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CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's foreign minister sought to downplay speculation of a major shift in his country's foreign policy, saying during a top-level Russian visit Thursday that Moscow was too important to be a substitute for the United States as Cairo's key ally and backer.
DEAR ABBY: I'm writing regarding "Lost for Words" (July 7), who skipped her 10-year high school reunion because she was bullied in school. (She is now receiving Facebook messages from former classmates who want to apologize.) When I got there, I was given hugs by classmates. "Lost," you can…
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AdChoices CompareCards.comSponsoredTACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) — Workers in this typhoon-shattered city buried 100 of its thousands of dead in a hillside mass burial Thursday as desperately needed aid began to reach some of the half-million people displaced by the disaster.
Republicans in the House of Representatives plan to introduce articles of impeachment against Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday, in the hopes of removing a cabinet member they say has lied to Congress as well as failed to uphold federal law. Since the House voted in 2012 to hold Attorney…
A Chinese suitor who gave his future bride an auspicious 8.88 million yuan ($1.5 million) in cash drew anger on Thursday for the extravagant display of wealth in the still-developing country. Photos showed bamboo baskets stacked with bundles of 100 yuan notes, which are red and depict Mao Zedong,…
By Stuart Grudgings and Andrew R.C. Marshall TACLOBAN, Philippines (Reuters) - Philippine President Benigno Aquino was under growing pressure on Thursday to speed up the distribution of food, water and medicine to desperate survivors of a super typhoon as a U.S. aircraft carrier "strike group"…
By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama faced desperate calls on Wednesday from his political allies to swiftly help people whose existing insurance policies are being canceled because of Obamacare, and to fix the program's broken website by the end of the…
It's kimchi-making season in South Korea, with households across the country preparing and laying down stocks of the ubiquitous spicy side-dish for the coming winter. But many foreign visitors, including the most intrepid foodies, will probably leave without ever tasting a Korean-made version of…
LONDON (AP) — Prince Charles plans to claim the government pension he qualifies for when he turns 65 on Thursday, but he still hasn't started the job he was born to do.
LONDON (AP) — A strain of bird flu that scientists thought could not infect people has shown up in a Taiwanese woman, a nasty surprise that shows scientists must do more to spot worrisome flu strains before they ignite a global outbreak, doctors say.
BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group showed up at a Shiite religious ceremony in southern Beirut on Thursday, vowing to keep his fighters in neighboring Syria as long as needed to shore up President Bashar Assad's struggle against Syria's rebels.
The USNS Mercy received orders Wednesday afternoon to prepare to aid the victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, Navy officials said.
Gleaming with "quiet dignity" on a bright November morning, 978-foot-high 4 World Trade Center opened its doors Wednesday, the first skyscraper to open on the original site of the iconic Twin Towers since their destruction 12 years ago. It was a symbolic moment for New York’s “ground zero” after…
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In a weird confluence of the nation's two most pressing issues -- Obamacare and our insane immigration laws -- this week we found out that the tens of thousands of "navigators" hired by the government to enroll people in Obamacare will include convicted felons. It's not their money.
Chicago (AFP) - World Cup-bound United States will be without injured striker Clint Dempsey and midfielder Fabian Johnson for upcoming friendlies against Scotland and Austria.
Nigeria's army offensive against Islamist militants has pushed nearly 40,000 refugees over its northern border into Niger, a U.N. agency said, in a drive that is straining food supplies in the drought-prone country. The United Nations estimated in June there were 6,000 refugees from Nigeria but…
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A San Francisco Municipal Railway train carrying passengers rolled out of a station today leaving behind one important person: the driver. The train entered a tunnel between the Castro and Forest Hill stations when a passenger noticed the driver wasn’t inside the train and activated...