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Researchers find flaw in faster-than-light clocks
GENEVA (AP) -- Researchers have found a flaw in the technical setup of an experiment that startled the science world last year by appearing to show particles traveling faster than light....
Ukrainian party accused of racism in pop scandal
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- A small Ukrainian nationalist party came under fire Wednesday after a high-profile member suggested a singer of African descent was a bad choice to represent the country in the Eurovision song contest....
Leaders meet in UK over fragile Somalia's future
LONDON (AP) -- Somalia's fragile leadership, its neighbors and international allies are meeting in London in the hope of speeding the troubled east African nation's progress toward a stable government and containing the threat from Islamic militants who some fear could export terrorism to Europe and the United States....
Argentine train slams into station, killing 49
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- A train packed with morning commuters slammed into a downtown station on Wednesday, killing 49 people and injuring hundreds as passenger cars crumpled and windows exploded around them. It was Argentina's worst train accident in decades....
American war reporter Marie Colvin killed in Syria
LONDON (AP) -- Respected American journalist Marie Colvin, who spent decades reporting on conflicts from Sri Lanka to Syria, focusing on the suffering of women and children in wartime, died in a fierce shelling attack Wednesday in Syria....
Officials: Afghan, US close to compromise deal
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghan and U.S. officials say they are considering pushing through a long-delayed partnership agreement by relegating the contentious issues of night raids and control over detainees to separate negotiations....
President of breakaway Georgian province attacked
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) -- The president of Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia on Wednesday survived an assassination attempt unhurt, but two of his bodyguards have died, officials said....
'Mademoiselle' gets boot in new French rules
PARIS (AP) -- Forget what you learned in French class about "madame" and "mademoiselle." The French government now says women's marital status shouldn't matter, at least when it comes to this country's far-reaching bureaucracy....
Company sues Apple over iPad name in Shanghai
SHANGHAI (AP) -- Apple Inc. defended its right to use the iPad trademark in China in a heated court hearing Wednesday that pitted the electronics giant against a struggling Chinese electronics company that denies having sold the mainland China rights to the popular tablet computer's name....
Inmates start fire inside Mexico prison
MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) -- Inmates set fire to mattresses and trash Tuesday after officials announced that three prisoners would be moved from the prison where 44 gangs members were massacred this week to a maximum security jail in western Mexico....
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