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Massive ice chunks are crumbling away from a shelf in the western Antarctic Peninsula, researchers said Wednesday, warning that 1,300 square miles of ice _ an area larger than Rhode Island _ was in danger of breaking off in coming weeks.
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Kuwait’s emir says he has dissolved parliament and called for new elections.
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AP, Brussels
A lone criminal robbed a bank Thursday at the European Union Parliament complex and made off with an undisclosed sum.
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Canada’s opposition leader says he won’t topple the Conservative government if they agree to give periodic economic status reports in Parliament.
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AP, Sofia
An anti-government demonstration in Sofia turned violent Wednesday, with protesters clashing with police and hurling stones and bottles at the Parliament building.
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North Korea said Wednesday it would finally elect new members to its rubber stamp legislature _ a move delayed for several months amid speculation about leader Kim Jong...
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The ice on Alaska’s Tanana River has broken apart and now two lucky winners who guessed the timing of that much-awaited annual event will split a jackpot of...
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Former US vice-president and Nobel laureate Al Gore, right, meets with Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere in Tromsoe, northern Norway Tuesday April 28, 2009. They met at the “Melting Ice”-conference in Tromsoe.
