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https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/27/artificial-blood-breakthrough-could-help-rare-cases.html
Artificial blood breakthrough could help rare cases
Artificial blood breakthrough could help rare cases Susumu Nishinaga | Science Photo Library | Getty Images Researchers have created a method that allows them to manufacture red blood cells in a more efficient way. In a news release on Friday, the University of Bristol said that the team, from the university and NHS Bl...
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https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/27/asia-markets-to-eye-oil-prices-currencies-company-news.html
Japanese and Australian shares jump more than 1% as dollar recovers
Japanese and Australian shares jump more than 1% as dollar recovers VIDEO5:2605:26Asian markets open in the green Squawk Box Asia Asia markets gained on Tuesday morning as investors shrugged off the disappointment from the current U.S. administration's ability to push through legislation to repeal and replace the Obama...
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https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/27/bank-of-england-to-evaluate-risk-of-sterling-dropping-by-32-percent-to-hit-85-cents.html
Bank of England launches immediate review of consumer loans amid rapid rise in household indebtedness
Bank of England launches immediate review of consumer loans amid rapid rise in household indebtedness The Bank of England (BOE) will test the risks associated with sterling dropping by a further 32 percent from today's level to languish at a low of 85 cents by year-end. This scenario will form part of the stress tests ...
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https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/27/bathroom-bill-to-cost-north-carolina-376-billion.html
'Bathroom bill' to cost North Carolina $3.76 billion
'Bathroom bill' to cost North Carolina $3.76 billion Despite Republican assurances that North Carolina's "bathroom bill" isn't hurting the economy, the law limiting LGBT protections will cost the state more than $3.76 billion in lost business over a dozen years, according to an Associated Press analysis. Over the past ...
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https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/27/breaking-news-from-cnbcs-brian-sullivan-bill-gross-settles-pimco-lawsuit--sources.html
Breaking News from CNBC's Brian Sullivan: Bill Gross Settles PIMCO Lawsuit - Sources
Breaking News from CNBC's Brian Sullivan: Bill Gross Settles PIMCO Lawsuit - Sources WHEN: Today, Monday, March 27th WHERE: CNBC's "Fast Money Halftime Report" Following is the unofficial transcript of breaking news from CNBC's Brian Sullivan. Following is a link to the video on CNBC.com: http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/...
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https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/27/brexit-will-bring-four-types-of-market-distress-portfolio-manager.html
Brexit will bring four types of market distress: Portfolio manager
Brexit will bring four types of market distress: Portfolio manager VIDEO2:2602:26Brexit: What investors aren't seeing The U.K. is staring down the barrel of either a hard Brexit or a very hard Brexit and that's going to bring four types of market distress, Alberto Gallo, a portfolio manager and head of macro strategies...
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https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/27/bt-fined-record-42-mln-stg-for-business-line-installation-errors.html
BT fined record £42 million for business-line installation errors
BT fined record £42 million for business-line installation errors Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images Britain's BT has been fined a record 42 million pounds ($53 million) by the regulator for failing to install high-speed lines for businesses fast enough, in an error that is likely to cost the company around 300 mil...
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https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/27/buy-apple-because-new-iphone-will-spark-high-pent-up-replacement-demand-jpmorgan-says.html
Buy Apple because new iPhone will spark ‘high pent-up replacement' demand, JPMorgan says
Buy Apple because new iPhone will spark ‘high pent-up replacement' demand, JPMorgan says A man holds his new iPhone 7 at an Apple store in Beijing.Thomas Peter | Reuters Investors should buy Apple shares predicting the next iPhone's sales will significantly beat expectations, according to JPMorgan, which reiterated its...
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https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/27/cctv-script-070217.html
CCTV Script 07/02/17
CCTV Script 07/02/17 – This is the script of CNBC's news report for China's CCTV on February 7, Tuesday. Welcome to CNBC Business Daily, I'm Qian Chen. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said Monday it is still too early to start winding down the bank's QE program, brushing off fresh criticism of the bond pur...
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https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/27/cctv-script-080217.html
CCTV Script 08/02/17
CCTV Script 08/02/17 – This is the script of CNBC's news report for China's CCTV on February 8, Wednesday. Welcome to CNBC Business Daily, I'm Qian Chen. A new study finds people in foreign countries have cooled to the idea of flying to the United States since President Donald Trump took office. According to the airfar...
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https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/27/cctv-script-090217.html
CCTV Script 09/02/17
CCTV Script 09/02/17 – This is the script of CNBC's news report for China's CCTV on February 9, Thursday. Welcome to CNBC Business Daily, I'm Qian Chen. The man who built gold towers is now driving up the price of gold because of the uncertainty he brings to the White House. Gold climbed to the highest in almost three ...
