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CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's dreaded State Security agency has been dissolved, but many doubt the power of the secret police has really been broken after decades of using torture, intimidation and spying to intervene in almost all aspects of life. Egyptians fear some of its 100,000 members are still working underground to derail the country's bumpy transition to democracy. Under Hosni Mubarak's nearly

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HAVANA (AP) -- Cuba's central bank is devaluing the country's two types of peso by about 8 percent in relation to the dollar and other foreign currencies, hoping the move will spur exports and local production as the government seeks to overhaul a moribund economy. The announcement published in state newspapers on Monday says the hard-currency peso used mostly by tourists and foreign companies on

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Nearly 30 years after an elite Guatemalan military force raped and slaughtered residents of a tiny village, U.S. and Canadian authorities are closing in on some of the alleged perpetrators. The arrest of four ex-soldiers in a little more than a year has raised hopes among advocates of victims' relatives that at least one might stand trial for the killings. Human rights

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An official of the U.S.-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) says her organization is increasingly concerned about the "enforced disappearances" of anti-government protesters in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, who, she says, are now refusing to aid efforts aimed at documenting ongoing human rights abuses. Heba Fatma Morayef, researcher for the rights organization for Libya, says ordinary Libyans do not

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government's top intelligence official fumbled the Obama administration's message Thursday about embattled Moammar Gadhafi's fate, telling Congress that the Libyan leader will prevail in his fight with rebel forces there. It was the latest in a series of public gaffes for James Clapper, the director of national intelligence. Hours later, the White House distanced President

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Chrysler Group LLC is ending its relationship with the social media agency that was behind an obscene tweet that was posted to the Chrysler brand's official Twitter account. The tweet was posted Wednesday by an employee of the company's agency, New Media Strategies. It read: "I find it ironic that Detroit is known as the (hash)motorcity and yet no one here knows how to (

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- They've sent out letters and flyers and have Tweeted and pleaded, but Pentagon officials are still struggling to give away a huge cache of money to troops and veterans. The Defense Department said Tuesday that as of last week it had spent only $300 million of $534 million approved by Congress as special pay for service members forced after Sept. 11, 2001, to serve beyond their

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The company that makes Skippy peanut butter is recalling two of its spreads that may be contaminated with salmonella. No illnesses have been linked to the recall of the Skippy reduced fat creamy and reduced fat chunky brands. Unilever United States Inc. did not specify how many jars have been recalled. They are packaged in 16.3 oz. plastic jars with used-by dates of May 16-21,

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Residents of the tiny southern Italian island of Lampedusa are bracing for an influx of refugees fleeing political violence in North Africa. Island officials and business leaders are concerned the mass migration could adversely affect the tourism industry. More than 6,000 immigrants have already landed in Lampedusa since the start of the year. Mayor Bernardino De Rubeis, like the population,

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MIAMI (AP) -- Derrick Rose scored 27 points, Luol Deng capped an 18-point effort with two free throws that put Chicago ahead for good, and the Bulls beat Miami 87-86 on Sunday to hand the Heat their fourth straight loss. Carlos Boozer scored 12 and Joakim Noah added 11 for the Bulls, who moved a game ahead of Miami into outright possession of second place in the Eastern Conference and beat the

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In the past week, fighting in Ivory Coast between two political factons has expanded -- causing more Ivorians to flee their homes and exacerbating the country's economic crisis. Financial sanctions have been imposed on Ivory Coast to pressure incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo to step down. But in the short term, though Mr. Gbagbo continues to cling to power, the humanitarian situation is

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BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- An hours-long protest over state education budget cuts that drew riot police to Berkley ended late Thursday when demonstrators occupying part of a building voluntarily withdrew, the university said. Eight protesters, who had refused to budge from a fourth-floor ledge of Wheeler Hall at the University of California, Berkley, came down after talks with campus leaders. They

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- With retail video game sales smacked down by the rough economy and ever-growing competition in the crowded social and mobile game marketplace, it seemed like attendees at this week's annual Game Developers Conference were more frustrated than birds catapulted at pigs. Game designers, programmers and executives from around the world converged at the Moscone Convention Center

