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Consistent hiring points to stronger economy ahead
December 6, 20135:39 PM ET
WASHINGTON (AP) — The job market is showing signs of the consistent gains the nation has awaited in the 4½ years since the Great Recession.
CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER
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South Africa begins life without Nelson Mandela
December 6, 20132:00 PM ET
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — What next for South Africa?
CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA
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Song, dance, tears for Mandela in South Africa
December 6, 20136:23 PM ET
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Themba Radebe spun slowly in a circle.
CHRISTOPHER TORCHIAJASON STRAZIUSO
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Thousands seek refuge at Central African airport
December 6, 20135:37 PM ET
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Thousands of Christian civilians sought refuge at an airport guarded by French soldiers Friday, fleeing from the mostly Muslim ex-rebels with machetes and guns who rule the country a day after the worst violence to hit the chaotic capital in nine months.
KRISTA LARSONLORI HINNANT
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6 detained in Mexico theft of radioactive material
December 6, 20136:11 PM ET
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Six people being tested for possible radiation exposure in a hospital in central Mexico are suspects in the theft of highly radioactive cobalt-60, a government official said Friday.
ADRIANA GOMEZ LICONE. EDUARDO CASTILLO
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