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https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/27/cctv-script-100217.html
CCTV Script 10/02/17
CCTV Script 10/02/17 – This is the script of CNBC's news report for China's CCTV on February 10, Friday. Welcome to CNBC Business Daily. U.S. equities rallied on Thursday after President Donald Trump said he would give an announcement regarding taxes in the next few weeks. "Lowering the overall tax burden on American b...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/12/19/lee-rigby-uk-soldier-murder/4122893/
Jury finds two men guilty of U.K. soldier's murder
Jury finds two men guilty of U.K. soldier's murder LONDON (AP) — A jury on Thursday convicted two British men who considered themselves "soldiers of Allah" of murdering a serviceman who was run down with a car and stabbed to death in a frenzied attack on a London street. The jury of eight women and four men deliberated...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/12/19/putin-says-russia-isnt-controlling-snowden-left-him-to-decide-his-own-fate/4122301/
Putin to pardon jailed oil tycoon Khodorkovsky
Putin to pardon jailed oil tycoon Khodorkovsky MOSCOW (AP) — Jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky will be pardoned, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Thursday in a surprise decision that will let his top foe and Russia's formerly richest man out of prison after more than a decade. The move, along with an amn...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/12/19/uk-phone-hacking-prince-william-kate-middleton/4122941/
British court hears William and Kate phone messages
British court hears William and Kate phone messages LONDON — Intercepted voice-mail messages made by Prince William on the phone of his then-girlfriend — now wife — Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, have been read out to a British jury as part of a high-profile phone-hacking trial. According to reporters at the...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/12/19/vatican-st-peters-square-man-on-fire/4122419/
Man sets self on fire in St. Peter's Square
Man sets self on fire in St. Peter's Square VATICAN CITY (AP) — A man has doused himself with gasoline and set himself on fire in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City. The Vatican said Thursday the 51-year-old man was treated at a nearby hospital and transferred to a larger one, with serious burns to the upper part of hi...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/12/20/mexico-petroleum-oil-foreign/4152521/
Mexico opens up petroleum business to private and foreign companies
Mexico opens up petroleum business to private and foreign companies MEXICO CITY – Mexico enacted constitutional changes on Friday, opening up its state-run petroleum sector to private and foreign companies. In the process, the nation also overturned the long-held national myths surrounding public oil ownership, which h...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/12/21/nazi-art-usa-museums/3650229/
Critics say U.S. museums holding onto Nazi looted art
Critics say U.S. museums holding onto Nazi looted art BERLIN – At New York's Museum of Modern Art, two oil paintings by German expressionist George Grosz are viewed by millions every year visiting the Manhattan institution. The two works, as well as a watercolor in storage, were stolen from the artist who fled the Nazi...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/12/31/bangladesh-factory-fire/4264059/
Bangladesh factory owners face homicide charges
Bangladesh factory owners face homicide charges DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A Bangladesh court on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for two garment factory owners and four of their employees on homicide charges for the deaths of 112 workers in a fire that engulfed the factory in 2012. It's the first time Bangladesh has sough...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/01/02/toronto-mayor-rob-ford/4286929/
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford files to run again
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford files to run again TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has put his name on the ballot to run for another term, defying repeated calls for him to step down after admitting he smoked crack "in a drunken stupor." Ford was the first candidate to show up at City Hall when registration opened Thursda...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/01/05/iraq-fallujah-ramadi-al-qaeda/4328317/
Iraqi tribes taking lead in fight to evict al-Qaeda
Iraqi tribes taking lead in fight to evict al-Qaeda The Iraqi army is letting local police and tribes lead the fight against al-Qaeda in Fallujah and Ramadi, a strategy that reflects concerns that a large influx of government forces could provoke a backlash from the mainly Sunni cities. The tactic also runs the risk th...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/01/06/german-chancellor-merkel-skiing-accident-pelvis/4335921/
German leader Angela Merkel injured while skiing
German leader Angela Merkel injured while skiing German Chancellor Angela Merkel fractured her pelvis while on a skiing vacation in Switzerland, her spokesman told reporters in Berlin Monday. Steffen Seibert said that Merkel "suffered bruising in connection with a partial fracture on her left posterior pelvic ring," ad...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/01/15/benghazi-senate-report-clinton/4490727/
Democrats join GOP to blame State in Benghazi
Democrats join GOP to blame State in Benghazi Congressional Democrats for the first time joined the GOP to condemn the State Department for refusing security measures they say could have prevented the deaths of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in Benghazi. The report, worked on for months and released Wedn...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/01/15/davos-world-economic-forum-pre-event-presser/4487561/
Push 'reset' button on world, WEF founder says
Push 'reset' button on world, WEF founder says It's time to press the "reset" button on the world, the founder of the World Economic Forum said Wednesday, addressing media ahead of the WEF's much ballyhooed annual meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, that gets underway in a week's time. "The world is complex, it's f...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/01/17/pope-defrocked-priests/4592907/
