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Feds charge 3 in Kan. sex trafficking conspiracy

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By Roxana Hegeman Associated Press WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Federal prosecutors on July 24 charged three people in a wide-ranging sex trafficking scheme operating at nine Asian massage parlors in […]

Japan’s ruling bloc wins upper house elections

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By Malcolm Foster The Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition won a comfortable majority in the upper house of parliament in elections July 21, […]

Accused of rape, China general’s son plays victim

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By Gillian Wong The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Lawyers of a well-known Chinese general’s son accused of taking part in a gang rape are waging a rare, Western-style war […]

Police: Convicted arsonist Martin Pang trying to defraud firefighters, witnesses

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By Manuel Valdes The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The man who set a Seattle warehouse fire that killed four firefighters in 1995 had been planning to steal the identities […]

Supreme Court strikes down Arizona Voter ID law

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By Jesse J. Holland The Associated Press States can’t demand proof of citizenship from people registering to vote in federal elections unless they get federal or court approval to do […]

North Korea proposes high-level talks with US

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By Jean H. Lee The Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea’s top governing body on June 16 proposed high-level nuclear and security talks with the United States […]

Chinese teen defaces temples, sparks outcry

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By Gillian Wong The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese teenager who defaced an ancient temple in Egypt with graffiti has come under fire at home where his vandalism […]

Chinese-American scientist released from China after 5 years

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By Staff The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — When he was finally able to leave China after being kept there for nearly five years over a dispute with a […]