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Sweden on nuke threat alert
STOCKHOLM — Sweden ramped up security at its three nuclear power plants Thursday after a small amount of explosives without a triggering device was found on a forklift on the grounds of the country...
Jun 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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US praises Syrian pilot’s defection
BEIRUT — A Syrian fighter pilot on a training mission flew his MiG-21 warplane to neighboring Jordan, where he was given asylum Thursday in a defection from the fiercely loyal air force that signal...
Jun 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mexico troops detain son of most-wanted drug lord
MEXICO CITY — Mexican marines on Thursday detained a young man they believe is one of the sons of Mexico’s most-wanted drug kingpin, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, leader of the powerful Sinaloa cartel...
Jun 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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IMF head warns of ‘acute stress’ in Europe
LUXEMBOURG — The head of the International Monetary Fund warned Thursday that the euro is under “acute stress” and piled pressure on Germany by advocating a series of measures to pull Europe out of...
Jun 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Greek conservative New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras (right) is sworn in during a ceremony at the Presidential Palace, as Greek president Karolos Papoulias (background) looks on, Wednesday in Athens.
Conservative sworn in as Greek crisis eases
ATHENS, Greece — Greek conservative party head Antonis Samaras was sworn in as prime minister Wednesday at the helm of a three-party coalition that will uphold the country’s international bailout c...
Jun 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Attack claims civilians, troops
KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber killed 21 people including three U.S. soldiers at a checkpoint in a packed market in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday — the third assault targeting Americans i...
Jun 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Uruguay plan: Sell marijuana to registered buyers
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Uruguay’s government apparently plans to take a step beyond legalizing marijuana: It wants to sell it. Local news media cited unnamed ruling-party lawmakers saying that the...
Jun 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press A church dome is visible through a broken window of the Sednaya Convent, which was damaged by artillery fire in Sednaya, north of Damascus, Syria. Christians, who make up about 10 percent of the population in Syria, say they are particularly vulnerable to the violence sweeping the country.
Syrian Christians feel vulnerable
BEIRUT — Inside the besieged Syrian city of Homs, where hundreds of civilians are caught up in a fierce battle between rebels and government troops, a small group of Christians is making its own de...
Jun 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ex-Romania PM shoots self after sentencing for corruption
BUCHAREST, Romania — A Romanian ex-prime minister shot and wounded himself Wednesday in an apparent suicide attempt, hours after the country’s highest court ruled that he must serve a two-year pris...
Jun 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Assange faces arrest if he leaves embassy
LONDON — Julian Assange has spent years on the move, trying to keep ahead of authorities who want to stop his secret-spilling mission. Now the WikiLeaks founder finds himself confined in the sur...
Jun 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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