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Wednesday, 25 July 2012 22:08

US Intelligence Sets Up Threat Integration Center as Olympics Get Underway

Written by Carmen Cox

Authors: Carmen CoxMIGUEL MEDINA/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) said Wednesday that U.S. intelligence agencies have established a threat integration center with British Security officials to analyze threat information as…

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Wednesday, 25 July 2012 21:16

Niagara Gorge Death As Cop Chased Teen for Probation Violation

Written by Carmen Cox

Authors: Carmen CoxiStockphoto/Thinkstock(NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario) -- A teenager who plummeted to his death at Niagara Gorge was fleeing a police officer over a probation violation, according to an official at the group home where the…

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Wednesday, 25 July 2012 20:00

Greek Jumper Expelled from Olympic Team for 'Racist' Tweet

Written by Carmen Cox

Authors: Carmen CoxStu Forster/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Fans have taken to the Internet to defend Paraskevi "Voula" Papachristou after the Greek triple jumper was expelled from her country's Olympic team for a Tweet perceived as racist.Papachristou,…

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Wednesday, 25 July 2012 12:01

Europe’s Last Dictator Barred from London Olympics

Written by Joshua Cohan

Authors: Joshua CohanNIKOLAI PETROV/AFP/Getty Images(MOSCOW) -- Who is blocking Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko from attending the London Olympics? That’s what the head of Russia’s Olympic Committee wants to know after the man dubbed Europe’s Last…

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Wednesday, 25 July 2012 12:30

Rock Stars Take on the Kremlin to Defend Jailed Punk Group

Written by Joshua Cohan

Authors: Joshua CohanANDREY SMIRNOV/AFP/Getty Images(MOSCOW) -- Rock artists including Sting, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Franz Ferdinand, and Faith No More have decided to challenge the Kremlin over its detention of an all-female Russian punk rock…

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Wednesday, 25 July 2012 12:35

Boy, 11, Flies to Rome With No Ticket or Family

Written by Joshua Cohan

Authors: Joshua CohanBryan Mullennix/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Authorities are investigating how a solo 11-year-old boy boarded a plane from Manchester, U.K., and arrived in Rome, Italy, with no money or documentation. The Jet2.com flight departed the…

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Wednesday, 25 July 2012 11:00

North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Un Gets Married

Written by Jeanette Torres

Authors: Jeanette TorresEd Jones/AFP/GettyImages(SEOUL, South Korea) -- North Korean state media ended weeks of speculation on Wednesday, announcing that the mystery woman who has accompanied North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on recent public events…

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Wednesday, 25 July 2012 09:00

Romney Advisers Tell Brits Obama's ‘Comfortable with American Decline’

Written by Jeanette Torres

Authors: Jeanette TorresSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Mitt Romney would do a better job than President Obama of highlighting the Anglo-Saxon relationship between the U.S. and Britain, according to the London Telegraph’s interview with two Romney…

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Wednesday, 25 July 2012 09:00

UK Immigration Staff Calls off Planned Strike on Eve of Olympics

Written by Jeanette Torres

Authors: Jeanette TorresMedioimages/Photodisc/Thinkstock(LONDON) -- Travelers flying into London just in time for the summer Olympic Games will be spared from massive delays at Heathrow Airport on Thursday.The union representing British border guards on Wednesday called…

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Wednesday, 25 July 2012 06:49

Thousands of Iraqis Continue to Flee Syria

Written by Jeanette Torres

Authors: Jeanette TorresiStockphoto/Thinkstock(BAGDAD) -- Choosing the lesser of two evils, as many as 10,000 Iraqi expatriates have returned to their homeland from Syria in just the last week.The Iraqis, who initially moved to escape war…

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