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Iraq tightens security for Shiite pilgrimage after mortar attack kills 7, wounds 38
BAGHDAD – Iraqi officials stepped up security Monday ahead of a major Shiite pilgrimage after a mortar attack on a religious procession in Baghdad killed seven people and wounded dozens.
Activists: Syrian government forces send in helicopters after failed armoured assaults
BEIRUT – Syrian troops attacked a central, rebel-held town with helicopter gunships Monday and shelled other restive areas across the nation, activists said.
The Civil Wars performs at Bonnaroo festival with a very pregnant Williams
MANCHESTER, Tenn. – What’s up next for The Civil Wars after a tour de force at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival? Maternity leave.
HBO film portrait of first President Bush seeks measure of the man
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Tourism officials in Maine will be delighted when they see HBO’s new documentary on President George H.W. Bush.
Pounding head in the hotter months? Changes in weather could bring on headaches, trigger migraine attacks
TORONTO – Valerie South is no fan of summer storms.
Thomas Mulcair accuses energy lobby of ‘pulling a con job’ on shale gas fracking
ROTHESAY, N.B. – Federal NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair is accusing a national energy lobby group of “pulling a con job” when promoting shale gas fracking.
ABC’s Roberts has blood, bone marrow disorder, will start chemo, get bone marrow transplant
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Robin Roberts is facing a new medical challenge that will require her to start chemotherapy and get a bone marrow transplant.
A moody ‘Mad Men’ season finale with Don Draper a man who has it all, except contentment
NEW YORK, N.Y. – The fifth season of “Mad Men” ended majestically Sunday night with Don Draper, planted at an elegant bar, approached by a beautiful woman who inquired, “Are you alone?”
Oil rises to near US$85 as Europe offers $125B bailout loan for Spain’s banks
The price of oil rose to near US$85 a barrel Monday after Europe offered Spain a $125-billion rescue loan for its troubled banks and China significantly increased its imports of crude.
Stung by staff scandal, pope stresses loyalty, trust, thanks aides faithful to him and church
VATICAN CITY – Stung by an in-house scandal, Pope Benedict XVI is stressing the need for loyalty among aides working for him at the Vatican and abroad.
A moody ‘Mad Men’ season finale, with Don Draper a man who has it all, except contentment
NEW YORK, N.Y. – The fifth season of “Mad Men” ended majestically Sunday night with Don Draper, planted at an elegant bar, approached by a beautiful woman who inquired, “Are you alone?”
Afghan officials: More than 20 houses buried in quake; scores feared dead
KABUL – An Afghan provincial governor says more than 20 houses have been buried in a landslide caused by an earthquake Monday in northern Afghanistan. Scores are feared dead.
French President Hollande’s hand strengthened by parliament vote, Socialists close to majority
PARIS – Allies of French President Francois Hollande mobilized Monday in hopes of securing a crushing parliamentary majority for the Socialists that could bolster him in talks on how to save the embattled euro currency and revive Europe’s economic fortunes.
Former US assistant football coach Sandusky faces start of child sex abuse trial
BELLEFONTE, Pa. – Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrived at a Pennsylvania courthouse Monday for the start of his child sex abuse trial in a case that has shaken one of the most storied U.S. sports programs.
Former PM Gordon Brown accuses Murdoch tabloid of attacking him, undermining Afghan war effort
LONDON – Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday accused a Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid of personally attacking him, failing the British people and undermining the war in Afghanistan through its coverage of the conflict.