednesday in an effort to restore scrapped joint economic projects a...
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