Pope defrocked 400 priests in 2 years
Pope defrocked 400 priests in 2 years VATICAN CITY (AP) — A document obtained by The Associated Press on Friday shows Pope Benedict XVI defrocked nearly 400 priests over just two years for sexually molesting children. The statistics for 2011 and 2012 show a dramatic increase over the 171 priests removed in 2008 and 200...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/01/19/japan-taiji-cove-dolphin-hunt/4648159/
Japanese dolphin hunt spurs social media outrage
Japanese dolphin hunt spurs social media outrage The annual dolphin hunt at Taiji Cove in Japan continued Sunday, despite calls from conservationists for the practice to stop. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a Washington state-based non-profit marine wildlife conservation group, said on its Facebook page Sunday ...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/01/25/egypt-bomb-art-museum/4868969/
Egypt bombing damages Islamic art museum
Egypt bombing damages Islamic art museum CAIRO (AP) — Centuries-old glass and porcelain pieces were smashed to powder, a priceless wooden prayer niche was destroyed and manuscripts were soaked by water spewing from broken pipes when a car bombing wreaked havoc on Cairo's renowned Islamic Art Museum. Experts scrambled t...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/01/26/holocaust-historian-award/4913887/
Holocaust historian returning award to Hungary
Holocaust historian returning award to Hungary BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Holocaust survivor and historian Randolph L. Braham said Sunday he is returning a high state award to Hungary to protest what he says are government efforts to rewrite history and exonerate the country from its role in the Holocaust. Braham also as...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/01/31/russia-vodka-high-death-risk/5082805/?1
Vodka to blame for high death risk in Russian men
Vodka to blame for high death risk in Russian men LONDON (AP) — Russian men who down large amounts of vodka — and too many do — have an "extraordinarily" high risk of an early death, a new study says. Researchers tracked about 151,000 adult men in the Russian cities of Barnaul, Byisk and Tomsk from 1999 to 2010. They i...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/02/05/turkey-internet-censorship/5220339/
Turkey cracking down on Internet usage
Turkey cracking down on Internet usage ISTANBUL — Turkey's Parliament voted Wednesday to empower authorities to censor the Internet at will, a move intended to silence dissent in a way many warn would turn the clock back on the country's democracy. "One man can order a website to be closed, it's really anti-democratic,...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/02/05/un-vatican-sex-abuse-report/5220191/
U.N. report denounces Vatican on sex abuse
U.N. report denounces Vatican on sex abuse VATICAN CITY (AP) — A U.N. human rights committee denounced the Vatican on Wednesday for adopting policies that allowed priests to rape and molest tens of thousands of children over decades, and urged it to open its files on the pedophiles and the churchmen who concealed their...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/02/06/egypt-finance-minister-economy/5256379/
Egypt finance chief knocking down subsidies
Egypt finance chief knocking down subsidies CAIRO – In August, Egypt was in turmoil. The elected president, Mohammed Morsi, had been ousted by the military following days of anti-government protests by millions of Egyptians. Dozens were dead, activists were being swept into prison, and the generals promised to fix a no...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/02/12/osama-bin-laden-photo-corpse/5417135/
Admiral: 'Destroy' photos of Osama bin Laden's corpse
Admiral: 'Destroy' photos of Osama bin Laden's corpse Less than two weeks after the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden, a top Pentagon official ordered all photos of bin Laden's corpse be destroyed or turned over to the CIA, according to a newly released document. In an e-mail dated May 13, 2011, Adm. William McRave...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/02/15/afghan-helmand-coalition-leatherneck/5373981/
Afghan forces have proved surprisingly effective
Afghan forces have proved surprisingly effective CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — It was a tactic that surprised the Americans almost as much as the Taliban. Afghan soldiers in two single-file columns picked their way through a minefield, got behind Taliban positions and launched their attack. The panicked insurgents we...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/02/18/ukraine-opposition-protests-kiev/5575711/
Ukraine explodes in violence
Ukraine explodes in violence KIEV, Ukraine — The standoff between Ukrainians who want European-style democracy and a government that is aligned with Russia erupted Tuesday in an explosion of violence that left 25 dead and could reignite an East-West confrontation thought long buried. The U.S. State Department issued a ...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/02/19/finland-reindeer-reflective-paint/5622567/?sf23042346=1
Reindeer get glow-in-dark paint to prevent crashes
Reindeer get glow-in-dark paint to prevent crashes Hoping to prevent thousands of road accidents every year, Finnish herders are giving reindeer a glow-in-the-dark paint job. The herders' national group is testing two reflective sprays on the animals' antlers and fur to make them more visible as they wander the vast Ar...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/02/19/ukraine-government-thugs/5618341/
Thugs roaming Ukraine hired by government, some claim
Thugs roaming Ukraine hired by government, some claim KIEV, Ukraine — Vyacheslav Veremiy was on his way home from a shift at the Ukrainian daily newspaper Vesti in the early hours Wednesday when he was dragged from his taxi by a group of armed men and shot in the chest. The taxi driver and another passenger were severe...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/02/21/ukraine-president-opposition-protesters-sanctions-eu/5671131/
Ukraine deal not enough, protesters say
