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Iran nuke policy ‘unchangeable’ no matter who wins

TEHRAN, Iran – Just hours after Iran’s presidential candidates bickered over nuclear policies during a televised debate, the country’s foreign minister stepped in with a comment of his own: ...

DATE: Jun 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pa. girl’s double-lung transplant a success

PHILADELPHIA – A 10-year-old girl whose efforts to qualify for an organ donation spurred public debate over how organs are allocated underwent a successful double-lung transplant Wednesday, ...

DATE: Jun 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Texas executes man who confessed to killing 5

HUNTSVILLE, Texas – A man who confessed to killing five people during a six-month crime spree in southeastern Texas 15 years ago was put to death Wednesday for the fatal shooting of a firefi...

DATE: Jun 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bloomberg pressures donors over gun control votes

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Six months after the Newtown school shooting, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is stepping up his gun control campaign by asking donors not to support Democratic senators ...

DATE: Jun 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Kuwaiti premier visits Iraq, tightening bonds

BAGHDAD – Kuwait’s prime minister discussed ties with his Iraqi counterpart in Baghdad on Wednesday, signaling improving relations between neighbors still working to overcome the more than t...

DATE: Jun 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

NY judge: Fed plan for morning-after pill sales OK

NEW YORK – President Barack Obama’s administration can go forward with its new plan to make the morning-after pill available to buyers of any age without prescriptions, but it needs to do it...

DATE: Jun 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Fukushima plant steps closer to fuel-rod removal

OKUMA, Japan – Damaged vehicles, twisted metal and other debris remain strewn about Japan’s crippled nuclear power plant. Scores of black and gray pipes and hoses cover the ground, part of t...

DATE: Jun 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Southern Baptists officially oppose gay Scout rule

HOUSTON – The Southern Baptist Convention approved a resolution Wednesday expressing its opposition to the Boy Scouts of America’s new policy allowing gay Scouts, though it doesn’t explicitl...

DATE: Jun 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

CIA deputy director Michael Morell retires

WASHINGTON – CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell, who defended harsh interrogation techniques and was involved with the fallout after the attack on the diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, ...

DATE: Jun 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

South Africa: Mandela ‘responding better to treatment’

JOHANNESBURG – Former President Nelson Mandela began responding better to treatment Wednesday morning for a recurring lung infection following “a difficult last few days,” South Africa’s pre...

DATE: Jun 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Syrian extremist rebels raid Shiite village

BEIRUT – Syrian rebels, including Sunni extremists, stormed a village and battled pro-regime militiamen, killing more than 60 Shiite fighters and civilians in an attack steeped in the sectar...

DATE: Jun 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Calm for now in Turkey protests as both sides talk

ISTANBUL — Police held their positions around Taksim Square on Wednesday, and protesters remained put as both sides awaited word on talks between the government and demonstrators to end Turk...

DATE: Jun 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World