CAIRO – An Egyptian security official says a leading member of the hard-line group Gamaa Islamiya has died in prison. Interior Ministry official Maj. Gen. Hassan el-Sohagi said on Sunday that Essam Derbala died of natural causes. A statement from Gamaa Islamiya’s political party accused Egyptian authorities of “assassination.” It …
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BAGHDAD – Security officials in Iraq say two bombings have torn through different neighborhoods in the country’s eastern Diyala province, killing at least 42 people. Officials say the deadlier of the two attacks happened near the provincial capital, Baquba, where a car bomb tore through a marketplace, killing 35 people …
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It seems the folks over at Rockefeller Center have a problem with the Almighty. An astute reader pointed out that NBC has once again omitted God from the Pledge of Allegiance. The omission happened during a commercial promoting the network’s upcoming spy thriller called “Allegiance.” How’s that for a coincidence? …
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CAIRO, Egypt – Egypt’s health minister says 17 more people have died due to an “unprecedented” heat wave, raising this week’s death toll to 76. Health Minister Adel el-Adawy said Thursday that the deaths are mostly among the elderly, and include eight patients of a psychiatric hospital. El-Adawy says 1,205 …
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TORONTO – A Pan Am Games manager says in a lawsuit she was sexually harassed by David Peterson, the former Ontario premier and chairman of the competition’s organizing committee. Ximena Morris filed her claim in Ontario Superior Court on Thursday. The 34-year-old woman contends that when she complained to human …
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Donald Trump is still leading in the polls … with the most recent one being conducted by Fox News. Check out how it all shakes out now just 10 days after the first GOP debate among Republican primary voters: Donald Trump is still on top at 25 percent followed now …
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TOKYO – The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has launched an unmanned transport vehicle carrying water, parts and other supplies to the International Space Station. The vehicle was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan on Wednesday night following weather-related delays. Space enthusiasts traveled to the area to watch …
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TRENTON, N.J. – A New Jersey woman found to have neglected her child after leaving her 19-month-old in a car while she went shopping will get another chance to argue her case. The state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the woman, identified only by her initials, will have her appeal …
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysian police say they have found another 24 bodies of suspected human trafficking victims in jungles bordering Thailand. Authorities in May said they discovered 139 suspected graves in abandoned jungle camps in northern Perlis state, a remote area bordering Thailand that trafficking syndicates used as a …
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An Ohio zoo that has the last Sumatran rhino in the United States on Tuesday announced plans to send the endangered species to Southeast Asia on a mission to mate. Conservation experts at the Cincinnati Zoo say 8-year-old Harapan will soon be on his way to Indonesia, where nearly all …
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