BANGUI, Central African Republic – Widespread relief greeted the resignation of the head of the peacekeeping mission in Central Africa Republic over the force’s handling of dozens of misconduct allegations, including rape and killing. Babacar Gaye, the Senegalese former mission head, handed in his resignation Wednesday after more allegations surfaced …
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Cambodian authorities have arrested an opposition senator two days after Prime Minister Hun Sen accused him of treason for comments posted on Facebook. Saturday’s arrest ended a two-day manhunt for Hong Sok Hour, who criticized a 36-year-old border agreement with Vietnam that remains politically sensitive. The …
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I’m fascinated by the presidential poll numbers that we’re seeing right now. The big question of course is whether or not they’re the real deal — or just a snapshot in time. Sometimes you can actually glean more information about what Americans are really thinking by looking at the myriad …
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CAIRO – Libya’s foreign minister says the internationally-recognized government will draw on Arab support to urge the U.N. to lift an arms embargo in place since 2011. Mohammed al-Dairi said in a Wednesday press conference in Cairo that Libya will use the Arab League’s call a day earlier for the …
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Maybe pigs can fly. Authorities in northern Colorado say a 250-pound porker escaped relatively unscathed when it flew out of a trailer that was being pulled at about 65 mph on Interstate 25. The Fort Collins Coloradoan reports (http://goo.gl/RxdXaM ) the pig fell out of the …
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NEW DELHI – India and Pakistan are blaming each other for the cancellation of talks between their national security advisers, with the rivals squabbling over the meeting’s agenda. The meeting scheduled for Monday in New Delhi would have resumed dialogue between the nuclear-armed neighbors a year after India canceled talks …
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NEW ORLEANS – Sinking. It’s a daily reality in New Orleans, where the soil is compacting and compressing, taking New Orleans down ever so slightly more with each passing year. Much of this old French city is built atop former peat bogs and swampland long ago pumped dry. But on …
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Finnish officials say a Russian citizen has been detained in Finland on an international arrest warrant issued by the United States. The Justice Ministry said in a statement Thursday that Maxim Senakh was arrested Aug. 8. No details were given. The ministry added Senakh faces charges of …
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Walking through Jackson Square with my family it’s hard to believe it’s been ten years since I rode through these unlit, abandoned streets of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Travelling in an open-top Jeep with the 82nd Airborne Division gave me a first-hand look at our nation’s worst natural disaster. …
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TOKYO – Japan’s Defense Ministry wants to buy an advanced Aegis radar-equipped destroyer and F-35 fighters under its largest-ever budget to bolster the defense of southern islands amid a territorial dispute with China. The ministry endorsed a 5.1 trillion yen ($42 billion) budget request Monday for the year beginning next …
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