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[2015-07-22 07:55]

A little more than half of Israeli Jews favor the reconstruction of a block of settlements in the Gaza Strip, a decade after Israel withdrew from the Palestinian territory, a poll published on Monday showed.

Cosby deposition details sex, deceit

[2015-07-21 07:53]

Under oath and away from the TV cameras and the soapbox where he did his public moralizing, Bill Cosby sketched a very different image of America's Dad.

Actor who played casino boss in The Godfather dies

[2015-07-21 07:53]

Alex Rocco, the Emmy-winning character actor best known for taking a bullet through the eye as Las Vegas casino boss Moe Greene in The Godfather, has died. He was 79.

'Military option' still possible

[2015-07-21 07:53]

The Iran nuclear deal does not mean military action is off the table when it comes to stopping Teheran from obtaining an atomic bomb, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said on Sunday ahead of a visit to Israel.

Normal routine returns to hospital affected by MERS

[2015-07-21 07:53]

The hospital at the epicenter of South Korea's deadly MERS outbreak started to return to normal on Monday, as officials moved closer to declaring a formal end to a crisis that triggered widespread panic and choked the local economy.

Most people support curbs on junk food marketing to children

[2015-07-21 07:53]

Most New Zealanders would back government actions to restrict the marketing of unhealthy food to children, a survey found.

Mitsubishi apologizes for using POWs as slave labor

[2015-07-21 07:53]

Construction giant Mitsubishi Materials Corp became the first major Japanese company to apologize for using captured US soldiers as slave laborers during World War II, offering remorse on Sunday for "the tragic events in our past".

New asylum seekers reportedly spotted off coast

[2015-07-21 07:53]

A small vessel believed to be carrying asylum seekers was seen off Australia's remote west coast on Monday, the Australian Broadcasting Corp reported. It is the first sighting in two years of a boat carrying refugees close to shore.

Officials say 10 soldiers killed in US airstrike

[2015-07-21 07:53]

A US airstrike killed 10 Afghan soldiers on Monday at an army checkpoint in a Taliban-infested province, officials said. It is the latest "friendly fire" incident involving foreign coalition forces.

New ties spark mixed emotions in Cuba

[2015-07-21 07:53]

On Monday, for the first time since 1961, Cuba's red, white and blue flag flew over Havana's newly upgraded embassy in Washington, just a stone's throw from the White House.

Economy reboots amid tough reforms, tax hike

[2015-07-21 07:53]

Greek banks reopened on Monday after a three-week shutdown imposed to stop a run on ATMs from crashing the financial system.

Cameron offers plan to challenge IS

[2015-07-21 07:53]

British Prime Minister David Cameron is launching a five-year plan to defeat Islamic extremism, saying it's time to counter the ideology that has attracted so many young people to the Islamic State group.

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