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Europe At Origin Of Chronic US Execution Dilemma

The phenomenon started nine years ago when the EU banned the export of products used for execution, citing its goal to be the « leading institutional actor and largest donor to the fight against the death penalty. »

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This Nov. 18, 2011 file photo shows the execution room at the Oregon State Penitentiary, in Salem, Ore. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

BRUSSELS (AP) — There's one big reason the United States has a dearth of execution drugs so acute that some states are considering solutions such as firing squads and gas chambers: Europe won't allow the drugs to be exported because of its fierce hostility to capital punishment. The phenomenon started nine years ago when the EU banned the export

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Car Bombings Kill At Least 33 People In Iraq

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosives-laden parked cars that detonated Tuesday

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Civilians sift through rubble and stand in the ruins of a home after a car bomb attack in the Shula neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) — A new wave of car bombs ripped through commercial areas in the Iraqi capital and areas to the south Tuesday, killing at least 33 people and wounding dozens in the latest coordinated militant assault, officials said. The blasts came as a firebrand Shiite cleric delivered a blistering criticism of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in a

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Syria Drives Rebels From Site Of Alleged Killings

Syrian government troops have regained full control of a village in the central province of Hama after ousting rebels accused of killing dozens of people there.

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Syrian rebels fire their anti-aircraft gun at Syrian forces

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government troops have regained full control of a village in the central province of Hama after ousting rebels accused of killing dozens of people there, state media said as activists reported army reinforcements in the south on Tuesday. State news agency SANA said government troops took control of the village of Maan on

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Colo. Pot Aids Kids With Seizures, Worries Doctors

Charlotte is largely seizure-free and able to walk, talk and feed herself after taking oil infused with a special pot strain

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In this Feb. 7, 2014 photo, Elizabeth Burger, 4, holds her mother's hand at home in Colorado Springs, Colo. Elizabeth suffers from severe epilepsy and is receiving experimental treatment with a special strain of medical marijuana, which she takes orally as drops of oil.(AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The doctors were out of ideas to help 5-year-old Charlotte Figi. Suffering from a rare genetic disorder, she had as many as 300 grand mal seizures a week, used a wheelchair, went into repeated cardiac arrest and could barely speak. As a last resort, her mother began calling medical marijuana shops. Two years

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Syria Says US Created ‘Negative Climate’ In Geneva

The comments by Walid al-Moallem on Sunday came a day after the meetings between Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government and the opposition seeking his ouster ended without finding a way of breaking the impasse in the nearly three-year-old conflict.

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Syrian chief negotiator Bashar al-Jaafari, Ambassador of the Permanent Representative Mission of the Syria to UN New York, speaks to the media during a new press conference after closing the second round of negotiation between the Syrian government and the opposition at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday , February 15, 2014. (KEYSTONE/Salvatore Di Nolfi)

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's foreign minister accused the United States of trying to create a "negative climate" for dialogue at the second round of peace talks in Geneva, while Secretary of State John Kerry blamed "the Assad regime's obstruction" for making the tense talks even more difficult. The comments by Walid al-Moallem on Sunday came a day

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Pakistani Polio Strain Threatens Global Campaign

Pakistan’s beleaguered battle to eradicate polio is threatening a global, multi-billion-dollar campaign to wipe out the disease worldwide.

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In this Feb. 9, 2014 photo, a Pakistani health worker vaccinates a child against polio, in Peshawar, Pakistan. Pakistan’s beleaguered battle to eradicate polio is threatening a global, multi-billion dollar campaign to wipe out the disease worldwide. Because of Pakistan, the virus is spreading to countries that were previously polio free, say U.N officials. “The largest poliovirus reservoir of the world,” is in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province, which borders Afghanistan, according to the World Health Organization. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Just a few weeks ago, 11-month-old Shaista was pulling herself up, giggling as she took her first wobbly steps with the helping hand of her teenage mother. Then the polio virus struck and Shaista was no longer able to stand, her legs buckling beneath her weight. Today, her mother cries a lot and wonders what will become

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Kerry Visits UAE For Talks On Syria

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday accused Syrian President Bashar Assad of stonewalling in peace talks and called on Russia to push its ally to negotiate with opposition leaders.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, talks to United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, left, prior to peace talks in Montreux, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. (AP Photo,Arnd Wiegmann,Pool)

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Abu Dhabi for discussions with Emirati officials on the deteriorating situation in Syria, nuclear talks with Iran and the Middle East peace process. Kerry travelled to Abu Dhabi on Monday from Indonesia, where he laid into the Syrian government and Russia for the

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