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Blair admits being too close to Murdoch

A still image from broadcast footage shows Britain's former Prime Minister Tony Blair speaking at the Leveson Inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the media at the High Court in London May 28, 2012.

Former British prime minister Tony Blair told a press ethics inquiry Monday that he got too close to Rupert Murdoch’s media empire, in evidence disrupted by a protester calling him a "war criminal...

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Women on the rise in Mexican drug cartels

The high mortality rate in Mexico’s drug war has seen women progress quickly in the shadowy underworld of the cartels and they are increasingly taking on key management roles, a new book says.

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‘Love’ conquers Cannes top prize

"Love", a wrenching tale of a devoted Parisian husband caring for his dying wife, took the top prize at Cannes on Sunday, bringing a second Palme d’Or to Austrian director Michael Haneke.

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Blair admits being too close to Murdoch

Former British prime minister Tony Blair told a press ethics inquiry Monday that...

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Women on the rise in Mexican drug cartels

The high mortality rate in Mexico’s drug war has seen women progress quickly...

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‘Love’ conquers Cannes top prize

"Love", a wrenching tale of a devoted Parisian husband caring for his dying wife...

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India seeks stronger Myanmar ties as PM visits

In northwest Myanmar, where the Kaladan River flows out into the Bay of Bengal, ...

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India seeks stronger Myanmar ties as PM visits

In northwest Myanmar, where the Kaladan River flows out into the Bay of Bengal, the two giant arms of a half-built wharf enfold the estuarine mud with steel and concrete.

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Pedro Hernandez is arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court.

Patz suspect’s lawyer well versed in psychiatric defense

The lawyer assigned to handle the defense of Pedro Hernandez, the man who New York police say has confessed to strangling Etan Patz 33 years ago, has a track record of representing high-profile homicide defendants with a history of mental illness.

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Essam el-Erian, (C) deputy head of the Muslim Brotherhood political party.

Muslim Brotherhood seeks unity ahead of Egypt runoff

The Muslim Brotherhood is reaching out to rivals including politicians knocked out of the presidential race in an attempt to rally support around its own candidate who faces a runoff against Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister, Ahmed Shafiq.

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Bradley Manning: lack of access to WikiLeaks suspect condemned in U.S.

U.S. rights activists condemn a lack of disclosure in the case against WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning, saying there was even less transparency than proceedings against the alleged September 11 attackers.

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Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia

African Union troops say seize key Somali town

African Union troops on Friday seized a rebel stronghold near Mogadishu from al-Qaida-linked insurgents, marking a major blow against the al Shabaab rebels who have used the town to stage sporadic attacks on the capital.

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