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Neither American apologies nor an investigation into the incident stemmed anger among Afghans over the burning of the Koran, the Islamic scripture, at the main U.S. base in Afghanistan.
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University of Connecticut men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun will have back surgery next week and miss at least two more games, the school said today in a news release.
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The U.S. dropped the biggest prosecution of individuals accused of foreign bribery after two trials in the case ended with three acquittals and seven mistrials.
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Former Fiesta Bowl Chief Executive Officer John Junker faces as much as 2 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to a state felony charge for his part in soliciting political donations from employees.
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Yale University President Richard Levin expressed outrage over revelations that the New York Police Department used cyber surveillance and other tactics to monitor Muslim student associations throughout the Northeast.
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The New York Yankees have signed All-Star outfielder Raul Ibanez to a one-year contract, the Major League Baseball team announced today in a statement.
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Opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s rule stepped up their deadly attacks against government officials as the violence of the past 11 months pushes the country toward civil war.
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The New York Yankees have signed outfielder Raul Ibanez to a one-year, $1.1 million contract, Associated Press reported, citing a person familiar with the agreement.
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Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, appealing to Tea Party and Christian groups in Ohio yesterday, criticized rival Mitt Romney for seeking a “bailout” for the 2002 Winter Olympics and complaining about congressional earmarks.
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Honduras’s crackdown on violent gangs has led to a surge of inmates in poorly controlled and dilapidated jails, a policy that may have caused the world’s worst prison fire in a century, human rights groups said.
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