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  • NASA: New pump resolves big space station leak

    An impromptu spacewalk over the weekend seems to have fixed a big ammonia leak at the International Space Station, NASA said Thursday. The "gusher" ... 

  • Car bombs, shooting in Iraq leave 21 dead

    Car bombs hit Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital for the second day in a row on Thursday, part of a series of attacks across the country that ... 

  • Army chief: Time to fight against sex assault

    The Army's top officer is telling soldiers that after demonstrating courage and resilience in 12 years of war, it's time for them to make the fight ... 

  • Greek strikes halt air travel

    Flights in Greece were halted for four hours Thursday as the country's two largest labor unions staged work stoppages to protest austerity measures ... 

  • Greek police arrest 2 accused of racist abuse

    Police on Thursday arrested two Greek men on suspicion of attacking a Cameroonian national and setting fire to his coffee bar in a central Athens ... 

  • EPA nominee advances without GOP support

    President Barack Obama's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency has moved one step closer to getting the job, but it came without Republican ... 

  • Lawmakers accuse Google of dishonesty over taxes

    U.K. lawmakers subjected search giant Google to blistering criticism Thursday, accusing the U.S. Internet company of playing games with Britain's tax ... 

  • Vladimir Putin

    Ratings firm warns of economic slowdown in Russia

    Russia faces harsh times ahead for its economy unless the government improves the country's poor investment climate and implements long-delayed ... 

  • Syrian troops repel rebel attack on Aleppo prison

    Syrian rebels withdrew from a prison in the northern city of Aleppo Thursday after heavy fighting with government troops, an activist group said, as ... 

  • Angela Merkel

    German Chancellor Merkel to attend Wembley final

    Football fan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to attend the first all-German Champions League final between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern ... 

  • Barack Obama, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Chuck hagel, John Kerry, Joe Biden

    Turkish PM talking Syria with Obama at White House

    Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is looking for stepped-up action on Syria as he meets with President Barack Obama at the White House. 

  • Iranian cleric says women can't be president

    A member of Iran's constitutional watchdog group insists that women cannot be presidential candidates, a report said Thursday, effectively killing the ... 

  • UK officials: BP not seeking gov't help with spill

    British government officials said Thursday that BP has not sought Prime Minister David Cameron's help in reducing compensation claims for its role in ... 

  • Ng Ser Miang

    Singapore's Ng Ser Miang joins IOC race

    Portraying himself as a "global" candidate with a world view, Ng Ser Miang of Singapore is hoping to break the European stranglehold on the top ... 

  • Slovenia govt' confirms union agreed wage cuts

    Slovenia's government has formally approved an agreement it reached with trade unions to cut public sector wages by up to 4.8 percent as part of ... 

  • Valtr Komarek, Czech leftist politician dies at 82

    Valtr Komarek's son says the left-wing Czech politician and economist who helped overthrow the country's communist regime has died at age 82. His son ... 

  • Luxembourg PM downplays swift tax evasion deal

    Luxembourg's Prime Minister says he doesn't expect an agreement on one of the European Union's key policies against tax evasion to emerge at next ... 

  • Jordan jet crashes near Syrian border, 2 killed

    Jordan's military says a trainer jet has crashed near the Syrian border, killing its two Jordanian pilots. A spokesman says the British-made aerobatic ... 

  • Residents shout 'Protest!' over refinery in China

    More than 2,000 people in southern China unfurled banners and shouted "Protest! Protest!" on Thursday to oppose plans for a petroleum refinery, in a ... 

  • Bulgaria's center-right party wants vote canceled

    Bulgaria's ex-prime minister says the results of last weekend's parliamentary election should be canceled due to "gross violations" of voting law. 

  • Vietnam provider drops foreign news TV channels

    A Vietnamese satellite TV company stopped airing international channels including BBC and CNN on Thursday, citing a law that foreign governments have ... 

  • Tomasz Miskiewicz

    Polish exports of meat for Jews, Muslims in limbo

    For some, it was a barbaric way to treat animals. For others, it was great business. Until January, slaughterhouses across Poland — a deeply Catholic ... 

  • UK campaign group loses challenge on tax deal

    A U.K. pressure group Thursday lost its legal challenge to what it called a "sweetheart" tax deal between U.K. authorities and Goldman Sachs. UK Uncut ... 

  • Human Rights Watch urges legal reforms in Hungary

    Human Rights Watch urged the European Union on Thursday to ensure that Hungary changes its constitution and other laws to bring them in line with ... 

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