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Syria weapons plan set back

TIRANA, Albania – Albania, a small, impoverished Balkan nation that is one of the United States’ staunchest supporters, on Friday firmly rejected a U.S. request for it to host the destructio...

DATE: Nov 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

China eases one-child policy rules

BEIJING – China made its first major change to its “one-child policy” in nearly 30 years to grapple with a massive shift in its population toward the elderly, who cannot work and need suppor...

DATE: Nov 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Militia groups gun down protesters in Libya TRIPOLI, Libya – Libyan militiamen attacked white-flag-carrying protesters demanding the disbanding of the country’s rampant armed grou...

DATE: Nov 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Victims seek ‘revenge porn’ laws

WASHINGTON – Annmarie Chiarini’s long-distance boyfriend was goading her to pose nude. The pictures would be for his eyes only, Chiarini recalls him saying, because she was so beautiful and ...

DATE: Nov 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Authorities ID man who fell from plane MIAMI – Authorities released the identity Friday of a Florida man who they say fell out of a private plane, and searchers continued looking ...

DATE: Nov 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. envoy: NSA spying causing distress in Germany

BERLIN – The United States faces a difficult task in repairing its image among Germans after allegations of massive National Security Agency surveillance, including Chancellor Angela Merkel’...

DATE: Nov 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. officials: Nuke deal offers Iran minor relief

WASHINGTON – Iran would get only minor relief from economic sanctions under an international proposal to prevent it from producing nuclear weapons, two Obama administration officials said Fr...

DATE: Nov 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

In Philippine relief efforts, China beat by Ikea

BEIJING – The outpouring of international aid to the Philippines makes China’s contribution for typhoon relief look like a trickle: Several countries and even Swedish furniture chain Ikea ha...

DATE: Nov 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Doggone debate continues

NEW YORK – For years, scientists have been dogged by this evolution question: Just where did man’s best friend first appear? The earliest known doglike fossils come from Europe. B...

DATE: Nov 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Typhoon-stricken Philippine town starts rebuilding

GUIUAN, Philippines – People swept dirt from the pews and wiped clean the mud-covered, ornate tile floors of a church. The sound of hammers hitting nails and the buzzing of chain saws reverb...

DATE: Nov 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Health exchanges slow to attract young, healthy

LOS ANGELES – Fears that health insurance exchanges wouldn’t attract the young, healthy people needed to make them financially viable are being heightened by the early results of signups in ...

DATE: Nov 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

FAA: Florida pilot says passenger fell into ocean

MIAMI – Rescue crews searched an area southeast of Miami after a pilot reported to the Federal Aviation Administration that a passenger fell out of his small plane into the ocean Thursday. ...

DATE: Nov 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World