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El Salvador court hears arguments in abortion case
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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) -- El Salvador's Supreme Court heard opening arguments Wednesday in a landmark abortion case in which a woman suffering from kidney failure and lupus has not been allowed to terminate a pregnancy in which the fetus is given no chance of surviving....
Russia says alleged spying case was 2nd this year
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MOSCOW (AP) -- A Russian security services operative - his features bathed in shadows - went on state television Wednesday to claim that the U.S. diplomat who was ordered out of the country was the second American expelled this year over spying allegations....
Eurozone recession is now longest in currency bloc
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PARIS (AP) -- The eurozone is now in its longest ever recession - a stubborn slump that has surpassed even the calamity that hit the region in the financial crisis of 2008-2009....
Arctic states open council to China, India, SKorea
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KIRUNA, Sweden (AP) -- Arctic states agreed Wednesday to let nations that are located nowhere near the Earth's north to become observers to their diplomatic council, boosting rising economic powers China, India and South Korea, which are seeking to mine the region for its untapped energy and other natural resources....
Nepal plane crash injures 21, including 9 Japanese
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KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- A plane crashed while trying to land at a mountain airstrip in northern Nepal early Thursday, injuring all 21 people on board....
UN General Assembly approves Syria resolution
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. General Assembly approved an Arab-backed resolution Wednesday calling for a political transition in Syria, but more than 70 countries refused to vote "yes" because of its support for the main opposition group and fears the resolution could torpedo a new U.S.-Russia effort to end the escalating conflict....
Car bomb targets foreign convoy in Afghan capital
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of foreign advisers in the Afghan capital on Thursday, police said. The number of dead and wounded was unclear....
Cambodian shoe factory collapse kills 2, injures 7
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- The ceiling of a shoe factory in Cambodia collapsed while several dozen workers were inside the building early Thursday, killing at least two people and possibly trapping more under the debris, police said....