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BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) -- More than 100 Libyan men stood at attention, marched in place and chanted "God is great" before a squad of trainers in Benghazi, the epicenter of the opposition-controlled eastern half of Libya. The trainers gave them patriotic speeches before putting them to work cleaning machine gun parts. Even while the rebel army tries to bind together its disparate parts to face off

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Turns out it really does take a rocket scientist to beat Watson, the "Jeopardy"-winning computer. U.S. Rep. Rush Holt of New Jersey - a five-time champion during the trivia show's original run 35 years ago - topped the IBM computer Monday night in a "Jeopardy"-style match of congressmen vs. machine held at a Washington hotel. Though Holt isn't the first human to beat Watson,

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has lowered the country's economic growth targets and declared that the world's second-biggest economy can no longer "blindly" pursue unsustainable expansion. Wen has used his annual online Internet question and answer session with the public to reveal China is lowering its economic growth forecast. He says the government is reducing its growth expectations from

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MIAMI (AP) -- You may have heard the big news out of New York last week: The Knicks finally got Carmelo Anthony. Perhaps lost in the shuffle of Melomania was that Chauncey Billups made the trip from Denver as well - and that move is already looking brilliant for the Knicks. Billups made a long 3-pointer from the right wing with 1:01 left over Dwyane Wade's outstretched arm to give New York the

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Pau Gasol had 18 points and 11 rebounds, Kobe Bryant scored 17 points and the Los Angeles Lakers extended their cushion over Oklahoma City in the Western Conference standings by beating the Thunder 90-87 on Sunday. Andrew Bynum added 16 points and 10 rebounds, but the Lakers weren't able to simply overpower a Thunder team that added Kendrick Perkins for interior toughness

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AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- Kyle Busch was fastest out of the pits on the opening stop and on the track the rest of the night, leading the final 107 laps to win a wreck-filled NASCAR trucks race at Phoenix International Raceway on Friday. NASCAR voted in the offseason that drivers must declare which series they're racing for a championship to prevent Sprint Cup drivers from chasing Nationwide and

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NEW YORK (AP) -- An outdoor advertising company has taken down an anti-abortion billboard that pictured a black girl along with the tagline, "The most dangerous place for an African-American is in the womb." Some residents had said they found the billboard offensive, and members of the black community were especially outraged by it. A spokesman for Louisiana-based Lamar Advertising, Hal Kilshaw,

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Angered conservatives are vowing to make same-sex marriage a front-burner election issue, nationally and in the states, following the Obama administration's announcement that it will no longer defend the federal law denying recognition to gay married couples. "The ripple effect nationwide will be to galvanize supporters of marriage," said staff counsel Jim Campbell of Alliance

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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) -- Joe Mauer downplayed questions about his left knee on Wednesday morning, saying the lubricating shots are part of the recovery plan after offseason surgery. To Mauer's dismay, Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire revealed on Tuesday that the star catcher is taking shots in his knee to help lubricate the joint. He had surgery after last season to alleviate swelling that

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STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Libya's ex-justice minister on Wednesday was quoted as telling a Swedish newspaper that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi personally ordered the Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people in 1988. "I have proof that Gadhafi gave the order about Lockerbie," Mustafa Abdel-Jalil was quoted as saying in an interview with Expressen, a Stockholm-based tabloid. Abdel-Jalil, who stepped down

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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) -- Four American yachters killed by Somali pirates early Tuesday were longtime sailors whose passion for the high seas outweighed any fear of the risks, friends said. The yacht's owners, Jean and Scott Adam of Marina del Rey near Los Angeles, along with Bob Riggle and Phyllis Macay of Seattle, were shot to death after pirates boarded their yacht Friday and took them

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MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) -- Bahrain's king ordered the release of some political prisoners Tuesday, conceding to another opposition demand as the embattled monarchy tries to engage protesters in talks aimed at ending an uprising that has entered its second week. The king's decree - which covers several Shiite activists accused of plotting against the state - adds to the brinksmanship on both sides

