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Raw Video: 7 Killed in Japan Bus Crash
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posted Apr 30 2012 6:50AM
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A bus carrying dozens of vacationers to Tokyo Disneyland crashed on a highway north of Tokyo, killing seven people and injuring many others, including 13 seriously. Police are investigating the cause.
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Apartment Blocks May Host Missiles for Olympics
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posted Apr 30 2012 6:48AM
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Surface-to-air missiles could be stationed on the rooftops of an apartment block in east London as part of Britain's air defenses for the Olympics, the country's military confirmed Sunday.
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Bomb Attack in Afghanistan Kills American Service Members
by Associated Press
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posted Apr 26 2012 4:15PM
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Officials say three American service members have been killed in a bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan.
The NATO military coalition said in a statement that three international service members were killed in the blast Thursday. The alliance did not provide further details.
A U.S. official said that all three were Americans. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the information had not yet been publicly released.
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North Korea Brags of 'Powerful Weapons'
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posted Apr 25 2012 8:53AM
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<VIDEO> A top military official in Pyongyang says his country has 'powerful modern weapons' capable of defeating the US. He spoke at a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the founding of the North Korean army.
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Rupert Murdoch Faces UK Media Ethics Inquiry
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posted Apr 25 2012 8:52AM
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<VIDEO> News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch is being grilled on his relationship with British politicians at the country's media ethics inquiry, while a government minister is battling accusations he gave News Corp. privileged access in its bid to take over a major TV channel.
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Swedish Firm Pushing Eye-tracking Technology
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posted Apr 24 2012 9:08AM
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<VIDEO> A company in Sweden is hoping to make eye-tracking technology readily available in the mass market, to use with computers, games and help with other tasks, too.
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Libya's Oil Production Restored
by Associated Press
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posted Apr 23 2012 5:43PM
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TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - Libya's oil minister says production is nearly back to its pre-war levels. It's now at 1.5 million barrels a day.
Abdulrahman Ben Yezza says Libya could start pumping about 1.6 million barrels a day by midyear. That's what Libya produced before the eight-month conflict to oust dictator Moammar Gadhafi. That brought production to a halt. Gadhafi was captured and killed last October.
Current output is about 100,000 barrels a day higher than February's production.
Libya is hosting an oil and gas exhibition that has attracted an American delegation, with representatives of 20 U.S. companies and organizations, including Boeing, ExxonMobil and General Electric.
Ben Yezza said Monday the new Libyan regime wants to attract international investors to improve its lucrative oil and gas sectors.
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Raw Video: Soccer Fans, Police Clash in Germany
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posted Apr 23 2012 6:36AM
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<VIDEO> Riot police came under attack from several hundred sports fans in Hamburg, Germany on Sunday following a soccer match between two arch-rivals. Police responded with water cannon and tear gas.
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Raw Video: Mexico Volcano Spews Ash and Smoke
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posted Apr 23 2012 6:34AM
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<VIDEO> Residents near Mexico's active Popocatepetl volcano worry about the possibility of further eruptions. Authorities have prepared evacuation routes and shelters in the event of a bigger explosion.
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Two GITMO Detainees Released
by Associated Press
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posted Apr 19 2012 5:46PM
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Two men from China who have been held without charge at the Guantanamo Bay prison for nearly a decade have been released in El Salvador.
The Pentagon and a lawyer for one of them men say the government of El Salvador agreed to allow them to settle in the Central American country. They are ethnic Uighurs from western China.
Uighurs have waged a separatist campaign in China, but the U.S. determined they pose no threat and should not be held at Guantanamo. Resettling them has been difficult because China pressured countries around the world not to accept them. The Pentagon said Thursday that the men's release brings the Guantanamo prison population to 169. Attorney Susan Baker Manning says both men are happy in their new home.
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Evidence Could Link Gadhafi's Son to Recruiting Mercenaries
by Associated Press
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posted Apr 19 2012 5:45PM
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TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says the Libya has evidence linking a son of deposed ruler Moammar Gadhafi to recruiting mercenaries and executing people.
Luis Moreno-Ocampo told The Associated Press Thursday Libyan prosecutors have evidence backing the court's reports that Seif al-Islam Gadhafi supervised and helped bring in foreign mercenaries, as well as evidence linking him to executions.
He said the Libyan government has until the end of April to present its case to the court to push for its demand to try him.
