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Libyan minister abducted

TRIPOLI, Libya – The abduction was brief but still audacious: Gunmen from one of Libya’s many militias stormed a hotel where the prime minister has a residence and held him for several hours...

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

Israel worries Egypt aid cut threatens peace

JERUSALEM – Israel hopes the U.S. decision to cut aid to Egypt will not affect the two countries’ historic peace deal, a Cabinet minister said Thursday, insisting that Israeli-Egyptian ties ...

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

Iran speaker touts surplus uranium

GENEVA – Iran has more enriched uranium than it needs for its research and would be willing to discuss the “surplus” with Western powers during nuclear talks next week, Iranian Parliament Sp...

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

Number of furloughed workers shrinks as shutdown drags on

The political divide that has kept the federal government in shutdown mode for more than a week may be growing, but the shutdown itself is shrinking. An estimated 800,000 of the m...

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

Secrecy envelops Argentine president’s recovery

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – The doctors who removed a blood clot from the brain of Argentina’s president said Wednesday that she’s improving “without complications.” But their terse report gav...

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

Stowaway’s dad says he requested help for problem son

MINNEAPOLIS – The father of a 9-year-old boy who evaded security to stow away on a flight from Minneapolis to Las Vegas told reporters Wednesday he’s been frustrated in his efforts to get he...

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

Police: Rail commuters on phones didn’t notice gun

SAN FRANCISCO – The young man, just 20, stepped off the train. Another man followed him, pulling out a gun. There was a single shot, startling the preoccupied commuters. Jason Valdez fell, g...

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

U.S. nuclear forces officer loses job

WASHINGTON – The deputy commander of U.S. nuclear forces, Vice Adm. Tim Giardina, was notified Wednesday that he has been relieved of duty amid a military investigation of allegations that h...

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

U.S. cutting aid to Egypt

WASHINGTON – The United States on Wednesday cut hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to its Mideast ally Egypt, responding to the military ouster last summer of the nation’s first democrat...

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

Nation Briefs

NASA Jupiter probe completes Earth flyby LOS ANGELES – NASA’s Jupiter-bound spacecraft has swung by Earth in a flyby designed to boost its speed for the long trip toward the oute...

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

GOP weighing short-term debt-limit hike

WASHINGTON – House Republican leaders are considering a short-term increase in the U.S. debt limit as a possible way to break out of the gridlock that threatens the nation with an unpreceden...

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

World Briefs

Jewish settlers attack village in West Bank JALOUD, West Bank – Masked Jewish settlers burst into a school Wednesday, vandalizing cars and torching olive trees during a rampage th...

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