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Obama, Wen offer no new emissions cuts at summit
1 hr 5 mins ago
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President Barack Obama and other world leaders took stalled climate talks into their own hands Friday, holding an emergency meeting to come up with a political agreement to salvage a conference marked by deep divisions between rich and poor countries.
Obama: Imperfect climate deal better than none
1 hr 22 mins ago
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A clearly frustrated President Barack Obama displayed impatience Friday with world leaders' failure to reach a new climate accord, urging them to accept a less-than-perfect pact while offering no new U.S. concessions.
Police: Auschwitz 'Arbeit Macht Frei' sign stolen
2 hrs 31 mins ago
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The infamous iron sign bearing the Nazis' cynical slogan "Arbeit Macht Frei" that spanned the main entrance to the former Auschwitz death camp was stolen before dawn Friday, Polish police said.
Wrap-up bill clears Senate hurdle
1 hr 7 mins ago
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Must-pass legislation that wraps up the bulk of this year's remaining congressional agenda - except for health care - easily cleared a key Senate hurdle early Friday morning.
Hackers steal SKorean-US military secrets
4 hrs ago
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South Korea's military said Friday it was investigating a hacking attack that netted secret defense plans with the United States and may have been carried out by North Korea.
Mumbai gunman recants confession, alleges torture
4 hrs ago
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The accused gunman in last year's bloody siege of Mumbai retracted his detailed confession Friday, saying police tortured him into admitting his role in the attacks that left 166 people dead.
Report: Death sentences decline; death rows shrink
8 hrs ago
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Texas and other states that lead the nation in executions are sentencing many fewer inmates to death, a trend that slowly is reducing the death row population in the United States, a report from an anti-capital punishment group says.