JERUSALEM – Israeli police say an American tourist has died while hiking during a heatwave in Israel on a trial leading to the ancient Jewish desert fortress of Masada. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says the 20-year-old woman from Florida fell about 5 meters (about 16 feet) at the site of …
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BAGHDAD – An Iraqi official says the body of Tareq Aziz, Saddam Hussein’s former top aide who died last week in prison, is still at Baghdad International Airport under heavy security and due to be flown to Amman. The official from the Iraqi Aviation Authority said Friday that the body …
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UNITED NATIONS – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says an independent panel of experts that examined new information about the mysterious 1961 plane crash that killed Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold on a peace mission to newly independent Congo has delivered its report. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Friday that Ban will study the …
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STOCKHOLM – Swedish prosecutors say their planned interrogation of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over alleged sex crimes could take place in London within weeks. Lead prosecutor Marianne Ny said Monday she has submitted paperwork to British and Ecuadorian authorities asking for permission to question Assange at the Ecuadorean Embassy in …
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Families of Israeli hostages held by Hamas inside Gaza appeared with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle Tuesday in Washington, D.C., to raise awareness for their loved ones, with one relative describing how a child celebrated his ninth birthday in captivity of terrorists. Itay Raviv, speaking on the one-month …
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ROME – The principality of Monaco has signed an accord with Italy aimed at ending banking secrecy, days after Switzerland and Liechtenstein inked similar pledges to exchange financial information with Rome. The accords are key instruments in the Italian government’s quest to fight tax evasion, a chronic problem plaguing the …
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – A newspaper says six Saudi nationals were behind al-Qaida’s abduction of the kingdom’s diplomat in Yemen, who was released this week after three years in captivity. The state-linked Saudi Okaz newspaper reports Wednesday that the six militants are on the kingdom’s most-wanted terrorist list but did …
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MEXICO CITY – Climbers have found a second mummified body in a glacier on Mexico’s tallest peak. The mayor of the town nearest the Pico de Orizaba volcano said Friday that a rescue team found the second body. Mayor Juan Navarro in the town of Chalchicomula de Sesma said the …
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JERUSALEM – A poll shows Israel’s opposition Zionist Union edging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud a week ahead of the March 17 election. Tuesday’s Panel Politics poll showed the center-left camp led by Isaac Herzog earning 24 out of parliament’s 120 seats. Likud trailed slightly with 21 projected seats. …
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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – A United Nations-backed court says a former militia leader convicted of war crimes during Sierra Leone’s civil war has been granted provisional release and will serve out the remainder of his term in his community. The Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone said in a statement …
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