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Death toll from Guinea opposition march rises to four
CONAKRY (Reuters) - The official death toll from Thursday's clashes between Guinean opposition protesters and police and government supporters rose to four on Friday, meaning at least 22 people have now been killed in unrest since ...
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London investigators grapple with unprecedented gruesome terror tactics
(CBS News) New details have emerged regarding the background and tactics allegedly used by the two men accused of savagely murdering British soldier Lee Rigby in London on Wednesday. According to British media reports, Michael Adebolajo, 28, was a British citizen, born in Nigeria, raised as a Christian, and is believed to have converted to Islam over the course of the last decade. He and ...
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Watch Emergency Landing in London Caught on Tape
We're going to turn to the emergency landing for a british airways jumbo jet at one of the world's busiest airports. Smoke was seen pouring out of one of the engines before the jet landed as ...
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Watch Arias Jury Hung in Penalty Phase
bombshell in the jodi arias trial. The jury deadlocked over her fate after deliberating for three days and 13 hours. We'll talk exclusively to the jury foreman in just a moment. First here's ...
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Kid to McDonalds Stop Tricking Us
Morning Business Memo… A 9 year-old girl has chewed out the top executive at McDonald’s for ';tricking kids into eating your food.'; The rare confrontation happened as CEO Don Thompson answered shareholders’ questions at the fast food company’s annual meeting in Oak Brook, Ill., Thursday. Hannah Robertson, whose mother Kia blogs about how parents can make ...
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Amnesty International criticizes torture in Egypt
Amnesty International says the administration of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi failed to implement reforms to eradicate torture. "No legal or policy reforms were implemented to eradicate torture under either the SCAF [Supreme Council of Armed Forces] or President Morsi's administration," the organization said. "Torture and other ill-treatment continued and security ...
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Bushs war on terror is over
>Editor's note: Peter Bergen is CNN's national security analyst, a director at the New America Foundation and the author of "Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for bin Laden -- From 9/11 to Abbottabad," the basis for the HBO documentary "Manhunt" that will be shown on CNN at 9 p.m. today. Washington (CNN) -- In the past few weeks, we've seen a British soldier hacked to death with a meat cleaver on ...
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International Rectifier Honors TowerJazz with Foundry Supplier of the Year 2012 Award
TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, today announced it has received a Foundry Supplier of the Year 2012 Award from International Rectifier, a world leader in power management ...
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Uganda president ousts army boss amid dispute
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- Uganda's president fired his top military commander Friday, the ouster apparently linked to turmoil over President Yoweri Museveni's alleged plan to have his son succeed him as head of ...
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Yemens main oil pipeline attacked pumping stopped
SANAA (Reuters) - Attackers blew up Yemen's main oil export pipeline on Friday, halting the flow of crude, the government and industry sources said. "Subversive elements" in Serwah in central Maarib province had blown up the pipeline, which leads to the Red Sea, at dawn on Friday, the Defence Ministry said in a statement. The Arabian Peninsula state, which relies on crude exports ...
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Japans All Nippon Airways first to resume Dreamliner flights
The airline with the greatest number of Boeing's new Dreamliner jets will be the first to resume commercial flights with it on Sunday, four months after the 787 jet was grounded over safety ...
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Horne to miss Sevens World Cup
Springbok Sevens captain Frankie Horne will miss the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Moscow, Russia, next month because of injury. Picture by: Wessel ...
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QA On Turkeys proposed alcohol restrictions
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- A look at legislation passed in Turkey's parliament early Friday that would ban all alcohol advertising and tighten restrictions on the sale of such beverages, and how such a law could affect tourists and liquor companies in the mainly Muslim but secular ...
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UN nuke agencys Iran probe driven by US-led intel
VIENNA (AP) -- The U.N. nuclear agency responsible for probing whether Iran has worked on a nuclear bomb depends on the United States and its allies for most of its intelligence, complicating the agency's efforts to produce findings that can be widely accepted by the international ...
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Letter from Europe Qatari Hopes for Paris Saint-Germain Meet Reality
On May 12, the Paris Saint-Germain soccer team clinched its first French championship in 19 years to the wild delight of its players, its fans and its owners, Qatar Sports ...
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Woolwich suspects ex speaks out
Two terror suspects shot by police in Woolwich remain under arrest in hospital. They were named as Michael Adebolajo, originally of Romford, Essex, and Michael Oluwatobi Adebowale, 22, of Greenwich, South East London The Ministry of Defence earlier said the soldier killed is 25-year-old Drummer Lee Rigby, of 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. Drummer Rigby had a two-year-old son and ...
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Large blast heard in center of Afghan capital
KABUL (Reuters) - A large blast was heard in the center of the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Friday with a Reuters witness hearing heavy shooting directly ...
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IAEA Joins 66th World Health Assembly to Address Non-Communicable Diseases
The World Health Assembly meets annually to consider major health policy matters of the World Health Organization and its Member States. The 2013 meeting convenes from 20 to 28 May 2013 in Geneva. (Photo: P. ...
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London soldier slaying New video of police shooting and of suspects at rallies with radical London cleric
This story contains video that some viewers may find graphic. (CBS News) LONDON -- Detectives in London were to question two people arrested over the murder ...
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Video Miller on London attack Weve never seen anything like this
CBS News' senior correspondent John Miller, a former assistant FBI director, discusses the London attack and what is now known about the suspects and their alleged ...
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Autistic People Can Be the Best Fit for Some Jobs
Phillip Griffin graduated high school with honors in 2009, but despite his good grades and interest in math and science, finding a job proved difficult . That's because Griffin, 22, has autism spectrum disorder, a developmental disorder characterized as difficulties with social interaction and communication - making job interviews a nightmare. "I got a little frustrated," he ...
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First Lady Talks Vacationing With Kids
Ready to let the kids lead the way on vacation? First lady Michelle Obama suggests that's one way to get everyone more active on vacation this summer. The first lady told Taking the Kids in an exclusive interview, "The key to getting kids moving is to find something they enjoy, and join in." For the first family, that includes biking. Every traveling parent, including the ...
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Photos Fab Over 50 Goldie in Yellow
Actress Goldie Hawn poses, May 23, 2013 as she arrives for the amfAR's 20th Annual Cinema Against AIDS during the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival at Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes, southern ...
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George Takei on Treks New Sulu
Portraying USS Enterprise helmsman Hikaru Sulu in the latest "Star Trek" movie comes with big shoes to fill, but the man who played the part in the TV series and six films has given his blessing to the actor currently playing the role. Even though George Takei -- whose portrayal of Sulu made him a science fiction legend -- said he had not yet had time to catch recently released ...
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How Is US Drone Policy Changing
President Barack Obama defended America's drone attacks as legal, effective and necessary in America's campaign to counter terrorism. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no "cure-all" and said Thursday he was haunted by the civilians unintentionally killed. He said he had signed new policy guidelines for the use of drones and said he wanted to find ways to allow ...
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