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Health-care reform debate gets more intense with possible weekend vote looming
WASHINGTON - Catholic nuns and bishops have squared off over it, a Republican lawmaker has referred to it as a "wet, smelly dog," and the president has shown himself to be uncharacteristically testy w...
Terror suspect: Coconspirator wanted Danish newspaper employees beheaded to send message
CHICAGO - A Chicago man who pleaded guilty to helping plan an attack on a Danish newspaper says a coconspirator wanted newspaper employees beheaded to make a statement. David Coleman Headley offere...
Sudan and Darfur rebel group sign truce to pave way for peace agreement
DOHA, Qatar - Sudan's government and a collection of Darfur rebel groups signed a cease-fire Thursday - the second such deal in less than a month with a key rebel faction - opening the way for politic...
Europeans debate exiting or expulsion from euro as fiscal crisis continues
LONDON - As Europe struggles to emerge from its fiscal crisis, a notion long considered taboo is gaining currency: could countries be kicked out of the euro or be given an easy way to leave? German...
Clinton urges delay in startup of Iranian nuclear plant, but Russia says it will go ahead
MOSCOW - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and her Russian counterpart clashed openly Thursday over the planned startup this summer of Iran's first, Russian-built nuclear power plant, hig...
Chicago man pleads guilty to scouting Mumbai for terror attack; plotting attack in Denmark
CHICAGO - A Chicago man has pleaded guilty to charges alleging he scouted out the Indian city of Mumbai before a terrorist attack that left 166 dead and planning to attack a Danish newspaper whose car...
Harry Potter note: Researchers inch closer to developing cloak of invisibility
WASHINGTON - From Grimm's fairy tales to Harry Potter, the cloak of invisibility has played a major role in fiction. Now scientists have taken a small but important new step toward making it reality. ...
Putin says Russian-built nuclear power plant in Iran to begin operating this summer
VOLGODONSK, Russia - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Iran's new Russian-built nuclear power plant will begin operating this summer, even as the United States called for Russia to dela...
Palestinian rocket kills Thai worker in Israel, first such death since Gaza war
A rocket fired by Gaza militants smashed into a greenhouse in an Israeli border village Thursday, killing a Thai worker in the first such death since Israel's massive offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaz...
Poland convicts 3 men who confessed to theft of Auschwitz sign
WARSAW, Poland - A Polish court convicted three men Thursday of the theft of the notorious "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Work Sets You Free) sign from the Auschwitz memorial site in December. The men, two o...