He was captured last year in Libya after a civil war that toppled the Gadhafi regime. The international court wants to try Gadhafi's son and has asked the Libyan authorities to surrender him.
Libya says it will challenge the court's jurisdiction.
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Masterpiece Returned to Heirs of Nazi Victims
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posted Apr 19 2012 4:46AM
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U.S. authorities wrote a new chapter in a 70-year-old art drama Wednesday by returning a 16th century masterpiece to the heirs of a Jewish man whose family fled the Nazis during World War II.
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Raw Video: New Violence in Syria Despite Truce
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posted Apr 18 2012 8:14AM
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Nearly a week after a cease-fire took effect, Syrian troops were pounding a rebel stronghold, activists said on Wednesday, as a barrage of mortar shells hit the central city of Homs.
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Volcano Alert Level Raised Southeast of Mexico City
by Associated Press
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posted Apr 17 2012 2:12PM
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MEXICO CITY (AP) - Authorities in Mexico have raised the alert level for the Popocatepetl volcano southeast of Mexico City due to increasing activity. It's now at the fifth step on a seven-level warning scale.
The National Disaster Prevention Center says a lava dome is growing in the volcano's crater. The 17,886-foot (5,450-meter) volcano also has been spewing fragments of incandescent rock recently, as well as water vapor and ash.
The center said in a statement late Monday the volcano could experience "significant explosions of growing intensity that hurl incandescent rocks significant distances," large ash showers and possible flows of mud and molten rocks down the volcano's flanks.
The alert is now at the highest level of the yellow stage; the next stage is a red alert, in which evacuations would presumably begin.
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Activists: Syrian troops widen shelling attacks
by AP
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posted Apr 17 2012 4:20AM
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BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian activists say the regime has widened shelling attacks on opposition targets in another sign that the U.N.-brokered cease-fire is unraveling.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says tanks shelled the southern town of Busra al-Harir on Tuesday, killing two people.
The group also says shelling resumed in the central city of Homs, where the Khaldiyeh neighborhood was targeted.
Homs has been under continuous attack with only a brief respite on Thursday - the day the cease-fire formally took effect.
The truce is part of a plan by special envoy Kofi Annan to end the Syrian government's crackdown on a 13-month uprising and launch talks on the country's political future. Escalating violations have dimmed already low expectations the truce would hold.
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Earthquake rattles Papua New Guinea; no damage
by AP
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posted Apr 17 2012 4:18AM
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SYDNEY (AP) - A strong earthquake has struck the South Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea. There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries and no tsunami alert has been issued.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-7.0 quake struck Tuesday at a depth of 200 kilometers (124 miles), about 140 kilometers (88 miles) north of the city of Lae.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue a tsunami alert.
Papua New Guinea's Geophysical Observatory says the quake was felt as far as the capital Port Moresby, but there were no reports of damage.
Earthquakes are common in Papua New Guinea. The country lies on the "Ring of Fire" - an arc of earthquake and volcanic zones that stretches around the Pacific Rim.
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Lay judge dismissed in Breivik case
by AP
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posted Apr 17 2012 4:17AM
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OSLO, Norway (AP) - A lay judge in the trial of confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has been dismissed for commenting online last year that the anti-Muslim extremist deserves the death penalty for killing 77 people in a bomb-and-shooting massacre.
Lawyers on all sides on Tuesday requested that Thomas Indreboe, one of the lay judges trying confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik, be dismissed for saying the anti-Muslim extremist deserves the death penalty for killing 77 people in a bomb-and-shooting massacre.
He was replaced by backup lay judge Elisabeth Wisloeff.
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Syrian Opposition Talks with Russian Diplomats
by Associated Press
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posted Apr 16 2012 4:15PM
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MOSCOW (AP) - Members of a Syrian opposition delegation say they have had constructive talks with Russian diplomats.
Hassan Abdul Azim, one of the leaders of the opposition National Coordination Committee, said Monday's meeting with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov and other Russian diplomats was "impressive and positive." Haytham Manna, spokesperson of the Arab Commission for Human Rights, also called the talks "very constructive and very positive."
Russia, along with China, has twice shielded Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime from proposed U.N. sanctions over its deadly crackdown on a popular uprising.
