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Parismdash; Two days after it went missing, security staff at the luxury Ritz Hotel in Paris have found a diamond ring lost by a guest that is valued at more than $800,000. The gem was discovered in the bag of a vacuum cleaner. The ring s owner, a Malaysian businesswoman on vacation in Paris, noticed the jewel missing when
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Iraq s parliament on Monday shrugged off U.S. criticism and adjourned for a month, as key lawmakers declared there was no point waiting any longer for the prime minister to deliver Washington-demanded benchmark legislation for their vote.Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani closed the final three-hour session without a quorum present and declared lawmakers would not reconvene until Sept. 4. That date is just 11 days before the top U.S. military and political officials in Iraq must report to Congress on American progress in taming violence and organizing con
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- A cargo plane crashed Saturday into the Atlantic Ocean after taking off from Ivory Coast s international airport in Abidjan, while
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KHARTOUM, Sudan - Sudan s official news agency says a court has ordered the release of a woman on death row for apostasy.SUNA said the Court of Cassation in Khartoum on Monday canceled the death sentence against 27-year-old Mer
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Last Updated at 2:25 a.m. EasternThe high-profile lobbying efforts of Barack and Michelle Obama weren t enough to land Chicago the 2016 Olympics. Widely thought to be o
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