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EU diplomat meets with ousted leader

CAIRO – Egypt’s military gave the ousted president his first contact with the outside world since removing him from office, allowing Europe’s top diplomat Tuesday to meet with Mohammed Morsi...

DATE: Jul 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

White House touts slow increase in health care costs

Health care costs rise at slow rate

DATE: Jul 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New peace effort gets underway with familar cast of faces

WASHINGTON – With a cast of characters that has presided over numerous failed Middle East peace efforts, the Obama administration launched a fresh bid Monday to pull Israel and the Palestini...

DATE: Jul 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Child prostitution raids rescue scores, FBI says

WASHINGTON – Declaring child prostitution a “persistent threat” in America, the FBI said Monday that authorities had rescued 105 young people and arrested 150 alleged pimps in a three-day sw...

DATE: Jul 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Afghan aid money squandered, report says

A U.S. program designed to promote stability in war-ravaged Afghanistan has spent $47 million money on conferences and none on grants to accomplish its aim, according to a report released Mo...

DATE: Jul 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Envoy seeks end to Egypt violence

CAIRO – Europe’s top diplomat urged Egypt’s interim government to reach out to the Muslim Brotherhood as she worked Monday to mediate an end to the country’s increasingly bloody crisis, whi...

DATE: Jul 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

U.S. denies monitoring journalist’s phone calls WASHINGTON – A U.S. official said Monday that the National Security Agency did not monitor phone conversations between a New Zealan...

DATE: Jul 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Pope says he won’t ‘judge’ gay priests ABOARD THE PAPAL AIRCRAFT – A remarkably candid Pope Francis struck a conciliatory stance toward gays Monday, saying “who am I to judge” wh...

DATE: Jul 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Sea-level rise threatens 1,400 U.S. cities, study says

A rise in sea levels threatens the viability of more than 1,400 cities and towns, including Miami, Virginia Beach and Jacksonville, unless there are deep cuts in heat-trapping greenhouse gas...

DATE: Jul 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Mexico nabs three cartel suspects in officer’s killing

MEXICO CITY – Authorities detained three alleged members of the Knights Templar drug cartel in the killing of one of Mexico’s highest-ranking navy officers and a bodyguard, Attorney General ...

DATE: Jul 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Optimism muted as Israel, Palestine prepare for new peace talks

JERUSALEM – Israeli and Palestinian teams flew to Washington on Monday to end five years of diplomatic stalemate and prepare for a new round of Mideast peace talks, though optimism was in s...

DATE: Jul 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Scientists collect water near site of blown well

ON THE GULF OF MEXICO – Scientists from several universities are working to learn whether a gas well that blew wild last week off the Louisiana coast has polluted the Gulf of Mexico. ...

DATE: Jul 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World