But Moscow has strongly supported a cease-fire plan by special U.N. envoy Kofi Annan to end 13 months of violence and begin talks on Syria's political future.
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Bomb Threat on Plane at Dublin Airport
by Associated Press
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posted Apr 16 2012 4:14PM
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DUBLIN (AP) - Dublin Airport authorities say a Delta Air Lines flight has made an emergency landing after a bomb threat on board.
Irish police say nothing suspicious has been found following a search of the Boeing 767, and none of the 206 passengers and crew on board has been reported injured.
Monday's flight was bound from Istanbul, Turkey, to New York's John F. Kennedy Airport.
The Dublin Airport Authority and the Irish Aviation Authority say the pilot requested an emergency landing because of a suspicious object found on board. The aircraft later was cleared for refueling and resumed flight to New York.
Authorities say no other flights at Dublin Airport were affected by Monday's security alert.
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Hillary Clinton Parties in Colombia
by CBS
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posted Apr 16 2012 10:41AM
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Afghan Attacks by Haqqani Network: Official
by AP
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posted Apr 16 2012 7:54AM
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Afghanistan's Interior Minister said a man arrested claimed the Pakistan-based Haqqani network was behind attacks in Kabul and other cities that left dozens dead and scores wounded. The battle in the capital lasted 18 hours.
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Raw Video: Confessed Killer of 77 in Court
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posted Apr 16 2012 7:53AM
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The right-wing fanatic who confessed to killing 77 people in a bomb-and-shooting massacre went on trial in Oslo on Monday, defiantly rejecting the authority of the Norwegian court.
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Obama Addresses Secret Service Allegations
by AP
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posted Apr 16 2012 5:56AM
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President Obama, making his first remarks about allegations that Secret Service agents hired prostitutes, said he'll be angry if they are proven true by an investigation. The agency sent 11 agents home, placing them on leave for misconduct.
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Obama Says Trade Pact With Colombia Is "Win-Win"
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posted Apr 16 2012 5:54AM
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Standing alongside Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, President Barack Obama proclaimed a free trade agreement between their countries as a "win-win." He said the trade pact can be fully enforced next month.
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String of Attacks Rock Afghan Capital, Provinces
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posted Apr 16 2012 5:52AM
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The Taliban launched a series of coordinated attacks across the Afghan capital and at least three eastern provinces on Sunday, targeting NATO bases, parliament and foreign embassies in a complex assault.
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Raw Video: Syrian Troops Continue Homs Shelling
by AP
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posted Apr 16 2012 5:51AM
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Syrian troops shelled rebel neighborhoods in the central city of Homs Sunday, activists said, killing at least three people hours before the first group of UN observers were to arrive in Damascus to shore up a shaky truce.
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North Korean Leader Makes First Public Speech
by AP
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posted Apr 16 2012 5:50AM
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North Korea's new leader addressed his nation and the world for the first time Sunday, vowing to place top priority on his impoverished nation's military, which promptly unveiled a new long-range missile.
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World Denounces Failed North Korean Launch
by AP
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posted Apr 13 2012 9:08AM
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<VIDEO>North Korea admitted the failure of its rocket launch Friday, but the move still has generated a fresh wave of condemnation from many countries around the world.
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Technology Opens Up Titanic's Secrets
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posted Apr 13 2012 8:56AM
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When RMS Titanic sank in 1912 the wreckage spent 73 years at depths of over 12,000 feet. A recent technological revolution is bringing the doomed ship back into view and launching a whole new wave of underwater exploration.
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N. Korea Fires Long-range Rocket, Launch Fails
by AP
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posted Apr 13 2012 8:55AM
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North Korea Fires Long-Range Rocket
by AP
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posted Apr 13 2012 8:48AM
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North Korea fired a long-range rocket Friday, South Korean and U.S. officials said, defying international warnings against moving forward with a launch widely seen as a provocation. However, the launch may have failed, U.S. officials said.
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Tsunami Watch After 8.6 Quake
by AP
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posted Apr 11 2012 9:54AM
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<VIDEO>A Tsunami warning is in effect for nations around the Indian Ocean, after a magnitude 8.7 earthquake struck Indonesia on Wednesday.
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NKorea Fuels Rocket Despite Warnings
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posted Apr 11 2012 9:52AM
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<VIDEO> North Korea said it was fueling an Unha-3 rocket ahead of a 5-day launch window opening Thursday, despite continuing uneasiness in the region and more warnings from Washington.
