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Iran says it struck US-backed opposition groups // Yahoo! News: World ... Iran says it struck US-backed opposition groups Iran said Saturday it has dismantled several U.S.-backed opposition networks that were gathering information on nuclear scientists and finding ways to circumvent controls on the Internet meant to deprive the ... Yahoo! News: World News - 3 hours, 30 minutes ago
Mozambique: 42 dead in worsening cholera outbreak // Newsvine - world-news Mozambique: 42 dead in worsening cholera outbreak Mozambique's health ministry spokesman says the country's cholera outbreak has now killed 42 people in the northern and central parts of the southern African country. Newsvine - world-news - 4 hours, 24 minutes ago
New border violence erupts with Mexico cartel rift // Charlotte Observer: World New border violence erupts with Mexico cartel rift (By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press Writers) This border city and others near the eastern end of the U.S. border escaped the worst of Mexico's bloody drug ... Charlotte Observer: World - 4 hours, 25 minutes ago
Thousands march over Togo presidential vote // Yahoo! News: World ... Thousands march over Togo presidential vote Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of Togo's capital in two organized, opposing marches more than a week after a disputed presidential election won by the son of ... Yahoo! News: World News - 4 hours, 31 minutes ago
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New border violence erupts with Mexico cartel rift // Yahoo! News: World ... New border violence erupts with Mexico cartel rift This border city and others near the eastern end of the U.S. border escaped the worst of Mexico's bloody drug war for years, but now the bodies are piling up, ... Yahoo! News: World News - 4 hours, 33 minutes ago
Swiss media: 60 people report abuses by priests // Newsvine - world-news Swiss media: 60 people report abuses by priests Around 60 people have reported being victims of abuse by Catholic priests in Switzerland, a Swiss abbot said in an interview published by a newspaper Saturday. Newsvine - world-news - 5 hours, 14 minutes ago
Holocaust monument in Poland vandalized // Yahoo! News: World ... Holocaust monument in Poland vandalized Vandals sprayed anti-Semitic graffiti on Holocaust memorials at a former Nazi concentration camp in Poland, desecration that authorities discovered Saturday and are investigating. Yahoo! News: World News - 5 hours, 25 minutes ago
Rio's Christ statue getting $4M renovation // Associated Press - ... Rio's Christ statue getting $4M renovation The iconic statue of Christ with outstretched arms that overlooks Rio de Janeiro is getting a $4 million renovation.... Associated Press - World News - 5 hours, 29 minutes ago
Al-Qaida suspect from US tricked his Yemeni guard // Charlotte Observer: World Al-Qaida suspect from US tricked his Yemeni guard (By AHMED AL-HAJ, Associated Press Writer) An American al-Qaida suspect detained in Yemen fooled his hospital guards into unshackling him by asking to join them for prayers, security officials said ... Charlotte Observer: World - 5 hours, 40 minutes ago
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Al-Qaida suspect from US tricked his Yemeni guard // Yahoo! News: World ... Al-Qaida suspect from US tricked his Yemeni guard An American al-Qaida suspect detained in Yemen fooled his hospital guards into unshackling him by asking to join them for prayers, security officials said Saturday. He then killed a guard ... Yahoo! News: World News - 5 hours, 47 minutes ago
Child abuse claims sweep Catholic Church in Europe // Yahoo! News: World ... Child abuse claims sweep Catholic Church in Europe It often starts as a voice in the wilderness, but can swell into an entire nation's demand for truth. From Ireland to Germany, Europe's many victims of child abuse in ... Yahoo! News: World News - 6 hours, 27 minutes ago
Ex-US Secretary of State Kissinger hospitalized // Associated Press - ... Ex-US Secretary of State Kissinger hospitalized SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A hospital official says former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is recovering after being hospitalized in the South Korean capital with stomach pains.... Associated Press - World News - 7 hours, 22 minutes ago
