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First Tallies Show Iraqi PM Locked in Tight Race

1 hour 11 minutes ago |AOL News

(March 12) -- Iraq's prime minister has a slight edge over his top secular rival in early and incomplete results from last weekend's election, but officials say the race is so close it could be weeks ...

Friend: Suspected US al-Qaida Follower Grew Radical

2 hours 20 minutes ago |AP

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BUENA, N.J. (March 12) -- Sharif Mobley had strong Muslim views as early as high school. But his old friend Roman Castro knew he had radicalized when he saw him about four years ago. Castro, an Army ...

Two Suicide Bombers Kill Dozens in Pakistan

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(March 12) -- Two suicide bombers blew themselves up alongside soldiers patrolling a market in Pakistan's heartland today, killing at least 45 people and wounding 100 in the second major attack on U. ...

US Slams China on Human Rights Record

2 hours 47 minutes ago |AOL News

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(March 11) -- The United States has taken a fresh swing at China's human rights record at a time when the Obama administration is wooing Beijing for support against Iran, highlighting the tension bet ...

Thailand Deploys Troops Ahead of Protests

3 hours 27 minutes ago |AOL News

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(March 12) -- Some 50,000 security forces fanned out across Thailand today as gongs and Buddhist chanting heralded the start of massive grassroots protests aimed at toppling the government that took ...

Quakes Rock Chile as President Is Inaugurated

23 hours 18 minutes ago |AOL News

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(March 11) -- Conservative tycoon Sebastian Pinera was inaugurated as Chile's president today as a cluster of aftershocks, including a powerful 6.9 tremor, rocked the already earthquake-battered coun ...

Scientists Can See What's On Your Mind

17 hours 31 minutes ago |AOL News

(March 11) -- Mind-reading devices are still a thing of science fiction, but scientists can now peer into the brain and pinpoint complex memories. In the latest issue of the journal Current Biology, ...

Hamas Frees UK Journalist After Month's Detention

19 hours 26 minutes ago |AOL News

(March 11) -- A British journalist was freed today after being held in the Gaza Strip for a month by its Hamas rulers on reported allegations that he spied for Israel. Paul Martin, a London-based fre ...

UN Puts Climate Change Panel in Hot Seat

22 hours 48 minutes ago |AOL News

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(March 11) -- The United Nations is putting its own Nobel Prize-winning climate change panel under the microscope. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced Wednesday that the U.N. had launched an ind ...

Greek Leader Returns to Strike-Paralyzed Country

22 hours 4 minutes ago |AOL News

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ATHENS, Greece (March 11) -- Greece's embattled Prime Minister George Papandreou returned from a weeklong tour of Western capitals to swelling social discontent over a fresh batch of brutal austerity ...

Jihad Jane: The Irish Connection

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LONDON (March 10) -- Seven Muslims, including an American woman, were arrested in Ireland on Tuesday for allegedly plotting with Pennsylvania housewife Colleen LaRose (aka Jihad Jane) to kill a Swedi ...

Teens Wanted in Boy's Death Arrested in Mexico

1 day 11 hours ago |AOL News

HEMET, Calif. (March 10) -- Two teenagers wanted in connection with the death of a 16-year-old boy who was dismembered and burned in a backyard bonfire have been arrested in Mexicali, Mexico, the Riv ...