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Raw Video: Plane Lands in Canada After Threat
by AP
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posted Apr 11 2012 9:43AM
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<VIDEO>A Korean Airlines Boeing 777 en route from Vancouver to Seoul was diverted to a nearby Canadian Forces base after the airline's U.S. call center received a bomb threat.
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Iran Stops Oil Exports to Spain
by Associated Press
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posted Apr 10 2012 5:51PM
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's semiofficial Mehr news agency is reporting the country has stopped oil exports to Spain.
The Tuesday report quotes unnamed sources as saying the country has stopped the sale of crude to Spain as part of Tehran's pre-emptive retaliation over an EU embargo that is to go into effect in July.
The embargo was imposed over Tehran's controversial nuclear program.
Mehr said Iran may also cut its oil exports to Italy. It said Iran has contacted Italian refineries, demanding they agree to long term contracts to buy oil from Iran.
Earlier on Tuesday Iran said the country has halted oil sales to Greece
Iran has already imposed oil embargoes on Britain and France.
The West suspects Tehran of pursuing nuclear weapons, a charge Iran denies.
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Prosecution of GITMO Detainees to Resume Next Month
by Associated Press
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posted Apr 10 2012 5:50PM
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A military judge has set a date for resumption of the long-stalled prosecution of five Guantanamo prisoners accused of planning and aiding the Sept. 11 attacks.
Army Col. James Pohl ordered the five to appear before him on May 5 at the U.S. base in Cuba. The five include Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the attacks. All five face charges that include murder and terrorism and could get the death penalty if convicted. Judge Pohl's order was released Tuesday.
The five were arraigned in June 2008. But the case was put on hold after President Barack Obama's election. The president wanted the case transferred to civilian court but Congress blocked the move. Pretrial motions and hearings are likely to take at least a year.
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4 arrested as UK police evict Olympic protesters
by AP
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posted Apr 10 2012 2:26PM
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LONDON (AP) - British police trying to evict protesters at a London Olympic site say they have arrested four people.
Metropolitan Police said Tuesday that officers faced about 30 protesters blocking access to the building site of a basketball training camp in Leyton Marsh, northeast London.
A High Court judge ruled last week that the protesters must be removed soon to allow builders to work on the site.
The protesters, some belonging to the Occupy London movement, have set up a camp and blocked building work there because they fear that construction will close off the green space to the public.
But the Olympic Delivery Authority has insisted the basketball training facility is a temporary structure that will be dismantled after the games, which take place from July 27-Aug. 12.
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Report: Iran stops oil exports to Spain
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posted Apr 10 2012 2:24PM
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Report: Iran stops oil exports to Spain
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's semiofficial Mehr news agency is reporting the country has stopped oil exports to Spain.
The Tuesday report quotes unnamed sources as saying the country has stopped the sale of crude to Spain as part of Tehran's pre-emptive retaliation over an EU embargo that is to go into effect in July.
The embargo was imposed over Tehran's controversial nuclear program.
Mehr said Iran may also cut its oil exports to Italy. It said Iran has contacted Italian refineries, demanding they agree to long term contracts to buy oil from Iran.
Earlier on Tuesday Iran said the country has halted oil sales to Greece
Iran has already imposed oil embargoes on Britain and France.The West suspects Tehran of pursuing nuclear weapons, a charge Iran denies.
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Sept. 11 'mastermind' to face Guantanamo judge
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posted Apr 10 2012 2:23PM
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A military judge has set a date for resumption of the long-stalled prosecution of five Guantanamo prisoners accused of planning and aiding the Sept. 11 attacks.
Army Col. James Pohl ordered the five to appear before him on May 5 at the U.S. base in Cuba. The five include Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the attacks. All five face charges that include murder and terrorism and could get the death penalty if convicted. Judge Pohl's order was released Tuesday.
The five were arraigned in June 2008. But the case was put on hold after President Barack Obama's election. The president wanted the case transferred to civilian court but Congress blocked the move. Pretrial motions and hearings are likely to take at least a year.
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Navy Deploys Another Aircraft Carrier to Persian Gulf
by Associated Press
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posted Apr 9 2012 6:21PM
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The U.S. Navy says it's deployed a second aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf region.
The move comes amid rising tensions with Iran over its disputed nuclear program.
