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• House GOP lawmakers push plan to update ed law February 16, 2012
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Thursday pushed ahead with a plan to update the federal No Child Left Behind education law by shifting more control to states and school districts in determining whether children are learning. A hearing on a pair of bills to have states develop their own systems to identify low-performing schools and turn them around ca […]
• Iraqis profit from Syrian arms smuggling February 16, 2012
  BAGHDAD (AP) — The rifles are first taken apart and hidden in cigarette cartons and kerosene tanks.Read more on NewsOK.com […]
• Ecuador court upholds pro-Correa libel verdict February 16, 2012
  QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador's highest court on Thursday upheld a criminal libel verdict favoring President Rafael Correa, sentencing three newspaper executives and a columnist to three years in prison each and ordering them to pay a total of $42 million in damages. The defendants, joined by international press freedom and human rights groups, had call […]
• UK's Cameron tells Scotland: Let's stay together February 16, 2012
  LONDON (AP) — England and Scotland work "so much better together" than apart, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday, as he appealed to Scots not to break up the United Kingdom by voting for independence. In a speech in Edinburgh before talks on the ground rules for a referendum, Cameron said Britain was "a warm and stable home tha […]
• AP Interview: Cardinal wants to be bridge to China February 16, 2012
  ROME (AP) — The new cardinal from Hong Kong says he wants to "keep the door open" between the Vatican and the Chinese government while acknowledging there are "lots of battles" ahead for the Catholic church. Bishop John Tong says he wants to keep up dialogue and friendships without renouncing principles, noting the United States has not c […]
• Dad won't be buried in Wash. near sons he killed February 16, 2012
  SEATTLE (AP) — The man who killed his two sons in an explosive house fire in Washington state will not be buried in the same cemetery as the children, according to a lawyer involved in the case. Attorney Steve Downing said he was informed by Josh Powell's estranged sister, Jennifer Graves, that her mother would put out a statement Thursday announcing th […]
• Boy testifies at grandfather's child abuse trial February 16, 2012
  PHOENIX (AP) — The middle grandson of an Indianapolis man standing trial in Phoenix on child abuse charges says his grandfather gave him and his brothers food and water before two hikes into the Grand Canyon "but not a lot.Read more on NewsOK.com […]
• US-China to sign 5-year cooperative ag agreement February 16, 2012
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The United States and China have agreed to sign a five-year agreement that will guide discussions on food security, food safety and sustainable agriculture. The agreement was announced Thursday at the first US-China agriculture symposium in Des Moines by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, China Minister of Agriculture Han Changfu and […]
• UN sees possible crimes against humanity in Syria February 16, 2012
  BEIRUT (AP) — U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon accused the Syrian regime of committing "almost certain" crimes against humanity Thursday as activists reported fresh violence and the arrest of several prominent dissidents, including a U.S.-born blogger. Speaking to reporters in Vienna, Ban demanded the Syrian regime stop using indiscriminate force […]
• Brazil woman sues Weight Watchers for firing her February 16, 2012
  SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian woman is suing a weight-loss company that fired her for gaining weight. Brazil's Superior Labor Court says the woman is suing the Brazilian branch of Weight Watchers International that sacked her in 2006 because she gained more than 40 pounds (20 kilograms). The case reached Brazil's highest labor court last week after […]