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Despite acknowledging a legacy of discrimination, the Agriculture Department is still plagued by civil rights problems that have in the past led to unequal treatment of minorities seeking loans and other help, according to a government-commissioned report Wednesday. Most of the employees interviewed by a private consulting firm did not believe the department, sued over the years by blacks,

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ABOARD THE CHARLES DE GAULLE (AP) -- Despite growing controversy about the cost and relevance of aircraft carriers, navies around the world are adding new ones to their inventories at a pace unseen since World War II. The U.S. - with more carriers than all other nations combined - and established naval powers such as Britain, France and Russia are doing it. So are Brazil, India and China - which

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ISTANBUL (AP) -- Speakers at a United Nations forum on Monday urged the world's poorest nations to help their vulnerable citizens by pursuing good governance, while some leaders said rich countries had not done enough to help developing regions. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was among some 8,000 delegates who converged on Istanbul for the conference on "least-developed countries," which

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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Somalia receives about $1 billion a year for humanitarian, development and security projects. But the amount of money that actually benefits Somali citizens is far, far less. Analysts say wasted, stolen and diverted money may be feeding the conflict that the funds are supposed to be trying to end. Bullets bought by international donors and intended for Somali soldiers

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SHANGHAI (AP) -- General Motors Co. and its joint ventures sold 203,367 vehicles in China in April, down nearly 5 percent from a year earlier as growth cools in the world's largest auto market. GM said Friday that sales by its flagship venture Shanghai GM rose 7.4 percent to 96,219 vehicles in April. That rise was offset, however, by slowing sales growth for its other China operations. GM and its

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Solemnly honoring victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, President Barack Obama hugged survivors, thanked the heroes of one of the nation's darkest days and declared Thursday that the killing of Osama bin Laden after all these years was an American message to the world: "When we say we will never forget, we mean what we say." On a brilliant blue-sky day, one of reflection more

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Associated Press has decided not to cover a Republican presidential debate to protest limits placed on media coverage by its organizers. Fox News Channel and the South Carolina Republican Party are co-sponsoring the first GOP debate of the 2012 presidential race on Thursday. But the sponsors are barring still photographers from entering the hall in Greenville, S.C., during

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SYDNEY (AP) -- The last known combat veteran of World War I was defiant of the tolls of time, a centenarian who swam in the sea, twirled across dance floors, and published his first book at 108. He also refused to submit to his place in history, becoming a pacifist who wouldn't march in parades commemorating wars like the one that made him famous. Claude Stanley Choules, a man of contradictions,

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden and top lawmakers are beginning their quest to tame the spiraling U.S. debt with small steps aimed at finding what common ground might exist in vastly different approaches toward restructuring government spending. Biden and a bipartisan team of congressional negotiators were to meet Thursday at Blair House, the government guesthouse across the street

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NEW YORK (AP) -- The federal government sued Deutsche Bank Tuesday, saying the bank committed fraud and padded its pockets with undeserved income as it repeatedly lied so it could benefit from a government program that insured mortgages. The lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Manhattan seeks to recover hundreds of millions of dollars in insurance claims that the government has had to pay when

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Duke Energy Corp.'s first-quarter earnings rose almost 15 percent on strong results from its international operations and lower corporate costs. Duke, based in Charlotte, N.C., said Tuesday its net income rose to $511 million, or 38 cents a share, in the three months ended March 31. That's up from $445 million, or 34 cents a share, a year ago. Analysts expected earnings of 35

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CAIRO (AP) -- When Syria's president visited Iran late last year, he received a heroes' medal and spoke about unbreakable bonds in a ceremony broadcast on national television. Now, a nervous leadership in Iran has imposed a media blackout on Bashar Assad's struggle against a swelling Syrian uprising and Tehran faces the unsettling prospect of losing its most stalwart ally in the region. The

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A year ago, when Republicans were in the minority on Capitol Hill, they drove Democrats crazy by using an obscure parliamentary maneuver to change, delay and even kill Democratic priorities. Now that Republicans are running the House, Democrats have tried to stymie the GOP agenda by relying on the tactic, known as the motion to recommit. But they've failed on every one of their