According to Commander Amy Derrick-Frost of the 5th Fleet, based in Bahrain, the deployment of the nuclear-powered USS Enterprise along with the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group marks one of the few times the Navy has had two aircraft carriers operating in waters near the Persian Gulf.
She says the deployment of a second carrier is "routine and not specific to any threat." She didn't say how long the Navy will keep the increased military presence in the region.
The ships will support U.S. military operations in Afghanistan and anti-piracy efforts.
They'll also patrol the strategic Gulf oil routes that Iran has threatened to shut down in retaliation for economic sanctions over its nuclear program.
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Avalanche Buries More Than 100 Pakistani Troops
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posted Apr 9 2012 7:42AM
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Pakistani soldiers dug into a massive avalanche in a mountain battleground close to the Indian border on Saturday, searching for at least 135 people buried when the wall of snow engulfed a military complex.
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Raw Video: Funeral for Anti-Austerity Protestor
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posted Apr 9 2012 7:40AM
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Approximately two-thousand mourners attended the funeral of an elderly Greek man who killed himself in Athens earlier this week, apparently in protest at the government's austerity measures.
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Iraq: Video Appears to Show Top Saddam Deputy
by AP
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posted Apr 9 2012 7:39AM
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A video posted online Saturday purports to show Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the highest ranking member of Saddam Hussein's ousted regime still at large, lashing out against Iraq's Shiite-led government.
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Cannon Fired at Japanese Ghost Ship
by Associated Press
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posted Apr 5 2012 6:11PM
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OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA (AP) - The U.S. Coast Guard says it has unleashed cannon fire at a Japanese vessel set adrift by last year's tsunami, stopping the ship's long, lonely voyage across the Pacific Ocean.
Spokesman Paul Webb says a Coast Guard cutter fired Thursday on the abandoned 164-foot Ryou-Un Maru in the waters of the Gulf of Alaska and more than 150 miles from land.
The Japanese ship was destined for scrapping when the Japan earthquake struck so there is no cargo on board.
The Coast Guard decided to sink it, rather than risk the chance of it running aground or endangering other vessels.
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New Zealand Charges Owner of Grounded Ship
by AP
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posted Apr 5 2012 8:23AM
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New Zealand authorities filed charges against the company that owns the cargo ship Rena, which grounded off the country's north coast last October. Many say the spillage from the vessel created the country's worst environmental disaster.
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Raw Video: Clashes Follow Athens Suicide
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posted Apr 5 2012 8:22AM
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Greek protesters threw molotov cocktails at riot police late in Athens on Wednesday, after gathering for a demonstration following a retiree's public suicide.
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Easter Bunny Arrives Early at the Vatican
by Associated Press
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posted Apr 4 2012 6:49PM
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VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Easter Bunny has arrived early at the Vatican.
Pope Benedict XVI was presented Wednesday with an enormous, 250-kilogram (550-pound), 2.2-meter (7.2-foot) tall chocolate Easter egg by Italian chocolatier Tosca, which specializes in oversized cocoa confections.
The Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano said Benedict plans to donate the egg, which features the papal coat of arms, to a juvenile detention center in Rome.
In Italy, children traditionally receive a big chocolate egg with a prize inside on Easter Sunday.
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Fatal Police Shooting in Rio De Janeiro
by Associated Press
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posted Apr 4 2012 6:48PM
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - About 150 special operations police officers are patrolling Brazil's biggest shantytown after a police officer was shot to death.
Rio de Janeiro's police department says officer Rodrigo Cavalcante was killed early Wednesday while on foot patrol in the Rocinha shantytown. The slum was taken over by police in November after being controlled by criminal gangs for years.
The officer's slaying is the ninth shooting death in the community since February. One of the victims was Vanderlan de Oliveira, head of the neighborhood association who was facing charges of laundering drug
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Spring Storm Lashes Japan With Wind, Snow
by AP
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posted Apr 4 2012 9:53AM
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A spring storm brought winter back to parts of Japan this week, with high winds lashing the country Tuesday, and snow battering the north Wednesday. At least four people were reported killed, and hundreds injured.
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Troops Could be Pulling Back Ahead of Deadline in Syria
by Associated Press
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posted Apr 3 2012 8:15PM
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BEIRUT (AP) - Although a Syrian official says government troops have begun pulling back from some of the country's less-restive cities, a week ahead of a deadline, the claim can't yet be verified.
