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Secret Service sex scandal: More 'morally repugnant' behaviour than originally believed
Mark Sullivan, director of the Secret Service, said that the behaviour of some of his agents in Colombia was not representative of the 7,000 employees of his agency.

Mark Sullivan, director of the Secret Service, said that the behaviour of some of his agents in Colombia was not representative of the 7,000 employees of his agency.

Several small groups of Secret Service employees separately visited clubs, bars and brothels in Colombia prior to a visit by President Barack Obama last month and engaged in reckless, “morally repugnant” behaviour, a U.S. senator says as the first congressional hearing on the scandal begins Wednesday.


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Feed: World	Date: 2012-05-23 11:10:48

Passenger's claims of implanted device prompts terror fears on transatlantic flight diverted to Maine
Officials diverted a US Airways jet to Maine after a French passenger travelling from Paris to North Carolina handed a note to a flight attendant mentioning that she had a surgically implanted device, prompting concerns about possible terrorism.


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Feed: World	Date: 2012-05-23 11:10:47

Flesh-eating disease attacks third U.S. victim
Aimee Copeland, 24, is fighting to survive a flesh-eating bacterial infection.

A third case of the flesh-eating disease has cropped up in the southeastern United States as the University of West Georgia psychology student Aimee Copeland continues to battle the bacteria that is ravaging her body.


Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: World	Date: 2012-05-22 19:06:27

Yemen marks sombre National Day after blast that killed nearly 100 soldiers
A police academy cadets ahead of a parade marking the 22nd anniversary of Yemen's reunification in Sanaa on Tuesday, one day after a bomber killed more than 90 troops in an attack on the ceremony's rehearsal.

A police academy cadets ahead of a parade marking the 22nd anniversary of Yemen's reunification in Sanaa on Tuesday, one day after a bomber killed more than 90 troops in an attack on the ceremony's rehearsal.

Grieving Yemenis held sombre ceremonies Tuesday to mark the country's National Day following a suicide bombing a day earlier that killed nearly 100 soldiers and deeply shook the faith of many people in the nation's future.


Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: World	Date: 2012-05-22 11:08:37

Obama's frustration with Pakistan shows at NATO Summit
U.S. President Barack Obama holds a news conference at the NATO Summit in Chicago.

In remarks to world leaders, Obama criticized Pakistan for blocking military supply routes through its territory.


Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: World	Date: 2012-05-22 07:04:18

Chicago NATO Summit protesters turn anger on Obama
People protest during an anti-NATO march at a Boeing building in Chicago Monday.

As U.S. President Barack Obama took to the NATO Summit podium to confirm an “irreversible” course to end the Afghan war, demonstrations in Chicago turned on Obama.


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Feed: World	Date: 2012-05-22 07:04:17

Two Canadian women fatally stabbed during Atlantic City robbery: Reports
Forty-four-year-old Antoinette Pelzer initially was charged with two counts of aggravated assault and weapons offences after being arrested at the scene Monday morning. But Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel says she will likely face more serious charges following the victims' deaths.


Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: World	Date: 2012-05-22 07:04:17

UN nuclear chief meets with Iranian leaders during key mission to Tehran
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Yukiya Amano, left, speaks during a press conference as Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Said Jalili, right, looks on in Tehran on May 21, 2012. Amano's official visit was being closely watched ahead of wider nuclear talks between Iran and world powers later this week.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Yukiya Amano, left, speaks during a press conference as Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Said Jalili, right, looks on in Tehran on May 21, 2012. Amano's official visit was being closely watched ahead of wider nuclear talks between Iran and world powers later this week.

Yukiya Amano, head of the U.N nuclear watchdog, said Monday that he met with Iranian leaders amid a "good atmosphere" during a key mission that could lead to the resumption of probes on whether Iran has secretly worked on a nuclear weapon.


Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: World	Date: 2012-05-21 19:04:50

Dominican ruling party candidate Danilo Medina claims election win

Ruling party candidate Danilo Medina, right, celebrates after learning the results of the presidential elections in Santo Domingo May 21, 2012. Early results from the presidential elections in the Dominican Republic showed ruling party candidate Danilo Medina headed for victory 12 years after he lost in a landslide to opposition candidate Hipolito Mejia.

Ruling party candidate Danilo Medina claimed victory on Monday in the Dominican Republic's presidential election, avenging his defeat 12 years ago by opposition candidate Hipolito Mejia.


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Feed: World	Date: 2012-05-21 19:04:49

Georgia woman battling flesh-eating bacteria now breathing on her own, father says
Aimee Copeland, who is fighting a flesh-eating disease, is now able to breathe on her own, a milestone that sent the family’s spirits soaring, her father said Monday.


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Feed: World	Date: 2012-05-21 19:04:49

DSK: French prosecutor opens investigation into latest rape allegations against Strauss-Kahn
Former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

Former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

A French prosecutor on Monday opened a preliminary investigation into allegations of rape in a Washington hotel by Dominique Strauss-Kahn.


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Feed: World	Date: 2012-05-21 19:04:48

NATO Summit: Protesters take aim at Boeing
Chicago Police officers guard Boeing Headquarters before an anti-NATO protest march to the office in Chicago on Monday. A two-day NATO summit which started May 20, drew representatives from some 50 countries, including leaders of the 28 members of the military alliance.

Chicago Police officers guard Boeing Headquarters before an anti-NATO protest march to the office in Chicago on Monday. A two-day NATO summit which started May 20, drew representatives from some 50 countries, including leaders of the 28 members of the military alliance.