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DALLAS (AP) -- By the thinnest of margins, Southwest Airlines Co. made money in the first quarter despite higher fuel prices. Southwest also says it expects to close its $1.4 billion purchase of AirTran Airways on May 2, increasing Southwest's size overnight by one-fourth. Southwest said it earned $5 million, or a penny per share. Not counting one-time costs, Southwest met Wall Street's

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DALLAS (AP) -- American Airlines lost $436 million in the first quarter as it battled rising jet fuel prices, foreshadowing huge losses at other U.S. airlines. American responded to the grim numbers Wednesday by announcing it will scale back plans to add new flights and retire at least 25 older, gas-guzzling planes later this year. Prices for jet fuel have been rising sharply since September, and

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SAO PAULO (AP) -- The young man who killed a dozen schoolchildren and then himself was clearly mentally disturbed, but one thing leaps out from his notes and videos: He felt intensely bullied as a child, and was determined to strike back. "I hope this serves as a lesson, especially to those school officials who stood by with their arms crossed as students were being attacked, humiliated,

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ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The father of a terminally ill toddler transferred to a St. Louis hospital after an Ontario court ruled doctors could remove the breathing tube keeping the boy alive says he won't stop fighting for his son. Thirteen-month-old Joseph Maraachli arrived at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital last weekend after the hospital agreed to treat him. Joseph's doctors at an Ontario

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CAIRO (AP) -- Libya's de facto oil minister said Sunday the country's crude production has fallen "drastically" and that he has reached out to Italian oil giant Eni SpA for help in extinguishing a blaze at an eastern oil facility snatched back from rebel fighters. The call for help by National Oil Co. head Shukri Ghanem demonstrated the country's dependence on foreign oil companies' expertise and

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China plans to spend nearly $200 billion this year to build 10 million low-cost homes and will regulate rents. A senior government official says the project and regulatory changes are part of a wider plan to temper surging housing prices and tackle growing inequality. Chinese officials made a bold promise to spread prosperity to the country's poor majority and ease the burden of surging housing

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AUBURN, Ala. (AP) -- Auburn coach Gene Chizik has dismissed four players from the national champions after they were arrested on robbery and other charges early Friday morning. Auburn police said Mike McNeil, Antonio Goodwin, Shaun Kitchens and Dakota Mosley were each charged with five counts of first-degree robbery, one count of first-degree burglary and one count of third-degree theft of

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government officials are handing out $9 million to help schools extend wireless Internet connections beyond the classroom. The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday will announce 20 pilot projects that will receive government funding to pay for wireless broadband connections for laptops, smart phones and other mobile devices, which students will be able to take with

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- Notre Dame announced Tuesday that it will no longer use hydraulic lifts for videographers at football practices, five months after a student fell to his death when one of the machines toppled over on a windy day. The school said it will instead use remote-controlled cameras - a system The Rev. John Jenkins, Notre Dame's president, said fulfills a pledge made after Declan

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Subway now has more restaurants worldwide than McDonald's. The sandwich chain surpassed the world's largest hamburger chain in terms of number of stores in the U.S. in 2002 and now it has taken the global lead. Subway had 33,749 restaurants worldwide at the end of last year, according to the company. McDonald's Corp. had 32,737, according a regulatory filing. "We've been on a great run," said

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An official of a US-based non-profit group says her organization and Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf are concerned the escalating violence in Ivory Coast and the refugees it generates could undermine Liberia's fragile peace. The number of refugees flowing into neighboring Liberia increased dramatically last week from 40, 000 to 70,000, according to UN and aid agencies sources. Anne

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WEST WENDOVER, Nev. (AP) -- A body found in a shallow grave in the desert near the Utah border has been tentatively identified as that of a teenager who went missing while walking home from her high school last week, police said Sunday. West Wendover police Sgt. Dave Wiskerchen during a press conference that the body was "tentatively been identified as Micaela Costanzo," The Deseret News reported

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Tunisia's new Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi has called the country's previous administration " a gang of saboteurs" and promised to name new government by Sunday. Essebsi spoke to reporters Friday in Tunis. He said he and his co-workers are working with "a popular revolution that does not have a framework." He said those who would like to leave the country may do so, but people who would like

