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Violence flares on 4th day of Turkish protests

Jun 3, 2013 – 5:15 AM
ISTANBUL (AP) Violence has flared in Istanbul between a group of demonstrators and police on the fourth day of protests set off by a brutal police crackdown of a peaceful environmental protest. The private Dogan news agency said police fired tear gas at the group in an area close to Prime Minister...
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Fire kills 61 at poultry plant in northeast China

12:28 AM
BEIJING (AP) A large fire broke out at a poultry farm and processing plant in northeastern China early Monday, trapping workers inside large concrete buildings and killing at least 61 people, reports and officials said. The fire in Jilin province's Mishazi township appeared to have been sparked...
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More than 1,000 killed in Iraq violence in May

Jun 1, 2013 – 8:34 PM
By Patrick Markey BAGHDAD (Reuters) - More than 1,000 people were killed in violence in Iraq in May, making it the deadliest month since the sectarian slaughter of 2006-07, the United Nations said on Saturday, as fears mounted of a return to civil war. Nearly 2,000 people have been killed in...
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China's Internet abuzz about presidential taxi ride that wasn't

Apr 19, 2013 – 7:15 AM
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Internet was abuzz on Thursday over a report that President Xi Jinping, who is striving to portray himself as a humble man, had hailed a cab in Beijing last month. The report was later dismissed by state media as being false. Many Chinese news portals, which had carried...
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French scientist bemused by buzz over bra research

Apr 13, 2013 – 7:02 AM
By Tara Oakes PARIS (Reuters) - A little-known French sports doctor who spent 16 years studying the busts of about 300 women sent a scare through a country known for its love of lingerie this week when he suggested bras were useless. Jean-Denis Rouillon, 62, was thrust into the limelight after...
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Finland apologizes for "incorrect" Putin blacklisting

Apr 10, 2013 – 10:01 AM
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland apologized to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday after its police accidentally put him on a blacklist of people with connections to criminal activity. Seeking to avoid a diplomatic spat with its historically dominant neighbor, Finland quickly removed Putin's...
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Germany: Thieves swipe 5 tons of chocolate spread

Apr 8, 2013 – 6:31 PM
BERLIN (AP) These thieves might really have sticky fingers. Police said Monday an unknown number of culprits made off with 5 metric tons (5.5 tons) of Nutella chocolate-hazelnut spread from a parked trailer in the central German town of Bad Hersfeld over the weekend. The gooey loot is worth an...
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Matisse in Norwegian museum was once Nazi loot

Apr 6, 2013 – 8:01 AM
OSLO, Norway (AP) The family of a prominent Parisian art dealer is demanding that a Norwegian museum return an Henri Matisse painting seized by Nazis under the direction of Hermann Goering, in the latest dispute over art stolen from Jews during World War II. The painting at the center of the dispute,...
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Rooftop beehives create buzz above French parliament

Apr 5, 2013 – 8:01 AM
By Tara Oakes PARIS (Reuters) - The roof of France's National Assembly is ready to buzz with activity after the arrival of three large bee hives this week as part of a project to promote pesticide-free honey. The bees are expected to be moved in once the weather warms up, should produce up to...
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Spain raises minimum age for marriage and sex

7:31 AM
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain has raised the minimum age for marriage to 16 from what had been one of the lowest in the world at 14 as part of a wider reform to improve health and safety for children and adolescents. The reform, announced by Spanish Health Minister Ana Mato on Friday, also raises the...
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Vietnam farmer jailed for military-style defense of land

6:31 AM
HANOI (Reuters) - A fish farmer who became a cult hero in Vietnam after fighting off an illegal eviction with homemade guns and mines was jailed on Friday for five years for attempted murder in a case that has stirred public anger over state-backed land grabs. Doan Van Vuon, plus two of his brothers...
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Australia puts $22.6M into '20,000 Leagues' remake

Apr 2, 2013 – 7:31 AM
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) Australia is paying its biggest Hollywood inducement ever to bring "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" Down Under. The Walt Disney Studios will film a new version of the science fiction classic in Australia, which will pay the studio 21.6 million Australia dollars ($22.6 million)...
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North Korean leader Kim sings military's praises, oungum-style

Mar 25, 2013 – 12:30 AM
SEOUL (Reuters) - Forget "Hail to the Chief". In North Korea, the army sing their leader's praises with a chorus of "We Will Defend General Kim Jong-un at the Cost of Our Lives", or the catchy accordion and tap-dance tune, "The Naval Port in the Evening". Kim, the third of his line to rule North...
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Swiss court jails "healer" for infecting 16 with HIV

Mar 22, 2013 – 1:00 PM
ZURICH (Reuters) - A self-styled healer was sentenced to 12 years and nine months in jail on Friday after a Swiss court found the acupuncturist guilty of infecting 16 people with HIV. A Berne court found the man guilty of causing bodily harm and spreading the virus which can cause Aids, court...
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China's glamorous new first lady an instant internet hit

8:00 AM
By Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - With a smile on her face, dressed in a simple black peacoat and carrying an elegant unbranded bag, China's new first lady, Peng Liyuan, stepped into the international limelight on Friday and became an instant internet sensation back home. Stepping off the...
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American gets back art taken by Nazis during WWII

Mar 19, 2013 – 10:01 AM
PARIS (AP) The last time Tom Selldorff saw his grandfather's prized art collection he was six in 1930s Vienna, before it fell into Nazi hands. Now, he's 84 years old and in a restitution ceremony in Paris on Tuesday, Selldorff has finally been given back a piece of his late grandfather's memory:...
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Japanese architect Toyo Ito wins Pritzker Prize

Mar 18, 2013 – 2:31 AM
LOS ANGELES (AP) Japanese architect Toyo Ito, whose buildings have been praised for their fluid beauty and balance between the physical and virtual world, has won the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the prize's jury announced Sunday. The 71-year-old architect joins such masters as Frank Gehry,...
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At Mass in Vatican parish, Pope Francis says don't condemn others

Mar 17, 2013 – 5:01 AM
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis took on the role of a simple parish priest on Sunday, saying Mass for the Vatican's resident community and urging listeners to not to be so quick to condemn others for their failings. Francis, the former Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, said Mass...
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Did Venezuela's Chavez nudge Christ to pick South American pope?

Mar 13, 2013 – 5:00 PM
By Ana Isabel Martinez CARACAS (Reuters) - Late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez's influence may have stretched into the afterlife and had a hand in Christ's decision to opt for a Latin American Pope, acting President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday. "We know that our commander ascended to the...
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China's heavy-handed censors will now have to endure Ai Weiwei's heavy metal

Mar 11, 2013 – 5:00 PM
By Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING (Reuters) - Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei announced plans on Monday to release a heavy-metal album that he said would "express his opinion" just as he does with his art. The burly and bearded Ai said 81 days in secretive detention in 2011, which sparked an international...
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