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LATEST WORLD NEWS
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US military plane carrying 3 crashes in Kyrgyzstan
CHALDOVAR, Kyrgyzstan (AP) -- An American military refueling plane carrying three crew members crashed Friday in the rugged mountains of Kyrgyzstan, the Central Asian nation where the U.S. operates an air base key to the war in Afghanistan. ( 05/03/2013 5:24 PM )
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Cameron's Conservatives suffer in UK local votes
LONDON (AP) -- David Cameron's Conservatives took a drubbing in local elections amid a surge of support for an anti-European Union and anti-immigration party, heaping pressure on the British prime minister to appeal to the dissident right-wing of his own party. ( 05/03/2013 5:21 PM )
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Obama: US, Latin America must strengthen economies
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) -- Eager to move the conversation beyond drugs and violence, President Barack Obama met with Central American leaders Friday and declared that building stronger economies and greater trade ties will allow nations of the region to offer their residents a better way of life and reduce incentives to support narco-trafficking. ( 05/03/2013 8:17 PM )
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Britain holding off on media regulation plans
LONDON (AP) -- British officials are holding off on plans for a state-backed media watchdog, the first sign that opposition from the newspaper industry is slowing down efforts to more closely regulate the country's scandal-tainted press. ( 05/03/2013 5:15 PM )
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Kazakh man linked to Boston suspect 'normal teen'
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) -- Former teachers of one of the students from Kazakhstan arrested in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings described him on Friday as an easygoing teenager who distinguished himself mainly by his failing grades in math and science. ( 05/03/2013 8:03 PM )
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Bailed-out Portugal plans another $6.3B in cuts
LISBON, Portugal (AP) -- Portugal plans to avoid the threat of needing another bailout by making another 4.8 billion euros ($6.3 billion) in cuts over the next three years, with measures including raising the retirement age by one year to 66 and laying off around 30,000 government workers, the prime minister said Friday. ( 05/03/2013 4:56 PM )
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Thousands flee eastern Congo town amid violence
GOMA, Congo (AP) -- Thousands of people have fled the town of Pinga in eastern Congo following renewed fighting between local armed groups, and nine members of Doctors Without Borders' Congolese staff have gone missing, the aid group said Friday. ( 05/03/2013 4:39 PM )
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Violent demonstrations in Guinea leave 4 dead
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) -- Victims' relatives and authorities in West African nation of Guinea say four people are dead following violent demonstrations against an upcoming legislative election. ( 05/03/2013 4:25 PM )
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Mexico: journalist killings go largely unpunished
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico's governmental rights commission says 84 journalists have been killed in Mexico since 2000, and 20 more have disappeared since 2005. ( 05/03/2013 4:21 PM )
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Obama opens 2-day visit to Costa Rica, will hold talks with Central American leaders
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) -- Obama opens 2-day visit to Costa Rica, will hold talks with Central American leaders. ( 05/03/2013 3:56 PM )
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Anti-militia protest attacked in Libya
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Hundreds of Libyan pro-democracy advocates marched in Tripoli on Friday, denouncing militias' recent blockade of government buildings and coming under attack briefly by supporters of the armed groups, in the latest sign of the turmoil that threatens the country's first elected authorities. ( 05/03/2013 3:50 PM )
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SAfrica: officials suspended over wedding scandal
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Five South African officials, including police and military commanders, have been suspended after a chartered plane carrying about 200 guests from India to a lavish family wedding was allowed to land at a South African air force base, the government said Friday. ( 05/03/2013 3:47 PM )
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Mexico detains Central America, India migrants
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican immigration agents say they have detained 11 migrants from India and dozens of Central American migrants. ( 05/03/2013 3:18 PM )
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Tests show Chile's Neruda suffered advanced cancer
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- An early forensic test shows Chilean poet Pablo Neruda suffered from advanced prostate cancer when he died, but his actual cause of death has not been determined. ( 05/03/2013 3:15 PM )
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Sectarian killings reported in Syrian village
BEIRUT (AP) -- The bodies of the Syrian boys and young men in jeans and casual shirts were strewn along a blood-stained pavement, dying apparently where they fell. Weeping women moved among the dead, and one of them screamed, "Where are you, people of the village?" ( 05/03/2013 3:11 PM )
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