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Minority Christians and civil rights activists have taken to the streets throughout Pakistan to protest the assassination of the country's only Christian member of the federal Cabinet. Minister of Minorities Shahbaz Bhatti was gunned down Wednesday, after challenging Pakistan's blasphemy law. Pakistani investigators have issued sketches of suspected attackers but have not reported any progress a

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VIENNA (AP) -- One is in the pay of Kazakhstan's autocrat. Another endorsed elections held by the man dubbed Europe's last dictator. A third contradicted his own president by declaring Egypt's Hosni Mubarak should stay in power. What these men have in common: they have all been leaders or senior officials in Western governments sharply critical of the regimes they or their associates now

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SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Increasing pressure on Yemen's embattled president, several members of his ruling Congress Party resigned Saturday as tens of thousands again took to the streets to demand his ouster and Britain warned its citizens against all travel to the impoverished Arab nation. President Ali Abdullah Saleh, a key U.S. ally in fighting a potent al-Qaida offshoot in his country, was

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HAVANA (AP) -- Five members of the National Ballet of Cuba, including one of its principal dancers, have remained in Canada after performing there, dance officials said Wednesday. National Ballet of Canada spokeswoman Catherine Chang says the five are taking classes with the Canadian ballet in Toronto, adding that she can't confirm that they have defected. But an official with the National Ballet

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Apple is back with a refined second-generation tablet computer that squeezes more power into a thinner shell while keeping prices in check. It's a three-pronged push that should handily hold off competitors for another year. Underscoring the tablet's importance to Apple, CEO Steve Jobs briefly emerged from a medical leave Wednesday and made a surprising appearance to unveil

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) -- Chinese movie star Gao Yuan Yuan ambled in front of blooming almond trees, smelled the flowers, learned about pollination and even got stung by a bee - all while two Chinese television crews filmed her for a documentary and television series focused on California's almond country. The almond industry has hired Gao as its ambassador in China, and its effort is just one

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India's government says the nation's economy is growing briskly, but expresses concerns about inflation, a drop in foreign investment, and a potential skills and innovation shortage in the future. Those details are part of an annual economic survey. Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee submitted the survey to lawmakers Friday as a prelude to Monday's submission of the national budget. The

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google Inc. thought it was doing a good deed last month when it opened an annual art contest to more kids across the United States. The gesture instead has turned into another opportunity for Google's critics to question whether the Internet search leader is overstepping privacy boundaries by seeking too much information from its users. In this case, Google initially asked

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(FT) -- China will build another 45 airports over the next five years, the industry regulator said on Thursday, raising fresh questions about the potential for overcapacity in the transport sector. Li Jiaxing, the head of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, said that the new investments would take the total number of airports in the country to 220, even though most of the existing

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Los Angeles (CNN) -- A judge warned actress Lindsay Lohan Wednesday that the only way she can avoid jail on a theft charge is to be acquitted in a trial. "If you plead in front of me, you are going to jail, period!" Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Keith Schwartz told Lohan during a hearing. The prosecutor offered Lohan a plea deal Wednesday, but the terms of the offer were not disclosed.

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Orders for long-lasting manufactured goods outside of transportation fell in January by the largest amount in two years. Orders for durable goods excluding transportation fell 3.6 percent last month, the biggest drop since January 2009, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. A key category viewed as a proxy for business investment spending was also down by the largest

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Human rights abuses have been committed by forces loyal to the incumbent leader of Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo and by forces loyal to his rival Alassane Ouattara, an Amnesty International investigation reported Tuesday. Gaetan Mootoo is one of the Amnesty researchers who went to Ivory Coast to investigate human rights abuses there. The team stayed for four weeks. "Human rights violations are being

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Madagascar's ousted president, Marc Ravalomanana, is calling for the African Union to pressure the transitional government of Andry Rajoelina to allow him to return home. The Rajoelina government banned him from returning Saturday to enter into what Ravalomanana called a dialogue aimed at ending the country's two-year-old political crisis. Singing, waving banners and wearing T-shirts bearing

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PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) -- Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand made his first public appearance since being paralyzed in a game against Army more than four months ago. LeGrand attended a "Laugh to Heal Comedy Fest Fundraiser" for him at the Rutgers Athletic Center on Saturday. "I just want to thank everybody for coming out here today and I'm just going to keep on chopping during my rehab," LeGrand

