| Israel extends Gaza truce for 24 hours Posted: 26 Jul 2014 03:54 PM PDT  The nation says it will continue to hold back despite getting rejected by Hamas.
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| Grieving relatives at MH17 site as Dutch, Australia ready troops Posted: 26 Jul 2014 12:37 PM PDT  The first relatives of victims on the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 arrived on Saturday at the crash site, as Dutch and Australian forces prepared for possible deployment to secure the location in rebel-held east Ukraine. A truce has been called in the immediate area around the site by both the Kiev forces and pro-Russian separatists, but combat was raging just 60 kilometres (35 miles) away, with loud explosions heard at regular intervals in western and northern suburbs of rebel stronghold Donetsk. "She was full of life," said Angela Rudhart-Dyczynski of their 25-year-old daughter Fatima, an aerospace engineering student who died when the Amsterdam-to-Kuala Lumpur plane was shot down July 17, killing all 298 people on board. The Dutch government, which is in charge of identifying the remains found at the site, said that forensic experts had confirmed the identity the first victim on Saturday, one of 193 Dutch citizens who had been on board.
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| U.S. evacuates Libya embassy after 'free-wheeling militia violence' Posted: 26 Jul 2014 02:39 PM PDT  By Patrick Markey TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The United States evacuated its embassy in Libya on Saturday, driving diplomats across the border into Tunisia under heavy military escort after escalating clashes broke out between rival militias in Tripoli. Security in the Libyan capital has deteriorated following two weeks of clashes between brigades of former rebel fighters who have pounded each other with rockets and artillery fire in southern Tripoli near the embassy compound. The violence is the worst seen in Tripoli and in eastern Benghazi since the 2011 fall of Muammar Gaddafi. Western governments fear Libya is teetering toward becoming a failed state just three years after the NATO-backed war ended his one-man rule.
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| AP PHOTOS: Brief cease-fire halts Gaza war Posted: 26 Jul 2014 09:11 AM PDT  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A brief cease-fire Saturday in the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas militants allowed thousands to return home to see the destruction.
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| Ukraine launches offensive to retake Donetsk Posted: 26 Jul 2014 02:39 PM PDT  DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials said their forces advanced to the outskirts of a key town north of Donetsk on Saturday as they try to retake the stronghold held for months by pro-Russia rebels.
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| US faces intel hurdles in downing of airliner Posted: 26 Jul 2014 09:55 AM PDT  ASPEN, Colorado (AP) — A series of unanswered questions about the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shows the limits of U.S. intelligence gathering even when it is intensely focused, as it has been in Ukraine since Russia seized Crimea in March.
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| Widow: Man who died in NYPD custody wasn't violent Posted: 26 Jul 2014 04:06 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The widow of a New York City man who died this month in a videotaped confrontation with New York City police demanded justice on Saturday, saying the victim wasn't asking for trouble.
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| Arizona execution renews debate over methods Posted: 26 Jul 2014 11:53 AM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A third execution by lethal injection has gone awry in six months, renewing debate over whether there is a foolproof way for the government to humanely kill condemned criminals, and whether it's even worth looking for one.
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| Lawmakers complain Obama too aloof with Congress Posted: 26 Jul 2014 10:25 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's request for billions of dollars to deal with migrant children streaming across the border set off Democrats and Republicans. Lawmakers in both parties complained that the White House — six years in — still doesn't get it when it comes to working with Congress.
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| Comic-Con gets first look at 'Mockingjay' trailer Posted: 26 Jul 2014 03:49 PM PDT  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The trailer for the next film in the popular "Hunger Games" series is making its premiere at Comic-Con.
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| US evacuates embassy in Libya amid clashes Posted: 26 Jul 2014 08:12 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States shut down its embassy in Libya on Saturday and evacuated its diplomats to neighboring Tunisia under U.S. military escort amid a significant deterioration in security in Tripoli as fighting intensified between rival militias, the State Department said. |
| FedEx charges raise online pharmacy issues Posted: 26 Jul 2014 08:33 AM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — FedEx Corp., the latest company accused in a federal probe involving illegal online pharmacies, says it will fight the charges that it knowingly shipped drugs to people who lack valid prescriptions.
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| Hamas renews rocket fire at Israel after Gaza lull Posted: 26 Jul 2014 01:45 PM PDT  Hamas resumed firing rockets at Israel from Gaza on Saturday, after a 12-hour humanitarian window which the world had said should pave the way for a longer-term truce. The rocket fire came shortly after Israel announced it would extend the humanitarian ceasefire for another four hours, as its security cabinet debated whether to press on with the 19-day operation. The conflict has claimed more than 1,000 Palestinian lives, most of them civilians, and has killed 40 Israeli soldiers as well as three civilians inside Israel. US Secretary of State John Kerry met European and Middle Eastern foreign ministers in Paris earlier to push both sides to extend the temporary truce, which began at 0500 GMT.
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| Veterans' response to senator's PTSD remarks mixed Posted: 26 Jul 2014 12:34 AM PDT  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The talk in American Legion and Veterans of Foreign War halls and barrooms across Montana has been about Sen. John Walsh since the Democrat linked a cribbed research project he wrote in 2007 to post-traumatic stress disorder.
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| EU hits Russian intelligence chiefs with sanctions Posted: 25 Jul 2014 09:48 PM PDT BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Friday extended its Ukraine-related sanctions to target top Russian intelligence officials and leaders of the pro-Russia revolt in eastern Ukraine, official documents showed. |
| In Gaza lull, residents return to destroyed areas Posted: 26 Jul 2014 05:33 AM PDT  Thousands of Gaza residents streamed back to border areas to find large-scale destruction.
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| Court voids death sentences for brothers in Wichita Massacre Posted: 25 Jul 2014 04:04 PM PDT  The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday overturned the death sentences of two brothers convicted of killing four friends who were robbed and forced to engage in sex acts before being shot to death and left in a snow-covered Wichita field.
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| 12-hour lull in Gaza fighting begins Posted: 25 Jul 2014 11:48 PM PDT  Israel and Hamas began a 12-hour humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza Saturday after the efforts of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry failed to produce a longer truce.
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| Cellphone unlocking set to become legal again Posted: 25 Jul 2014 02:55 PM PDT  Congress passed a bill Friday that makes it legal to "unlock" cellphones so the devices can —at least in some instances— be used on other carriers.
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| Meat processor Tyson Foods to close 3 plants, cut 950 jobs Posted: 25 Jul 2014 03:18 PM PDT  Tyson Foods Inc said it will discontinue operations at three of its factories which make processed meat products such as sausages and hot dogs, affecting about 950 people. The largest U.S. meat processor, which won the bidding war for Hillshire Brands Co in June, said the closures were not related to the acquisition. "The decision to close these plants was underway long before the (Hillshire) discussions began", Tyson spokesman Gary Mickelson told Reuters. Tyson outbid Pilgrim's Pride Corp with its $63 per share offer for Hillshire, valuing the Jimmy Dean sausages maker at $8.55 billion.
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