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Greek debt crisis eases, but drama is not over
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- More than two years after it came clean about its addiction to debt, Greece may finally have begun its long and painful road to recovery....
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Pardoned Moroccan clerics say they were tortured
RABAT, Morocco (AP) -- Three conservative clerics whose arrests nine years ago heralded the beginning of Morocco's crackdown on Islamists called on Thursday for a new investigation into their country's worst terrorist attack....
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Pakistani man fights police over 40-foot shark
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) -- Qasim Khan waged the unlikeliest of battles with Pakistani authorities Thursday over the right to charge hundreds of curious visitors the equivalent of 22 cents each to see a roughly 40-foot whale shark he bought from a fisherman....
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Somalia's al-Shabab joins al-Qaida, leader says
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Al-Qaida's leader says that the Somali militant group al-Shabab has formally joined al-Qaida....
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Guerlain perfume heir accused of racism in trial
PARIS (AP) -- An heir to the Guerlain perfume empire went on trial Thursday in Paris on charges he made racist insults on national television....
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Surgery kit said to be Nazi's withdrawn from sale
LONDON (AP) -- A surgical kit advertised as belonging to a Nazi concentration camp commandant has been withdrawn from sale....
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Terror trial of accused Bali bomber starts Monday
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- An Indonesian accused of making the explosives used in the 2002 Bali bombings is scheduled to go on trial next week on terrorism and murder charges, a court official said Thursday....
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Bank of England backs another stimulus
LONDON (AP) -- The Bank of England is to inject another 50 billion pounds ($79 billion) into the British economy, which contracted in the last three months of 2011 and is likely to face further difficulties as Europe struggles to contain its raging debt crisis....
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China skirting African corruption in direct aid
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- China last month sent a senior official to symbolically hand over the keys to a nine-story twin tower to house Uganda's president and prime minister, a gift from Beijing....
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Sweden: Europeans need to question pension habits
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Europeans need to question their habits if they want to secure the future of their generous pension systems, Sweden's prime minister said Thursday as he opened a summit for leaders from Britain and the Nordic and Baltic countries....
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Palestinian prisoner on 55th day of hunger strike
JERUSALEM (AP) -- In a high-stakes gamble, an imprisoned member of a Palestinian militant group has waged a hunger strike for almost two months, trying to draw attention to Israel's military justice system and its treatment of detainees who can be held without charge for lengthy periods....
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Hard economic times sharpen Spaniards' sneaky side
MADRID (AP) -- Leather seats are disappearing from cars. Precious jewels are vanishing from drawers. TVs are spirited out of homes in the dead of night....
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TV producer lands in Mexico to face murder charges
CANCUN, Mexico (AP) -- A reality televison producer arrived in Mexico escorted by nearly a dozen agents on Thursday after being extradited from the United States so he can face trial in his wife's killing....
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Mexican army finds 15 tons of pure methamphetamine
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican troops have made an historic seizure of 15 tons of pure methamphetamine in the western state of Jalisco, the Mexican army said in a statement released late Wednesday....
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GOP vows to reverse birth control policy
Republicans vowed Wednesday to reverse President Barack Obama's new policy on birth control, lambasting the rule that religious-affiliated schools and hospitals provide employees insurance coverage that includes contraceptives — without a co-pay — as an "unambiguous attack on religious freedom in our country."
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911 call in deadly fire released
A social worker pleaded with a 911 dispatcher throughout a nearly seven-minute call to quickly get police to Josh Powell's house after he locked himself inside with his two sons.
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Down economy stretches wealth gap for young, old
The wealth gap between younger and older Americans has stretched to the widest on record, worsened by a prolonged economic downturn that has wiped out job opportunities for young adults and saddled them with housing and college debt.
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House approves line-item veto
House Republicans on Wednesday voted to give President Barack Obama and his successors the line-item veto, a constitutionally questionable power over the purse that long has been sought by presidents of both parties.
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Doctors aren't always honest
Trust your doctor? A survey finds that some doctors aren't always completely honest with their patients.
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Hold the coffee; energy comes in a tube now
Move over, coffee and Red Bull. A Harvard professor thinks the next big thing will be inhaling caffeine from a lipstick-size tube.
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Santorum tries to build on big wins
One day after Rick Santorum's startling breakthrough in the presidential race, his few aides decamped to distant states to start building campaign organizations from scratch. It was evidence of his challenge in converting sudden momentum into victories in the rush of contests ahead.
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Wash. passes gay-marriage bill
Washington state lawmakers voted to approve gay marriage Wednesday, setting the stage for the state to become the seventh in the nation to allow same-sex couples to wed.
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Russians hit Antarctic lake
After more than two decades of drilling in Antarctica, Russian scientists have reached a gigantic freshwater lake hidden under miles of ice for some 20 million years, a pristine body of water that may hold life from the distant past and clues to the search for life on other planets.
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National / World Briefs: U.S. eyes transition to Afghan troops
The No. 2 U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that U.S. military advisory teams will deploy to Afghanistan this year to help Afghan combat forces as they take a more prominent role in fighting the Taliban.
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Homs endures brunt of violence in Syria uprising
Every day, rockets and mortars fired by regime forces rattle the streets of Homs. Armed rebels ambush government military checkpoints. Hatreds brew on either side of the avenues that divide the bloodstained Syrian city.
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