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Syria’s Assad ‘confident in victory’ in civil war

BEIRUT – Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview broadcast Thursday that he is “confident in victory” in his country’s civil war, and he warned that Damascus would retaliate for a...

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No charge against mother of baby in sewer BEIJING – The mother of a Chinese baby boy who was rescued from a sewer pipe beneath a restroom shortly after birth is unlikely to face c...

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Round pebbles on Mars reveal past flowing water LOS ANGELES – A fresh analysis by NASA’s Curiosity rover confirms a stream once ran through Gale Crater on Mars. During ...

Iraqi forces fail to stem violence

BAGHDAD – Officials in Iraq are growing increasingly concerned about an unabated spike in violence that claimed at least another 33 lives Thursday and is reviving fears of a return to widesp...

Drone strike comes despite transparency pledge

WASHINGTON – The drone attack that killed a Pakistan Taliban deputy leader this week was a clear signal that despite President Barack Obama’s promise last week of new transparency in the dro...

Federal official says Obama, Bloomberg ricin letters similar

WASHINGTON – A suspicious letter mailed to the White House was similar to two threatening, poison-laced letters on the gun-law debate sent to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the nat...

Secret Service: Letter to White House intercepted

WASHINGTON – The Secret Service said Thursday that a suspicious letter addressed to President Barack Obama and similar to ricin-laced ones sent to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been i...

U.K. police: Man charged in UK soldier’s murder

LONDON — Police have charged a man with the murder of a British soldier in a suspected Islamic extremist attack in broad daylight. Michael Adebowale, 22, was charged late Wednesda...

Bear euthanized after chasing dog in Connecticut

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – Environmental authorities say they euthanized a 200-pound black bear that attempted to chase a dog into a Connecticut home. The state’s Department of Energy...

UK police: Man charged in soldier’s murder

LONDON – Police have charged a man with murder in the killing of a British soldier in a suspected Islamic extremist attack in broad daylight on a London street. Michael Adebowale,...

Ohio congressmen on IRS: ‘How high up did it go?’

CINCINNATI – A Republican senator and a congressman from Ohio said Wednesday night that the key question about the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exe...

UN gets new info on alleged chemical use by Syria

UNITED NATIONS – Britain said Thursday it has sent a letter to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with new information on three further incidents of alleged chemical weapons use by the Syrian gov...
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