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Rowan Williams to step down as Anglican leader

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-06-18 08:57
LONDON (AP) -- Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is stepping down at the end of the year, calling an end to a tumultuous decade as leader of a global Anglican Communion that has been sharply divided over sexuality and gender....

Rowan Williams to step down as Anglican leader

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-06-18 08:57
LONDON (AP) -- Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is stepping down at the end of the year, calling an end to a tumultuous decade as leader of a global Anglican Communion that has been sharply divided over sexuality and gender....

Rowan Williams to step down as Anglican leader

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-06-18 08:57
LONDON (AP) -- Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is stepping down at the end of the year, calling an end to a tumultuous decade as leader of a global Anglican Communion that has been sharply divided over sexuality and gender....

Band yells racist chant at NCAA tourney

CNN - Top Stories - Wed, 2025-06-18 08:57
A university president apologized after members of a school's band yelled "where's your green card" at a Hispanic player during a NCAA basketball tournament game Thursday.
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Rowan Williams to step down as Anglican leader

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-06-18 08:57
LONDON (AP) -- Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is stepping down at the end of the year, calling an end to a tumultuous decade as leader of a global Anglican Communion that has been sharply divided over sexuality and gender....

US puts best face on Afghan policy under question

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-06-18 08:57
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration confirmed Friday that President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai spoke by phone amid confusion over Karzai's demand that U.S. forces leave posts in Afghan villages, a key tenet of the current military strategy. But the White House did not immediately confirm Karzai's claim that Obama had called him seeking clarity, and that Karzai had reiterated the demand....
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Robots roll up at Innorobo 2012

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-06-18 08:57
A look at some of the robots and technology on show at Europe's largest robotics event.
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Wales want to win it for Davies

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-06-18 08:57
Mervyn Davies' death gives Wales added motivation for Saturday's Grand Slam tilt against France, says backs coach Robert Howley.
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VIDEO: Kofi Annan briefs UN on Syria

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-06-18 08:57
The international envoy, Kofi Annan, is briefing the UN Security Council on his mission to end the escalating violence in Syria.
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Slain teen's family: Why no arrest?

CNN - Top Stories - Wed, 2025-06-18 08:57
The family of a 17-year-old unarmed Florida boy gunned down last month is outraged that the shooter remains free.
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Nazi-seized art ordered returned to American man

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-06-18 08:57
BERLIN (AP) -- A Berlin museum must return thousands of rare posters to an American, part of his Jewish father's unique collection that had been seized by the Nazis, Germany's top federal appeals court ruled Friday....

Neutrinos 'slow down' in new test

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-06-18 08:57
A repeat of the measurement of the speed of neutrinos finds they do not exceed light speed, in contrast to controversial results reported last year.
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APNewsBreak: New case of Afghan killing Marine

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-06-18 08:57
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An Afghan soldier shot to death a 22-year-old Marine at an outpost in southwestern Afghanistan last month in a previously undisclosed case of apparent Afghan treachery that marked at least the seventh killing of an American military member by his supposed ally in the past six weeks, Marine officials said....
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'Trophy' rapist special PC jailed

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-06-18 08:57
A former Suffolk special constable with a fixation for underwear is jailed for eight years for raping a teenage girl.
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VIDEO: Farewell parade for 3rd Battalion

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-06-18 08:57
More than 400 soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, have been taking part in a farewell parade in Wiltshire.
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Artists pay homage to The Smiths

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-06-18 08:57
Tap dancing, a singing bear and classic gig photos are part of an exhibition of The Smiths' influence on art in Manchester.
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Late Android fees spark backlash

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-06-18 08:57
App developers have criticised Google after it failed to pay them on time, and then proved difficult to contact.
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Man's toe torn off by escalator

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-06-18 08:57
A man's toe is torn off after it gets caught in an escalator at a Nottingham shopping arcade.
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Opinion: Obama vs. chief justice?

CNN - Top Stories - Wed, 2025-06-18 08:57
President Franklin D. Roosevelt reacted with fury when major legislative pillars of his New Deal were declared unconstitutional by a Supreme Court anchored by four ideological conservatives. He lashed out at the justices, accusing them of practicing crass politics disguised as constitutional law.
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Appeal to trusts over teen death

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-06-18 08:57
A coroner appeals to two health trusts to review care centre policy following the death of a teenage girl in Newtownards in June 2010.
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