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MUMBAI, India (AP) -- An Indian appeals court Monday confirmed the conviction and death sentence for the only surviving gunman from the 2008 attacks on Mumbai, which killed 166 people and derailed peace talks with neighboring Pakistan. "The crime is of enormous proportion," Justices Ranjana Desai and R.B. More said while rejecting the appeal by Ajmal Kasab, 22, of Pakistan, who challenged his

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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) -- A shoot-em-up video game set in the border town of Ciudad Juarez has angered local officials who are busy fighting all-too-real violence. Chihuahua state legislators said Sunday they have asked federal authorities to ban a the game, "Call of Juarez: The Cartel," which is based on drug cartel shootouts in Ciudad Juarez. About 6,000 people died in drug-related violence

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday the Taliban cannot defeat or outlast U.S. military pressure and must break with al-Qaida and reconcile with the Afghan government. In a policy speech in New York, she also announced veteran diplomat Marc Grossman will replace the late Richard Holbrooke as U.S. special envoy for the region. In a major policy statement on the Afghan conflict, Clinton

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama condemned the violence in Bahrain and urged the country's king in a phone call Friday night to show restraint after a series of bloody protests. Obama discussed the situation with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain, asking the king to hold those responsible for the violence accountable. Obama says Bahrain must respect the "universal rights" of its

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MIAMI (AP) -- Federal authorities charged more than 100 doctors, nurses and physical therapists in nine cities with Medicare fraud Thursday, part of a massive nationwide bust that snared more suspects than any other in history. More than 700 law enforcement agents fanned out to arrest dozens of people accused of illegally billing Medicare more than $225 million. The arrests are the latest in a

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(CNN) -- Someone put a toxic knife in the hearts of Auburn University football fans who learned Wednesday that the landmark live oaks at Toomer's Corner have been deliberately poisoned and may not survive. The university in eastern Alabama confirmed a herbicide commonly used to kill trees and brush was deliberately applied in lethal amounts to the soil around the two 130-year-old oaks on the edge

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Anna Chakvetadze collapsed on the court at the Dubai Championships on Wednesday and had to retire from her match against top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki. The 23-year-old Russian was serving for the second set at 5-3. After a long rally that Wozniacki won, Chakvetadze wobbled before fainting. She was given extensive medical treatment during a 7-minute delay and

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Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- Pro- and anti-government protesters clashed in Yemen's capital city Tuesday, with scuffles breaking out for at least the fifth day in the row, a witness said. A group of anti-government protesters marched towards the center of Sanaa Tuesday afternoon and were attacked by pro-government supporters, said Abdul Rahman Barman a human rights activist who marched in the

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(PEOPLE.com) -- Spice Girl-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham knows a thing or two about life as a (pop) princess. Now she's hoping to provide an actual princess-to-be, Kate Middleton, with some wares fit for the royal life. Beckham, who's expecting her fourth child, has been asked to send pieces from her collection to Kate, 29, for her upcoming public role as a member of the royal family

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Reporting from Mexico City - Daniel Navarrete greets friends with what seems an unlikely term of affection - he calls them "ox." Navarrete, a 19-year-old snack vendor, isn't being rude. Go anywhere in Mexico City and you can hear someone calling someone else "guey," which means "ox" or "slow-witted." The word, also spelled buey, once was an insult, but it has morphed over years of popular use to

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In China, social media such as microblogs and instant messaging services, are tightly controlled, to prevent the spread of information the government does not like. But some Chinese are learning to use social media to reunite families. In an emotional scene, Peng Gaofeng is reunited with his son, who was abducted three years ago, when he was just three. Child abduction is a big problem in China

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President Obama sent Congress a $3.73 trillion budget Monday, a spending plan for 2012 that projects $1.1 trillion in deficit savings over the next decade but also continues adding to the national debt for years to come. Republicans, who are still trying to cut billions out of this year's budget, slammed the proposal after giving it a quick analysis Monday morning. The top Republicans on the

