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Iran nuclear deal fuels anger, jitters in Mideast

JERUSALEM – Israel’s prime minister harshly condemned the international community’s nuclear deal with Iran on Sunday while Saudi Arabia remained conspicuously quiet, reflecting the jitters f...

DATE: Nov 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

More than 160 killed as Syrian rebels try to siege

BEIRUT – Heavy clashes between Syrian troops and rebels trying to break a government siege in the suburbs of Damascus have killed at least 160 fighters over two days, activists said Sunday. ...

DATE: Nov 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Youths: Web slurs common, not OK

WASHINGTON – In a shift in attitude, most young people now say it’s wrong to use racist or sexist slurs online, even if you’re just kidding. But when they see them, they don’t take much pers...

DATE: Nov 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

If government backs in-flight calls, will airlines follow through?

NEW YORK – The Federal Communications Commission might be ready to permit cellphone calls in flight. But what about the airlines? Old concerns about electronics being a danger to ...

DATE: Nov 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Climate change deal is made

WARSAW, Poland – Avoiding a last-minute breakdown, annual U.N. climate talks limped forward Saturday with a modest set of decisions meant to pave the way for a new pact to fight global warmi...

DATE: Nov 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Presidential death puts pressure on next in line

NEW YORK – As President John F. Kennedy lay dying 50 years ago at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Vice President Lyndon Johnson was hurried into a small room in Minor Medicine, where h...

DATE: Nov 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Washington, D.C. Boeing advises about engine icing problems WASHINGTON – Boeing is alerting airlines about possible engine icing problems on some of its new planes. It ...

DATE: Nov 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Iran makes nuclear agreement

It will freeze its program for six months

DATE: Nov 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Clock ticks on crucial Guantanamo law

It allows the U.S. to hold detainees there

DATE: Nov 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Democrats reach breaking point on filibusters

WASHINGTON – As Democrats watched Senate Republicans use filibuster powers to thwart more and more of President Barack Obama’s agenda and nominees, they wondered how much worse it could get....

DATE: Nov 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Another section of supermarket falls in Latvia

RIGA, Latvia – A massive third section of the roof at a Latvian supermarket where at least 54 people were killed fell Saturday as emergency workers searched nearby rubble for more victims. T...

DATE: Nov 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World