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Libya attacks: Officials say CIA responded in less than 25 minutes
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Just days before the presidential election, U.S. officials are striking back at allegations they failed to respond quickly or efficiently against the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, detailing for the first time a broad CIA rescue effort.
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Syria to stop attacks for Muslim holiday
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The U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria says the Syrian government and some rebel leaders have agreed to a ceasefire during the upcoming Muslim four-day holiday.
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Malala Yousufzai, who was shot by Taliban, making progress
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British doctors treating a 15-year-old Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban raised hopes for her recovery Friday. When she was 11, Malala Yousufzai began writing a blog under a pseudonym for the BBC and has publicly advocated for girls' education.
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The 10 biggest "first world problems"
CommentMix 107.3's Chilli Amar stopped by to talk with Natasha and Melanie about the top 10 biggest problems in the developed world.
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Libya attacks: CIA says there was evidence attacks carried out by militants
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The CIA station chief in Libya reported to Washington within 24 hours of last month's deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate that there was evidence it was carried out by militants, not a spontaneous mob upset about an American-made video ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad, U.S. officials have told The Associated Press.
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Starbucks in India: First store opens in historic Mumbai building
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Starbucks inaugurated its first store in India Friday in a historic building in southern Mumbai as the Seattle-based coffee giant seeks growth in a market long associated with tea drinkers.
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Hamid Karzai: Afghanistan willing, ready to take responsibility for country
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President Hamid Karzai said Thursday the nation's military and police are ready and willing to take full responsibility for security in the country if the U.S.-led international coalition decides to speed up the handover to Afghan government forces.
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Iraq bombing attacks kills five, injures 15, officials say
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Officials say five people have been killed and 15 have been wounded in bomb attacks across Baghdad.
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Libya attacks: White House feels pressure to respond with attacks
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The White House, under political pressure to respond forcefully to the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, is readying strike forces and drones but first has to find a target.
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Europe asks Google for greater clarity on privacy policy
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European regulators have asked Google to clarify its new privacy policy and make it easier for users to opt out of it because of concerns that the web giant may be collecting too much data and holding it for too long.
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Russia's Medvedev calls for ban on tobacco ads
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Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday called for a ban on all tobacco ads, as the government prepares a bill that would also phase out smoking in public.
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Guantanamo trials: Increased security rules considered
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A U.S. military judge is considering broad security rules for the war crimes tribunal of five Guantanamo prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attacks, including measures to prevent the accused from publicly revealing what happened to them in the CIA's secret network of overseas prisons.
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Turkey: Armenian plane bound for Syria searched
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Turkey's foreign ministry spokesman says Turkish authorities are searching the cargo of an Armenian plane bound for Syria.
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Libya attacks: Details still unclear, Hillary Clinton says
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the precise details of the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya are still unclear. But she says the Obama administration is committed to uncovering the truth.
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European Union wins Nobel Peace Prize
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The European Union has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in the midst of its greatest crisis since its beginnings in the 1950s.
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Iran cyber threat growing, U.S.' Leon Panetta says
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the threat of computer attacks from Iran has grown and he says the Pentagon is prepared to take action.
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Yemeni official killed by masked gunman
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A masked gunman assassinated a Yemeni security official who worked for the U.S. Embassy in a drive-by shooting near his home in the capital Sanaa on Thursday, officials said.
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U.S. sends troops to Jordan-Syria border
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The United States has sent military troops to the Jordan-Syria border to bolster that country's military capabilities in the event that violence escalates along its border with Syria, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday.
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