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(CNN) -- At least two people died and six others were wounded Sunday when a suicide bomber drove an explosive-laden vehicle into a Sunni mosque at the conclusion of a birthday celebration for the Muslim prophet Mohammed, according to local police. Police told CNN that the attack happened as worshippers were leaving the Mara al-Hayss mosque in Shirqat, a small town in the Nineveh provice about 300

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NEW YORK (AP) -- More than 20 firefighters were injured as they battled for seven hours to extinguish a wind-fueled blaze that killed a woman in a Brooklyn apartment house and forced other residents to flee into the winter chill, officials said Sunday. The 64-year-old woman was found in the rubble of the six-floor apartment building Saturday, according to a Fire Department spokesman. The fire in

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MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) -- Among the marchers pledging loyalty to Bahrain's embattled king were many from afar: other Sunni Arabs and South Asians granted citizenship and jobs in the tiny Gulf nation. But here also lies one of the most deep-seated grievances by the nation's Shiite majority, who strongly object to the royal policies to boost Sunni ranks and offer jobs-for-life posts that include the

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While you're Picking out diamond engagement rings, pick out carefully as these ring is something that your future wife wish hopefully wear for the rest of her life. Not entirely diamond rings are engagement rings. Diamond engagement rings usually have one diamond larger than the rest or consist of a single diamond. These types of diamond engagement rings are called a solitaire. Years ago, women

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LONDON (AP) -- Ice age Britons drank from human skulls and may even have eaten flesh and bone marrow, but they were far from barbarians. That's the conclusion of experts studying the oldest known examples of "skull cups," found in a cave in southwest England. The bowls look almost like works of art, ritual items laced with meaning. Look more closely, however, and it becomes clear they are made

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CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt-inspired unrest spread against Libya's longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi on Wednesday, with riot police clashing with protesters in the second-largest city of Benghazi and marchers setting fire to security headquarters and police stations in two other cities, witnesses said. Gadhafi's government sought to allay further unrest by proposing the doubling of government employees'

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Rep. Ron Paul fires back at Donald Trump, calls ObaRep. Ron Paul hit back at Donald Trump today, blasting the real estate developer for saying last week that he couldn't get elected president. Paul, appearing on MSNBC's Morning Joe, defended himself and noted that he's been elected 11 times to Congress to represent his South Texas district. "I was elected 11 times, and somebody said, 'How many

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Philippine negotiators sat down with communist rebel leaders for the first time in six years Tuesday for peace talks that were overshadowed by the arrest of a rebel leader. The week-long talks are being held in a suburb of the Norwegian capital Oslo. At the start of the talks, both sides expressed hope for progress in ending an insurgency that has spanned four decades and claimed tens of

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They're a dream of numerous Peoples to own up a Newport Beach Home, because we all Cognize Newport Beach is among the world's fullest and opulent urban center to domicile. Newport Beach, incorporated in 1906, is a city in Orange County, California, United States 10 miles (16 km) south of Downtown Santa Ana. Newport Beach is one of the cities with lowest population density as its total population

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HBO is getting out of the skin game on its naughty sister channel, Cinemax, and swinging into action. A serious revamp of Cinemax -- the pay cable channel so well-known for its late-night, soft-core series like "Pleasure Cove" and "Co-ed Confidential" that fans dubbed it "Skinemax" -- has quietly been underway since last fall, The Post has learned. Late last week, the 30-year-old movie channel

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Authorities found eight bones believed to belong to Mitrice Richardson on Sunday while combing the rugged Malibu Canyon ravine where the missing 24-year-old's remains were found in August, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The bones, some of which are believed to be fragments of Richardson's ribs, fingers and wrist, were found six months after the bulk of her remains were

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NEW YORK - Young Egyptians who gathered Saturday to celebrate the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak expressed hope about the future, even as a leading human rights group and others said major reforms are still needed in the Middle Eastern nation. The rallies held in several major U.S. cities Saturday followed spontaneous demonstrations that broke out the day before when Mubarak agreed to

