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Egypt holds historic elections, voters turn out in droves

Voting has begun in Egypt’s first parliamentary elections since the ouster nine month ago of longtime authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak.

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Long lines at polls as Egypt holds landmark vote (AP)

Egyptian women wait at a polling station to vote in the country's parliamentary election in the Zamalek neighbourhood of Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 28, 2011. Shaking off years of political apathy, Egyptians on Monday began voting in their nation's first parliamentary elections since Hosni Mubarak's ouster, a giant step toward what many in the country hope will be a democratic Egypt after decades of dictatorship.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)AP – Shaking off years of political apathy, Egyptians turned out in long lines at voting stations Monday in their nation’s first parliamentary elections since Hosni Mubarak’s ouster, a giant step toward what they hope will be a democracy after decades of dictatorship.


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Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood holds rally vowing to ‘kill all the jews’ 

A Muslim revival at Cairo’s most prominent mosque Friday drew 5,000 worshipers, reportedly turned into a hate-fueled rally, complete with repeated vows to “one day kill all the Jews.”

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Greece PM holds firm on referendum

Greece’s prime minister held firm early Wednesday to his shock decision to call for a referendum on a hard-fought European debt deal, despite anger from abroad, market turmoil across the world and dissent from within his own party.

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APNewsbreak: Future holds more extreme weather (AP)

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2011 file photo, a buoy sits high and dry at Benbrook Lake in Benbrook, Texas. Freakish weather, from this weekends October snowstorm to the long-lasting drought in the US Southwest, is striking more often. And global warming should make future weather even weirder, a special international report says.    (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)AP – For a world already weary of weather catastrophes, the latest warning from top climate scientists paints a grim future: More floods, more heat waves, more droughts and greater costs to deal with them.


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Clinton holds more talks with Pakistan officials (AP)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton smiles while she waits to Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for their meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011. Clinton is leading an unusually large U.S. delegation to Pakistan for two days of talk with civilian and military leaders who have resisted previous U.S. demands to take harder tack against militants who attach U.S. soldiers and interests in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is holding a second day of talks with Pakistani officials to press them to do more to combat insurgents.


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Ground Zero church holds pre-dawn vigil

In the Lower Manhattan church that sheltered Ground Zero rescue workers like no other, the faithful kept vigil in the long hours before dawn Sunday.

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