After a weekend of protests, activists marched to the aircraft maker's headquarters at the Chicago River.


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Feed: World	Date: 2012-05-21 19:04:47

Karlheinz Schreiber to be set free for health reasons
Karlheinz Schreiber was arrested in Canada in 1999 on a German warrant.

A former arms-industry lobbyist who was part of a corruption scandal linked to former Germany Chancellor Helmut Kohl will be set free on bail.


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Feed: World	Date: 2012-05-18 12:35:11

Austerity crisis inspires Irish town to switch from euros to old pounds
A small town in Ireland is forgoing new euros in favour of old Irish pounds, or punts, in an attempt to spark the local economy.

A small town in Ireland is forgoing new euros in favour of old Irish pounds, or punts, in an attempt to spark the local economy.

The Irish pound has been out of circulation for a decade, but one small town is bringing it back in a bid to stimulate its struggling economy.


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Feed: World	Date: 2012-05-18 08:34:57

Mortuary sued for switching bodies, burying grandmother in California, not Nicaragua
A family is suing a mortuary over a body switch that resulted in a grandmother being buried in another woman's clothes in California instead of in Nicaragua.


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Feed: World	Date: 2012-05-17 12:33:37

Fight to save historic library grips London community
Banners hang outside the closed Kensal Rise Library in London last fall, where supporters set up a "pop-up" temporary library.

Banners hang outside the closed Kensal Rise Library in London last fall, where supporters set up a "pop-up" temporary library.

Kensal Rise library, which was opened in 1900 by Mark Twain, has become a poster child for the fight against library cuts across the U.K.


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Feed: World	Date: 2012-05-17 08:34:17

Tearful father details failed attempt to rescue 6 children killed in U.K. house fire; police blame arson
Floral tributes are left near to a fire-damaged house in Derby in which six children died.

Floral tributes are left near to a fire-damaged house in Derby in which six children died.

A father of 17 who lost six children in an arson attack on his central England home described Wednesday how he made a desperate attempt to rescue the siblings after the blaze broke out.


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Feed: World	Date: 2012-05-16 12:31:05

Radko Mladic set to stand trial for Bosnian war crimes, 17 years later
Former Bosnian Serb Gen. Ratko Mladic at his initial appearance at the UN's Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague last year. Mladic is charged with genocide for his role in orchestrating atrocities in the 1992-95 Bosnian war.

Former Bosnian Serb Gen. Ratko Mladic at his initial appearance at the UN's Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague last year. Mladic is charged with genocide for his role in orchestrating atrocities in the 1992-95 Bosnian war.

Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic faces a charge of genocide for the slaughter of 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica and the 3-year siege of Sarajevo


Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: World	Date: 2012-05-16 08:24:27

Dominique Strauss-Kahn countersues hotel maid for $1M for 'false accusation'
former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn, left, is countersuing Nafissatou Diallo, a 32-year-old Guinean immigrant who accused him of sexual assault.

former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn, left, is countersuing Nafissatou Diallo, a 32-year-old Guinean immigrant who accused him of sexual assault.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn is filing a $1 million countersuit against the New York City hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault, saying she seriously damaged his reputation with what he calls a bogus allegation.


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Feed: World	Date: 2012-05-15 12:35:33

Mexican police struggle to identify 49 headless bodies scattered near U.S. border
Residents look at shoes of missing people that have been arranged to form the number 49, in memory of the mutilated victims dumped by hitmen in Cadereyta, at the Macroplaza in Monterrey May 13.

Residents look at shoes of missing people that have been arranged to form the number 49, in memory of the mutilated victims dumped by hitmen in Cadereyta, at the Macroplaza in Monterrey May 13.

The bodies of 43 men and six women with their heads, hands and feet chopped off were dumped at the entrance to the town of San Juan, on a highway that connects the industrial city of Monterrey with Reynosa, across from McAllen, Texas.


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Feed: World	Date: 2012-05-14 20:25:45

NATO troops killed by gunmen dressed in Afghan police uniforms
Two other coalition service members also died Saturday in Afghanistan, one in an insurgent attack and another of non-battle related injuries.


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Feed: World	Date: 2012-05-12 20:20:53

Venezuelan intelligence agents investigate crossword puzzle plot
Some people are ridiculing allegations crossword might include coded calls for a plot to kill the elder brother of President Hugo Chavez


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Feed: World	Date: 2012-05-12 20:20:52

Bodies found in wreckage of Russian jetliner in Indonesia
The logo of Sukhoi Co. is clearly visible, centre bottom, in the wreckage of the Superjet-100 scattered on the mountainside in Indonesia.

Search teams found at least 12 bodies Friday on the steep slope of an Indonesian volcano where a Russian-made jetliner crashed while demonstrating the plane for potential buyers from airlines, an official said.


Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: World	Date: 2012-05-11 12:44:50

Philippines fire leaves thousands homeless in Manila shanty town
Officials say a fire that swept through a sprawling squatters' colony on Manila Bay's rim has left two people missing and some 10,000 others homeless.


Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: World	Date: 2012-05-11 12:44:49

Eiffel or eyesore? London's Orbit tower completed to jeers and cheers
The Orbit tower, which stands next to the Olympic Stadium in east London, was officially unveiled on Friday.

The Orbit tower, which stands next to the Olympic Stadium in east London, was officially unveiled on Friday.

Critics say it looks like a roller coaster gone badly awry. Fans say it’s a landmark to rival the Eiffel Tower.


Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: World	Date: 2012-05-11 12:44:48

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