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China’s latest manned space craft docks with space station
BEIJING, China – China’s latest manned space capsule docked with an orbiting space station Thursday, and the three astronauts climbed aboard what will be their home for the next week, state media reported. Automated controls guided the Shenzhou-10′s docking with the space lab, the Xinhua News Agency said. After entering the space lab, the crew
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UN says nearly 93,000 confirmed killed in Syrian conflict; shells land near Damascus airport
BEIRUT – Syria’s spiraling violence has resulted in the confirmed killings of nearly 93,000 people but the real number is likely to be far higher, the United Nations’ human rights office said Thursday. The new death toll released in Geneva points to the seemingly unstoppable carnage that has engulfed Syria for more than two years.
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Turkish PM vows to clear Istanbul square of ‘troublemakers,’ upbraids EU Parliament move
ANKARA, Turkey – “Troublemakers” will be removed from Istanbul’s Taksim Square, Turkey’s prime minister declared Thursday, rejecting the European Parliament’s resolution condemning the excessive use of force by Turkish riot police against demonstrators. Ratcheting up his defiant tone, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears determined to end two weeks of protests that have put an
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FBI director faces questioning on Boston bombings, fatal Benghazi attacks, leaks of NSA data
WASHINGTON – FBI Director Robert Mueller is nearing the end of his 12 years as head of the law enforcement agency that is conducting high-profile investigations of the Boston Marathon bombings, the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans and leaks of classified government information. On Thursday, Mueller was to undergo questioning by the
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Influential former Iranian president urges voters to reject election boycott calls
TEHRAN, Iran – On the eve of Iran’s presidential elections, a former Iranian president blocked from a comeback bid urged voters Thursday not to boycott the vote in protest over crackdowns on dissent or in anger over his exclusion from the race. The appeal by former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani came in response to persistent
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6 Afghan policemen found shot dead at checkpoint in possible insider attack, official says
KABUL – Six Afghan policemen were found shot at their checkpoint in the country’s south and two other policemen were missing, raising suspicions they killed their comrades, an official said Thursday. District chief Nayamatullah Samim said that the policemen’s bodies were discovered in the shelter near their checkpoint Wednesday night in Musa Qala district of
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US whites now losing majority in under-5 age group amid sweeping changes by race and class
WASHINGTON – For the first time, America’s racial and ethnic minorities make up about half of the under-5 age group, the U.S. government said Thursday. It’s a historic shift that shows how young people are at the forefront of sweeping changes by race and class. The new census estimates, a snapshot of the U.S. population
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CIA deputy leaves after managing Petraeus affair, defending CIA over Benghazi, interrogations
WASHINGTON – CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell retired from his post Wednesday, after managing the resignation of former CIA Director David Petraeus (peh-TRAY’-uhs) over an extramarital affair, and defending the agency’s performance over the attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya. Morell was passed over for the top CIA spot by President Barack
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While speed of cheetahs is amazing, scientists in awe of their acceleration, power, agility
WASHINGTON – Everyone knows cheetahs are blazingly fast. Now new research illustrates how their acceleration and nimble zigzagging leave other animals in the dust and scientists in awe. Researchers first determined that cheetahs can run twice as fast as Olympian Usain Bolt on a straightaway. Then they measured the energy a cheetah muscle produces compared
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Officials: Top Obama aides split on arming rebels as they gather at White House to talk Syria
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s top advisers will meet to air reservations about arming Syria’s rebels, with officials saying the U.S. is unlikely to take any immediate action to arrest the Assad regime’s military advance. The administration’s caution persists despite its nearly two-year-old demand that President Bashar Assad step down, vows to help the besieged
