BAGHDAD – The Iraqi prime minister’s coalition will talk to other parties about sharing power in mostly southern areas after initial projections showed the Shiite leader’s allies were the big winners in last weekend’s provincial elections, an Iraqi lawmaker said Wednesday. The early results show Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s allies …
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HONG KONG – Experts on Friday urged governments on Friday to diversify their stockpiles of drugs and called for more new medicines to fight what could be the world’s next flu pandemic caused by the H5N1 bird flu virus. Many advanced countries stock up on oseltamivir and zanamivir, two varieties …
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CAIRO – Nazi hunters urged Egypt on Friday to come clean about how much it knew about a fugitive dubbed “Dr. Death,” who reportedly lived here for decades until he died in 1992. But Egypt has long kept a strict silence about former Nazis reported to have taken refuge on …
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SANTIAGO, Chile – A helicopter carrying firefighters from a forest fire crashed in southern Chile on Sunday, killing all 13 people on board, authorities said. The helicopter hit a hillside near Chanco, some 165 miles south of Santiago, said Maule province Gov. Maria del Carmen Perez. Twelve firefighters and a …
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REYKJAVIK, Iceland – There’s a race against time in the Arctic Circle, where a melting ice cap is opening up once-frozen shipping lanes and countries including the U.S., Russia and Canada rush to lay claim to lucrative energy reserves — a scramble that poses serious new security threats. NATO commanders …
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Our exclusive guests this week: • President George W. Bush • Former President George H.W. Bush In an exclusive interview, we’ll sit down with President George W. Bush. We’ll examine the accomplishments of his administration and discuss key decisions that defined his time in the White House — including fighting …
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When a 5-foot, 275-pound woman found out she had a tumor on her spine, she was told by her local hospital to go the zoo to have a MRI because a regular MRI machine could not hold her weight, MyFOXKC.com reported. Carolyn Ragan told the television station she discovered the …
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WASHINGTON – Staff have returned to their offices at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building near the White House, after a temporary evacuation due to a fire, FOX News has learned. A limited number of workers were evacuated briefly after smoke from a fireplace clouded one of the floors. There were …
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Columbus police have arrested a man they say was responsible for a Web site where customers could post reviews of prostitutes. Robert Eric McFadden is accused of trading information about online escorts and prostitutes who worked the streets, including a 17-year-old girl. Police say he also helped …
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PORTAGE, Wis. – A Wisconsin man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a friend’s wife nearly 30 years ago. Columbia County Circuit Judge Alan White set a $750,000 cash bond Monday for 51-year-old Curtis Forbes of Randolph. Prosecutor Jane Kohlwey had asked for a $5 million …
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