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What to expect this week from school protests rattling France's government
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Phone hacking scandal touches a nerve in UK
LONDON - Britain's phone hacking scandal intensified Wednesday as the scope of tabloid intrusion into private voice mails became clearer: Murder victims. Terro…
World/Nation Briefs July 7, 2011
An immediate end to 'don't ask, don't tell' policy
World/Nation Briefs July 6, 2011
Casey Anthony cleared of murdering 2-year-old daughter
World/Nation Briefs July 5, 2011
World/Nation Briefs July 1, 2011
Senate changes plans, will work next week
Royal visit puts Canada's senseof self to the test Embracing royalty
TORONTO - Decades have passed since Canadians abandoned the Union Jack and replaced "God Save the Queen" with "O Canada," but the royalty-lovers among them are…
World/Nation Briefs June 28, 2011
Afghan corruption soars as US talks withdrawal
WASHINGTON (AP) - The farmer picking apples in the outskirts of Kabul must pay the Taliban $33 to ship out each truckload of fruit. The governor sends in armed men to chase workers off job sites if the official bri…
Libyan state media says NATO airstrike kills 15
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - Libyan authorities on Saturday accused NATO of killing 15 people in an airstrike that hit a restaurant and bakery in the east, though the alliance said there were no indications that civilians…
Opening the spigot
NEW YORK (AP) - The United States and other nations that depend on oil imports will release and sell 60 million barrels of crude from emergency stocks in an effort to ease the strain of high oil prices on the globa…
Penguin takes wrong turn to New Zealand
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - He's healthy, well-fed and far from home. And he's quickly become the most popular attraction on a New Zealand beach. If only he…
World/Nation briefs
Juncker warns of contagion
BERLIN (AP) - Contagion from the Greek debt crisis could spread to at least five other European countries - including Belgium or even Italy - if it is not cautiously managed, the head of the eurozone group warned S…
Chilean volcano's ash circles globe, returns
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - The ash cloud from a Chilean volcano that has been erupting for nearly two weeks has circled the globe and come home again.