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French president says Afghan mission completed
France's new president said on Friday that his country's troops had carried out their mission in Afghanistan and that it was time for them to leave, an early pullout that will be coordinated with the United States and other allies.
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Days after deaths, another crowd attempts Everest
A wave of climbers were headed for the summit of Mount Everest on Friday in what is expected to another busy weekend on the top of the world.
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CELEBRITIES
Born this way? Lady Gaga meets Thai 'lady boys'
Lady Gaga has met Thailand's premier "lady boys" at a Bangkok drag show featuring busty dancers who were not born that way
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NATION
Texas Senate race a new test for GOP establishment
The story line on the Republican Senate race in Texas is a now familiar one: A veteran politician supported by the GOP establishment is challenged by a young insurgent backed by national conservative groups.
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WORLD
Top US negotiator on Iran visiting Israel
The United States' top negotiator in Iran nuclear talks is visiting Israel to consult on regional issues, the U.S. State Department said Friday.
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NATION
Texas farmers use business wile to weather drought
Linda Galayda hauled water and flagged down truck drivers to ask about their hay. She sold calves and young cows and made her son leave their East Texas family ranch for a job in San Antonio.
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NATION
After NYC beer museum tour, hop on over to its bar
Beer was hip in New York long before hipsters were into craft brews, according to a new exhibit at the New-York Historical Society that traces the history of beer all the way back to drunken Colonial times.
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WORLD
Police end protest blockade of PNG's Parliament
Rogue police officers in Papua New Guinea blockaded Parliament for several hours on Friday, a day after Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's government leveled sedition charges against the country's chief justice.
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NATION
Pool access for the disabled sparks controversy
The Obama administration is sidestepping an election-year confrontation with the hotel industry and other swimming pool owners to give them more time to comply with access rules for the disabled.
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NATION
FACT CHECK: Romney off on Obama's love for unions
When Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney decried President Barack Obama as beholden to the nation's teachers' unions and unable to stand up for reform, he glossed over four years of a relationship that has been anything but cozy.
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WORLD
Backlash against African migrants in Israel
Recent rapes blamed on African migrants have ignited a political and emotional backlash against their ballooning numbers, with Israelis and their leaders stridently - and in an alarming new development, violently - calling for their expulsion.








