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Palestinian footballer to end strike, go free

AP - World News - Tue, 2024-11-26 23:25
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- A member of the Palestinian national soccer team, imprisoned by Israel for nearly three years, agreed Monday to end a hunger strike of more than three months in exchange for his release July 10, his lawyer said....

Rodney King beating helped drive video revolution

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2024-11-26 23:25
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The video was shocking when played for the first time: A shadowy, jumpy clip of police officers slamming their batons against a fallen man....
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Obama pick for Iraq envoy withdraws nomination

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2024-11-26 23:25
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration's pick to be the next ambassador to Iraq withdrew from consideration Monday as Senate Republicans suggested his confirmation was endangered because of his behavior and judgment while working at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad in 2008....
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Obama taps Kerry as Romney stand-in for debates

AP - Politics - Tue, 2024-11-26 23:25
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Starring in the role of Mitt Romney? John Kerry....

Obama taps Kerry as Romney stand-in for debates

AP - Politics - Tue, 2024-11-26 23:25
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Starring in the role of Mitt Romney? John Kerry....

Obama taps Kerry as Romney stand-in for debates

AP - Politics - Tue, 2024-11-26 23:25
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Starring in the role of Mitt Romney? John Kerry....

Obama taps Kerry as Romney stand-in for debates

AP - Politics - Tue, 2024-11-26 23:25
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Starring in the role of Mitt Romney? John Kerry....

Saudi Arabia names defense minister crown prince

AP - World News - Tue, 2024-11-26 23:25
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Saudi Arabia kept power within the surviving, aging sons of the kingdom's founding patriarch Monday by naming Defense Minister Prince Salman bin Abdul-Aziz as the new heir to the throne in a country both battling and embracing the upheavals across the Middle East....

Saudi Arabia names defense minister crown prince

AP - World News - Tue, 2024-11-26 23:25
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Saudi Arabia kept power within the surviving, aging sons of the kingdom's founding patriarch Monday by naming Defense Minister Prince Salman bin Abdul-Aziz as the new heir to the throne in a country both battling and embracing the upheavals across the Middle East....

Saudi Arabia names defense minister crown prince

AP - World News - Tue, 2024-11-26 23:25
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Saudi Arabia kept power within the surviving, aging sons of the kingdom's founding patriarch Monday by naming Defense Minister Prince Salman bin Abdul-Aziz as the new heir to the throne in a country both battling and embracing the upheavals across the Middle East....

Saudi Arabia names defense minister crown prince

AP - World News - Tue, 2024-11-26 23:25
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Saudi Arabia kept power within the surviving, aging sons of the kingdom's founding patriarch Monday by naming Defense Minister Prince Salman bin Abdul-Aziz as the new heir to the throne in a country both battling and embracing the upheavals across the Middle East....

Croatia 0-1 Spain

BBC - News - Tue, 2024-11-26 23:25
Jesus Navas scores a dramatic late winner as Spain produce a nervy performance to qualify for the quarter-finals of Euro 2012.
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Egyptian military moves to retain power after vote

AP - World News - Tue, 2024-11-26 23:25
CAIRO (AP) -- Islamist candidate Mohammed Morsi claimed a hollow victory Monday in Egypt's presidential vote just hours after the country's military rulers stripped the office of its most important powers....

Republicans want food stamps cut in big farm bill

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2024-11-26 23:25
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The 1,000-page "farm bill" being debated in the Senate is somewhat of a misnomer. Four of every five dollars in it - roughly $80 billion a year - goes for grocery bills for one of every seven Americans through food stamps....
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AP sources: Administration mulls pared health law

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2024-11-26 23:25
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Covering all the bases ahead of a momentous Supreme Court ruling, the Obama administration plans to move ahead with major parts of the president's health care law if its most controversial provision does not survive, according to veteran Democrats closely involved with the legislation....
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West avoiding action in Syria, blaming Russia

AP - World News - Tue, 2024-11-26 23:25
BEIRUT (AP) -- The U.S. has spent months disparaging Russia for blocking strong U.N. action against Syria and standing by President Bashar Assad as his forces lay waste to rebellious cities....

West avoiding action in Syria, blaming Russia

AP - World News - Tue, 2024-11-26 23:25
BEIRUT (AP) -- The U.S. has spent months disparaging Russia for blocking strong U.N. action against Syria and standing by President Bashar Assad as his forces lay waste to rebellious cities....

West avoiding action in Syria, blaming Russia

AP - World News - Tue, 2024-11-26 23:25
BEIRUT (AP) -- The U.S. has spent months disparaging Russia for blocking strong U.N. action against Syria and standing by President Bashar Assad as his forces lay waste to rebellious cities....
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