Thatcher had ties to Douglas County

Many people might not realize it, but former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who died Monday at the age of 87, had direct ties to eastern Kansas and Douglas County. The chapel she attended as a child, and where her father was a minister, was relocated to Baldwin City's Baker University in 1996. Thatcher attended its dedication, an event still fresh in the mind of many of the attendees. By Giles Bruce

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• By Giles Bruce
• April 8, 2013 4:54 p.m.

Kansas professors travel to Paraguay to help improve democratic government

Professors from universities in Kansas traveled to the small country of Paraguay to help improve its government. By Rebekka Schlichting

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• By Rebekka Schlichting
• January 8, 2013 5:20 p.m.

2 U.S. advisers killed in Kabul

NATO pulls military workers amid protests

A gunman killed two American military advisers with shots to the back of the head Saturday inside a heavily guarded ministry building, and NATO ordered military workers out of Afghan ministries as protests raged for a fifth day over the burning of copies of the Quran at a U.S. army base.

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• By Deb Riechmann and Rahim Faiez, Associated Press
• February 26, 2012 12:23 a.m.

Tensions high, U.S. warns Iran not to block shipping

Tensions rising by the day, the Obama administration said Friday it is warning Iran through public and private channels against any action that threatens the flow of oil from the Persian Gulf. The Navy revealed that two U.S. ships in and near the Gulf were harassed by Iranian speedboats last week.

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• By Anne Gearan, Associated Press
• January 13, 2012 9:56 p.m.

Nursery cares for orphaned seal pups

Storms that have lashed the Dutch coast this year have created a wave of orphaned baby seals — some so young their umbilical cords are still attached — wrenched from their mothers and washed up on beaches and dikes.

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• By Mike Corder, Associated Press
• January 13, 2012 12:28 a.m.

Blast kills Iran nuclear expert amid ‘covert war'

U.S. denies having role in slaying

It seemed a clockwork killing: Motorcycle riders flashed by and attached a magnetic bomb onto a car carrying a nuclear scientist working at Iran’s main uranium enrichment facility. By the time the blast tore apart the silver Peugeot, the bike was blocks away, weaving through Tehran traffic after what Iran calls the latest strike in an escalating covert war.

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• By Ali Akbar Dareini and Brian Murphy, Associated Press
• January 11, 2012 11:55 p.m.

Attacks in Nigeria by sect kill 39

Terror attacks across Nigeria by a radical Muslim sect killed at least 39 people, with the majority dying on the steps of a Catholic church after celebrating Christmas Mass as blood pooled in dust from a massive explosion.

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• By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press
• December 25, 2011 9:47 p.m.

Church blasts mar pope’s Christmas peace appeal

Pope Benedict XVI issued pleas for peace to reign across the world during his traditional Christmas address Sunday, a call marred by Muslim extremists who bombed a Catholic church in Nigeria, striking after worshippers celebrated Mass.

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• By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press
• December 25, 2011 9:42 p.m.

Drinks and joy as defectors from N. Korea embrace Kim’s death

More than 21,000 North Koreans now live in South Korea. For many, the news of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il’s death stirred mixed emotions.

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• By Sam Kim, Associated Press
• December 25, 2011 9:38 p.m.