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Mali sets date for presidential election in July

BAMAKO, Mali – Mali’s government announced on Monday that much-anticipated presidential elections will be held July 28, in a communique that set the dates for the campaign period and a runof...

DATE: May 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Iran’s approaching vote brings receding Web access

TEHRAN, Iran – From a computer keyboard in London, an Iranian emigre plays the role of counselor, social media guru and all-around adviser for Internet users back home seeking ways around th...

DATE: May 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Germany’s top-selling tabloid to introduce paywall

BERLIN – Europe’s top-selling newspaper said Monday it will introduce a paywall for part of its online offerings starting next month. Main news stories will remain free of charge...

DATE: May 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Mayor of Oklahoma town familiar with tornadoes

MOORE, Okla. – Glenn Lewis looks out at a pile of twisted metal, broken wood, smashed vehicles and torn school books. This is what is left of one of the two schools in his Oklahoma town that...

DATE: May 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Spanish climber dies on Himalayan peak MADRID – A Spanish climber has died on the world’s seventh highest mountain after falling and surviving for three nights without food or wat...

DATE: May 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

EU lifts arms embargo on Syrian opposition

BRUSSELS – The European Union said its member states within days will be able to send weapons to help Syria’s outgunned rebels, seeking to pressure President Bashar Assad’s regime ahead of p...

DATE: May 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bombings kill 66 in Iraqi capital

BAGHDAD – A wave of car bombings tore through mostly Shiite Muslim neighborhoods of the Baghdad area starting Monday afternoon, leaving at least 66 dead in the latest outburst of an unusuall...

DATE: May 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Alaska man charged in double homicide, rape ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A man who has been charged with killing an elderly Alaska couple and raping their 2-year-old great-granddaughter i...

DATE: May 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Dog tag returned to World War II veteran

Pendant spent 69 years in a barley field in France

DATE: May 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Sen. McCain makes trip to Syria to visit rebels

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John McCain has quietly slipped into Syria for a meeting with Syrian rebels. Spokeswoman Rachael Dean confirms the Republican made the visit. She decline...

DATE: May 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Americans gather to honor fallen service members

Americans gathered at memorials, museums and monuments and the president laid a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery to honor fallen service members on Memorial Day, as combat in Afghanista...

DATE: May 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

'Not racist': Common claim after slurs

It's almost a cliché. First, someone talking about blacks makes reference to fried chicken, watermelon, monkeys or dogs – or even uses the indefensible N-word. Then, along with the inevitabl...

DATE: May 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World