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British queen leads 1,000-strong jubilee flotilla

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
LONDON (AP) -- The River Thames became a royal highway Sunday, as Queen Elizabeth II led a motley but majestic flotilla of more than 1,000 vessels in a waterborne pageant to mark her Diamond Jubilee....

British queen leads 1,000-strong jubilee flotilla

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
LONDON (AP) -- The River Thames became a royal highway Sunday, as Queen Elizabeth II led a motley but majestic flotilla of more than 1,000 vessels in a waterborne pageant to mark her Diamond Jubilee....

British queen leads 1,000-strong jubilee flotilla

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
LONDON (AP) -- The River Thames became a royal highway Sunday, as Queen Elizabeth II led a motley but majestic flotilla of more than 1,000 vessels in a waterborne pageant to mark her Diamond Jubilee....

British queen leads 1,000-strong jubilee flotilla

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
LONDON (AP) -- The River Thames became a royal highway Sunday, as Queen Elizabeth II led a motley but majestic flotilla of more than 1,000 vessels in a waterborne pageant to mark her Diamond Jubilee....

Olympic torch starts 5-day Northern Ireland tour

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) -- The Olympic torch began its five-day tour of Northern Ireland with plenty of excitement and no signs of trouble Sunday as the territory's Protestants and Catholics vowed to show the world how united the community has become after four decades of conflict....

Syrian leader likens bloody crackdown to surgery

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian President Bashar Assad defended his government's crackdown on opponents Sunday, saying a doctor performing messy emergency surgery does not have blood on his hands if he is trying to save a patient....

Syrian leader likens bloody crackdown to surgery

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian President Bashar Assad defended his government's crackdown on opponents Sunday, saying a doctor performing messy emergency surgery does not have blood on his hands if he is trying to save a patient....

Religious edict seen as aiding embattled Iraq PM

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
BAGHDAD (AP) -- An Iranian-based Shiite Muslim cleric on Sunday published a religious edict that could undermine efforts to unseat the Iraqi prime minister and also signaled Iran's growing influence over Iraq's politics....

Panetta sends message to China on Vietnam visit

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
CAM RANH BAY, Vietnam (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta used a visit Sunday to Vietnam to make clear Washington's intent to aid allies in the Asia-Pacific region develop and enforce maritime rights in the South China Sea, which Beijing largely claims....

Panetta sends message to China on Vietnam visit

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
CAM RANH BAY, Vietnam (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta used a visit Sunday to Vietnam to make clear Washington's intent to aid allies in the Asia-Pacific region develop and enforce maritime rights in the South China Sea, which Beijing largely claims....

Passenger plane crashes in Nigeria's largest city

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- A passenger plane crashed into a two-story building in Nigeria's largest city of Lagos on Sunday, officials said....

Passenger plane crashes in Nigeria's largest city

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- A passenger plane crashed into a two-story building in Nigeria's largest city of Lagos on Sunday, officials said....

Pope celebrates open-air Mass for 1 million

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
MILAN (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI celebrated an open-air Mass for 1 million cheering faithful Sunday, capping a weekend visit to Milan viewed as a respite from a Vatican scandal, but fresh leaks of Holy See documents have only fueled the intrigue....

Pope celebrates open-air Mass for 1 million

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
MILAN (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI celebrated an open-air Mass for 1 million cheering faithful Sunday, capping a weekend visit to Milan viewed as a respite from a Vatican scandal, but fresh leaks of Holy See documents have only fueled the intrigue....

Boats take to Thames for queen's jubilee flotilla

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
LONDON (AP) -- On a luxury barge festooned with flowers, Queen Elizabeth II sailed down the River Thames on Sunday amid a motley but majestic flotilla of 1,000 vessels, mustered to mark her 60 years on the British throne....
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