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Abbas guards intervene in confrontation between senior Palestinians
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas's elite guard unit surrounded parliament in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday to protect a legislator from being attacked by another senior official, witnesses said. The incident was one of the most public confrontations between senior members of the…
Reuters56 mins agoLost in Melilla: Syrian refugees despair as Europe closes door
By Julien Toyer and Juan Medina MELILLA, Spain (Reuters) - Yahya Khedr has travelled for more than two years, through five countries and with six forged passports to get his family from the war-ravaged Syrian city of Homs to Europe. But now that his wife and five children have reached Melilla, a…
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By Gulsen Solaker and Humeyra Pamuk ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday denounced a corruption crackdown on his allies months ahead of elections as a "dirty operation" to smear his administration and undermine the country's progress. He said those behind the…
ReutersPalestine’s Not-So-Immaculate Conceptions: What’s Behind a West Bank Baby Boom
Leedia Rimawi was on her way to work when the radio on the mini-bus broadcast the news: A Palestinian woman had given birth to a child conceived by sperm smuggled out of the Israeli prison where her husband was held. “Everyone in the bus realized I was crying,” Rimawi recalls. “To my…
Time.com59 mins agoBig city schools making progress but still have far to go, report says
Public school students in some of America’s biggest cities have made significant long-term gains, according to the latest data released by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), often known as the Nation’s Report Card. Despite that progress, some subsets of students are still…
Christian Science MonitorHow big a snub to Russia is Obama's Sochi 'boycott'?
But he hinted at one of the sources of US frustration – the controversial anti-gay propaganda law – by naming two openly gay athletes, tennis legend Billie Jean King and hockey player Caitlin Cahow, to attend as part of the official US delegation. Mr. Obama joins the leaders of France and Germany…
Christian Science MonitorGay Russians are equal? One club asks Putin to take closer look.
The place is in a secluded former industrial building, an adults-only club that has not been charged with legal violations. Yet, according to its owner, Andrei Lishchinsky, it has been attacked more than 20 times in recent months, including by two gunmen who allegedly opened fire on patrons, and…
Christian Science MonitorGovt: 500 reported killed in South Sudan
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — At least 500 people, most of them soldiers, have been killed in South Sudan since Sunday, a senior government official said as an ethnic rivalry threatened to tear apart the world's newest country.
Associated PressIndia diplomat in US is transferred to UN mission
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Indian diplomat who says she was strip-searched after her arrest in New York City on visa charges has been transferred to India's mission to the United Nations.
Associated Press50 mins agoRussia passes amnesty bill, questions remain
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's parliament on Wednesday passed an amnesty bill that will likely apply to the 30-member crew of a Greenpeace ship detained after an Arctic protest, but it wasn't immediately clear if and when the activists would be allowed to leave the country.
Associated PressC. African Republic sisters orphans after attack
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Armed fighters stormed the family's house at 3 a.m., demanding money and taking everything of value. Then they fatally shot Belvia Salo's father in front of the 11-year-old who had awoken amid the commotion.
Associated PressNigeria: Ruling party loses majority to defections
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's faction-ridden ruling party lost its majority in the House of Representatives as 37 legislators defected to a new opposition coalition Wednesday, in a major blow to President Goodluck Jonathan before 2015 elections.
Associated PressEgypt's Morsi to face new trial on terror charges
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's top prosecutor on Wednesday referred toppled Islamist President Mohammed Morsi to trial on charges he conspired with the Palestinian group Hamas, Lebanon's Hezbollah and others to carry out a campaign of terrorist violence to destabilize the country following his ouster.
Associated PressNetanyahu warns Chinese foreign minister against nuclear Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated on Wednesday that Iran must not have the "capability" to develop nuclear arms, during a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. "For the peace of the world, for the peace of the coming years and decades, Iran must be denied the capability…
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AdChoices LendingTreeSponsoredGreek Parliament freezes funding for far rightists
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece has cut off state funding for the Nazi-inspired Golden Dawn party in keeping with a law that requires that punishment for parties accused of criminal activities.
Associated Press44 mins agoBrazil picks Sweden's Gripen fighter jet
Brasília (AFP) - Swedish aerospace maker Saab won a $5 billion contract to equip the Brazilian air force with 36 new fighter jets, Defense Minister Celso Amorim announced Wednesday. Saab's Gripen, a state-of-the-art multi-role fighter jet, beat its two rivals -- the Rafale, made by France's…
AFP58 mins agoOnce-stolen Stradivarius sells for $2.3 million
LONDON (AP) — An antique Stradivarius violin that was stolen from its owner at a London railway station in 2010 has fetched almost 1.4 million pounds ($2.3 million) at auction.
Associated PressUN calls for an end to torture confessions in Morocco
Morocco must put an end to the practice of convicting detainees on the basis of confessions obtained through torture, a visiting group of UN experts said Wednesday. "The working group (on arbitrary detention) was informed in its meetings with detainees that confessions obtained through torture…
AFPSouth Sudan army says loses control of flashpoint town
South Sudan's army said it had lost control of the flashpoint town of Bor on Wednesday, after clashes were reported there with fighters loyal to the country's former vice president Riek Machar. South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has accused Machar of starting the fighting and trying to launch a…
ReutersSyria defends jailing of British doctor who died in prison
Syria said Wednesday that a British doctor alleged to have been effectively murdered in custody had hanged himself after being arrested for "unauthorised activities." Meanwhile, regime warplanes pounded Aleppo for a fourth straight day in raids that have killed at least 135 people, many of them…
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