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Hezbollah chief: EU yielded to US, Israeli will

BEIRUT – The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah on Wednesday ridiculed a European Union decision to place the group’s military wing on a terror list, accusing the body of capitulating to U.S. and...

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

Mideast issues split Congress

U.S. trying to figure out its new role

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

Return of U.S. draft not in sight

All-volunteer force putting defense of country in hands of minority

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

Nation Briefs

Weiner says he won’t leave NYC mayoral race NEW YORK – Anthony Weiner says he’s not dropping out of the New York City mayoral race in light of newly revealed explicit online corre...

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

Opposition demands Hezbollah stand trial

BEIRUT – The Syrian opposition said Tuesday that Lebanese Hezbollah leaders should be put on trial for fighting on the government’s side in the Syrian civil war. The surge in Hezb...

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

World Briefs

Brazilian police defend security for Pope RIO DE JANEIRO – Even though Pope Francis’ motorcade ended up stalled on a traffic-choked street and swarmed by thousands of faithful, B...

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

Obama’s latest economic push has familiar feel

WASHINGTON – If President Barack Obama’s new focus on the economy sounds familiar, that’s because he’s done it before. Since the first year of his presidency, Obama has been laun...

DATE: Jul 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Top military leader outlines costs, risks on Syria

WASHINGTON – Establishing a no-fly zone to protect Syrian rebels would require hundreds of U.S. aircraft at a cost as much as $1 billion per month and no assurance that it would change the m...

DATE: Jul 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Youth activists detained while trying to enter U.S.

NOGALES, Ariz. – U.S. authorities have detained eight activists who asked to be allowed to re-enter the United States from Mexico on humanitarian grounds in a protest against American immigr...

DATE: Jul 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Blacks and whites see Zimmerman case differently

Whites and blacks are divided over the not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial, a survey by the Pew Research Center shows. The poll found that 86 percent of black people ...

DATE: Jul 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Mori’s family denounces military

CAIRO – The family of ousted President Mohammed Morsi furiously denounced the military Monday, accusing it of “kidnapping” him, and European diplomats urged that Egypt’s first freely elected...

DATE: Jul 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World/Nation Briefs

Frenzied crowds greet Pope Francis in Brazil RIO DE JANEIRO – Frenzied crowds of Roman Catholics mobbed the car carrying Pope Francis on Monday when he returned to his home contin...

DATE: Jul 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World