All Stories from May 27, 2012 (Change date)
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Millions in global aid for Iraq sits unspentMay 27, 2012 6:34 pm - BAQOUBA, Iraq — Outside the crumbling elementary school, goats feed on trash strewn across the front yard. Inside, the ceiling is rotting, toilets don’t work and student...
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Cuba waits anxiously for oil dreams to materializeMay 27, 2012 6:34 pm - HAVANA — It was supposed to be Cuba’s economic savior: vast untapped reserves of black gold buried deep under the rocky ocean floor. But the first attempt in nearly a de...
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Palestinian Airlines resumes flights after 7 yearsMay 27, 2012 6:34 pm - MARKA AIR-BASE, Jordan — Palestinian Airlines is back in the skies after being grounded for seven years by the deepening enmities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. On...
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Panetta: US on ‘right track’ in AfghanistanMay 27, 2012 6:34 pm - WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Sunday defended the Obama administration’s plans to wind down the more than decade-long war in Afghanistan, saying the U.S...
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Senator asks airlines to drop seat fee for kidsMay 27, 2012 6:34 pm - NEW YORK — Sen. Charles Schumer is urging airlines to allow families with young children to sit together without paying extra. The New York Democrat is reacting to an A...
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Long road for NYC prosecutors in Etan Patz caseMay 27, 2012 6:34 pm - NEW YORK — For prosecutors, the work is just beginning after the astonishing arrest last week of a man who police say confessed to strangling a 6-year-old New York City ...
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Driving season begins, as does griping about gasMay 27, 2012 6:34 pm - NEW YORK — It’s Memorial Day weekend and our national obsession with the price of gasoline is in focus once again. We’ll spend a little less at the pump than a few weeks...
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Egypt candidates file appeals, charge vote fraudMay 27, 2012 6:34 pm - CAIRO — Three top candidates in Egypt’s presidential race filed appeals to the election commission ahead of the deadline Sunday, alleging violations in the first round v...
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Moscow police detain 40 as gays push for paradeMay 27, 2012 6:34 pm - MOSCOW — Gay activists tried to stage two demonstrations in Moscow on Sunday to demand the right to hold a gay pride parade in the Russian capital, but they were blocked...
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U.N. Security Council meets on Syria massacreMay 27, 2012 6:34 pm - UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting Sunday afternoon to hear a briefing from the head of the U.N. observer mission in Syria on the massa...