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Mexico's government pledges hunt for disappeared
Mexico's government pledges hunt for disappeared
Mexico said Thursday that it will work with the International Red Cross on the search for thousands of people who have disappeared during the country's six-year-old war on drug cartels. Officials provided few details of the arrangement signed in a public ceremony by the head of the International Re

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Pope Gives Final Sunday Blessing
Pope Gives Final Sunday Blessing
Pope Benedict XVI bestowed his final Sunday blessing of his pontificate on a cheering crowd, explaining that his waning years and energy made him better suited to the life of private prayer he soon will spend in a secluded monastery. (Feb. 24)

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US senator hopeful Vietnam adoptions to restart
US senator hopeful Vietnam adoptions to restart
Vietnam and the United States are close to an agreement allowing Americans to adopt Vietnamese children again, five years after a ban was imposed amid allegations of baby-selling and babies offered without parents' consent, a visiting U.S. senator said. Vietnam was a popular destination for prospec

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EU predicts recession to continue through 2013
EU predicts recession to continue through 2013
The economic outlook in Europe continues to look grim, with officials conceding countries using the euro currency will shrink further into recession over 2013.

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Egypt's Brotherhood still operates secretively
Egypt's Brotherhood still operates secretively
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi says he has firsthand knowledge of opponents allegedly plotting against him at a meeting. A few months earlier, the most powerful man in his Muslim Brotherhood group, Khairat el-Shater, said he had access to recordings of former military rulers and electoral offici

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Report: Mexico disappearances constitute 'crisis'
Report: Mexico disappearances constitute 'crisis'
Human Rights Watch called Mexico's anti-drug offensive "disastrous" in a report Wednesday that cites 249 cases of disappearances that the group says mostly show evidence of having been carried out by the military or law enforcement. The report says the "enforced disappearances" follow a pattern in

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Egypt's military signals impatience with president
Egypt's military signals impatience with president
Egypt's powerful military is showing signs of growing impatience with the country's Islamist leaders, indirectly criticizing their policies and issuing thinly veiled threats that it might seize power again. The tension is raising the specter of another military intervention much like the one in 201

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New film tells story of unsung civil rights leader
New film tells story of unsung civil rights leader
Just before the March on Washington in 1963, President John F. Kennedy summoned six top civil rights leaders to the White House to talk about his fears that civil rights legislation he was moving through Congress might be undermined if the march turned violent. Whitney Young Jr. cut through the pre

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Claims for US jobless aid suggest modest hiring
Claims for US jobless aid suggest modest hiring
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits jumped 20,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 362,000, though it remains at a level that suggests slow but steady improvement in the job market. The Labor Department said Thursday that the four-week average, a less volatile measure, rose 8,00

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Committee examining $500 million in IRS contracts
Committee examining $500 million in IRS contracts
The House Oversight Committee is investigating whether a personal relationship between an Internal Revenue Service employee and the owner of a computer company produced a series of government contracts worth about $500 million. In a letter obtained by The Associated Press from the committee's chair

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Rapper Ja Rule leaves NY prison in gun case
Rapper Ja Rule leaves NY prison in gun case
Platinum-selling rapper Ja Rule left an upstate New York prison Thursday morning after serving most of his two-year sentence for illegal gun possession and headed straight into federal custody in a tax case. U.S. Marshals escorted the 36-year-old musician out of Mid-State Correctional Facility at 9

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