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Ex-Argentine junta leader jailed for 20 years for Operation Condor crimes

Argentina's last dictator and 14 other former military officials were sentenced to prison for human rights crimes committed during the Operation Condor conspiracy to hunt down dissidents across South America and beyond. Operation Condor was launched in

A woman wearing a female gender symbol attends a protest against the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, May 27, 2016.

2016-05-28
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Brazil police identify 4 of 30-plus men wanted in gang rape

Rio de Janeiro, May 28: Police has said that they have identified and are searching for four of the more than 30 men suspected in the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl, a case that has rocked Latin America's largest nation ...

The Christ the Redeemer statue is lit in green and yellow to mark 100 days left to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Olympics should move due to Zika concerns, say 150 experts

An open letter signed by 150 international doctors, scientists and researchers has urged the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro to be moved or delayed due to the Zika virus. To press on with the Games in Rio, the second most affected city in Brazil by the ongoing Zika crisis, would be "irresponsible" and "unethical," the letter argued yesterday. "Our greater concern is

Search and rescue boats look for a small plane that went down in the Hudson River, Friday, May 27, 2016.

Small WWII-era plane crashes in Hudson River; body recovered

New York: A small World War II vintage plane taking part in celebrations of its 75th anniversary flew a partial loop while smoke spewed from it and then crashed in the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey on Friday, and divers recovered a body from its sunken wreckage, police and witnesses said. The single-seat plane, a P-47 Thunderbolt, crashed on a part of the river

President Barack Obama reviews remarks with Speechwriting Director Jon Favreau prior to delivering a health care statement at the White House on July 17, 2009.

2016-05-27
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FDA Approves Implant to Fight Opioid Addiction

An implantable medication can treat opioid addicts for six months at a time. ...

This November 2002 image provided by the Rocky Mountain Laboratories/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows Coxiella burnetii bacteria which causes Q fever in humans.

First Case Of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Reported In U.S.

For the first time, researchers have found a person in the United States carrying bacteria resistant to antibiotics of last resort, according to a Washington Post story posted on the Baltimore Sun website. The alarming development could mean “the end of the road” for antibiotics, Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in an interview

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a visit to a housing construction site in Barking, East London

2016-05-27
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Migrant crisis: UK set to send second warship to Libya

The UK is set to send another warship to the Mediterranean to help tackle people-smuggling and movements of arms in and out of Libya, officials say. David Cameron told the G7 summit in Japan that the UK was ready to take an "active leadership role" in helping Libya deal with trafficking. The UK currently has one survey

South Korea's Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) website is blocked as North Korea announces new Internet restrictions banning the use of Facebook, Twitter and other websites in Pyongyang, North Korea on Friday, April 1, 2016. North Korea has officially announced it is blocking Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and South Korean websites in a move underscoring its concern with the spread of online information. (AP Photo/Eric Talmadge)

North Korea Linked to Digital Attacks on Global Banks

Security researchers say this is the first known case of a nation using malicious code to steal money for pure financial profit. ...

People jump out of a boat right before it overturns off the Libyan coast, Wednesday, May 25, 2016.

2016-05-27
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20 feared dead as migrant boat capsizes

ROME: A migrant boat sank off Libya’s coast on Thursday, with some 20 bodies spotted in the sea. Officials said 88 people had been rescued. The Libyan coastguard reported finding four bodies as well as two empty boats, suggesting there could be many more victims. Photos tweeted

Reef Snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef

Great Barrier Reef: UN report lead author 'shocked' all Australian references removed

Draft chapter warned reef was ‘poor and deteriorating’ but all references were excised following government intervention

(From L) German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, US President Barack Obama, European Council President Donald Tusk, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Francois Hollande and British Prime Minister David Cameron walk out to the family photo event during the first day of the Group of Seven (G7) summit meetings in Ise Shima, Japan, May 26, 2016.

Brexit would pose a 'serious risk' to global growth, say G7 leaders

Surprise declaration from summit in Japan states that Britain leaving the EU would ‘reverse the trend towards greater global trade and investment’

Search Teams Say They Have Detected an Emergency Signal from EgyptAir Flight 804

Officials searching for EgyptAir Flight 804, which crashed en route from Paris to Cairo last week with 66 people on board, said Thursday that they had detected an emergency

Google beats Oracle in $9 billion Android trial

A U.S. jury handed Google a major victory on Thursday in a long-running copyright battle with Oracle Corp over Android software used to run most of the world's smartphones. The jury unanimously upheld claims by Google that its use of Oracle's Java development platform to create Android was protected under the fair-use provision of copyright law, bringing trial to a close

Korean Airline Aircraft park at Tokyo International Airport Haneda after emergency landing in Tokyo

Korean Air jet has apparent engine fire at Tokyo airport

Firefighters battled an apparent engine fire Friday on a Korean Air jet on the tarmac at Haneda Airport in Tokyo. All the passengers and crew were evacuated unharmed, Japanese media reported. Japanese

2016-05-27
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Saudi FM urges Assad departure as part of transition in Syria

The Saudi foreign minister has insisted again that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must quickly step down from power as part of a political transition in the violence-torn country. Riyadh’s position on Assad “has not changed” and the Syrian leader “should leave, as soon as the transition period starts,” Adel al-Jubeir told journalists upon his

Kinuyo Ikegami offers prayers at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, Friday, May 27, 2016.

Visitors to Hiroshima memorial reflect on Obama's visit

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) -- Visitors to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Friday had this to say ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit later in the day. Obama is the first sitting U.S. president to come to Hiroshima, a city devastated by a U.S.-dropped atomic bomb at the end of World War II. ___ KINUYO

2016-05-27
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'Mass rape' video on social media shocks Brazil

Brazilian police are hunting more than 30 men suspected of raping a teenage girl in Rio de Janeiro, and of putting video of the attack on social media. The girl is reported to have gone to her boyfriend's house on Saturday

David Cameron responds to claims he secretly backs Brexit

David Cameron has said he is not a "closet Brexiteer" as leaders of the G7 warned the UK’s exit from the EU would pose a ‘serious risk’ to growth. Speaking at the end of the G7 summit in Japan, the Prime Minister welcomed a communique

2016-05-27
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Putin Declares Russia an 'Ally' to Islamic World

Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed that his country will always be a “reliable ally” to the “Islamic world” at a discussion event on the topic of Islam and Russia, state news agency RIA Novosti reported. “The agenda for your meeting today

U.S. President Barack Obama lays a wreath at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western, Japan, Friday, May 27, 2016. Obama on Friday became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the site of the world's first atomic bomb attack, bringing global attention both to survivors and to his unfulfilled vision of a world without nuclear weapons.

'Death fell from the sky': Barack Obama pays moving tribute at Hiroshima

Hiroshima: Barack Obama on Friday paid moving tribute to victims of the world's first nuclear attack during a historic visit to Hiroshima. "71 years ago, death fell from the sky and the world was changed,"

Iran's uranium stockpile stays within limit set by nuclear deal - IAEA

Top Powerbroker Secures Third Term to Lead Iran’s Parliament

German, French leaders mark 100 years since Battle of Verdun

Iraqi army makes gains in ISIL-held Falluja

NASA successfully inflates new space station room

Arab League chief slams Israel as bastion of 'fascism, discrimination'

14 injured in lightning strikes in France and Germany

News Analysis: Israeli-German relations: where to?