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Abe on 1st trip to Myanmar by Japan PM in 36 years

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Myanmar on Friday on the first visit to the country by a Japanese leader in 36 years, as Tokyo bids to reassert its position as a top economic partner after decades of frosty relations with the previous military regime.
NATION/WORLD

UK fighter jet scrambled to divert civilian plane

A British fighter jet was launched to divert a civilian plane carrying nearly 300 passengers from Pakistan to England after an incident on board, British officials said Friday.

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WORLD

Kenya's mental hospital drugs, confines patients

An advocacy group says patients at Kenya's only psychiatric hospital are often confined and immobilized using drugs that put them into a comatose-like state, factors that could have led to the recent escape of 40 male patients.

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BUSINESS

US durable goods orders rise 3.3 percent in April

U.S. orders for long-lasting manufactured goods rebounded in April, buoyed by more demand for aircraft and stronger business investment. The gains suggest economic growth may be holding steady this spring.

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NATION/WORLD

Evacuated residents of ND city returning home

Residents of a northeastern North Dakota city who evacuated their homes Tuesday because flooding threatened a nearby dam are going home.
NATION/WORLD

Jury foreman says Arias testimony didn't help her

As jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial filed one by one from the courtroom after a dramatic five months of gut-wrenching testimony and gruesome photographs, three women on the panel cried and one looked to the victim's family, mouthing the word, "Sorry."
WORLD

Attack casts spotlight on radical preachers

The slaying of a British soldier in southeast London cast a spotlight on radical preachers that influenced Michael Adebolajo, the attacker seen in videos with bloody hands holding a butcher knife. It also raised questions about the reach of the terrorist group al-Shabab, after a British government...
NATIONAL

This Week in the Civil War

This Week in The Civil War, for week of Sunday, May 26: Fighting for control of the lower Mississippi River.

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NATION/WORLD

Police: Suicide bomb hits heart of Afghan capital

A suicide bomber struck in the heart of the Afghan capital on Friday, sending a plume of smoke billowing over Kabul in the second major attack in the city in little over a week, police said.

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BUSINESS

France won't force companies to cap executive pay

The French government is trying to woo executives and entrepreneurs, amid concerns that it has antagonized the businesses needed to reinvigorate the economy.