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Israeli rocket defense passes first test

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 05:16 PM PDT


JERUSALEM -- Israel's Iron Dome rocket shield has aced its first serious test. Gaza's Hamas rulers have been careful to stay on the sidelines. And Islamic Jihad -- now closer to Iran than is its larger rival Hamas -- is taking the lead in this roun ...

British man seeks the right to die as he chooses

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 05:07 PM PDT


LONDON -- In a case that challenges Britain's definition of murder, a severely disabled man who says his life has no "privacy or dignity" will be granted a hearing on his request that a doctor be allowed to give him a lethal injection.
Tony Nickli ...

Lost mural by Leonardo may have been discovered

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 03:12 AM PDT

FLORENCE, Italy -- Researchers may have discovered traces of a lost mural by Leonardo da Vinci by poking a probe through cracks in a 16th-century fresco painted on the wall of one of Florence's most famous buildings.The latest findings Monday still l ...

Eurozone eases Spanish deficit target

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 03:12 AM PDT

BRUSSELS -- Eurozone finance ministers on Monday gave unemployment-ridden Spain some more wiggle room in cutting its big deficit, signaling that new, tighter rules against overspending in the currency union retain some flexibility for hard-hit countr ...

Cheney deems Canada too dangerous for visit

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 03:12 AM PDT

TORONTO -- Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney canceled a Canadian speaking appearance because of security concerns sparked by demonstrations during a visit he made to Vancouver last fall.Cheney was scheduled to talk about his experiences in offic ...

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