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- Wave of bad news jeopardizes new EU treaty
- Damaged Japanese nuclear plant in 'cold shutdown'
- Report: Dutch Catholics hid abuse of children
- Congress restricts aid to Egypt, Pakistan
- Russian customs seize Iran-bound radioactive metal
- Israeli TV channel alleges anti-media campaign
- Egypt's military clashes with protesters; 8 killed
| Wave of bad news jeopardizes new EU treaty Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:07 PM PST DUBLIN -- Alarming financial news flowed out of Europe in a torrent Friday, just a week after the EU leaders struck a deal they thought would contain the continent's debt crisis. The bombardment shredded hopes of a lasting solution to the turmoil ... |
| Damaged Japanese nuclear plant in 'cold shutdown' Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:05 PM PST TOKYO -- Japan's prime minister announced Friday that the country's tsunami-damaged nuclear plant has achieved a stable state of "cold shutdown," a crucial step toward the eventual lifting of evacuation orders and closing of the plant. Prime Minis ... |
| Report: Dutch Catholics hid abuse of children Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:06 PM PST THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- As many as 20,000 children endured sexual abuse at Dutch Catholic institutions over the past 65 years, and church officials failed to adequately address it or help the victims, according to a long-awaited investigative rep ... |
| Congress restricts aid to Egypt, Pakistan Posted: 17 Dec 2011 12:18 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress would impose restrictions on aid to Egypt, Pakistan and the Palestinian Authority in a $53.3 billion bill that avoids deep cuts in foreign assistance and State Department funding that Republicans had pursued this year.The ... |
| Russian customs seize Iran-bound radioactive metal Posted: 17 Dec 2011 12:06 AM PST MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's customs agency announced Friday it has seized pieces of radioactive metal from the luggage of an Iranian passenger bound for Tehran from one of Moscow's main airports.It was not immediately clear if the substance could be any ... |
| Israeli TV channel alleges anti-media campaign Posted: 17 Dec 2011 12:06 AM PST JERUSALEM (AP) -- A TV channel known for aggressive investigative reporting is on the verge of being shut down after Israeli lawmakers rejected a request to defer its crippling debts -- a move critics see as the latest salvo in a campaign to muzzle t ... |
| Egypt's military clashes with protesters; 8 killed Posted: 17 Dec 2011 12:03 AM PST CAIRO (AP) -- Hundreds of Egyptian soldiers swept into Cairo's Tahrir Square on Saturday, chasing protesters and beating them to the ground with sticks and tossing journalists' TV cameras off of balconies in the second day of a violent crackdown on a ... |
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