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Body of second victim of Fiji cyclone found, as clean up gets under way
SUVA, Fiji - Fijians cleaning up after a devastating cyclone discovered the body of a second victim on Friday, as military forces from three nations worked to find out the extent of damage to outlying...
Holocaust survivor stands by concentration camp memory of Anne Frank challenged by experts
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A Holocaust survivor who says she met Anne Frank in a Nazi concentration camp is standing by her story in the face of skepticism from historians, filmmakers and a childhood fr...
Amistad sails to Havana; a symbol of the slave trade joins US and Cuba
WASHINGTON - It will be the rarest of sights: a black-hulled, two-masted replica of a slave-carrying schooner slipping into Havana's harbour flying two flags - those of the United States and Cuba. ...
Congressman: US terror suspect called Jihad Jane co-operated in international probe
PHILADELPHIA - A woman accused of trolling the Internet as Jihad Jane and agreeing to marry a suspected terrorist and kill a Swedish artist targeted by radical Muslims co-operated with authorities, a ...
Clinton and Netanyahu speak on phone, plan face-to-face meeting next week
MOSCOW - Hoping to diffuse a fight between friends, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton agreed Thursday to meet face to face next week in Washi...
President gives thumbs-up to US immigration bill outline, says legislation is next step
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is backing an immigration bill outline drafted by two senators that says illegal immigrants must admit they broke the law to become U.S. citizens. Obama says in ...
AP source: Netanyahu, Clinton talk by phone and plan face to face meeting next week
WASHINGTON - A U.S. official says that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu placed a long-awaited phone call to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the two plan a face-to-face meet...
Obama postpones Asia trip, will stay in Washington for final health care vote
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has postponed his trip to Asia until June so he can stay in Washington for a possible Sunday vote on his health care overhaul. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs...
Gruyere from Switzerland named top cheese at World Championship Cheese Contest in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. - The Europeans are still the big cheeses. Swiss and Austrian cheesemakers took top honours Thursday at the 2010 World Championship Cheese Contest in Madison, beating out some 2,300 e...
US regulators say data from crashed New York Prius show throttle open, brakes not applied
WASHINGTON - Federal regulators say computer data from a Toyota Prius that crashed in New York show that at the time of the accident the throttle was open and the driver was not hitting the brakes. ...
