Suu Kyi wins pop star reception in Europe Posted: 17 Jun 2012 12:31 PM PDT BERGEN, Norway (Reuters) - Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has enjoyed pop star treatment wherever she has gone on her first trip to Europe in nearly a quarter of a century, after Myanmar's rulers finally freed her from house arrest.  
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Egypt voters' 'loss of faith' Posted: 17 Jun 2012 12:23 PM PDT Egyptians grow disaffected with uncertain transition  
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Israeli Driver Kills 2 Palestinians Posted: 17 Jun 2012 11:44 AM PDT An Israeli tow truck driver shot dead two Palestinians and wounded one Sunday during what police said was an attempted car robbery in the West Bank.  
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Group Warns Euro-Zone Rescue Funds Insufficient Posted: 17 Jun 2012 08:33 AM PDT The euro-zone's bailout funds can't handle another big bailout, the world's biggest private financial institutions said.  
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Obama Faces Crises With Few Options Posted: 17 Jun 2012 11:05 AM PDT President Obama this week confronts two foreign-policy challenges for which he has few options: the European economic crisis and the violence in Syria.  
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Yemenis say al-Qaeda gave security, at a cost Posted: 17 Jun 2012 12:07 PM PDT After government troops forced the group to flee Jaar, residents say they feel relief mixed with worry.  
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Exit polls predict French Socialists' victory Posted: 17 Jun 2012 11:37 AM PDT President Hollande's party tipped to win solid majority in National Assembly in second round of parliamentary vote.  
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French Socialists Projected to Win Majority Posted: 17 Jun 2012 12:16 PM PDT François Hollande was poised to secure the parliamentary majority he says he needs to revive France's economy and help repair the troubled euro zone, after voters gave his Socialist Party a lead in legislative elections.  
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Syrian Opposition Urges U.N. Action Posted: 17 Jun 2012 12:01 PM PDT Syrian opposition leaders called for U.N. Security Council action after the latest peace plan appeared to unravel with the U.N. mission in Syria suspending observers' activities because of surging violence.  
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Chinese Astronauts Prepare for Docking Posted: 17 Jun 2012 10:35 AM PDT China's top leadership celebrated the launch of China's first female astronaut and two male colleagues into space as the mission gears up for its main objective: an attempt at a manned space-docking scheduled for Monday.  
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Romney Criticizes Immigrants Plan Posted: 17 Jun 2012 10:36 AM PDT Mitt Romney criticized President Barack Obama's move to stop the deportation of some young illegal immigrants, but didn't say whether he would reverse the action.  
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Streetscapes | East 68th Street: A Hospital With Fine Bones Posted: 16 Jun 2012 09:47 PM PDT New York Hospital's soaring white 1932 skyscraper, though added to and encroached upon, is still something to see.  
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Amid Vote, Egypt Military Asserts Role Posted: 17 Jun 2012 12:27 PM PDT Turnout on Egypt's final day of a presidential run-off appeared low as the military leadership seemed poised to cement its hold on the legislative authority and clarified the incoming president's powers.  
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ECOWAS has Mali force troop pledge, still lacks backing Posted: 17 Jun 2012 11:02 AM PDT ABIDJAN (Reuters) - West African military chiefs have secured troop commitments from three nations for their planned Mali intervention force, despite the mission still lacking an invitation from authorities in Bamako and backing from the United Nations.  
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Grand Junction Journal: Debating if Colorado National Monument Should Be a National Park Posted: 17 Jun 2012 10:33 AM PDT Some people want to turn Colorado National Monument into a national park. Others say that would just be a bother.  
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The Caucus: Romney Doesn't Say Whether He Would Overturn Obama Immigration Order Posted: 17 Jun 2012 11:25 AM PDT Appearing on CBS's "Face the Nation" on Sunday, Mitt Romney was equivocal about overturning President Obama's order.  
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Cholesterol 'helps' damaged brain Posted: 17 Jun 2012 10:24 AM PDT A diet high in cholesterol may help people with a fatal genetic disease which damages the brain, according to early studies in mice.  
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Uneasy calm in Myanmar's Rakhine Posted: 17 Jun 2012 11:57 AM PDT More than 30,000 people, both Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims, have fled their homes to escape communal violence.  
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Thousands gather to bury Saudi crown prince Posted: 17 Jun 2012 12:27 PM PDT Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, buried in Mecca on Sunday, is the second Saudi crown prince to die in a year.  
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US police-beating victim Rodney King dies Posted: 17 Jun 2012 11:00 AM PDT Foul play ruled out in death of black motorist whose videotaped assault culminated in destructive LA race riots in 1992.  
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