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AP Sources: CIA-led force may speed Afghan exit

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 20:57
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Top Pentagon officials are considering putting elite special operations troops under CIA control in Afghanistan after 2014, just as they were during last year's raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan, sources told The Associated Press....
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AP Sources: CIA-led force may speed Afghan exit

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 20:57
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Top Pentagon officials are considering putting elite special operations troops under CIA control in Afghanistan after 2014, just as they were during last year's raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan, sources told The Associated Press....
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Afghan attacks on US troops undermine trust level

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 20:57
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Afghan duplicity has cost the lives of six American troops over the past week and betrayed the trust that's an essential element in the international coalition's formula for winding down the decade-long war....
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Afghan attacks on US troops undermine trust level

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 20:57
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Afghan duplicity has cost the lives of six American troops over the past week and betrayed the trust that's an essential element in the international coalition's formula for winding down the decade-long war....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Egypt court rejects second Mickey cartoon lawsuit

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-22 20:57
CAIRO (AP) -- An Egyptian court on Saturday rejected the second of two lawsuits brought by ultraconservative Islamists accusing a Christian media mogul of insulting Islam when he relayed a cartoon online of Mickey Mouse with a beard and Minnie in a face veil....

Egypt court rejects second Mickey cartoon lawsuit

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-22 20:57
CAIRO (AP) -- An Egyptian court on Saturday rejected the second of two lawsuits brought by ultraconservative Islamists accusing a Christian media mogul of insulting Islam when he relayed a cartoon online of Mickey Mouse with a beard and Minnie in a face veil....

US clears up after tornado havoc

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-22 20:57
US authorities search for survivors and clear damage after a string of tornadoes killed at least 37 people in four Midwestern states.
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BP begins to put spill behind it with settlement

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 20:57
BP has taken a major step toward putting the nation's worst oil spill behind it by agreeing to a $7.8 billion settlement of lawsuits filed by 100,000 victims....
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Man City 2-0 Bolton

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-22 20:57
Mario Balotelli scores as leaders Manchester City pull five points clear of Manchester United with a 2-0 win over Bolton.
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SNP told to quit stalling on poll

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-22 20:57
Scottish Secretary Michael Moore has told the SNP to "quit stalling" and bring forward the referendum on independence.
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Impressive Federer beats Murray

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-22 20:57
World number three Roger Federer continues his impressive run of form by beating Andy Murray to win the Dubai Championships.
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Perez pips Button as Ferrari toil

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-22 20:57
Sauber’s Sergio Perez pips McLaren’s Jenson Button to the fastest time on the penultimate day of pre-season testing in Barcelona.
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Protest march over cancer service

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-22 20:57
Hundreds of people join a march through Kendal calling for radiotherapy services at the town's hospital.
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Iran: Poll turnout 'slap' to West

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-22 20:57
Iran's interior minister says turnout in Friday's parliamentary elections was 64%, describing it as a "slap in the face" to Iran's enemies.
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US says it supports IMF efforts to aid Egypt

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 20:57
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. says it backs International Monetary Fund efforts to aid Egypt - a statement of support that follows the recent departure from Egypt of Americans on trial over charges their pro-democracy organizations fomented unrest....
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Revision lowers Ky. tornado death toll to 13

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 20:57
WEST LIBERTY, Ky. (AP) -- Kentucky emergency management officials have revised the number of people killed by violent storms in that state to 13, down by one from a previous report....
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Losses mount from scams targeting older Americans

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 20:57
NEW YORK (AP) -- Boomers beware: Scams, frauds and other financial exploitation schemes targeting older Americans are a growing multibillion-dollar industry enriching the schemers, anguishing the victims and vexing law enforcement officials who find these crimes among the hardest to investigate and prosecute....
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Losses mount from scams targeting older Americans

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 20:57
NEW YORK (AP) -- Boomers beware: Scams, frauds and other financial exploitation schemes targeting older Americans are a growing multibillion-dollar industry enriching the schemers, anguishing the victims and vexing law enforcement officials who find these crimes among the hardest to investigate and prosecute....
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Losses mount from scams targeting older Americans

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 20:57
NEW YORK (AP) -- Boomers beware: Scams, frauds and other financial exploitation schemes targeting older Americans are a growing multibillion-dollar industry enriching the schemers, anguishing the victims and vexing law enforcement officials who find these crimes among the hardest to investigate and prosecute....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Losses mount from scams targeting older Americans

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 20:57
NEW YORK (AP) -- Boomers beware: Scams, frauds and other financial exploitation schemes targeting older Americans are a growing multibillion-dollar industry enriching the schemers, anguishing the victims and vexing law enforcement officials who find these crimes among the hardest to investigate and prosecute....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US
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