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Obama honors his ' heroes' with Medal of Freedom
Sketching impressive contributions to society in intensely personal terms, President Barack Obama presented the Medal of Freedom to political and cultural greats Tuesday, including rocker Bob Dylan, astronaut John Glenn and novelist Toni Morrison.
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10 Western nations expel Syrian diplomats
Governments around the world expelled Syrian ambassadors and diplomats Tuesday, an unusual, coordinated blow to President Bashar Assad's regime following a gruesome massacre that the United Nations said involved close-range shootings of scores of children and parents in their homes.
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Alex Haley's son seeks Malcolm X letter
The son of Malcolm X's biographer is asking Syracuse University to hand over a letter in which the slain activist writes about his shifting views on race relations, claiming his family is the rightful owner.
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Miami mauling attack shocks police
It is being called one of this city's goriest crimes: A naked man was on top of another nude man along a busy highway, biting into the man's face, tearing it to pieces. A police officer arrived to help, but the mauler growled at him and continued to chew away, stopping only when he was shot to death.
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Iran, others hit by computer virus
Iran and other Middle East countries have been hit with a cunning computer virus that can eavesdrop on computer users and their co-workers and filch information from nearby cellphones, cybersecurity experts said Tuesday. Suspicion immediately fell on Israel as the culprit.
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Workers among 16 dead in latest Italian quake
Workers at the small machinery company had just returned for their first shift after Italy's powerful and deadly quake earlier this month when another one struck Tuesday morning, collapsing the roof.
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National / World Briefs: Panetta says Asia is Navy's new 'project'
The Pentagon chief said Tuesday that building U.S. maritime strength across the Asia-Pacific region will be one of the main projects for the new generation of America's naval officers.
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Bank payment cards push fees on college students
It took Mario Parker-Milligan less than a semester to decide that he was paying too many fees to Higher One, the company hired by his college to pay out students' financial aid on debit cards.
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Romney becomes GOP's official nominee
Mitt Romney clinched the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday with a win in the Texas primary, a triumph of endurance for a candidate who came up short four years ago and had to fight hard this year as voters flirted with a carousel of GOP rivals.
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No. 2 al-Qaida leader killed in Afghanistan
The U.S.-led NATO force in Afghanistan killed al-Qaida's second-highest leader in the country in an airstrike in eastern Kunar province, the coalition said Tuesday.
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DNC launches 'I'm there' campaign
The Democratic National Convention, 100 days from being the center of Barack Obama's nomination as the party's presidential candidate, will be the launching pad for a ground game necessary for delivering a victory for Obama in North Carolina, party leaders said Tuesday in Charlotte.
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Watson influenced scores of musicians
Doc Watson, the venerable flat-picker who died Tuesday, was a source of inspiration for a variety of musicians, from mainstream pop stars to envelope-pushing instrumentalists.
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The world in 1988, when Suu Kyi last left Myanmar
The world was a different place the last time Aung San Suu Kyi left Myanmar. The Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union still existed. Bangkok, the city Suu Kyi visits this week, now has towering skyscrapers, a subway and elevated rail system and slightly milder traffic jams....
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Saving Dominican forest and an elusive songbird
SAN FRANCISCO DE MACORIS, Dominican Republic (AP) -- An elusive songbird that wings its way each year from austere mountaintops of the northeastern U.S. to the steamy forests of the Caribbean has inspired the creation of what conservationists hope will be a new model for nature reserves in a cou...
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UN: Pakistan judges pressured to use blasphemy law
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistani judges are often pressured to convict people accused under the country's blasphemy laws that call for the death penalty for anyone insulting Islam, a special U.N. representative said Tuesday....
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Nigerian students protest university name change
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Students at one of Nigeria's oldest universities protested a presidential announcement renaming the school Tuesday, saying that while the institution has been neglected, its name is still a famous brand they want to hang on to....
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Dutch lawmakers reject online piracy treaty
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- A spokesman for the Dutch parliament says lawmakers have adopted a motion calling on the government not to sign a controversial international treaty aimed at reining in online piracy....
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Somali farmers rejoice at end of militant tax
AFGOYE, Somalia (AP) -- The farmers in Afgoye, a town on the outskirts of Mogadishu long controlled by militants, are rejoicing at the African Union's latest success: The capture of Afgoye - the biggest military success in Somalia since militants abandoned Mogadishu last August....
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Greek experts say they find Med's deepest wrecks
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's culture ministry says two Roman-era shipwrecks found in deep waters off the country's western coast disprove the accepted theory that ancient shipmasters stuck to coastal routes rather than risking the open sea....
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Former Beijing mayor: '89 crackdown was a tragedy
BEIJING (AP) -- A forthcoming book quotes the disgraced former mayor of Beijing as saying that the military crackdown on the Tiananmen Square democracy protesters was an avoidable tragedy and that he regrets the loss of life, though he denies being directly responsible....
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Lebanese hostages in Syria could ignite tensions
BEIRUT (AP) -- The mysterious case of 11 Lebanese Shiites who were taken hostage in Syria last week is raising fears of renewed street battles in Beirut as Lebanon increasingly gets drawn into the swirling chaos next door....
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Israel court sentences Palestinian protest leader
OFER MILITARY BASE, West Bank (AP) -- An Israeli military court has sentenced a prominent Palestinian protest leader to 13 months in jail for urging youths to throw rocks at Israeli soldiers....
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German president launches Israel visit
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Germany's new president has begun a state visit to Israel, his first official trip to the Jewish state....
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Curtains open wide in Myanmar, a crack in N. Korea
For decades, they have been two of the world's most reclusive nations....
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Russian firm: Iran victim of another cyberattack
JERUSALEM (AP) -- A Russian-based internet security firm says a powerful spyware virus has attacked computers in Iran and elsewhere in the Middle East....
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