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Remains found in Mexico came from ancient cemetery

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-06-09 06:06
SAN CRISTOBAL, Mexico (AP) -- A representative of Mexico's main anthropology agency says the remains of 167 people found in a cave in the country's south were part of a pre-Hispanic cemetery dating back some 1,300 years....

Remains found in Mexico came from ancient cemetery

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-06-09 06:06
SAN CRISTOBAL, Mexico (AP) -- A representative of Mexico's main anthropology agency says the remains of 167 people found in a cave in the country's south were part of a pre-Hispanic cemetery dating back some 1,300 years....

Double sacrifice: Family loses sons in Afghanistan

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 06:06
PRESCOTT, Ark. (AP) -- When their older brother Jeremy died in Afghanistan, Ben and Beau Wise did what loyal brothers and soldiers do. They stood solemnly in uniform at his memorial, laid red roses in front of his picture, and Ben spoke bravely to a chapel full of loved ones who came to mourn....
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Hague facing drones legal action

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 06:06
Human rights lawyers are to launch an action against the foreign secretary over the alleged use of intelligence in aiding US drone attacks in Pakistan.
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Service of 'sorrow and solidarity'

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 06:06
Hundreds gather to mourn six soldiers killed in Afghanistan
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GCHQ praises Cyber Security champ

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 06:06
A University of Cambridge undergraduate wins an internet defence competition backed by the intelligence service GCHQ.
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Government can't keep up with information requests

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 06:06
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration couldn't keep pace with the increasing number of people asking for copies of government documents, emails, photographs and more under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, according to a new analysis of the latest federal data by The Associated Press....
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VIDEO: Afghan blast soldiers remembered

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 06:06
A service of remembrance has taken place at Halifax Minster to commemorate the lives of the six soldiers who died in Afghanistan.
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Springsteen tops UK album chart

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 06:06
Bruce Springsteen has topped the UK album chart for a ninth time with his new collection Wrecking Ball, the Official UK Charts Company says.
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Syria observer chief says violence derails mission

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-06-09 06:06
BEIRUT (AP) -- The head of the U.N. observers in Syria said Friday a spike in bloodshed is derailing the mission to monitor and defuse more than a year of violence, raising questions about how effective the unarmed force can be in a conflict that every day looks more like a civil war....

Double sacrifice: Family loses sons in Afghanistan

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 06:06
PRESCOTT, Ark. (AP) -- When their older brother Jeremy died in Afghanistan, Ben and Beau Wise did what loyal brothers and soldiers do. They stood solemnly in uniform at his memorial, laid red roses in front of his picture, and Ben spoke bravely to a chapel full of loved ones who came to mourn....
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Derby will decide title - Mancini

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 06:06
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini says the Premier League title will be decided when they play Manchester United on 30 April.
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England 'grit' delights Lancaster

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 06:06
Stuart Lancaster praises the "character and grit" of his England side after their nailbiting Six Nations victory in Paris
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Search expanded for 4 missing fishermen off coast.

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 06:06
SEATTLE (AP) -- The Coast Guard expanded its search area Sunday in an effort to find four people who disappeared from a fishing trawler off the Washington coast, but there was still no sign of them....
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Brazil's new consumer class flocks to U.S. to shop

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The overstuffed bags filling Fernando Mello's luggage cart wobbled precariously as the gym owner made his way home one morning through Rio's international airport. Navigating the terminal, Mr. Mello was part of a horde of other Brazilian travelers returning with loot found in the strip ...

Jamaican drug lord faces sentencing in US case

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 06:06
NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. authorities say Jamaican drug kingpin Christopher "Dudus" Coke was so ruthless that he once ordered a rival killed with a chainsaw....
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Obama's health care law: A trek, not a sprint

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 06:06
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It took only a year to set up Medicare. But if President Barack Obama's health care law survives Supreme Court scrutiny, it will be nearly a decade before all its major pieces are in place....
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Obama's health care law: A trek, not a sprint

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 06:06
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It took only a year to set up Medicare. But if President Barack Obama's health care law survives Supreme Court scrutiny, it will be nearly a decade before all its major pieces are in place....
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Israeli ex-negotiator blasts Palestinian Authority

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-06-09 06:06
JERUSALEM (AP) -- A former Israeli negotiator and key architect of the 1990s peace effort that established the Palestinian Authority says the self-rule government should be dismantled because it is enabling Israel to continue its occupation of the West Bank....

Egypt: Cease-fire between Israel, Gaza militants

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-06-09 06:06
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Egypt has mediated a cease-fire between Palestinian militant factions and Israel after four days of violence, an Egyptian security official said....
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