MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) Seven al-Qaida-linked gunmen detonated a pick-up truck rigged with explosives at the gate of the U.N. compound in Somalia's capital Wednesday, launching a bombs-and-gunfire assault that saw militants pour into the complex, killing at least nine people, including three foreigners, officials said.
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WASHINGTON (AP) House Republicans moved forward Wednesday with a rewrite of GOP President George W. Bush's prized No Child Left Behind Act, pushing a bill that would strip Education Secretary Arne Duncan and his successors of power and give more authority to the states. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:55:55 -0400

SAO PAULO (AP) Street demonstrations popped up again around Brazil early Wednesday as protesters continued their collective cry against the low-quality public services they receive in exchange for high taxes and high prices. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:54:46 -0400

WASHINGTON (AP) The Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts enacted this year, according to a GOP senator.
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:52:50 -0400

OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) The FBI says it has found no sign of the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa and is ending a dig in suburban Detroit.
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:50:49 -0400

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) The United Arab Emirates broadened its crackdown on perceived threats and risked deepening its rift with Egypt on Wednesday with plans to bring 30 Egyptian and UAE suspects to trial for alleged coup plotting linked to Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:49:12 -0400

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian SABRATHA, Libya (Reuters) - The ruins of a grandiose Roman theatre behind them, two foreigners taking pictures in the Libyan coastal city of Sabratha make a rare sight these days. The ancient Roman city used to attract more than 20,000 foreign visitors annually before the 2011 war that ousted Muammar Gaddafi. Now the temples and mosaics overlooking the turquoise waters of the Mediterranean are usually deserted. The two European visitors touring the UNESCO World Heritage site on this quiet day are geologists on a work trip to Libya. ...
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:47:51 -0400

NEW YORK (AP) Madonna said there were days she was exhausted during her recent "MDNA" world tour, but she decided to press on.
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:47:00 -0400

MIAMI (AP) Country singer Slim Whitman, the high-pitched yodeler who sold millions of records through ever-present TV ads in the 1980s and 1990s and whose song saved the world in the film comedy "Mars Attacks!," died Wednesday at a Florida hospital. He was 90.
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:46:59 -0400

BERLIN (AP) Issuing an appeal for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called "the global threat of our time."
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