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NEW YORK - Americans are not too keen on Iran and North Korea, are all right with Canada and Britain, and are thinking better thoughts about France, according to Gallup's annual World Affairs poll, released Friday. Iran and North Korea have been the two lowest-rated countries in the poll every year since 2004. This year they tied at the bottom with only 11 percent favorability ratings, according

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The curious case of Heidi Montag's "Just Go With It" red carpet ban continues. The former "Hills" star, 24, raised eyebrows yesterday when she told Us magazine that Jennifer Aniston had her banned from the New York City premiere of "Just Go With It." "I'm so upset," she told Us. "I was so excited! This is the first movie I've ever been in and I can't walk the carpet because Jennifer Aniston

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The top U.S. intelligence official painted a dire picture Thursday about the threats posed by Iran, cybercrime and other forces, as he testified on Capitol Hill about international security. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told a House committee that fighting terrorism, namely Al Qaeda, remains the intelligence community's top priority. He said Al Qaeda remains determined to

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(CNN) -- A lot gets carried in a plane's cargo hold, but US Airways is still against people, especially those still on the clock. A baggage handler at Reagan National Airport in Washington was found locked in a US Airways plane's cargo hold before takeoff Monday, said Laura J. Brown with the Federal Aviation Administration. Employees were searching for their co-worker when banging was heard

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The federal Cabinet in Pakistan has resigned to allow Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to form a smaller Cabinet as part of efforts to cut government spending. Mr. Gilani made the announcement while chairing the last meeting of the outgoing Cabinet in Islamabad. He praised the performance of his Cabinet members. "When we took over we found this country in very difficult circumstances," Gilani

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American universities inherited a choral tradition from England where, centuries ago, student choruses gathered to sing songs with different vocal parts known as glees. Today, dozens of U.S. colleges have glee clubs - a cappella choruses open to students who pass an audition. The Yale Glee Club is the nation's third oldest collegiate chorus. What began as a group of friends serenading passersby,

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(CNN) -- Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola has agreed to stay with the Spanish champions for at least another season, the club announced on Tuesday. The 40-year-old has been in charge since mid-2008, and has since led the Catalan side to two La Liga titles as well as success in the European Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup, UEFA Super Cup and the Spanish Cup. In July last year, he signed up

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Europeans have been closely following anti-government protests in the Arab world with mixed views about their implications back home. Just a few months ago, Europe was rocked by popular protests against rising prices, unemployment and austerity measures. Demonstrators took to the streets of Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Britain and France. Now Europe is watching another set of popular

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Beware of that smartphone in your hand: It might be telling more about you than you'd like. While a smartphone has become a communications must-have, offering services such as GPS location, Internet access and more, it's also gathering information about you -- data being marketed by your cellular provider to advertisers and other commercial services. And that fact came as a shock to most

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Nothing says normal in Cairo like a traffic jam. And by that standard, the city is finding its way to a semblance of its regular, bustling chaos. Even the donkey carts are back, bringing vegetables from the fertile farmlands along the Nile. But the contrast with tanks along the roads is a reminder that Egypt's political upheaval has yet to play out. Monday marks two weeks since the protesters

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Online company AOL Inc. is buying online news hub Huffington Post in a $315 million deal that represents a bold bet on the future of online news. The acquisition announced early Monday puts a high-profile exclamation mark on a series of acquisitions and strategic moves engineered by AOL CEO Tim Armstrong in an effort to reshape a fallen Internet icon. AOL was once the king of dial-up online

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WASHINGTON - The unrest engulfing Arab streets and threatening authoritarian governments in the Mideast is complicating U.S. counterterrorism efforts, scrambling the volatile battleground against al-Qaida in Yemen and raising concerns about the durability of Egypt's stance against militants. U.S. counterterrorism officials need to move quickly to firm up relationships with veteran Mideast

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SEATTLE - State and federal agencies are watching for any significant pollution from a fishing boat that sank off the Washington coast with 3,800 gallons of diesel fuel on board. The Coast Guard safely rescued all five crew members from the 80-foot "Vicious Fisher" Thursday night before it sank about 13 miles west of La Push, near the northwestern tip of the state. The boat sank in water 360 feet

