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Fire from JFK's eternal flame arrives in Ireland
A torch lit from the eternal flame at President John F. Kennedy's graveside has arrived in Ireland ahead of ceremonies planned to mark the 50th anniversary of his 1963 visit. The flame was flown from the United States and arrived Thursday in a specially designed miner's lamp identical to the one used to bring the...
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Norway opens Arctic border area to oil drilling
Norway's Parliament has opened up a new area on the fringe of the Arctic Ocean to offshore oil drilling despite protests from opponents who fear catastrophic oil spills in the remote and icy region. Most of the Norwegian sector of the Barents Sea, which the Nordic country shares with Russia, is already open to...
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Trial of Kenya's president to start in November
The International Criminal Court has pushed back the start of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta's crimes against humanity trial until Nov. 12. The court announced the new start date Thursday. Judges ruled earlier this year that the trial scheduled to begin July 9 would start at a later date to give defense lawyers...
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Potential jurors in George Zimmerman trial quizzed on guns, biases
Attorneys in George Zimmerman's murder trial quizzed a group of 40 potential jurors asked to return for a second round of questioning about whether they had fired guns, made judgments based on how people dressed or had been members of neighborhood watch groups. Wednesday's jury selection proceedings began with...
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Ex-Yankees manager Torre's daughter catches baby
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Lawmakers Slam Obama's Nuke Plan
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China sex tape official: I'm a lecher but no crook
Call me a lecher but don't call me a crook, an ex-city official at the heart of a sex tape scandal has said in his unusually spirited courtroom defense against corruption charges. The case of Lei Zhengfu, former party chief of a district in the southern city of Chongqing, has riveted the Chinese public since video...
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Police detain 13 more in raids in Turkey
Turkey's state-run agency says police have detained 13 more demonstrators suspected of involvement in violence during protests that have swept the country. The Anadolu Agency said Thursday they were detained for alleged vandalism, use of firebombs and inciting riots. It said the suspects are members of outlawed...
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ABN Amro chief says Dutch bank ready to privatize
The chief executive of ABN Amro says the Dutch bank is ready to be privatized. Gerrit Zalm said on a late-night television talk show Wednesday that the bank is sufficiently capitalized and had remained profitable despite a recession in the Netherlands. "We're ready," said Zalm, a former finance minister. The...
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Saudi to expel Hezbollah supporters over Syria war
The Saudi envoy to Lebanon says the kingdom will deport Lebanese citizens who support the militant Hezbollah group because of its role in the Syrian civil war. Ambassador Ali Awad Assiri told Lebanon's Future TV late on Wednesday that Saudi Arabia will deport "those who financially support this party." He didn't say...
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12 Indonesian soldiers on trial over prison attack
Soldiers from Indonesia's elite special forces have gone before a military court charged with storming a prison and killing four detainees on the main Java island. The 12 soldiers of Kopassus were put on four separate trials Thursday in Yogyakarta province, facing premeditated murder charges that could result in the...
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China, Vietnam talk amid South China Sea tensions
Vietnam's president is being feted by China's leaders on a visit through Friday as Beijing continues to shun another rival for South China Sea territory that has challenged its claims on legal grounds, the Philippines. President Truong Tan Sang is on the three-day visit to boost economic ties with China, Vietnam's...
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Russia to fulfill Syria missile system contract
Russia says it will honor its controversial contract to deliver S-300 air defense missile systems to Syria. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Russian state TV Thursday that "we respect all our contracts and are honoring all our contractual obligations "As yet, the contracts are not finished,...
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Stampede over Beckham injures 5 in Shanghai
At least five people have been injured in a stampede after fans stormed a stadium gate upon the arrival of superstar David Beckham at a Chinese university Thursday afternoon. Shanghai-based Tongji University says on its official microblog that four university employees and one foreign student have been sent to...
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Attorneys meet to discuss Jodi Arias case
Jodi Arias returns to court Thursday for the first time since the penalty phase of her case ended in mistrial last month as lawyers discuss plans for a new trial to decide the punishment for the convicted murderer. Arias was found guilty of first-degree murder on May 8 in the June 2008 stabbing and shooting death of...
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Possible human remains found at NY mobster's home
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Convicted killer collects yearly $55G pension in jail
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Regulators order lenders to raise more capital
British regulators are ordering its biggest banks to bolster their balance sheets by 27. 1 billion pounds ($42.1 billion) to prevent a repeat of the 2008 banking crisis. The Prudential Regulation Authority says Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland account for much of the shortfall. Barclays must...
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Zimmerman jurors reveal personal details
One potential juror in George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial belongs to the National Rifle Association. Another says she was the victim of a violent crime that is constantly on her mind. A third is a competitive arm-wrestler. The 40 members of the possible jury pool — some of whom will decide whether the...
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Homes evacuated as wildfire flares near Denver
Dozens of homes were evacuated near Denver as a wind-driven wildfire flared, one of many in the western states where hot and windy conditions were making it easy for the wild land blazes to start and spread. The fire in the foothills about 30 miles southwest of Denver forced evacuations Wednesday affecting more than...
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'Landlords from hell' plead guilty to felonies in Calif.
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AP EXCLUSIVE: Taliban offer to free US soldier
The Afghan Taliban say they are ready to hand over a U.S. soldier held captive since 2009 in exchange for five of their senior operatives being held at the Guantanamo Bay prison. A Taliban spokesman, Shaheen Suhail, says U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl "is as far as I know in good condition." Suhail spoke in an...
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Kansas caverns could preserve human race, developer says
After most of the world's population is wiped off the map by a wayward meteorite or hail of nuclear missiles, the survival of the human race might just depend on a few thousand people huddled in recreational vehicles deep in the bowels of an eastern Kansas mine. That's the vision of a California man who is creating...
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Conservatives conference highlights murky tax laws
It was called the "Road to Majority" conference, a not-so-subtle reference to winning control of Capitol Hill in the 2014 midterm elections. Some of the biggest names in the Republican Party — several potential presidential candidates among them — offered plans to strengthen the GOP. Breakout sessions included tips...
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STATES' RIGHTS FIGHT:Rep Fights to Stop Calif. From Imposing Egg Laws
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SKorean nuclear operator raided in cable probe
South Korea's sole nuclear operator says investigators raided its offices as part of a probe into nuclear plant cables. Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. spokesman Lee Yoon-dong said Thursday prosecutors seized documents and computer hard drives from offices including its headquarters in southeastern Korea....
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Jewish educator who survived Soviet Gulag dies
Rabbi Moshe Greenberg, a religious educator who survived a brutal Gulag in Siberia and secretly taught Judaism under an oppressive Soviet regime, has died in Israel. He was 84. The Hasidic Chabad Lubavitch movement in which Greenberg was a member says he died on Tuesday. Chabad said on Thursday that Greenberg was...
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Victims' relatives to testify in Bulger trial
After hearing three days of testimony from a hit man who admitted killing 20 people, jurors in the racketeering trial of James "Whitey" Bulger will soon get to hear from the families of some of those victims. Prosecutors plan to begin calling relatives Thursday. Judge Denise Casper ruled earlier that their testimony...
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Bulger trial: The hit man of Country Club Lane
Some neighbors of a former mob hit man were shocked to learn about his past during his testimony against James "Whitey" Bulger this week. John Martorano has admitted to 20 killings and previously spent 12 years in prison in exchange for his cooperation with authorities. He lives in a condo on a golf course in...
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