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New civic activists shine at anti-Putin protest

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-06-08 14:49
MOSCOW (AP) -- A protest rally against Vladimir Putin drew more than 20,000 people on Saturday, far fewer than those in past months as the opposition movement appears to be losing momentum following Putin's presidential election victory....

Canadian skier dies in race crash

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2025-06-08 14:49
Canadian skier Nik Zoricic died of head injuries from a crash while racing Saturday at a World Cup Ski Cross event in Grindelwald, Switzerland.
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Charges over Strauss-Kahn protest

BBC - News - Sun, 2025-06-08 14:49
Three people are charged following protests prior to a speech in Cambridge by former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
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Former Yemen president hospitalized

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-06-08 14:49
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- The party of Yemen's former president says the 69-year old Ali Abdullah Saleh has been admitted to a hospital for regular checkups and minor procedures....

US officials: Loyal army, inner circle back Assad

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-06-08 14:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Despite the Obama administration's predictions that the Syrian government's days are numbered, recent U.S. intelligence reports suggest President Bashar Assad commands a formidable army that is unlikely to turn on him, an inner circle that has stayed loyal and an elite class that still supports his rule....
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US officials: Loyal army, inner circle back Assad

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-06-08 14:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Despite the Obama administration's predictions that the Syrian government's days are numbered, recent U.S. intelligence reports suggest President Bashar Assad commands a formidable army that is unlikely to turn on him, an inner circle that has stayed loyal and an elite class that still supports his rule....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

US officials: Loyal army, inner circle back Assad

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-06-08 14:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Despite the Obama administration's predictions that the Syrian government's days are numbered, recent U.S. intelligence reports suggest President Bashar Assad commands a formidable army that is unlikely to turn on him, an inner circle that has stayed loyal and an elite class that still supports his rule....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

US officials: Loyal army, inner circle back Assad

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-06-08 14:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Despite the Obama administration's predictions that the Syrian government's days are numbered, recent U.S. intelligence reports suggest President Bashar Assad commands a formidable army that is unlikely to turn on him, an inner circle that has stayed loyal and an elite class that still supports his rule....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Body of hostage slain in Nigeria arrives in Italy

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-06-08 14:49
ROME (AP) -- The body of an Italian hostage found slain in Nigeria during a botched British-Nigerian rescue attempt arrived Saturday in Rome, where authorities are upset they were not consulted on the effort to free him....

French comics artist Moebius dies

BBC - News - Sun, 2025-06-08 14:49
Jean Giraud, widely known as Moebius and one of France's leading comics artists, dies in Paris at the age of 73.
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Murkowski regrets voting with GOP on birth control

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-06-08 14:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she saw it coming, even before the public scolding last weekend at Alaska's Iditarod dog sled race. Siding with Republican leaders on a contentious contraceptives vote was a mistake....
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Murkowski regrets voting with GOP on birth control

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-06-08 14:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she saw it coming, even before the public scolding last weekend at Alaska's Iditarod dog sled race. Siding with Republican leaders on a contentious contraceptives vote was a mistake....
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Murkowski regrets voting with GOP on birth control

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-06-08 14:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she saw it coming, even before the public scolding last weekend at Alaska's Iditarod dog sled race. Siding with Republican leaders on a contentious contraceptives vote was a mistake....
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Murkowski regrets voting with GOP on birth control

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-06-08 14:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she saw it coming, even before the public scolding last weekend at Alaska's Iditarod dog sled race. Siding with Republican leaders on a contentious contraceptives vote was a mistake....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Murkowski regrets voting with GOP on birth control

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-06-08 14:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she saw it coming, even before the public scolding last weekend at Alaska's Iditarod dog sled race. Siding with Republican leaders on a contentious contraceptives vote was a mistake....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Murkowski regrets voting with GOP on birth control

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-06-08 14:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she saw it coming, even before the public scolding last weekend at Alaska's Iditarod dog sled race. Siding with Republican leaders on a contentious contraceptives vote was a mistake....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Pakistani troops feel West undervalues their war

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-06-08 14:49
KALPANI BASE, Pakistan (AP) -- The wind was howling and the snow outside their bullet-pocked bunker lay knee-deep as the men of the 20th Lancer armored regiment bedded down for the night, nearly 2,500 meters (8,000 feet) up a mountain on one of the world's most inhospitable borders....

VIDEO: BBC correspondent's pirate 'drama'

BBC - News - Sun, 2025-06-08 14:49
The BBC's Security Correspondent Frank Gardner reports from a tanker in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia, following a recent increase in pirate attacks there.
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Top skier dies in World Cup event

BBC - News - Sun, 2025-06-08 14:49
Canadian skier Nick Zoricic dies from head injuries after crashing heavily in a World Cup skicross race in Switzerland.
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Prince Harry leads race, plays rugby in Rio

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-06-08 14:49
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Prince Harry began his second day in Brazil running a one-mile (1.6 kilometer) race and playing rugby in Rio de Janeiro's Flamengo beach....
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