| Med series producer directly sees impact of work Posted: 23 Jun 2014 01:13 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Two of the nurses who treated ABC News producer Terence Wrong when he was hospitalized for a minor ailment recently told him they traced their interest in medicine directly to his work.
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| Outcry after Egypt sentences 3 reporters to prison Posted: 23 Jun 2014 01:13 PM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court on Monday convicted three Al-Jazeera journalists and sentenced them to seven years in prison on terrorism-related charges after a trial dismissed by rights groups as a politically motivated sham. The verdict brought a landslide of international condemnation and calls for the newly elected president to intervene.
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| Obama says US should offer paid maternity leave Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:24 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Monday that the United States should join the rest of the industrialized world and offer paid leave for mothers of newborns.
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| Rebels agree to abide by cease-fire in Ukraine Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:24 PM PDT  DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Insurgents in eastern Ukraine promised Monday to honor a cease-fire declared by the Ukrainian president and engage in more talks to help resolve the conflict that has left hundreds dead in eastern Ukraine.
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| US justified drone killings by citing al-Qaida law Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:24 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The Obama administration justified using drones to kill Americans suspected of terrorism overseas by citing the war against al-Qaida and by saying a surprise attack against an American in a foreign land would not violate the laws of war, according to a previously secret government memorandum released Monday.
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| Justices rap EPA, but uphold global warming rules Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:24 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court largely left intact Monday the Obama administration's only existing program to limit power plant and factory emissions of the gases blamed for global warming. But a divided court also rebuked environmental regulators for taking too much authority into their own hands without congressional approval.
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| Memo justifying drone killings made public Posted: 23 Jun 2014 10:03 AM PDT  Secret document made legal case for using drones to kill American terror suspects overseas.
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| Syria: 4 killed, 9 wounded in Israeli airstrikes Posted: 23 Jun 2014 09:28 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian government says a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting troops killed four people and wounded nine others in its first comment on the incident.
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| BRAZIL BEAT: For Chile, Dutch fans, fearing Brazil Posted: 23 Jun 2014 09:28 AM PDT  SAO PAULO (AP) — Fans sporting Chile's red and the Netherlands' orange streamed into Itaquerao Stadium on Monday. But it was another color they had on their minds: yellow.
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| At least seven killed in blast at Nigerian state college Posted: 23 Jun 2014 09:28 AM PDT  An explosion tore through a state college in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Monday, killing at least seven people, a security source said. The blast in the north's biggest city hit the Kano State School of Hygiene, the source said. It was not immediately clear if Islamist militants were behind the blast. Bombings and attacks by armed insurgents now happen almost daily in Nigeria's north, where militant group Boko Haram is trying to carve out an Islamist state.
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| Syria hands over last of declared chemical weapons Posted: 23 Jun 2014 06:11 AM PDT AMSTERDAM (AP) — The organization charged with overseeing the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons program says the last of the country's acknowledged stockpile has been handed over. |
| Syria hands over remaining chemical weapons, sources say Posted: 23 Jun 2014 06:04 AM PDT  Syria has handed over the remaining 100 tonnes of toxic material it declared to the global chemical weapons watchdog, clearing the way for destruction of the stockpile at sea, sources told Reuters on Monday. The chemicals, roughly 8 percent of a total 1,300 tonnes reported to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), had been held at a storage site which the government of President Bashar al-Assad previously said was inaccessible due to fighting with rebels.
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| Mormon woman awaits decision on excommunication Posted: 23 Jun 2014 06:04 AM PDT  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The founder of a prominent Mormon women's group could find out Monday if she will be excommunicated from her church.
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| Activists: Israeli air raids kill 10 Syrian troops Posted: 23 Jun 2014 04:52 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli air raids on several Syrian military facilities overnight killed at least 10 troops and destroyed an army command center, an activist group said Monday. |
| Kerry presses Maliki as Iraq loses control of Jordanian border Posted: 23 Jun 2014 03:52 AM PDT  By Lesley Wroughton and Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Iraq's prime minister in Baghdad on Monday to push for a more inclusive government, even as Baghdad's forces abandoned the border with Jordan, leaving the entire Western frontier outside government control. Sunni tribes took the Turaibil border crossing, the only legal crossing point between Iraq and Jordan, after Iraqi security forces fled, Iraqi and Jordanian security sources said. The tribes were negotiating handing the post over to insurgents from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant who took control of two main crossings with Syria over the weekend. Jordanian army sources said Jordan's troops had been put in a state of alert in recent days along the 181-km (112-mile) border with Iraq, redeploying in some areas as part of steps to ward off "any potential or perceived security threats".
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| Polish FM: organized crime group behind tape leak Posted: 23 Jun 2014 03:06 AM PDT  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's foreign minister Radek Sikorski says an organized crime group is behind the leaked secret recordings of private conversations of him and other officials that have plunged the government into a crisis.
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| AP PHOTOS: US fans see 'cruel' side of soccer Posted: 23 Jun 2014 03:06 AM PDT  A one-goal lead is never safe, and U.S. fans who counted their chickens too early in the World Cup match got a bitter dose of dissatisfaction as Portugal scored in the final seconds, resulting in a 2-2 draw.
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| Egypt sentences 3 Al-Jazeera reporters to 7 years Posted: 23 Jun 2014 02:24 AM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court has convicted three journalists for Al-Jazeera English and sentenced them to seven years in prison each on terrorism-related charges.
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| South Korea captures soldier accused of killing 5 Posted: 22 Jun 2014 11:54 PM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean soldier who fled after allegedly killing five colleagues was captured Monday following an unsuccessful suicide attempt, the Defense Ministry said.
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| Malaysia's top court: 'Allah' for Muslims only Posted: 22 Jun 2014 11:22 PM PDT  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's top court on Monday upheld a government ban forbidding non-Muslims from using "Allah" to refer to God, rejecting an appeal by the Roman Catholic Church that argued that the ban failed to consider the rights of minorities in the mostly Muslim nation.
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| Ni hao, y'all: US hinterlands woo Chinese firms Posted: 22 Jun 2014 10:01 PM PDT PINE HILL, Ala. (AP) — Burdened with Alabama's highest unemployment rate, long abandoned by textile mills and furniture plants, Wilcox County desperately needs jobs. |
| Cuba's Buena Vista Social Club on 'Adios Tour' Posted: 22 Jun 2014 09:45 PM PDT  HAVANA (AP) — They were forgotten masters of a long-ago sound, their faces deeply lined and their hands spotted with age.
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| Ronaldo helps Portugal earn 2-2 draw against US Posted: 22 Jun 2014 09:45 PM PDT  MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — With Cristiano Ronaldo on the field, a one-goal lead is never safe.
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| US draws, Belgium advances, Algeria wins Posted: 22 Jun 2014 07:24 PM PDT  The goals kept coming at the World Cup Sunday and — unfortunately for the U.S. — the scoring didn't stop until the last 30 seconds of its 2-2 draw with Portugal. Both teams stayed alive, while Belgium advanced and Algeria won its first World Cup game in 32 years.
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| Scenarios in Group G of the World Cup Posted: 22 Jun 2014 07:09 PM PDT  The United States and Germany both have four points and are atop Group G over Ghana and Portugal who have one point each. In the group stage of the World Cup, wins are worth three points, and draws are worth one point. All four teams have one game remaining.
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