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  Canada Abuzz Over Purported Crack Video of Mayor

  Posted 11:17 AM 5/17/2013 by Associated Press

  TORONTO (AP) - A video purportedly of Toronto's mayor smoking crack is causing an uproar in Canada. The video has not been released publicly and there is no way to verify whether it is authentic. Reports by gossip website Gawker and The Toronto Star say it was taken by a man who (More)

  
  

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  As Yen Falls, Goods From Japan Are More Affordable

  Posted 7:43 AM 5/17/2013

  Japanese goods are getting more affordable. For consumers worldwide - and for Japan's economy - it's welcome news.Credit Japan's drive to pump cash into its economy to stimulate growth. The extra money flooding its financial system is helping shrink the value of the yen. A U.S. dollar (More)

  
  

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  Suicide Bomber Kills 15, Including 6 Americans

  

  Posted 12:40 PM 5/16/2013 by Associated Press

  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide car bombing tore through a U.S. convoy during rush hour in the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing at least 15 people, including six U.S. military advisers and two children, officials said. U.S. soldiers rushed to the scene to help, including some wearing only (More)

  
  

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  Russia Detains U.S. Diplomat Accused of Spying

  

  Posted 2:01 PM 5/14/2013 by Associated Press

  MOSCOW (AP) - A U.S. diplomat disguised in a blond wig was caught trying to recruit a Russian counterintelligence officer in Moscow, Russia's security services announced Tuesday, claiming the American was a CIA officer. Ryan Fogle, a third secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, was (More)

  
  

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  33 Workers Trapped In Collapse At Indonesian Mine

  Posted 8:15 AM 5/14/2013

  TIMIKA, Indonesia - Rescuers at a giant U.S.-owned mine in eastern Indonesia have freed four out of 37 workers who were believed trapped underground Tuesday when a tunnel collapsed, the company said.The accident occurred when 40 employees and contract workers were gathered in a (More)

  
  

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  Bangladesh Collapse Survivor Gives Up Garment Work

  

  Posted 7:13 AM 5/13/2013

  SAVAR, Bangladesh - A woman who spent 17 days trapped in the rubble of a collapsed factory building says she is finished with working in Bangladesh's garment industry.Reshma Begum spoke to reporters Monday from the hospital where she is being treated in a Dhaka suburb. She said she (More)

  
  

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  Finding Woman Alive Lifts Bangladesh Rescuers

  

  Posted 10:57 PM 5/10/2013 by Associated Press

  SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) - Even amid the euphoria over finding a woman alive in the rubble of a garment factory that collapsed more than two weeks ago, rescuers on Saturday returned to the grim task of dismantling the wreckage and retrieving decomposing bodies, knowing there was little chance of (More)

  
  

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  Bangladesh Workers Find Survivor 17 Days After Building Collapse

  

  Posted 6:53 AM 5/10/2013

  DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Rescue workers in Bangladesh freed a woman buried for 17 days inside a prayer room in the wreckage of a collapsed garment factory building. The amazing rescue took place Friday as the death toll from the disaster raced past 1,000, making it one of the worst industrial (More)

  
  

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  Hackers Steal $45 Million in ATM Card Breach

  Posted 6:28 PM 5/9/2013 by Associated Press

  NEW YORK (AP) - A worldwide gang of criminals stole a total of $45 million in a matter of hours by hacking their way into a database of prepaid debit cards and then draining cash machines around the globe, federal prosecutors said Thursday - and outmoded U.S. card technology may be partly to (More)

  
  

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  Bangladesh Fire Kills 8 as Building Collapse Death Toll Hits 950

  

  Posted 10:48 AM 5/9/2013 by Associated Press

  DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - A fire at a sweater manufacturer killed eight people - including a senior police officer, a Bangladeshi politician and a top clothing industry official - barely two weeks after the collapse of a building housing other garment factories where the death toll approached (More)

  
  

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  Bangladesh Garment Disaster Death Toll Crosses 800

  

  Posted 10:53 AM 5/8/2013 by Associated Press

  DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Dozens of bodies recovered Wednesday from a collapsed garment factory building were so decomposed they were being sent to a lab for DNA identification, police said, as the death toll from Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster topped 800. Following protests (More)

  
  

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  20 Dead as Gas Tanker Explosion Engulfs Homes Near Mexico City

  

  Posted 2:20 PM 5/7/2013 by Associated Press

  MEXICO CITY (AP) - A natural gas tanker truck lost control, hit a center divider and exploded on a highway lined by homes in the Mexico City suburb of Ecatepec early Tuesday, killing at least 20 people and injuring nearly three dozen, according to the Citizen Safety Department of Mexico State (More)