Ukraine deal not enough, protesters say KIEV, Ukraine — A deal Friday between the Ukrainian president and the opposition to hold early elections has calmed violence in the capital, but many protesters say it's not nearly enough. They say no deal can hold that does not take into account the acts of Ukrainian President V...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/02/24/ex-venezuelan-general-standoff/5772237/
Protesters back in streets in Venezuela
Protesters back in streets in Venezuela CARACAS, Venezuela — Socialist President Nicolas Maduro was trying Monday to gather support for an end to protests against his rule as demonstrations continued to show up in the streets and a governor from his own party lashed out a him for using excessive force. Residents awoke ...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/02/24/ukraine-five-things/5776305/
Five things about Ukraine today
Five things about Ukraine today The latest on the turbulent political situation in Ukraine: • Viktor Yanukovych has vanished after the Ukraine parliament voted to oust him as president, and the Interior Ministry issued an warrant Monday accusing him of mass murder in the killings of anti-government protesters last week...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/02/25/cartel-survives-guzman-capture/5800617/
Drug empire will survive without 'El Chapo'
Drug empire will survive without 'El Chapo' MEXICO CITY (AP) — The powerful Sinaloa cartel is expected to go right on selling billions of dollars of illegal drugs despite the takedown of its legendary leader, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who leaves in place a sophisticated distribution network and business plan. Guzman's...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/02/25/uganda-tabloid-prints-list-of-top-homosexuals/5806339/
Uganda tabloid prints list of 'top' gays
Uganda tabloid prints list of 'top' gays KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A Ugandan newspaper published a list Tuesday of what it called the country's "200 top" homosexuals, outing some Ugandans who previously had not identified themselves as gay one day after the president enacted a harsh anti-gay law. U.S. Secretary of State J...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/02/25/ukraine-coalition-government/5801487/
Ukraine: No new government before Thursday
Ukraine: No new government before Thursday KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday delayed the formation of a new government, reflecting political tensions and economic challenges following the ouster of the Russia-backed president. Parliament speaker Oleksandr Turchinov, who was named Ukraine's interi...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/02/27/cia-deputy-changed-benghazi-talking-points/5874723/
Sen. Graham: CIA deputy misled on Benghazi memo
Sen. Graham: CIA deputy misled on Benghazi memo An influential U.S. senator says the Obama administration's response to the Benghazi attack was so fraught with inaccuracies and misleading testimony in the weeks preceding the 2012 presidential election that it warrants a new and thorough investigation by a joint Senate ...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/03/01/ukraine-kiev-russia/5926445/
Protesters in Ukraine capital: 'Hands off, Russia'
Protesters in Ukraine capital: 'Hands off, Russia' KIEV, Ukraine — Protesters who spent months on Independence Square begging the West for help are again asking for assistance, a week after ousting the nation's president. "We need the international community to interfere and help resolve this issue peacefully," said Li...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/03/02/ukraine-crimea-russia-putin/5944117/
Russia testing the waters on Ukraine invasion
Russia testing the waters on Ukraine invasion MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin does not seem to have made a final decision on whether he will send armed troops to Ukraine's restive, Russian-speaking region of Crimea, political analysts said a day after Russia's Senate ruled in an emergency hearing to allow the...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/03/03/frozen-virus-permafrost/5902883/
30,000 years later, giant virus is going strong
30,000 years later, giant virus is going strong The frozen soil deep below the Siberian tundra has yielded an astonishing discovery: giant viruses that are still infectious though they've spent the last 30,000 years or so on ice. The newfound virus, although invisible to the naked eye, is the biggest on Earth -- larger...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/03/03/libya-relocates-parliament-after-attack/5968663/
Libya relocates parliament to hotel after attack
Libya relocates parliament to hotel after attack TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya's parliament moved into a five-star Tripoli hotel Monday, a day after rioters armed with knives and guns stormed the legislature building, torching furniture, killing a guard and wounding six lawmakers in the latest episode of turmoil in the c...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/03/05/national-peoples-congress-china/6059869/
China pledges to keep hold of 7.5% growth rate
China pledges to keep hold of 7.5% growth rate BEIJING (AP) — China's government pledged Wednesday to promote sustainable growth by opening state-dominated industries to private investment and making banks more market-oriented while keeping this year's economic expansion at a relatively robust 7.5%. In his first annual...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/03/11/israel-christians-military-service/5846019/
Israeli Christians seek more integration into country
Israeli Christians seek more integration into country HEBRON HILLS, West Bank – Preparing his jeep for the short drive into the West Bank city of Hebron, where tensions between Palestinians and Israeli settlers often flare, Nabeel Sabbagh looked like every other Israeli Border Policeman serving at this hilltop base. He...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/03/16/crimea-referendum-ukraine-russia/6484251/
Crimea votes to join Russia; Ukrainians prepare for war
Crimea votes to join Russia; Ukrainians prepare for war KIEV, Ukraine — Ukrainians in this nation's capital prepared themselves for war after results from the disputed referendum in the Crimea showed an overwhelming majority in favor of joining the Russian Federation. Crimea's election committee said that 97% of voters...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/03/18/crimea-ukraine-putin-russia/6564263/
Putin's move on Crimea bolsters popularity back home
