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Obama hails Mandela’s life

JOHANNESBURG – Amid cheers and song for the prisoner who became peacemaker, President Barack Obama energized tens of thousands of spectators and nearly 100 visiting heads of state Tuesday wi...

DATE: Dec 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Congress renews undetectable gun ban for decade

WASHINGTON – Narrowly beating a midnight deadline, Congress voted Monday to renew an expiring ban on plastic firearms that can evade airport detection machines. But Republicans blocked an ef...

DATE: Dec 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

5 dead as Argentine police strikes inspire mobs

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Outbreaks of looting have spread across Argentina as mobs take advantage of strikes by police demanding pay raises to match inflation. Videos show people shattering...

DATE: Dec 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Prospects dim for fast renewal of jobless benefits

WASHINGTON – Prospects dimmed Monday for a quick extension of expiring unemployment benefits as Republican officials said they would not agree to include a renewal in any year-end budget dea...

DATE: Dec 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Poll: Obama, Iran face selling job on nuclear pact

WASHINGTON – The White House and Iran face an uphill job to convince Americans to embrace the interim nuclear pact negotiated with Tehran last month, a USA TODAY/Pew Research Center Poll fou...

DATE: Dec 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

LA sheriff’s deputies face federal charges

LOS ANGELES – Federal officials said 18 current and former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies saw themselves as being “above the law” when they engaged in crimes that included beating inm...

DATE: Dec 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Kerry headed to Mideast, Asia

WASHINGTON – John Kerry leaves Wednesday on his ninth trip to the Mideast as secretary of state to resume talks with Israel and the Palestinians aimed at crafting a final status agreement to...

DATE: Dec 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Mandela memorial raises security, logistical issues

JOHANNESBURG – An eclectic mix of world leaders including President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro will eulogize Nelson Mandela before a crowd of nearly 100,000 mourners at a m...

DATE: Dec 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Probe on Mars finds signs of ancient lake

LOS ANGELES – NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered signs of an ancient freshwater lake on Mars that may have teemed with tiny organisms for tens of millions of years, far longer than scienti...

DATE: Dec 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

Confession coerced, Korean War vet says SAN FRANCISCO – The 85-year-old U.S. veteran who was detained for weeks by North Korea said Monday that the videotaped confession in which ...

DATE: Dec 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Report: NSA spying on online gamers

LONDON – American and British intelligence operations have been spying on gamers across the world, media outlets reported, saying that the world’s most powerful espionage agencies sent under...

DATE: Dec 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Central African Republic mobs launch sectarian attacks

BANGUI, Central African Republic – Dozens of young men stood waiting for storm clouds to pass, as wind stirred up swirls of red dust on the largely deserted street in Central African Republi...

DATE: Dec 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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