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2 Moroccans tried for homosexuality get 4 months
A Moroccan court has convicted two men of homosexuality and public indecency, and sentenced each to four months in prison, in the latest case against gays in this North African nation.
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Thousands of women protest death in Togo
Thousands of women have taken to the streets in Togo to protest the death of an opposition figure who had been jailed.
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Warsaw ghetto insurgent Boruch Spiegel dies at 93
Boruch Spiegel, one of the last remaining survivors of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising by poorly armed Jewish insurgents against the powerful Nazi German force that occupied Poland, has died. He was 93.
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Palestinian group: Ruler rights abuses increasing
A Palestinian report shows human rights abuses by the rival governments in the West Bank and Gaza are on the rise.
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Israeli peace negotiator: Stalemate bad for Israel
Israel's chief peace negotiator said Tuesday that the current stalemate with the Palestinians is harmful for Israel, days before U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to arrive in Israel for his latest push to restart long-dormant talks.
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Top figures barred from Iran's June ballot
Iran's state TV says overseers of next month's presidential election have rejected a top aide of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a former president who revived hopes of reformers.
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Israel warns Syria against attacks on Golan
Israeli and Syrian troops exchanged fire across their tense cease-fire line in the Golan Heights on Tuesday, prompting an Israeli threat that Syria's leader will "bear the consequences" of further escalation and raising new concerns that the civil war there could explode into a region-wide conflict...
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Georgian ex-PM detained on abuse of office charge
Allies of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili - a former prime minister and a provincial governor - were charged on Tuesday with embezzlement and abuse of office in another sign of an ongoing power struggle between the country's top two officials.
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Suicide at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
Some 1,500 visitors were cleared out of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a man put a letter on the altar of the 850-year-old monument Tuesday, pulled out a gun and shot himself in the head.
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Markets choppy ahead of Bernanke testimony
Markets were choppy Tuesday as investors remained cautious in the run-up to a much-anticipated statement from U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke.