Putin's move on Crimea bolsters popularity back home Russian President Vladimir Putin's annexation of Ukraine's breakaway republic of Crimea has stunned the international community, but support for his actions in Russia suggest there is certain logic to what he is doing that no amount of sanctions or threats of isolati...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/03/18/pope-benedict-francis-vatican/6556555/
Retired Pope Benedict critiqued Francis' interview
Retired Pope Benedict critiqued Francis' interview VATICAN CITY (AP) — The man who serves two popes has revealed that retired Pope Benedict XVI wrote four pages of critique and commentary on Pope Francis's landmark interview in which he blasted the church's obsession with "small-minded" rules. Monsignor Georg Gaenswein...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/03/24/missing-malaysia-jetliner/6814799/
No survivors: Malaysia Flight 370 'ended' in Indian Ocean
No survivors: Malaysia Flight 370 'ended' in Indian Ocean KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A new analysis of electronic data shows that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 with 239 people aboard "ended" in a remote area of the Indian Ocean, Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak said Monday. Though no wreckage has been found, Najib sa...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/03/27/new-york-nicaragua-fbi-most-wanted/6987943/
Suspect in N.Y. slayings arrested in Nicaragua
Suspect in N.Y. slayings arrested in Nicaragua MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaraguan police have arrested an alleged MS-13 gang member who recently was added to the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list as a suspect in the 2010 killings of his 19-year-old girlfriend and her toddler son in New York state. Police say Jua...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/03/28/malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370/6998023/
Plane spots objects in new Malaysia jet search area
Plane spots objects in new Malaysia jet search area KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The Australian Maritime Safety Authority says that a Royal New Zealand Air Force plane has spotted objects in the new search area for Flight MH370 that are closer to the Australian mainland but cautions that the sightings need to be confirmed ...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/03/31/korean-border-hostility-heats-up/7124067/?dlvrit=206567
North Korea sending message to U.S. with missile barrage
North Korea sending message to U.S. with missile barrage A barrage of artillery fire between North and South Korea across disputed maritime borders on Monday marked an annual show of force by North Korea intent on sending a message to the U.S. as it conducts military exercises nearby. North Korea's missile launches int...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/04/01/malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370/7148021/
Malaysia releases MH370 cockpit transcript
Malaysia releases MH370 cockpit transcript Malaysian officials released the transcript of the last communications from the cockpit of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. The release of the transcript, which shows that nothing unusual was said, came after authorities earlier released a statement saying the final wor...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/04/02/ebola-guinea/7214213/?utm_source=wnd&utm_medium=wnd&utm_campaign=syndicated
Ebola outbreak spreads panic in West Africa
Ebola outbreak spreads panic in West Africa DAKAR, Senegal — The rising death toll in West Africa's Ebola outbreak has sparked fear across the region with at least 80 already having died from the nearly always fatal virus. "Every day we're reading about it in the newspaper, hearing about it on the radio, and wondering ...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/04/02/panama-quake/7207921/
5.8 quake strikes off coast of Panama
5.8 quake strikes off coast of Panama A magnitude-5.8 earthquake struck Wednesday off the coast of Panama near the Costa Rican border, the U.S. Geological survey reports. The quake was centered in the Gulf of Chiriqui on the Pacific Ocean side of the country about 33 miles south of Pedregal, Panama, in the Chiriqui pro...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/04/04/kerry-peace-talks-not-open-ended/7292731/
Kerry: Peace talks not open-ended
Kerry: Peace talks not open-ended RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry says the U.S. will evaluate its role in the Mideast peace process after negative Israeli and Palestinian moves. Kerry says it's regrettable that in the last few days both sides have taken steps that are not helpful in promoting peace ...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/04/08/ming-dynasty-chicken-cup/7456759/
Ming Dynasty 'chicken cup' sells for record $36M
Ming Dynasty 'chicken cup' sells for record $36M HONG KONG (AP) — A Shanghai collector bought a rare Ming Dynasty cup that's touted as the "holy grail" of China's art world for $36 million at a Hong Kong auction on Tuesday, smashing the previous world record price for Chinese porcelain. Sotheby's said Liu Yiqian was th...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/04/09/mh370-search-continues/7496071/
Jet search zone narrowing
Jet search zone narrowing Search crews focused on a narrowed section of the Indian Ocean off Australia as they resumed the hunt for voice and data recorders and wreckage of the missing Malaysian jetliner. Fourteen airplanes and 13 ships were scouring a search zone Thursday that has been reduced in size after Australian...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/04/11/israel-palestinian-peace-talks/7588703/
Israeli-Palestinian peace talks had no chance, analysts say
Israeli-Palestinian peace talks had no chance, analysts say JERUSALEM — The Palestinian refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state is at the core of why a negotiated settlement between the two sides is all but dead, experts on both sides of the divide say. Public sentiment and the positions of political leaders of t...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/04/18/ferry-captain-left-third-mate-at-helm-korea-prosecutor/7855637/
S. Korea ferry captain, 2 others arrested
