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| Beijing bun shop gets China's president as diner Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 08:36 PM PST  BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping dropped in unexpectedly at a traditional Beijing bun shop, where he queued up, ordered and paid for a simple lunch of buns stuffed with pork and onions, green vegetables, and stewed pig livers and intestines. Full Story | Top |
| Rockets fired from Lebanon into Israel Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 11:20 PM PST JERUSALEM (AP) — Rockets from Lebanon struck northern Israel Sunday, causing no injuries but sparking an Israeli shelling reprisal in a rare flare-up between the two states. Full Story | Top |
| Activists: Syrian airstrike kills 21 in Aleppo Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 12:29 PM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian government airstrike hit a crowded vegetable market in a rebel-held neighborhood of the northern city of Aleppo on Saturday, shattering cars and storefronts and killing at least 21 people, activists said. Full Story | Top |
| South Sudan: 'White Army' militia marches to fight Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 12:05 PM PST JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Twenty-five thousand young men who make up a tribal militia known as the "White Army" are marching toward a contested state capital in South Sudan, an official said Saturday, dimming hopes for a cease-fire. Full Story | Top |
| Fire on express train in India kills at least 26 Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 12:05 PM PST KOTHACHERUVU, India (AP) — A fire engulfed a coach of an express train in southern India on Saturday, killing at least 26 passengers, many of whom became trapped and suffocated after the doors failed to open, officials said. Full Story | Top |
| 1 protester killed in new Thai political violence Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 03:15 AM PST  BANGKOK (AP) — Gunmen killed an anti-government activist and wounded two others in Thailand's capital on Saturday, while protesters elsewhere blocked candidates from registering for upcoming elections, deepening a political crisis that threatens to derail democracy in the Southeast Asian nation. Full Story | Top |
| Police: La. shooter embroiled in difficult divorce Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 06:37 AM PST  LOCKPORT, La. (AP) — It might have appeared that Ben Freeman was trying to right some wrongs in his life in the months before police say he killed three people and himself. Full Story | Top |
| Egyptian rapper speaks for women's rights Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 06:16 AM PST  CAIRO (AP) — As soon as the beat started, the young woman bobbed her head to the rhythm, raised her hands to get the crowd clapping and then unleashed a flood of rap lyrics that tackled some of the biggest social challenges women face in the Arab world. Full Story | Top |
| Hawaii overshadowed by Chicago for Obama library Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 11:22 AM PST  HONOLULU (AP) — Not far from these wind-swept shores, Barack Obama was born and raised, soaking in an island sensibility that his family says he's carried with him throughout his journey as president. Yet in the search for a home for his future presidential library, Hawaii is playing the underdog, overshadowed by Chicago and the commanding role it plays in Obama's story. Full Story | Top |
| Judge ends Katrina flooding lawsuits against feds Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 02:29 PM PST  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Dozens of lawsuits seeking damages from the federal government for Hurricane Katrina-related levee failures and flooding in the New Orleans area are over. Full Story | Top |
| Libya releases 4 US military personnel Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 01:10 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Four U.S. military personnel investigating potential evacuation routes in Libya were taken into custody at a checkpoint and then detained briefly by the Libyan government before being released, U.S. officials said Friday night. Full Story | Top |
| Reports of sexual assaults in military on rise Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 12:20 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Heightened attention to the crime of sexual assault in the U.S. military may be causing more people to come forward and report problems. Defense officials cite the increased awareness as a possible reason the number of reported sexual assaults rose by more than 50 percent this year. Full Story | Top |
| High stakes for US families losing jobless benefit Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 01:34 PM PST  WESTMINSTER, Calif. (AP) — The end of unemployment checks for more than a million people on Saturday is driving out-of-work Americans to consider selling cars, moving and taking minimum wage work after already slashing household budgets and pawning personal possessions to make ends meet. Full Story | Top |
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