And activists near the capital Damascus are denying that troops are leaving their area. They say the day regime forces leave the streets, Syria will see massive protests that will overthrow the government.
In recent days, Syrian President Bashar Assad agreed to an April 10 deadline to implement the truce plan from international envoy Kofi Annan. It requires government forces to pull out of towns and cities and observe a cease-fire. Rebel fighters are supposed to immediately follow by ending violence.
Earlier today, opposition activists charged that the regime is trying to crush opponents ahead of the cease-fire deadline by carrying out intense raids, arrests and shelling.
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British Man Faces Terrorism Charges
by Associated Press
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posted Apr 3 2012 8:13PM
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LONDON (AP) - Britain's police say they have charged a 24-year-old man over terrorism offenses.
Metropolitan Police said that Mohammed Shabir Ali, from London, is accused of possessing a document called "44 Ways to Support Jihad."
Police said Tuesday that the suspect is also charged with assisting another person to commit acts of terrorism. The offenses are alleged to have taken place between August 2008 and June 2011.
Ali will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court Wednesday.
Police said two men, aged 24 and 30, and a 21-year-old woman, remained in police custody.
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Philippines: Fighting Dogs Being Put Down
by AP
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posted Apr 3 2012 11:38AM
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Dozens of pit bulls rescued from Philippine dog fights will be put down, say animal welfare officers. They're among close to 300 found after a raid on a fighting ring linked to international online gambling.
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Raw Video: Skyscraper Fire in Moscow
by AP
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posted Apr 3 2012 8:58AM
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Fire struck a Moscow skyscraper that is set to be Europe's tallest when construction is finished. The building's development company said a broken light caused the fire. No injuries were reported.
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Gay Catholic Allowed to Serve on Austian Parish Council
by Associated Press
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posted Apr 2 2012 5:45PM
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VIENNA (AP) - Austria's cardinal has overruled one of his priests and is allowing a gay Catholic to serve on a parish council.
Florian Stangl lives in a registered domestic partnership. The 26-year-old was overwhelmingly elected to the council recently, but it was overruled by the priest - a decision initially backed by the archdiocese.
Such councils include lay people and discuss local church and parish affairs.
Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn changed his mind over the weekend after hosting Stangl and his partner for lunch, declaring Stangl to be "at the right place." Despite his close ties to his one-time professor, Pope Benedict XVI, Schoenborn has voiced an open mind to such taboo issues as priestly celibacy.
Church teaching holds that homosexual acts are "intrinsically disordered," but that gays should be treated with dignity and respect.
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Aftershock Rocks Mexico
by Associated Press
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posted Apr 2 2012 5:43PM
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MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico has been shaken by a strong apparent aftershock from a powerful earthquake a couple of weeks ago.
In the center of Mexico City, office towers rocked back and forth for several seconds this afternoon. Workers left their buildings and gathered in the street.
The city's mayor says no major damage has been reported by a helicopter crew flying over the city.
The U.S. Geological Survey reports a preliminary magnitude of 6.3. A seismologist says the epicenter was in southern Mexico, very close to the location of a strong quake last month. At least two people were killed then, and hundreds of homes were damaged.
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Raw Video: Siberia Plane Crash
by AP
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posted Apr 2 2012 4:47AM
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A plane crash in Siberia killed 31 of the 43 people on board. The ATR-72, a French-Italian-made twin-engine turboprop, operated by UTair was flying from Tyumen to the oil town of Surgut with 39 passengers and four crew.
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Raw Video: Dozens Arrested in Moscow Protest
by AP
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posted Apr 2 2012 4:44AM
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Police in Moscow arrested dozens of people outside Red Square as protesters gathered to take part in a demonstration against President-elect Vladimir Putin.
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Report: Airline Performance Gets Slightly Better
by AP
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posted Apr 2 2012 4:42AM
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A new report on airline performances shows some airlines got a bit better last year in baggage, on-time, and other complaints. however, airfares will continue to remain high.
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Raw Video: Scenes Onboard Fire-hit Cruise Ship
by AP
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posted Apr 2 2012 4:39AM
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Amateur video and photographs have emerged from on board the fire-damaged luxury cruise ship that was stranded at sea for 24 hours after a fire broke out.
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