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On Sunday, millions of Americans will gather around their TVs to watch Super Bowl XLV. And a lot of those fans will be sporting jerseys of players they admire, the heroes of their teams. But are the players on the field really heroes, or just celebrities? Those who study heroism say there is a tendency to confuse it with fame or celebrity worship, which has sparked some researchers to take a

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Attorneys for the second man charged with a deadly Connecticut home invasion want the location for his trial changed, citing prejudicial publicity from the first trial, and want the judge handling the case removed for what they call improper comments. Attorneys for Joshua Komisarjevsky filed numerous pretrial motions Friday in New Haven Superior Court. One was a request to move

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Britain, worried about a growing threat from cyber espionage and cyber crime, offered Friday to host an international conference to tackle such issues. Foreign Secretary William Hague, speaking at a security conference in Germany, revealed details of recent attacks on British government and defense industry computers to underline the threat from cyber spying. He also cited how the Egyptian

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Earnings reports from the big three U.S. automakers show 2011 is off to a good start. Domestic sales were up 18 percent in January, signaling improved consumer demand in the U.S. But with automakers becoming increasingly dependent on foreign sales to boost profits, there is growing concern that demand may be cooling off in rapidly growing economies such as China. General Motors is up 22 percent.

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China has ushered in the Year of the Rabbit with firework extravaganzas - an age-old custom to ward off evil spirits and beckon good fortune - and family gatherings. Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao told the Chinese in his annual New Year address the government will fight to control inflation and crack down on property speculators - two of the big issues facing the country over the next 12

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U.S. ratings agency Moody's has downgraded the ratings of five Egyptian banks due to ongoing unrest in that nation, a move that could hurt the ability of those banks to borrow money. Moody's said the downgrades resulted from a reassessment of Egypt's capacity to support its banking system, following the agency's lowering Monday of the government's debt rating. Moody's said Wednesday it cut the

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(CNN) -- Every day, 12-year-old Abed El-Elah and his 10-year-old brother leave school at one in the afternoon and head to work -- selling balloons in the park. They work until sunset, earning 1,000 Yemeni Rials (about $4.60) a day between them. The money is never enough. Abed El-Elah, who asked CNN not to use his surname, is one of Yemen's many child workers. His mother died six years ago and his

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Switzerland has used a new law to block millions of dollars held by former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier in Swiss bank accounts. The law went into effect Tuesday. It was prompted at least in part by a legal battle over Mr. Duvalier's allegedly embezzled funds and is designed to make it easier for Swiss authorities to return illegally obtained funds to their country of origin.

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Egyptian officials say oil shipments through the Suez Canal are proceeding normally, despite days of anti-government protests around the country. The Suez Canal is a key passageway for oil deliveries between the east and the west, enabling tankers to avoid the long journey around southern Africa's Cape of Good Hope and cutting routes by almost 10,000 kilometers. More than two million barrels of

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has returned from a trip to Haiti, where she met with presidential candidates and urged the Haitian people not to give up on democracy despite a disputed presidential election. Clinton told a reporter Sunday that her message to the Haitian people is that democracy is worth investing in. She said the United States supports the recommendation of the

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Iranians have found their access to major news websites even more restricted than usual as more foreign sites were blocked by a government filter, Reuters witnesses observed on Monday. Yahoo News and Reuters.com, both usually accessible in Iran, were unavailable, joining other long-blocked news sites such as the BBC and social networks Facebook and Twitter as beyond the reach of Iranians using a

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Israel has given its first official response to the unrest in neighboring Egypt. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is anxiously following events in Egypt. Speaking at the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Netanyahu said that at this time, Israel "must show maximum responsibility and restraint." He said that the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt has lasted for more than

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People with a record of sexual misconduct are often able to land positions in public and private schools as teachers, support staff, volunteers or contractors, slipping through a system of background checks meant to thwart them, federal investigators reported Thursday. Among the 15 cases the Government Accountability Office reviewed was that of former Manassas teacher Kevin Ricks, who pleaded

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STAMFORD, Conn. - An attorney who represented Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel in his Connecticut murder trial will be suspended from practicing law while he serves a prison term for failing to pay taxes. Attorney Michael Sherman's suspension was approved Friday by a Stamford Superior Court judge. It goes into effect March 15, the day Sherman reports to prison. Sherman's attorney, William Dow III,

