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Brave woman tried to calm London attackers and reasoned with them before police came
LONDON – A brave scout leader who may have prevented further violence has emerged as an unlikely hero in the apparent terror attack that left one man dead on the streets of London. Ingrid Loyau-Kennett got off a bus and tried to reason with the two attackers after she tried to help the man lying
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Jury resumes deliberations in Arias trial a day after impasse, judge tells panel to press on
PHOENIX – Jurors in Jodi Arias’ murder trial resume deliberations Thursday after they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or death for killing her one-time boyfriend, prompting the judge to instruct them to keep trying. The panel reported its impasse Wednesday after only about
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In Jerusalem, Kerry and Netanyahu raise hopes for possible Mideast peace talks restart
JERUSALEM – The United States and Israel raised hopes Thursday for a restart of the Middle East peace process, despite little tangible progress so far from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s two-month-old effort to get Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table. As they met in Jerusalem, Kerry praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
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Bangladesh probe faults swampy land, poor building materials, heavy equipment for collapse
DHAKA, Bangladesh – The defects and errors that led to the world’s deadliest garment-industry accident extend from the swampy ground the doomed Rana Plaza was built on, to “extremely poor quality” construction materials, to the massive, vibrating equipment operating when the eight-story building collapsed, a committee appointed by Bangladesh’s government concluded. The committee recommended life
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Muslim hardliners ID suspect seen after British soldier butchered in broad daylight
LONDON – Two Muslim hardliners say the man seen wielding a bloody butcher’s knife after the killing of a British soldier is a Muslim convert who took part in demonstrations with the banned radical group al-Muhajiroun. The identification came as British police Thursday evening announced the arrests of two more suspects in the case. Police
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Man shot to death in Fla. while being questioned in Boston Marathon bombing investigation
ORLANDO, Fla. – A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities early Wednesday after he turned violent while being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, officials said. Ibragim Todashev, a 27-year-old mixed martial arts fighter, was gunned down at his Orlando townhouse during a meeting with an FBI
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Rescue efforts in Oklahoma being scaled back
The death toll is holding at 24. The Oklahoma Insurance Department says an early estimate suggests the cost of the tornado could be more than $2 billion.
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Britain formally launches bid to label Hezbollah’s military wing a terrorist organization
BRUSSELS – The European Union is reassessing whether to declare the Lebanese party Hezbollah’s military wing a terrorist organization, a move it has long shied from despite pressure from the U.S., officials said Wednesday. The move is bolstered by Germany’s change of heart on the issue after long resisting calls to list Hezbollah as a
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Judge in Italy orders trial for captain in shipwreck of Costa Concordia
ROME – An Italian judge has ordered the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship to stand trial for manslaughter in the vessel’s shipwreck off the coast of Tuscany, which killed 32 people. Judge Pietro Molino, at a closed-door hearing Wednesday in the town of Grosseto, agreed to prosecutors’ request that Capt. Francesco Schettino of
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Rockets land in Congolese city of Goma as UN secretary-general arrives in capital
GOMA, Congo – M23 rebels fired two rockets into the eastern Congo city of Goma, killing one person and wounding four, officials said, in an apparent spillover from three days of fighting raging north of the city. The attack underscores the heightening tension in Congo and comes as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Congo’s
