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Bomb blast kills six in Afghanistan, Taliban takes responsibility
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The Taliban took responsibility Monday for a bomb blast in Afghanistan that killed six American troops, while other militants launched suicide attacks on two police headquarters that according to officials left seven attackers and two children dead.
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Nicolas Sarkozy's home raided, official says
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Investigators raided the home of ex-French president Nicolas Sarkozy and his offices in connection to a continuing campaign financing probe, officials say.
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Turkey: Syrian military will be treated as direct threat
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Despite international and regional pressures, the situation in Syria is seemingly not improving anytime soon.
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U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan blast
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American officials say three U.S. service members and an Afghan interpreter have been killed in a blast that also left 17 Afghans dead in eastern Afghanistan.
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Muslim Brotherhood takes Egypt's presidential election
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Islamist candidate Mohammed Morsi declared victory Monday in Egypt's first free presidential election since Hosni Mubarak's ouster 16 months ago.
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Forest Boy, found roaming in woods in Germany, ID'd
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Berlin police say an English-speaking teenage boy who wandered into the city nine months ago saying his name was Ray and that he had been living in the forest for the last five years has been spinning a tale.
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Reon Schutte, author of 'Set Yourself Free,' talks with ABC7
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It’s an amazing story of survival—Reon Schutte is a former South African Special Forces soldier who survived 13 years in a POW camp.
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Authorities search for missing Afghan women, former UVA students
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Federal authorities are searching for four women from Afghanistan who left a program on democracy at the University of Virginia.
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Hosni Mubarak's health deteriorating further
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Hosni Mubarak's health deteriorated further on Monday with the ousted president slipping in and out of consciousness and being feed liquids intravenously, Egyptian security officials said.
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Violence in Syria: White House calls for an end
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The White House is among the latest voices speaking out explicitly against the increasing violence in Syria.
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Sesame Street in Pakistan funding terminated by U.S.
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The U.S. has terminated funding for a $20 million project to develop a Pakistani version of "Sesame Street," the U.S. Embassy said Tuesday.
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World markets drop
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World markets dropped on Monday, extending heavy losses last week, as another setback for the U.S. economic recovery intensified fears that a global recession was in the making.
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World's air reaches 'troubling' global warming milestone
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The world's air has reached what scientists call a troubling new milestone for carbon dioxide, the main global warming pollutant.
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Should the U.S. get more involved in Syria? (poll)
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A massacre this weekend killed over 100 people, leading Special envoy Kofi Annan to make a visit to the country. VOTE: do you think the U.S. should get more involved in the conflict in Syria?
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Syria violence spurs visit from Kofi Annan
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Special envoy Kofi Annan on Monday called on "every individual with a gun" in Syria to lay down arms, saying he was horrified by a weekend massacre that killed more than 100 people, including women and small children.
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G-8 Summit: Police in riot gear contain Ethiopian activists protesting in Maryland
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The flag-waving Ethiopian immigrants were protesting the rule of Meles Zenawi, who was invited to Camp David along with the heads of Benin, Ghana and Tanzania to discuss food security with G-8 leaders.
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American al-Qaida militant had 'privileged' childhood in Alabama
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An American who serves as a commander with a Somali militant group says in a new autobiography that he had a "privileged" childhood in Alabama before he joined the al-Qaida linked militants.
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Man wakes up at his own funeral
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An Egyptian man, pronounced dead following a heart attack, woke up at his funeral.
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