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Irish Protestant leader Ian Paisley hospitalized
Monday, February 6, 2012 10:32:03 AM CST
The fiery Northern Ireland Protestant leader the Rev. Ian Paisley has been taken to a hospital, his wife said Monday.
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Italian court to rule by Thursday on shipwreck captain's bail conditions
Monday, February 6, 2012 10:06:14 AM CST
The captain of the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner will find out by Thursday if he is to be released on bail, remain under house arrest or be sent to jail over last month's disaster, which claimed 32 lives.
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UK judge orders radical preacher released on bail
Monday, February 6, 2012 9:59:06 AM CST
A British court ruled Monday that an extremist cleric described as one of Europe's leading al-Qaida operatives should be released on bail.
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Europes struggle under record cold snap
Monday, February 6, 2012 9:50:56 AM CST
Overwhelmed by deep snow and harsh temperatures, some countries in Europe closed down schools and struggled to continue public transport and garbage pick-up Monday, as post-snow rains caused a dam to collapse in Bulgaria, flooding a village and killing at least four.
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Turkey protests Swiss probe against minister
Monday, February 6, 2012 9:37:44 AM CST
Turkey has summoned the Swiss ambassador to protest his country's probe of a Turkish official alleged to have denied Armenians endured a genocide in the 1900s.
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Mexico rescues 6 Cubans from drifting boat
Monday, February 6, 2012 9:23:50 AM CST
The Mexican Navy says it has rescued six Cubans from a makeshift boat adrift off the Caribbean island of Isla Mujeres.
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Poles mourn missing baby found dead in park
Monday, February 6, 2012 8:51:32 AM CST
Flowers, teddy bears and candles piled up Monday in a southern Polish park where a mother buried her baby and then sparked a nationwide search by falsely claiming she had been kidnapped.
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Egypt names 19 Americans in case straining ties
Monday, February 6, 2012 8:51:13 AM CST
Egypt has released the names of 19 Americans who face trial over activities of their nonprofit groups in Egypt, a case that has soured U.S.-Egypt relations.
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Iran arrests several on links to BBC Farsi service
Monday, February 6, 2012 8:44:42 AM CST
Iran's semiofficial Mehr news agency says authorities have arrested several people over alleged links to the British Broadcasting Corporation's Farsi-language service.
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Israel condemns Palestinian reconciliation deal
Monday, February 6, 2012 8:39:00 AM CST
Israel's prime minister says it will be impossible to hold peace talks if the Palestinians go through with a new reconciliation deal.
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US closes embassy in Syria, pulls out diplomats
Monday, February 6, 2012 8:08:32 AM CST
The Obama administration closed the U.S. Embassy in Damascus on Monday and pulled all American diplomats out of violence-wracked Syria as the U.S. stepped up pressure on President Bashar Assad to leave power.
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France, Germany want account for Greek debt funds
Monday, February 6, 2012 7:38:33 AM CST
France and Germany called Monday for the creation of a special account to ensure that billions of euros in bailout money for Greece goes directly to paying down debt, just as Greek politicians struggle to agree a fresh austerity plan that is being pushed for by international creditors.
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Norway mass killer demands medal at court hearing
Monday, February 6, 2012 7:33:13 AM CST
The right-wing extremist who has admitted killing 77 people in the worst peacetime massacre that Norway has ever seen told a court Monday that he deserved a medal of honor for the bloodshed and demanded to be set free.
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Intense Greek talks for debt deal continue
Monday, February 6, 2012 7:30:18 AM CST
Greece's coalition government leaders face mounting pressure from home and abroad to secure an agreement on strict austerity measures as they prepared for a second day of emergency talks.
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Queen Elizabeth II marks Accession Day
Monday, February 6, 2012 7:23:36 AM CST
It has been 60 years to the day since Britain was shocked by the bulletins: The King is dead; long live the Queen!
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Indonesia to hit train roof riders with nasty goop
Monday, February 6, 2012 7:05:05 AM CST
Indonesia has another bizarre way to keep commuters off the roofs of trains: swat them with brooms drenched in putrid goop.
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US, Australian filmmakers die in helicopter crash
Monday, February 6, 2012 6:59:22 AM CST
Award-winning American cinematographer Mike deGruy and Australian television writer-producer Andrew Wight have died in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia, their employer National Geographic said.
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Mexican ruling party picks woman as presidential candidate
Monday, February 6, 2012 5:30:33 AM CST
Mexico's ruling party on Sunday chose a former congresswoman to run for president, the first time a major party has nominated a woman to compete for the nation's top office.
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Abbas reaches deal to head Palestinian unity government with Hamas
Monday, February 6, 2012 4:16:59 AM CST
The two rival Palestinian camps have agreed that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will head an interim unity government that is to lead them to elections.
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China says it was forced to veto UN measure on Syria
Monday, February 6, 2012 4:11:26 AM CST
China says it was forced to veto a United Nations vote on Syria because it was called before differences in the proposal were bridged but says it wants to play a constructive role in ending violence there.