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Rights activists protest across US, demand closure of Guantanamo Bay

WASHINGTON: Rights activists across the United States held a series of protests on Thursday demanding the closure of Guantanamo Bay as a hunger-strike at the

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Egypt’s Morsi withdraws complaints against media

CAIRO: An Egyptian official says the president has ordered withdrawal of complaints against journalists for allegedly reporting rumors. Presidential spokesman Ehab Fahmy said Mohammed Morsi ordered cancellation of the complaints

Syria, North Korea top G8 meeting in London

LONDON: Western and Middle Eastern nations trying to help the Syrian opposition in its war against President Bashar al-Assad will meet in Turkey on April 20, a U.S. official said

Putin on Finland’s criminal blacklist by ‘mistake’

HELSINKI (AP) — Vladimir Putin, banned in Finland? Finnish police say the Russian president’s name was mistakenly placed on a secret criminal register that could have gotten him arrested at

Why Thatcher was the ‘Iron Lady’

LONDON: Margaret Thatcher, one of the seminal political figures of the 20th century, will be remembered for her unswerving belief in the virtues of free market capitalism and the vices

SKorean managers: NKoreans not working at factory

South Korea: North Korean workers didn’t show up for work at a jointly run factory complex with South Korea on Tuesday, a day after Pyongyang suspended operations at the last

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Obama says he’s ‘determined as ever’ for gun bill

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — With time running out on the chance to pass gun control legislation, President Barack Obama on Monday warned Congress not to use delaying tactics against tighter

30 Pakistani soldiers killed in northwest valley

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani military officials say 30 soldiers and nearly 100 militants have been killed in four days of fierce fighting in a remote valley in the northwest. The

Annette Funicello Passes Away at 70

Hollywood icon Annette Funicello has died at age 70, Disney confirmed today on Twitter. The former Mouseketeer passed away from complications due to her multiple sclerosis, a disease she battled

Margaret Thatcher dies at 87 following stroke

Baroness Thatcher has died at the age of 87 following a stroke, her family announced today. As tributes poured in to the former premier, it was announced that she will