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Afghan officials say a suicide bomber has killed the deputy governor of southern Kandahar province and wounded five people. Authorities say the bomber, who was on a motorcycle, attacked the car of Abdul Latif Ashna Saturday as he was going to work in the provincial capital, Kandahar city. At least one of his bodyguards was wounded. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. Separately,

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As food prices soar worldwide, experts are advising policymakers that certain strategies to calm the markets - and the populace - do more harm than good. Recent demonstrations in Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria recall memories of food riots in several countries in 2007 and 2008. While experts say the situation today has not reached that level, lessons learned then are part of a new guide the UN Food

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MAYS LANDING, N.J. - A Mexican national has admitted he punched a New Jersey man, setting off a chase that resulted in the stabbing death of one of Britain's most eligible bachelors. Mario Chavez testified Thursday that he punched Robert Davies after he claimed Davies hurled an anti-Mexican insult at him in the restroom of a Jersey shore bar in August 2007. When Davies gave chase, British tourist

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(CNN) -- An American missionary was fatally shot in Mexico on Wednesday, police said. The preliminary investigation indicated that Nancy Davis, 59, and her husband were traveling on a Mexican highway near the city of San Fernando, Mexico, when they were confronted by gunmen in a black pickup, the Pharr Police Department in Texas said in a statement. San Fernando is south of the border city of

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The book is dead. Long live the e-book! The e-book market has exploded, thanks to the Amazon Kindle, the Barnes & Noble Nook, the Apple iPad and others digital readers. Once you've dropped a bundle on that new tablet, you don't need to spend to get more dough to get content for it: There are many ways to get free digital e-books. Here's what you need to know. Share them with strangers Amazon just

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WASHINGTON - The number of people applying for unemployment benefits rose sharply last week, but the figures were largely distorted by rare snowstorms that swept through the Southeast. Applications surged last week by a seasonally adjusted 51,000 to 454,000, the highest level since late October, the Labor Department said Thursday. A government analyst said that a major reason for the spike was

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Zimbabwe's government and its employees are in salary negotiations for the first pay increases in two years. The employees have rejected a 24 percent pay increase. Zimbabwe's government, the country's largest employer, is meeting with some civil service leaders for talks on wages. The increase in salaries and some allowances for civil servants would be the first since the inclusive government

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Military officials tell Fox News they are unaware of any evidence that directly links Pfc. Bradley Manning, the alleged source of hundreds of thousands of leaked U.S. documents, to Julian Assange, the founder of the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. The revelation may weaken any case the U.S. could potentially build against Assange, but according to sources familiar with the case there is still

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The first Guantanamo detainee to be tried in a U.S. civilian court was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday. Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a 36-year-old Tanzanian, was convicted last year on a single count of conspiracy in the 1998 bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa. Ghailani declined to speak before federal Judge Lewis A. Kaplan sentenced him to life in prison and ordered him to pay $33 million in

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(CNN) -- The human rights group Amnesty International said Friday that Haitian authorities are launching a probe into alleged crimes against humanity committed during the 15-year rule of former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier. Amnesty International researcher Gerardo Ducos gave Haitian authorities 100 documents that it says detail cases of detention without trial, systematic torture,

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The death toll from Brazil's devastating flooding has topped 800, with hundreds more missing, in the country's deadliest natural disaster on record. Authorities said Sunday the number of bodies counted has reached 803 in the mountainous Serrana region north of the city of Rio de Janeiro. Days of heavy rains in that area last week unleashed rivers of mud that leveled houses, threw cars on top of

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TUNIS, Tunisia - Police in Tunisia cracked down Sunday on key allies of the ousted president, placing two high-ranking officials under house arrest and detaining the head of a well-known private TV station for allegedly trying to slow down the country's nascent steps toward democracy. The measures against former cronies and supporters of deposed President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali came amid

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An FDA advisory panel Thursday said it will recommend approval of a new imaging compound that can detect Alzheimer's brain plaques. But the panel added that the chemical in combination with a scan requires additional research to prove its usefulness and reliability in a real-world setting before it's ready for clinical use. The Food and Drug Administration panel voted 16-0 to recommend approval

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