| France to send 1,000 troops to C. African Republic Posted: 26 Nov 2013 01:05 PM PST  DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — France promised Tuesday to send 1,000 troops to Central African Republic amid warnings about the potential for genocide in the near-anarchic former French colony.
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| First goodwill test: U.S. asks Iran's help to find man missing 6 years Posted: 26 Nov 2013 12:31 PM PST  In an apparent effort to test Iranian goodwill following a landmark nuclear deal, the United States on Tuesday asked Iran for help in finding an American private investigator who has been missing there for more than six years. The White House called for Iran's cooperation in locating retired Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Robert Levinson, who disappeared during a business trip to an Iranian island in the Persian Gulf in March 2007. "We welcome the assistance of our international partners in this investigation, and we respectfully ask the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to assist us in securing Mr. Levinson's health, welfare, and safe return," the White House said in a statement on Tuesday.
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| US bombers fly over China air defense zone Posted: 26 Nov 2013 11:58 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. B-52 bombers flew over disputed islands in the East China Sea during a training mission Tuesday, defying new territorial claims laid out by Beijing over the weekend, according to several U.S. officials.
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| China air defense zone points to the long game Posted: 26 Nov 2013 11:06 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say two U.S. B-52 bombers flew over disputed islands in the East China Sea during a training mission Tuesday, defying China's new territorial claims. |
| Warrant: Zimmerman Had 5 Guns, Ammo When Arrested Posted: 26 Nov 2013 10:49 AM PST  Warrant shows Zimmerman had 5 guns, 100-plus rounds of ammo when arrested in domestic case
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| AP PHOTOS: Wary Afghans register to vote Posted: 26 Nov 2013 10:32 AM PST  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — There is a lot riding on Afghanistan's 2014 presidential elections, which will determine who steers the country through the persistent insurgency as international troops leave. But potential voters lining up to register have other concerns as well: They deeply distrust the candidates and worried their next president could be a warlord.
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| Key West to Cuba flights struggle to take off Posted: 26 Nov 2013 09:39 AM PST  KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — More than two years after Key West gained approval to begin operating flights to Cuba, not a single plane has taken off for the island from this outpost in southernmost Florida.
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| Supreme Court will hear health law dispute Posted: 26 Nov 2013 09:21 AM PST  At issue: Whether businesses can use religious grounds to deny birth control coverage.
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| Obama heckler has history of civil disobedience Posted: 26 Nov 2013 08:41 AM PST  A heckler who interrupted President Barack Obama's speech on immigration in San Francisco says he spoke out because his family has been torn apart by U.S. immigration policy — and the administration has done nothing to help them.
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| Heard this before? Ford recalls 2013 Escapes, again Posted: 26 Nov 2013 08:21 AM PST  Ford Motor Co's bad safety streak with its 2013 Escape continued on Tuesday as the automaker issued two more recalls for the second most popular sport utility vehicle in the U.S. market. There have now been seven recalls of the 2013 model of the Escape, a key SUV for Ford, the No. 2 U.S. automaker. The recalls affected 161,334 Escape SUVs globally, mostly in the United States, and addressed potential leaks that could cause a fire. Escape sales in the United States were up 14 percent through October this year to 250,543 vehicles, making it the second-best selling Ford product behind the F-Series pickup trucks, and No. 2 to Honda Motor Co's CR-V in the SUV segment.
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| $&@# snowman scares the sugar plums out of shoppers Posted: 26 Nov 2013 07:41 AM PST  It's become something of a holiday tradition: A man, dressed as a snowman, stands motionless until unsuspecting shoppers approach, then suddenly scares the sugarplums out of them.
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| Apartment construction drives housing uptick Posted: 26 Nov 2013 07:23 AM PST  Developers get approval to build apartments at the fastest pace in five years.
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| Storm threatens holiday travel in east Posted: 26 Nov 2013 06:23 AM PST  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Snow and ice are forecast for the northeast of the country as a deadly storm that started on the West Coast last week gathers steam Tuesday and powers toward the East in time for Thanksgiving.