S. Korea ferry captain, 2 others arrested The captain of a South Korean ferry that sank off the southwest coast of South Korea this week with hundreds of high school students aboard was arrested early Saturday along with two crewmembers, the Yonhap news agency reports. The captain, 68-year-old Lee Joon-seok, was jailed...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/04/21/sherpas-everest-avalance-tragedy/7980931/
Sherpas are way of life for treacherous climbs
Sherpas are way of life for treacherous climbs Expeditions to mountain summits as treacherous as K2 and Mount Everest require more than experienced guides, equipment and good weather. They also rely on the durability of mountain-climbing Sherpas. Sherpas are the indigenous high-altitude guides that help haul equipment ...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/04/23/obama-in-japan/8041029/
Obama arrives in Japan, backs its island dispute
Obama arrives in Japan, backs its island dispute TOKYO — Trade talks, territorial disputes and disagreements over war history await President Obama here in a long-delayed effort to reset U.S. policy in Asia. Japan is Obama's first stop in a four-nation tour in which he hopes to convince Asian allies and adversaries tha...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/04/26/obama-arrives-in-malaysia-3rd-stop-on-asia-tour/8192893/
Ukraine crisis overshadows Obama's trip to Malaysia
Ukraine crisis overshadows Obama's trip to Malaysia President Obama heads into security and trade talks Sunday with Malaysia as he works to build closer ties with the southeast Asian nation and other U.S. allies in the region. But the president finds his four-nation Asian tour overshadowed by the deepening Ukraine cris...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/04/30/a-look-at-syrian-refugees-in-neighboring-countries/8506217/
A look at Syrian refugees in neighboring countries
A look at Syrian refugees in neighboring countries BEIRUT (AP) — The massive, chaotic influx of Syrians fleeing their country's civil war has stretched the resources of the neighboring countries taking them in and raised fears of violence spreading across the region. The U.N. estimates there are now nearly 2.7 million ...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/04/30/china-media-blast-shakes-xinjiang-train-station/8506121/
3 dead in train station attack in China, CCTV reports
3 dead in train station attack in China, CCTV reports BEIJING (AP) — An explosion rocked a railway station in China's restive far-western region of Xinjiang, and the state broadcaster said three people were killed and 79 people were injured. The attack Wednesday came as President Xi Jinping wrapped up a four-day visit ...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/04/30/newfoundland-canada-blue-whale/8520571/
Beached dead whale stinks up town in Newfoundland
Beached dead whale stinks up town in Newfoundland TROUT RIVER, Newfoundland (AP) — The 60-ton carcass of a blue whale is rotting on the shore on Canada's east coast, stinking up a town and triggering fears that it could burst. Provincial officials said Wednesday they're working with federal agencies to help small towns...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/04/30/newser-uk-celine-dion-noise/8514941/
Irksome? Guy banned from blasting Celine Dion
Irksome? Guy banned from blasting Celine Dion (NEWSER) – Worst neighbor ever? A U.K. man allegedly blasted Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" constantly, as well as similarly irksome songs including James Brown's "Sex Machine," Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild," Apache Indian's "Boom Shack-A-Lak," and the Toy Storytheme...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/05/05/greece-migrant-boats-sink/8712349/
Greece: 2 dead, 30 missing as migrant boats sink
Greece: 2 dead, 30 missing as migrant boats sink ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say at least two people have drowned and another 30 are missing after two boats crammed with immigrants trying to illegally enter the country sank in the eastern Aegean Sea. A coast guard said in a statement the vessels foundered o...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/05/07/vietnam-china-oil-rig/8797007/
Vietnam tries to stop China oil rig deployment
Vietnam tries to stop China oil rig deployment HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese naval vessels and Chinese ships collided Wednesday in the South China Sea as Hanoi sought to prevent Beijing from setting up an oil rig in an area claimed by both nations, a Vietnamese government official said. The official said no shots we...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/05/09/british-us-experts-arriving-to-help-in-nigeria/8890247/
British, U.S. experts join Nigeria search for girls
British, U.S. experts join Nigeria search for girls BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) — British security experts on Friday joined the Nigerian and American search for at least 276 girls being held by Islamic militants in northeastern Nigeria as an international effort began taking hold. The British team, which arrived in Lagos Frid...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/05/09/germany-hitler-detergent/8897153/
Detergent pulled in Germany over neo-Nazi code
Detergent pulled in Germany over neo-Nazi code BERLIN (AP) — Procter & Gamble has apologized for "any false connotations" after stirring anger in Germany for unintentionally placing a neo-Nazi code on promotional packages for its Ariel laundry detergent. Outraged shoppers had posted pictures online of Ariel powder boxe...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/05/09/russia-ukraine-victory-day/8886953/
Putin in Crimea as militants stand firm in Ukraine
Putin in Crimea as militants stand firm in Ukraine DONETSK, Ukraine - The masked men on the streets of this city held hostage by pro-Russian militants for weeks are not willing to speak to journalists. "We are here for our people" was all that one of the men would say. The militants in the country's east are preparing ...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/05/12/ukraine-succession-referendums/8988155/
Ukraine separatists ask Russia to annex 'sovereign' area
Ukraine separatists ask Russia to annex 'sovereign' area DONETSK, Ukraine — The self-styled Donetsk People's Republic declared eastern Ukraine a "sovereign state" Monday and called on Russia to annex the territory following controversial referendums, RT.com reports. The referendums Sunday in the Donetsk and Luhansk pro...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/05/13/ukraine-talks/9027195/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&dlvrit=384245
