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French Statue of Liberty moves to museum - 07/02/2012

PARIS- A restored French Statue of Liberty will be unveiled at a Paris museum Monday in what is the bronze sculpture's first change of address in over a century. The French Senate voted to relocate...

ICC says expects release of Libya-held team Monday - 07/02/2012

THE HAGUE- The International Criminal Court said it expected a four-member legal team detained in Libya three weeks ago after visiting slain leader Moamer Kadhafi's jailed son to be released on...

South Libya clashes 'kill 47' in three days - 07/01/2012

TRIPOLI, Dominique Soguel- Renewed tribal clashes in the Libyan city of Kufra have claimed at least 47 lives and left more than 100 others wounded in three days, local leaders and a medic told AFP on...

Egypt's Morsi in Tahrir tribute to people before oath - 06/30/2012

CAIRO, Hassan El-Fekih- Islamist Mohamed Morsi praised Egypt's Muslims and Christians alike Friday and symbolically swore himself in as the country's first elected civilian president, playing up...

Assange defies British police surrender demand - 06/30/2012

LONDON, Ruth Holmes- Julian Assange has defied a British police order to turn himself in for extradition to Sweden and will stay inside Ecuador's embassy in London, the WikiLeaks founder's...

Slain Hamas official buried in Jordan - 06/30/2012

AMMAN- Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal and top Islamist leaders in Jordan on Friday attended the burial of a senior member of the Palestinian movement who was killed this week in Damascus. Around 500...

Libya seeks release of detainees in Iraq - 06/29/2012

TRIPOLI- A Libyan delegation is in Baghdad to negotiate the release of countrymen detained in Iraqi prisons, senior officials said on Thursday, adding that eight prisoners have been pardoned. "We...

Health care win boosts Obama legacy, fires up conservatives - 06/29/2012

WASHINGTON, Stephen Collinson- The US Supreme Court enshrined Barack Obama's legacy as a transformative president Thursday, but its fateful health care decision unleashed an explosive new row in an...

Black market for tickets to Bayreuth flourishing: report - 06/28/2012

FRANKFURT- The black market for tickets to the legendary Bayreuth Festival is flourishing more than ever, the daily Handelsblatt reported on Wednesday. In a pre-release of an article to be published...

Israel arrests suspects of Holocaust museum attack - 06/27/2012

JERUSALEM- Israeli police arrested three Jewish men suspected of spraying graffiti thanking Hitler for the Holocaust at Jerusalem's Yad Vashem Holocaust museum earlier this month, a spokesman said on...
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