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| U.S. may pull out all troops as Afghan leader holds up deal Posted: 26 Nov 2013 06:04 AM PST  By Jessica Donati and Mark Felsenthal KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has refused to sign a security deal with the United States, the White House said, opening up the prospect of a complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from the strife-torn nation next year. Karzai told U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice in Kabul on Monday that the United States must put an immediate end to military raids on Afghan homes and demonstrate its commitment to peace talks before he would sign a bilateral security pact, Karzai's spokesman said. The White House said Karzai had outlined new conditions in the meeting with Rice and "indicated he is not prepared to sign the promptly". "Without a prompt signature, the U.S. would have no choice but to initiate planning for a post-2014 future in which there would be no U.S. or NATO troop presence in Afghanistan," a White House statement quoted Rice as saying.
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| WTO chief says no chance of global trade deal Posted: 26 Nov 2013 05:10 AM PST GENEVA (AP) — The director-general of the World Trade Organization says negotiators have failed to craft the first global trade deal in more than a decade, which could have given the world economy a $1 trillion boost. |
| France sends 1,000 troops to Central African Rep. Posted: 26 Nov 2013 04:33 AM PST PARIS (AP) — France will send 1,000 troops to Central African Republic under an expected U.N.-backed mission to keep growing chaos at bay, the defense minister said Tuesday — boosting the French military presence in Africa for the second time this year. |
| Iran ready to join Syria peace talks if invited Posted: 26 Nov 2013 03:40 AM PST  Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that Tehran was prepared to take part in the Syria peace talks in Geneva, slated for January 22, if invited. "Participation of Iran in Geneva 2 is in our view an important contribution to the resolution of the problem. We have said all along that if Iran is invited, we will participate without any preconditions," Zarif told Iran's Press TV. Iran is the main backer, along with Russia, of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a conflict that has lasted more than two years, killed more than 100,000 people and uprooted millions more.
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| Prosecutors: Conn. gunman's motive still unknown Posted: 26 Nov 2013 03:08 AM PST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A yearlong investigation into the Newtown school shooting has provided disturbing insights into the gunman who killed his mother and then massacred 26 other people, but it still has not provided a motive. |
| New charges in Steubenville case aimed at holding adults accountable Posted: 26 Nov 2013 02:33 AM PST  Superintendent Michael McVey, 50, faces the most serious allegations, including felony obstruction and tampering with evidence charges.
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| France sending 1K troops to Central African Rep. Posted: 26 Nov 2013 01:24 AM PST PARIS (AP) — France will send 1,000 troops to Central African Republic to keep growing chaos at bay, the defense minister said Tuesday, announcing his country's second military foray into a troubled former colony this year. |
| Storm to threaten holiday travel, moving east Posted: 26 Nov 2013 01:06 AM PST LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A winter storm that hit parts of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas was expected to be worse, but with temperatures creeping above freezing the outcome was less dramatic than forecasters had feared. |
| Marathon Iran nuke talks, asterisk and 'Danny Boy' Posted: 26 Nov 2013 12:34 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Way past midnight at an upscale Swiss hotel, negotiations hit the nitty-gritty on a breakthrough deal about Iran's nuclear program. There was a flurry of calls with the White House, pizza and talk about a tiny, but critical, asterisk in what became the final agreement.
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| US, Russia throw weight behind Syria peace talks Posted: 26 Nov 2013 12:08 AM PST  The United States and Russia threw their full weight behind long-delayed Syria peace talks that the UN said finally would be held January 22, though it was not yet clear whether key sponsors of the warring sides would attend. "We haven't established a list yet," UN and Arab League mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said. That left open the participation of Saudi Arabia, seen as a major sponsor the majority Sunni Muslim rebels, and Iran, which steadfastly back the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which is dominated by Alawites derived from Islam's Shiite current. "These two countries will certainly be among the possible participants," Brahimi said after closed-door talks in Geneva with US and Russian officials.
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| Bosnians panic as sinkhole swallows village pond Posted: 25 Nov 2013 11:47 PM PST  SANICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Just outside the rustic village, children fished in a tranquil pond bobbing with green algae and lined with willow trees, as cattle grazed nearby.
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| Ohio AG: new rape-case charges can help community Posted: 25 Nov 2013 11:32 PM PST STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Long-anticipated charges against adults implicated in the aftermath of a 16-year-old girl's rape offer the community a chance to begin putting the case behind it, according to Ohio's attorney general. |
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