Six Ukraine soldiers killed amid move to peace talks
Six Ukraine soldiers killed amid move to peace talks Militants ambushed a convoy of Ukraine soldiers Tuesday, killing six soldiers as both sides had been moving toward possible peace talks in Kiev. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was in Ukraine to try to broker talks between the central government and p...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/05/21/palestinian-housing/9316673/
Not waiting for statehood, Palestinians build cities
Not waiting for statehood, Palestinians build cities RAWABI, West Bank — University professor Khansaa Diab faces the hassle of an Israeli military checkpoint twice a day once she moves in to her new apartment in Rawabi, the first Palestinian city to be built in decades. But on a recent visit to the development, she was...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/05/26/nigeria-girls-located-official-says/9606623/
Nigeria official: Girls located but can't be rescued
Nigeria official: Girls located but can't be rescued The Nigerian government knows where nearly 300 abducted schoolgirls are being held by Islamic extremists but is incapable of using force to rescue them, the country's defense chief said Monday. Air Marshal Alex Barde made the comment in remarks to demonstrators suppo...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/06/02/abbas-palestine-unity-government/9858537/
Abbas swears in Palestinian unity government
Abbas swears in Palestinian unity government A new Palestinian unity government was ushered in Monday in the form of a joint venture between rival factions Fatah and Hamas, but the coming-together leaves Hamas with its militia and radical ideology in place, analysts say. The agreement, announced in the West Bank capita...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/06/02/spain-king-juan-carlos-abdicates/9858223/
Game of thrones: Spain's Juan Carlos abdicates
Game of thrones: Spain's Juan Carlos abdicates MALAGA, Spain — Spanish King Juan Carlos always said that he would die wearing his crown but he unexpectedly stepped down Monday in favor of his son Crown Prince Felipe, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced in a nationwide television broadcast. The abdication 39 ...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/06/05/bergdahl-release-other-detainees/10014133/
Pentagon effort to free more hostages with Bergdahl nixed
Pentagon effort to free more hostages with Bergdahl nixed The deal to free Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in exchange for five Taliban detainees held by the U.S. military nixed a broader effort by the Department of Defense to include other U.S. citizens held by the Taliban and its allies, a top congressional aide said Thursday. Th...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/06/06/missing-plane-search-reward/10050933/
Flight 370 families start whistle-blower fund
Flight 370 families start whistle-blower fund BEIJING — Relatives of passengers on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 are launching a crowd-funding campaign to raise a $3 million reward for a whistle-blower to expose key information about the vanished jetliner, the partner of a missing passenger told USA TODAY. A $2 million ...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/06/06/obama-d-day-speech-omaha-beach-normandy/10055061/
Obama honors D-Day at 'democracy's beachhead'
Obama honors D-Day at 'democracy's beachhead' COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — Seventy years after more than 150,000 allies stormed the beaches at Normandy, President Obama on Friday honored the D-Day veterans who "gave so much for the survival of liberty at its moment of maximum peril" during World War II. America's claim...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/06/06/putin-foreigners-russia/10003575/
Anti-American sentiment growing in Russia
Anti-American sentiment growing in Russia MOSCOW — Anti-American sentiment here is growing as Russia responds to Western sanctions over Ukraine, and that is worrying expats and foreigners in this country. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a controversial law this week making it a criminal offense to fail to repor...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/06/10/israel-vote-president/10269575/
Reuven Rivlin chosen as Israeli president
Reuven Rivlin chosen as Israeli president JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's parliament has chosen Reuven Rivlin, a stalwart in the ruling Likud Party, as the country's next president. It chose Rivlin, a former parliament speaker and Cabinet minister, in a secret runoff ballot Tuesday, over longtime legislator Meir Sheetrit, by...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/06/12/iraq-questions-isil-al-qaeda-maliki/10391333/
Five key questions about Iraq
Five key questions about Iraq It's Washington's worst nightmare. Less than three years after the last American combat troops rolled out of Iraq, the country is plunging into chaos — again. Islamic radicals are on the march toward Baghdad, the capital, as the country edges closer to civil war. Iraq may yet restore order...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/06/15/brazil-us-snowden-diplomatic-relations/10392867/
Mending fences in Brazil after Snowden leaks
Mending fences in Brazil after Snowden leaks BRASÍLIA — Liliana Ayalde couldn't have picked a worse time to start her job as U.S. ambassador to Brazil. Ayalde, a career diplomat who spent most of her 30 years focused on Latin America, was excited about her first opportunity to serve in Brazil, the biggest country — bot...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/06/16/crisis-in-iraq-developing/10595385/
The crisis in Iraq: What you need to know
The crisis in Iraq: What you need to know Following a week of city seizures and strikes by an al-Qaeda splinter group, the situation in Iraq continues to escalate. With deaths in the hundreds and no foreseeable end to the violence caused by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), here are the answers to the im...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/06/17/argentina-economy/10654505/
What's wrong with Argentina's economy?
