Tuesday, February 26, 2013

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French in tough fight in northern Mali
PARIS (AP) -- France’s defense minister says French troops are involved in “very violent fighting” in the mountains of northern Mali, and that it’s too early to talk about a quick pullout from the West African country despite the growing cost of the intervention.


Italy's Berlusconi: ignore the 'crazy' markets
ROME (AP) -- Italy’s post-election political paralysis is spooking financial markets. But former Premier Silvio Berlusconi, whose strong showing defied pro-Europe pundits who thought he was politically finished, insists a government can be formed.


Russia's foreign minister defends anti-gay bill
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian foreign minister has defended a bill that’s now pending in the Russian parliament and, if adopted, will target the gay community.


Morocco's Jews, once integral to the kingdom's heritage, being remembered once more
RABAT, Morocco – Hundreds of members of Islamist and left wing political groups demonstrated outside the Tangiers Film Festival earlier this month against a documentary about Moroccan Jews living in Israel. They claimed that director Kamal Hachkar was promoting “normalization” with the Jewish state.


Morocco film searches out Jews who left for Israel
In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, Zhor Rehihil, the curator of the Museum for Moroccan Judaism, stands in front of an exhibit of a synagogue pulpit at the museum in Casablanca, Morocco. Once home to some 300,000 Jews, the largest population in the Arab world, Morocco is increasingly taking a fresh look at its long history with Judaism and is spurning the flat rejection of all things Hebrew found in so many other Arab countries   . (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)RABAT, Morocco (AP) -- Hundreds of members of Islamist and left wing political groups demonstrated outside the Tangiers Film Festival earlier this month against a documentary about Moroccan Jews living in Israel. They claimed that director Kamal Hachkar was promoting "normalization" with the Jewish state.


Through tears, wife of NYC police officer describes her horror over alleged cannibal plot
NEW YORK, N.Y. – The wife of a New York City police officer on trial on charges that he conspired to kidnap, torture, kill and eat women objected to a defence lawyer’s characterization of what she saw on her husband’s computer as pornography.


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