Football fans riot in Istanbul Posted: 12 May 2012 01:06 PM PDT Hundreds of fans from Istanbul football club Fenerbahce clash with Turkish police and occupy the pitch after losing a title decider to Galatasaray.  
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Analysis: Spain faces corrosion not collapse from euro crisis Posted: 12 May 2012 12:59 PM PDT BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - Students are protesting on Barcelona's elegant boulevards, public-sector wages are being cut for the second time in three years and resentment is growing against the central government and beneficiaries of bank bailouts.  
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Mexico spending heavily on troubled oil field: watchdog Posted: 12 May 2012 12:44 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - State-run oil company Pemex is spending heavily on the Chicontepec oil field viewed as the least potentially profitable of current projects, Mexico's oil regulator says.  
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NATO Troops Killed by Men in Afghan Uniforms Posted: 12 May 2012 12:11 PM PDT Men wearing Afghan police uniforms shot dead two NATO service members Saturday in southern Afghanistan, authorities said.  
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U.S. drone strike kills 5 militants in Yemen: residents Posted: 12 May 2012 12:18 PM PDT ADEN (Reuters) - An apparent U.S. drone attack killed at least five al Qaeda-linked militants in south Yemen on Saturday while Yemeni government forces killed 15 others in a new offensive against insurgents, officials and residents said.  
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Leicester 24-15 Saracens Posted: 12 May 2012 11:31 AM PDT Leicester beat defending champions Saracens 24-15 to book a Premiership final clash against Harlequins.  
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Drone Strike Kills 6 Qaeda Militants, Yemen Says Posted: 12 May 2012 12:48 PM PDT Two suspected U.S. drone strikes killed 11 al-Qaida militants in southern Yemen on Saturday, Yemeni military officials said.  
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Streetscapes | Central Park: Central Park/Streetscapes - Changing Times on the Reservoir Path Posted: 12 May 2012 11:54 AM PDT In the early years of Central Park, the dirt path around the reservoir — now commonly called the "runners' track" — was mostly the domain of walkers — and very few of them, at that.  
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Child and adult missing in weir Posted: 12 May 2012 12:07 PM PDT A search is under way for a child and an adult who are missing after an incident at a weir in Warwickshire.  
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Exiles: Iran advancing active nuclear arms program Posted: 12 May 2012 11:52 AM PDT PARIS/VIENNA (Reuters) - An exiled Iranian opposition group said on Saturday that Iran has some 60 scientists and engineers involved in a concerted and expanding program to develop nuclear weapons under defense ministry auspices.  
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Degrees of Debt: Student Loans Weighing Down a Generation With Heavy Debt Posted: 12 May 2012 12:54 PM PDT Nearly everyone pursuing a bachelor's degree is borrowing money, and as prices soar, a college degree often comes with an unprecedented financial burden.  
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LeBron James Wins 3rd NBA MVP Award Posted: 12 May 2012 10:33 AM PDT LeBron James is the NBA's MVP for the third time.  
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Developers Cease to Offer Condo Incentives Posted: 11 May 2012 08:37 PM PDT A lack of inventory is largely responsible as incentives to buy into new developments are disappearing in New York.  
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London Wary of Rooftop Missiles Plan During Olympics Posted: 12 May 2012 12:33 PM PDT The British Ministry of Defense has notified residents of some buildings that it might install air-defense systems on roofs to protect the Olympics.  
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Crashed WWII plane found in desert Posted: 11 May 2012 05:25 PM PDT A Royal Air Force Kittyhawk P-40 airplane that crashed in the Egyptian desert in 1942 has been discovered by a Polish oil worker.  
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Dolphins free after years in captivity Posted: 12 May 2012 08:58 AM PDT Two dolphins who were rescued from a filthy pool at a Turkish tourism resort were released back into the wild this week after years in captivity.  
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China, Philippines in monthlong naval standoff over island Posted: 11 May 2012 08:43 PM PDT Scores of people in the Philippine capital held a demonstration Friday to protest China's increasingly bellicose rhetoric about a monthlong naval standoff between Beijing and Manila over a disputed lagoon in the South China Sea.  
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Opinion: Human Rights, Not So Pure Anymore Posted: 12 May 2012 11:01 AM PDT Human rights today means much more than defending individuals against the oppression of an unjust state.  
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De Klerk comment taken 'out of context' Posted: 12 May 2012 11:05 AM PDT Controversial remarks by the last white president of South Africa, F.W. de Klerk, in which he validated the origins of "separate but equal" nation states, have been used by critics "unfairly out of context," his foundation said.  
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Whooping Cough Epidemic Hits Washington State Posted: 12 May 2012 12:58 PM PDT In Washington State, the response to a resurgent childhood ailment has been hobbled by years of recession-induced cutbacks that have hollowed out public health departments.  
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