Stolen sarcophagus returns to Egypt from US // Yahoo! News: World ... Stolen sarcophagus returns to Egypt from US A 3,000-year-old wooden sarcophagus confiscated at the Miami airport was returned to Egypt Saturday, as the antiquities chief pressed forward with his campaign to recover Egypt's stolen heritage. Yahoo! News: World News - 8 hours, 7 minutes ago
Muslims attack Coptic Christians in northern Egypt // Associated Press - ... Muslims attack Coptic Christians in northern Egypt Muslims attacked a community center and burned several homes belonging to Coptic Christians in northwestern Egypt over the weekend, injuring 23 people, in a rampage that a local bishop said ... Associated Press - World News - 8 hours, 26 minutes ago
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Sri Lankan Tamil party drops separatist demand // Associated Press - ... Sri Lankan Tamil party drops separatist demand COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Sri Lanka's main ethnic Tamil party on Friday dropped its demand for an independent state and said it is ready to accept regional self-rule, following ... Associated Press - World News - 8 hours, 26 minutes ago
Israeli troops, Palestinians clash near Jerusalem // Yahoo! News: World ... Israeli troops, Palestinians clash near Jerusalem Several dozen Palestinian women scuffled with Israeli troops on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Saturday amid rising religious and political tensions in the disputed city. Yahoo! News: World News - 9 hours, 34 minutes ago
Iraqi vote signals shift from religious leaders // Yahoo! News: World ... Iraqi vote signals shift from religious leaders Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's political coalition took an early vote lead Saturday in the election's all-important battleground of Baghdad, pulling away from its two closest rivals in the latest indication ... Yahoo! News: World News - 10 hours, 19 minutes ago
Police: Suspect in poker heist released // Yahoo! News: World ... Police: Suspect in poker heist released Berlin police said Saturday they had released a man previously suspected of taking part in the storming last weekend of a poker tournament in which armed robbers made off with ... Yahoo! News: World News - 10 hours, 20 minutes ago
Serbian police detain 9 over alleged war crimes // Yahoo! News: World ... Serbian police detain 9 over alleged war crimes Serbian police have detained nine former paramilitary fighters suspected of killing civilians and looting homes during the Kosovo war, a war crimes prosecutor said Saturday. Yahoo! News: World News - 10 hours, 32 minutes ago
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HRW: Iran should release or charge famed filmmaker // Charlotte Observer: World HRW: Iran should release or charge famed filmmaker An international human rights group on Saturday called on Iran to either charge or release an acclaimed Iranian filmmaker who backed the country's opposition. Jafar Panahi was taken into custody ... Charlotte Observer: World - 11 hours, 36 minutes ago
Irish police free 3 in alleged artist murder ... // Newsvine - world-news Irish police free 3 in alleged artist murder plot Three Muslims arrested over an alleged plot to assassinate Swedish artist Lars Vilks have been freed without charge, but three other men and an American woman remain in custody, Irish ... Newsvine - world-news - 11 hours, 38 minutes ago
HRW: Iran should release or charge famed filmmaker // Newsvine - world-news HRW: Iran should release or charge famed filmmaker An international human rights group on Saturday called on Iran to either charge or release an acclaimed Iranian filmmaker who backed the country's opposition. Newsvine - world-news - 11 hours, 43 minutes ago
Suicide attackers hit Afghan city; at least 30 ... // Yahoo! News: World ... Suicide attackers hit Afghan city; at least 30 die A suicide squad detonated bombs at a newly fortified prison, police headquarters and two other locations late Saturday, killing at least 30 people in the largest city of the southern ... Yahoo! News: World News - 12 hours, 19 minutes ago
Report: NKorea to rejoin nuclear talks in April // The Kansas City ... Report: NKorea to rejoin nuclear talks in April North Korea plans to head back to the bargaining table early next month for talks aimed at ending its nuclear weapons program, a news report said Saturday. The Kansas City Star - World News - 18 hours, 5 minutes ago