What's wrong with Argentina's economy? The Central Intelligence Agency's World Factbook says "Argentina benefits from rich natural resources, a highly literate population, an export-oriented agricultural sector, and a diversified industrial base." A hundred years ago, it says, it was one of the world's wealthiest count...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/06/17/benghazi-capture-interrogation-debate/10692635/
Capture of Benghazi suspect sparks interrogation debate
Capture of Benghazi suspect sparks interrogation debate The debate in Congress over how to treat terrorist suspects flared again Tuesday after the U.S. announced the capture of a key suspect in the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya. Some lawmakers said the suspect, Ahmed Abu Khatallah, should be interrogated by the gover...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/06/17/egypt-government-sworn-in/10654001/
Egypt's new government is sworn in by president
Egypt's new government is sworn in by president CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's newly elected President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has sworn in the country's new Cabinet. The ceremony took place on Tuesday morning in the capital, Cairo. State television aired live footage from the swearing-in inside the presidential palace. The govern...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/06/17/explosion-world-cut-nigeria/10711493/
Explosion rocks World Cup viewing venue in Nigeria
Explosion rocks World Cup viewing venue in Nigeria An explosion ripped through a viewing center on Tuesday for people watching World Cup Soccer in Damaturu in northern Nigeria, killing at least 14 people, according to the Associated Press. WItnesses said the blast happened after a suicide bomber steered a tricycle pack...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/06/17/iraqi-baghdad-militants-al-qaedi-iran/10656023/
Fierce clashes erupt near Baghdad
Fierce clashes erupt near Baghdad BAGHDAD — Islamic militants Tuesday attacked areas in central Baqouba, a city just 30 miles northeast of Iraq's capital Baghdad, but were pushed back by security forces and tribal fighters. In one incident, at least 44 Sunni prisoners died in an apparent foiled rescue attempt by Sunni ...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/06/18/iraq-militants/10725493/
Army, insurgents battle for Iraq's largest oil refinery
Army, insurgents battle for Iraq's largest oil refinery Iraq's army claimed Wednesday it had repelled an attack on the nation's largest oil refinery and killed 40 militants while the nation's prime minister provided an upbeat assessment on government gains in a nationally televised address to the war-weary nation. Chie...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/06/19/hong-kong-democracy-drive/10841333/
Cyberattacks disrupt Hong Kong democracy drive
Cyberattacks disrupt Hong Kong democracy drive BEIJING — Democracy activists in Hong Kong will hold an unofficial referendum starting Friday over the politically sensitive issue of who should get to choose the city's next leader in elections planned for 2017. But large-scale cyberattacks from mainland China this week b...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/06/23/egypt-street-art-freedom-of-expression/11255419/
For Egypt's graffiti artists, the writing is no longer on the wall
For Egypt's graffiti artists, the writing is no longer on the wall CAIRO — For Egyptian engineer Hassan Saber, 42, the vibrant street art that coats Cairo's walls has become a critical part of the landscape where he works in the heart of Egypt's capital city. But turning toward a stenciled wall on a recent afternoon, S...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/06/30/ukraines-president-faces-decision-on-cease-fire/11751477/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories
Ukraine resumes military operations against insurgents
Ukraine resumes military operations against insurgents Russian President Vladimir Putin met Tuesday with his security council as Ukrainian forces launched military operations against pro-Russian separatists in the eastern sections of the country. The Ukrainian offensive resumed "anti-terrorist operation" after new Ukra...