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Egypt comedian found guilty of offending Islam

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-06-09 02:23
CAIRO (AP) -- An Egyptian court on Tuesday upheld a conviction against one of the Arab world's most famous comedians, sentencing him to jail for offending Islam in some of his most popular films....

Obama pushes low-rate student loans, wooing young

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 02:23
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- President Barack Obama went after the college vote Tuesday, pitching cheaper student loans as he courted the one age group where he has a decided advantage over Republican rival Mitt Romney. The twist? Romney, too, has endorsed the idea, though it's unclear whether deficit-leery Republicans in Congress will go along....
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Obama pushes low-rate student loans, wooing young

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-06-09 02:23
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- President Barack Obama went after the college vote Tuesday, pitching cheaper student loans as he courted the one age group where he has a decided advantage over Republican rival Mitt Romney. The twist? Romney, too, has endorsed the idea, though it's unclear whether deficit-leery Republicans in Congress will go along....

Top military officers targeted in Syrian conflict

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-06-09 02:23
BEIRUT (AP) -- The gunmen walked into an apartment building before dawn earlier this month in the quiet Damascus suburb of Jaramana, went to the fifth floor and knocked on the door. When the police commander opened up, the men shot him dead and left....

Top military officers targeted in Syrian conflict

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-06-09 02:23
BEIRUT (AP) -- The gunmen walked into an apartment building before dawn earlier this month in the quiet Damascus suburb of Jaramana, went to the fifth floor and knocked on the door. When the police commander opened up, the men shot him dead and left....

Top military officers targeted in Syrian conflict

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-06-09 02:23
BEIRUT (AP) -- The gunmen walked into an apartment building before dawn earlier this month in the quiet Damascus suburb of Jaramana, went to the fifth floor and knocked on the door. When the police commander opened up, the men shot him dead and left....

Top military officers targeted in Syrian conflict

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-06-09 02:23
BEIRUT (AP) -- The gunmen walked into an apartment building before dawn earlier this month in the quiet Damascus suburb of Jaramana, went to the fifth floor and knocked on the door. When the police commander opened up, the men shot him dead and left....

Gov't: New case of mad cow disease in California

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 02:23
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new case of mad cow disease has surfaced in a dairy cow in California, but the animal was not bound for the nation's food supply and posed no danger, the Agriculture Department said Tuesday....
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South Sudan president: Sudan has 'declared war'

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-06-09 02:23
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- South Sudan's president said Tuesday its northern neighbor has "declared war" on the world's newest nation, just hours after Sudanese jets dropped eight bombs on his country....

South Sudan president: Sudan has 'declared war'

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-06-09 02:23
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- South Sudan's president said Tuesday its northern neighbor has "declared war" on the world's newest nation, just hours after Sudanese jets dropped eight bombs on his country....

Feds make 1st arrest in BP oil spill case

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 02:23
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A BP engineer intentionally deleted more than 300 text messages that said the company's efforts to control the Gulf of Mexico oil spill were failing, and that the amount of oil leaking was far more than what the company reported, the Justice Department said Tuesday....
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Islamists clash with Tunisia state TV employees

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-06-09 02:23
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- Islamists protesting outside Tunisia's state television building clashed with its employees, leaving five wounded, the state news agency said Tuesday....

Judge seeks WikiLeaks damage assessments

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 02:23
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) -- A military judge said Tuesday that she wants to see several federal agencies' assessments of the damage caused by WikiLeaks' publication of government secrets....
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Romney eyes 5 more wins, promises 'better America'

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-06-09 02:23
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The suspense gone, Mitt Romney glided into five primaries on Tuesday as the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting, piling up national convention delegates while commanding the spotlight to sharpen his appeal for the campaign against President Barack Obama....

Murdoch testimony spotlights UK Olympics minister

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-06-09 02:23
LONDON (AP) -- News Corp. executive James Murdoch's behind-the-scenes lobbying campaign spilled out into the public domain Tuesday, casting a harsh light on the British government's Olympics czar....

EU voters, citizens rebel against austerity

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-06-09 02:23
BRUSSELS (AP) -- For more than a year European Union officials seeking to solve Europe's debt crisis have been baying for austerity, austerity and more austerity. Now the people of Europe are taking their backlash from the streets to the ballot box - possibly forcing a change of direction....

Obama, Clinton to headline trio of NYC fundraisers

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-06-09 02:23
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is getting a little help from former President Bill Clinton at a trio of campaign fundraisers in New York....

Boredom, discontent set in among Kony hunters

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-06-09 02:23
DJEMA, Central African Republic (AP) -- An Internet campaign that's gone viral aims to capture notorious rebel leader Joseph Kony, but Ugandan foot soldiers who have spent years searching for the man are starting to ask a question their top commanders prefer to ignore: Is it possible he is dead?...

Boredom, discontent set in among Kony hunters

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-06-09 02:23
DJEMA, Central African Republic (AP) -- An Internet campaign that's gone viral aims to capture notorious rebel leader Joseph Kony, but Ugandan foot soldiers who have spent years searching for the man are starting to ask a question their top commanders prefer to ignore: Is it possible he is dead?...

Pope stakes out church's course entering 8th year

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-06-09 02:23
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI began his eighth year as pope on Tuesday after spending the waning days of his seventh driving home his view of the Catholic Church, with a divisive crackdown on dissenters and an equally divisive opening to a fringe group of traditionalists....
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