Ukraine marks anniversary of 1932-33 great famine
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KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine is commemorating the start of the 1930s famine that was engineered by Soviet authorities and killed millions of people.
Aubry wins French Socialist Party leadership
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PARIS (AP) - The French Socialist Party said Saturday that the architect of France's 35-hour work week has won the party's leadership in an extremely tight race — an outcome quickly challenged by partisans of her rival.
US warship arrives in Georgian city of Batumi
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TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - The American embassy in Georgia says a U.S. Navy destroyer is making a routine visit to the country's port of Batumi.
Rwanda protocol chief says she'll prove innocence
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PARIS (AP) - She knew she risked arrest, and yet she made the trip. Sure enough, police picked her up at the airport.
Germany drops attempt to ban Scientology
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POTSDAM, Germany (AP) - Germany is dropping its pursuit of a ban on Scientology after finding insufficient evidence of illegal activity, security officials said Friday. Domestic intelligence services will continue to monitor the group, officials said. The German branch of the Los Angeles-based Church of Scientology has been under observation by domestic intelligence services for more than a decade. Top security officials asked state governments in December to begin gathering information on wheth
French Socialist leader vote too close to call
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PARIS (AP) - A vote tally between two women vying to head the Socialist Party and lead the opposition against France's conservative president was too close to call, a senior party official said early Saturday.
Bulgarian archaeologists unearth ancient chariot
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SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - Archaeologists have unearthed an elaborately decorated 1,800-year-old chariot sheathed in bronze at an ancient Thracian tomb in southeastern Bulgaria, the head of the excavation said Friday. "The lavishly ornamented four-wheel chariot dates back to the end of the second century A.D.," Veselin Ignatov told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from the site, near the southeastern village of Karanovo.
AIDS official: HIV spreading fast in Russia
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MOSCOW (AP) - A top Russian anti-AIDS coordinator on Friday lambasted the government's approach to fighting HIV, saying the number of registered cases was growing 10 percent a year despite increased federal funding.
Armenia retains top spot in Chess Olympiad
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DRESDEN, Germany (AP) - Top-seeded Russia held off the United States in the 38th Chess Olympiad in round eight of open division play Friday, but the Armenian team crushed France and stayed in first place.