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(CNN) -- A fuel truck collided with a parked Delta Air Lines jet at LaGuardia Airport Sunday afternoon, according to officials for the airline and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. No one was seriously injured, they said. The incident occurred at 12:05 p.m. when the truck ran into the stationary Delta MD-88 aircraft on the tarmac. None of the 106 passengers or five crewmembers aboard

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Egypt's antiquities minister says he has learned that looters stole several artifacts from Cairo's Egyptian Museum during the anti-government protests that erupted in nearby Tahrir Square late last month. Zahi Hawass said Sunday that an inventory of the world-renowned museum's collection found that 18 objects were missing, including a gilded wooden statue of King Tutankhamun being carried by a

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JUNEAU, Alaska -- Sarah Palin has hired longtime political strategist Michael Glassner as chief of staff of her political action committee. The hire, confirmed to The Associated Press on Saturday morning by Palin aide Rebecca Mansour and SarahPAC Treasurer Tim Crawford, is certain to fuel fresh speculation about Palin's possible intent to run for president in 2012. Palin has only said she's

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Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- Hundreds of anti-government protesters marched toward a presidential palace in Yemen on Sunday, calling for regime change in the Middle Eastern country. Some of them chanted, "First Mubarak, now Ali," referring to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and Hosni Mubarak, who recently resigned as president of Egypt after nearly 30 years in power. Security forces put up a barbed

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(Mashable) -- Facebook has begun rolling out a full redesign of Facebook Pages. The changes will make the Pages look and operate more like user profiles. The new Pages redesign was first seen in December, when Facebook accidentally launched it and quickly took it down. The update not only removed tabs, but it gave page admins the ability to post and comment on other Facebook Pages through a "

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Rep. Ron Paul won the presidential straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference, finishing ahead of former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney for the second year in a row. The Texas congressman, a libertarian-thinking Republican, earned an ardent following in the 2008 GOP presidential primaries that were ultimately won by Arizona Sen. John McCain. Paul garnered 30% of the vote, with

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ATLANTA - A man who blamed his children's fatal stabbings this week on their mother's boyfriend was charged on Saturday with killing the two boys and wounding another. Police in suburban Atlanta also dropped murder charges that had been brought against the boyfriend. Gwinnett County police had found the father, Elvis Noe-Garcia, with stab wounds Wednesday outside the house near Lawrenceville

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A Los Angeles County Jail inmate who says he was stabbed 23 times during an outbreak of racial violence five years ago can sue Sheriff Lee Baca for "deliberate indifference" to the dangerous conditions in the jail, a divided federal appeals court panel ruled Friday. Baca knew or should have known about the unconstitutional conditions prevailing in the jail and cited by investigators in previous

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NEW YORK -- The madman allegedly responsible for four murders in Brooklyn was busted Saturday after slashing someone on the subway in midtown Manhattan, police sources said. Maksim Gelman, 23, was nabbed on the subway at Seventh Avenue near Times Square around 9:15 a.m. The condition of the person he attacked on the subway was unclear, according to police sources. Gelman is accused of a savage

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Mexico has rejected France's criticism of a Mexican court decision to keep a French woman in prison on kidnapping charges. The Mexican Foreign Ministry said it "deeply regrets" that the French foreign minister believes the relationship between the two countries could be affected by the issue. It also said it rejects the assertion that there has been a "denial of justice." French Foreign Minister

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Are smartphones so smart they can operate a spacecraft? NASA wants to find out. The space agency has for months been conducting tests to see if smartphones can survive by literally sending them to the edge of space. NASA last week conducted the most recent of these tests, sending an Android phone up nearly 100,000 feet on a balloon. Last August, it was a Google Nexus One phone on a rocket. "The

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration laid out three broad options Friday for reducing the government's role in the mortgage market. All three would almost certainly lead to higher interest rates and costs for borrowers. The administration said in a report that the government should withdraw its support for the mortgage market slowly, over five years or more. The report describes a path for

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