BENGHAZI, Libya – Al-Qaida-linked militants are battling an Islamic State affiliate in eastern Libya after one of their leaders was shot dead by masked gunmen. Nasr Akr, an al-Qaida-inspired militant once jailed in the U.K. on terrorism charges, was assassinated along with his aide in the eastern town of Darna, …
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BERLIN – Swiss prosecutors say they are conducting an espionage investigation amid suspicions that Swiss hotels hosting talks on Iran’s nuclear program have been targeted in a cyber-spying campaign. Kaspersky, a cybersecurity firm, said this week it uncovered the campaign and that the malware was so sophisticated it must have …
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PARIS – Paris airport police held a 6-year-old French girl for three days on the mistaken suspicion she had a fake passport — until a judge ordered her released into her mother’s arms. Lawyer Sidonie Leoue said Friday that the girl was detained Saturday at Charles de Gaulle airport, after …
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ALBANY, N.Y. – New York City officials urged the state’s top court on Wednesday to reinstate the city’s ban on big sodas, arguing that the local Board of Health has authority to restrict products that make people obese and contribute to disease. The 2012 ban against peddling sugary drinks larger …
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CHICAGO – For many high school students, deciding on a college comes down to one or two schools. For Arianna Alexander of Chicago, it came down to 26 — including pretty much the whole Ivy League. Chicago’s WLS-TV (http://abc7.ws/1C3FWxC ) reports that the Kenwood Academy’s valedictorian has picked the University …
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LONDON – Police in Britain say that one of the three sisters who disappeared in the Middle East with their nine children has made contact with her family. West Yorkshire police said in a statement Wednesday there is an indication that the family has crossed into Syria, “but this is …
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UNITED NATIONS – More than 70 countries have signed a letter demanding that Syria stop indiscriminate aerial attacks that have killed thousands of civilians and urging the U.N. Security Council to prevent the Syrian Air Force from future attacks including dropping barrel bombs. The letter said Syrian air force helicopters …
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An independent probe into fraud allegations at the $28 billion global health fund supported by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda will be announced later this week, perhaps as early as Wednesday, Fox News has learned. The investigation was originally demanded by the government of Germany, which last …
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The husband of a military servicewoman living on a Tennessee Naval base is under investigation for posting threatening comments on a radical right-wing Web site, FoxNews.com has learned. Investigators with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service have seized the man’s shotgun and taken it to the armory at the Naval Support …
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WASHINGTON – Tractor beams, energy rays that can move objects, are a science fiction mainstay. But now they are becoming a reality — at least for moving very tiny objects. Researchers from the Australian National University have announced that they have built a device that can move small particles a …
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