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Break in $50M Belgium Diamond Heist, 31 Detained

Townsquare News Network — Wed, 08 May 2013 16:58:52 +0000

BRUSSELS — Unlike the brilliant thieves in "Ocean's Eleven," it appears that those behind the clockwork-precision, $50 million diamond heist at Brussels Airport may not get a Hollywood ending.

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Business Grinds to a Halt in Cyprus due to Bank Closures

Townsquare News Network — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:57:23 +0000

NICOSIA, Cyprus — At Jenny Dobreva's a convenience store, a customer comes up to get a lighter. She apologetically turns him away. It's not because he doesn't have enough money — it's because she doesn't have enough change.

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US Posts $5M Bounty for Arrest of Omar Hammami

Townsquare News Network — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:06:00 +0000

NAIROBI, Kenya — Will the allure of a $5 million reward be the downfall of a tweeting, rapping American jihadi who once fought alongside the Somali militant group al-Shabab but now denounces their methods and motivations in online feuds?

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Cyprus Tries to Alleviate Pain from Bank Deposit Raid

Townsquare News Network — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:52:02 +0000

Cypriot government officials sought Tuesday to alleviate the pain on small savers from a plan to raid bank deposits that has caused outrage in the country and sent jitters through European financial markets.

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Wall Street Stocks Fall on Cyprus Bailout

Townsquare News Network — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:44:19 +0000

Stocks fell in early trading on Wall Street on concern that the terms of a proposed bank bailout for the Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus could cause the euro crisis to flare up again.

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Vatican Fueds, Fiefdoms, Betrayals Await Next Pope

Townsquare News Network — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:08:10 +0000

If evidence was ever needed that the next pope must urgently overhaul the powerful Vatican bureaucracy called the Curia, the scandal over Pope Benedict XVI's private papers is Exhibit A.

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Zookeepers Tally Up Zoo Animals in Annual Count

Townsquare News Network — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:06:30 +0000

In a sea of flapping black and white flippers, Ricky is hard to miss: He's got spiky yellow feathers, a flamboyant character, and he's the only rockhopper among the dozens of penguins living in the London Zoo.

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'Death to America' Protesters Storm US Embassy In Yemen [VIDEO]

Townsquare News Network — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:47:29 +0000

Chanting "death to America," hundreds of protesters angered by an anti-Islam film stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Yemen's capital and burned the American flag on Thursday, the latest in a series of attacks on American diplomatic missions in the Middle East.

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Romney Criticizes Obama In Wake Of Embassy Attacks [VIDEO]

Townsquare News Network — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:11:06 +0000

Republican Mitt Romney slammed the Obama administration's handling of foreign affairs after attacks on U.S. diplomatic missions in Egypt and Libya as foreign policy pushed to the front of the presidential campaign.

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Obama Ups Security at US Diplomatic Posts Following Attacks [VIDEO]

Townsquare News Network — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:38:34 +0000

President Barack Obama on Wednesday condemned attacks on a U.S. consulate in eastern Libya that killed the U.S. ambassador and three American members of his staff. He ordered increased security at U.S. diplomatic posts around the world.

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