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Oscar Pistorius lawyers file appeal against bail restrictions
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Lawyers for Oscar Pistorius have filed an appeal in a South African court against bail restrictions imposed on the Olympian, who is charged with murdering his girlfriend, according to papers released by the Pistorius family on Monday.
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Conclave 2013: Start date for Conclave set for March 12
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Cardinals have set Tuesday as the start date for the conclave to elect the next pope. There doesn't appear to be a front-runner in this election for a successor to the retired Benedict XVI.
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President Obama: Middle East peace breakthrough not the focus of Israel visit
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President Barack Obama is playing down expectations for a Mideast peace breakthrough during his upcoming trip to Israel, telling American Jewish leaders that he won't be carrying a "grand peace plan" when he arrives in the region later this month.
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Former Italy Premier Silvio Berlusconi convicted for wiretap publications
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A Milan court has convicted former Premier Silvio Berlusconi for the illegal publication of transcripts of wiretapped conversations in a newspaper owned by his media empire.
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Oscar Pistorius case: South African PR company won't represent Pistorius
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A South African public relations company says it will no longer represent Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee athlete charged with murdering his girlfriend.
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North Korea vows to launch pre-emptive nuclear strike against U.S.
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North Korea on Thursday vowed to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States, amplifying its threatening rhetoric hours ahead of a vote by U.N. diplomats on whether to level new sanctions against Pyongyang for its recent nuclear test.
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Iraq reconstruction: U.S. spent too much money, too few results, inspector says
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Ten years and $60 billion in American taxpayer funds later, Iraq is still so unstable and broken that even its leaders question whether U.S. efforts to rebuild the war-torn nation were worth the cost.
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Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan leader, dies at 58
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Vice President Nicolas Maduro says Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has died at age 58.
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North Korea vows to cancel Korean War cease-fire over sanctions
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North Korea is vowing to cancel the 1953 Korean War cease-fire because of sanctions and ongoing U.S.-South Korean joint military drills.
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Diplomats: US, China agree on North Korea sanctions
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Late Monday evening, the Security Council scheduled closed-door consultations on North Korea for Tuesday morning.
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US cardinals seek answers on Vatican dysfunction
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The Vatican said 103 of the 115 voting-age cardinals attended Monday's inaugural session of the pre-conclave meetings, at which cardinals organize the election process, discuss the problems of the church and get to know one another before voting.
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South Korea questioning U.S. soldiers over high-speed car chase
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South Korean police say they are questioning U.S. soldiers over a high-speed car chase that resulted in a Seoul officer shooting a soldier after being hit by a car.
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Secretary Kerry in Saudi Arabia for talks on Iran, other issues
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in Saudi Arabia for talks with Saudi and Gulf Arab officials, said Monday the window of opportunity for a diplomatic solution to the Iranian nuclear problem "cannot by definition remain open indefinitely."
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Vatican: Cardinals get down to work in pre-conclave talks
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Cardinals from around the globe have descended on Rome for meetings ahead of the election for a successor to Benedict XVI. The first pre-conclave meeting is scheduled for Monday morning.
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Queen Elizabeth II hospitalized with stomach infection
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Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II has been hospitalized after suffering from what appears to be a stomach infection. Her upcoming trip to Rome will be canceled.
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Turkey PM comments on Zionism 'particularly offensive,' U.S. official says
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A senior American official said Friday that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will take Turkey's prime minister to task for "particularly offensive" comments he made this week equating Zionism with a crime against humanity.
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Navy sailors convicted, sentenced to prison after raping woman in Japan
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Two U.S. Navy sailors were convicted and sentenced to prison on Friday for raping and robbing a woman on Okinawa in a crime that outraged many on the southern Japanese island.
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Pope Benedict XVI becomes 1st pope in 600 years to resign
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Benedict XVI has become the first pope in 600 years to resign, ending an eight-year pontificate shaped by struggles to move the church past sex abuse scandals and to reawaken Christianity in an indifferent world.
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