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Riots over Qur'an burning at U.S. base kill 7

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 5:43pm | By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

KABUL, Afghanistan — Clashes between Afghan troops and protesters angry over the burning of Muslim holy books at a U.S. military base left at least seven people dead and dozens wounded Wednesday as anger spread despite U.S. apologies over what...
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Colvin was a fearless, passionate journalist

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 5:00pm | By DANICA KIRKA The Associated Press

LONDON — She was instantly recognizable for the eye patch that hid a shrapnel injury — a testament to Marie Colvin’s courage, which took her behind the front lines of the world’s deadliest conflicts to write about the...
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Two Western journalists die in Syrian shelling

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 7:50am | By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

UPDATED 4:30 p.m. BEIRUT — Syrian gunners pounded an opposition stronghold Wednesday where the last dispatches from a veteran American war correspondent chronicled the suffering of civilians caught in the relentless shelling. An intense...
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Libyan chief says regime struggling for control

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 4:31am | By MAGGIE MICHAEL The Associated Press

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya’s leader acknowledged Tuesday that his transitional government is powerless to control militias that are refusing to lay down their arms after ousting Moammar Gadhafi as it struggles to impose control over the...
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Strauss-Kahn grilled by French police

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 4:31am | By GREG KELLER The Associated Press

PARIS — French police questioned former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn all day Tuesday in a probe into a suspected hotel prostitution ring. Strauss-Kahn, a one-time French presidential hopeful whose chances were...
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U.S. apologizes for burning of Qur’an

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 4:31am | By DEB RIECHMANN The Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. apologized Tuesday for the burning of Muslim holy books that had been pulled from the shelves of a detention centre library adjoining a major base in eastern Afghanistan because they contained extremist messages...
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Red Cross calls for ceasefire as dozens more killed in Homs

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 4:31am | By ZEINA KARAM The Associated Press

BEIRUT — Food and water are running dangerously low in the besieged Syrian city of Homs, with frantic cries for help from residents amid government shelling that pounded rebel strongholds and killed at least 30 people Tuesday, activists said...
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Ex-IMF chief Strauss-Kahn held in French prostitution probe

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 5:37pm | By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PARIS — French police questioned former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn all day Tuesday in a probe into a suspected hotel prostitution ring.
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Strauss Kahn questioned in French prostitution probe

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 8:43am | By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PARIS — Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is being questioned Tuesday by French police investigating a suspected hotel prostitution ring.
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Eurozone reaches deal on $170-billion Greek bailout

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 5:56am | By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BRUSSELS, Belgium — After more than 12 hours of talks, the countries that use the euro reached an agreement early Tuesday to hand Greece $170 billion in additional bailout loans to save it from a potentially disastrous default next month.
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UN nuclear inspectors arrive in Tehran

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 4:31am | By The Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran — UN nuclear inspectors starting a two-day visit to Tehran on Monday sought to meet Iranian nuclear scientists and visit a key military facility as they try to gauge allegations that Iran is pushing toward making an atomic weapon. The...
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Work begins in Egypt on 4,500-year-old boat

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 4:31am | By The Associated Press

CAIRO, Egypt — Archeologists on Monday began restoration on a 4,500-year-old wooden boat found next to the pyramids, one of Egypt’s main tourist attractions. The boat is one of two that were buried next to the Pharaoh Khufu, spokesmen for a joint...
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Red Cross seeks Syrian respite

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 4:31am | By BRIAN MURPHY and ZEINA KARAM The Associated Press

BEIRUT — Syrian tanks and troops massed Monday outside the resistance stronghold of Homs for a possible ground assault that one activist warned could unleash a new round of fierce and bloody urban combat even as the Red Cross tried to broker a...
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Spanish planes to reclaim trove

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 4:31am | By The Associated Press

MADRID, Spain (CP) — Spain said Monday it will send hulking military transport planes to Florida to retrieve 17 tons of treasure that U.S. undersea explorers found but ultimately lost in American courts, a find experts have speculated could be the...
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Red Cross seeks Syrian respite

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 4:31am | By BRIAN MURPHY and ZEINA KARAMThe Associated Press