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Turkey prosecutor seeks life sentences for generals over coup: TV
ANKARA (Reuters) - More than 100 senior Turkish army officers face prosecution demands they spend the rest of their lives in jail for their alleged ...
CORRECTED-White House threatens veto of bill to bypass Obama on Keystone
(Corrects to 67 from 60 the votes needed in Senate to overcome presidential veto) ...
Ukraine PM bars reporters from government meetings after protest
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov ordered a dozen local reporters to be barred from covering government meetings after they staged a protest ...
World Bank pledges $1 billion to aid peace in Africa's Great Lakes
KINSHASA (Reuters) - The World Bank pledged $1 billion on Wednesday to fund development in central Africa's Great Lakes region in return for peace, but ...
Costa Concordia shipwreck captain to face manslaughter trial
ROME (Reuters) - The captain of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, which capsized off Italy's west coast last year killing 32 people, will face trial ...
Witness undermines case against Russian protest leader
KIROV, Russia (Reuters) - A Russian official undermined state prosecutors' case against protest leader Alexei Navalny at his trial on theft charges on Wednesday, saying ...
Germany backs call to put Hezbollah armed wing on EU terror list
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Germany will throw its weight behind a British drive to put the armed wing of Hezbollah on the European Union's list of ...
Somali lawmakers withdraw confidence vote against PM
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali members of parliament shelved a vote of confidence against the prime minister on Wednesday, but warned the government it would face ...
France beefs up Africa, Middle East embassy security
PARIS (Reuters) - France will invest about 20 million euros ($25 million) to increase security for diplomats and embassies in the Middle East and Africa ...
Pussy Riot member starts hunger strike to protest court ruling
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A member of the band Pussy Riot who was jailed over a protest against President Vladimir Putin in a Russian cathedral said ...
Council of Europe head says Russia must protect LGBT rights
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The head of the Council of Europe demanded on Wednesday that Russia allow gay rallies, weighing in on what has become an ...
IMF's Lagarde to be quizzed in French arbitration case
PARIS (Reuters) - IMF chief Christine Lagarde will be questioned by a French magistrate on Thursday over her role in a 285-million-euro ($366 million) arbitration ...
UK opposition party leader says Google tax behavior "wrong"
LONDON (Reuters) - Google Inc's tax affairs came under renewed scrutiny in Britain on Wednesday when the leader of the opposition Labour party accused the ...
Ukraine PM bars reporters from government meetings after protest
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov ordered a dozen local reporters to be barred from covering government meetings after they staged a silent ...
Iran denies link to group arrested for spying in Saudi Arabia
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran denied on Wednesday any link to members of a spying ring detained by its Sunni Muslim regional rival Saudi Arabia, according ...
UK official: London attack could be terror-related
LONDON (AP) — A British official says a violent attack near a London barracks is being investigated as a possible terrorist act. ...
Brutal attack in London heightens terror fears
LONDON (AP) — Two men with butcher knives hacked another to death Wednesday near a London military barracks and one then went on video to ...
UK officials: Radical Islam drives London attack
LONDON (AP) — Two U.K. government officials say a brutal attack that left one man dead near a London military barracks appears to have been ...
London terror attack leaves 1 dead near barracks
LONDON (AP) — In a brutal daylight attack which raised fears that terrorism had returned to London, two men with butcher knives hacked another man ...
Cameron: 'Indications' London attack terror
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister David Cameron says there are "strong indications" that a brutal attack in London is terror-related. ...
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Huntsville - a touch of southern comfort.
The city of Huntsville, nestled amongst the hills of north Alabama, is certainly not the backwater southern town that I perhaps expected. It manages to combine a delightful historical old-town with a state of the art high-tech modern city built around the U.S. space programme. ... Full story