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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:11:08 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_OBAMA?SITE=ALMON&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By JIM KUHNHENN 2013-06-19T12:11:08Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AFGHANISTAN?SITE=ALMON&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghanistan's president says he will not pursue peace talks with the Taliban unless the United States steps out of the negotiations and the militant group stops its violent attacks on the ground.... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:56:50 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AFGHANISTAN?SITE=ALMON&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By DAVID RISING and AMIR SHAH 2013-06-19T11:56:50Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/1/10_THINGS_TO_KNOW_TODAY?SITE=ALMON&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:59:56 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/1/10_THINGS_TO_KNOW_TODAY?SITE=ALMON&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By The Associated Press 2013-06-19T09:59:56Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_SOMALIA_UN_ATTACK?SITE=ALMON&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Al-Qaida-linked militants detonated multiple bomb blasts and breached the main U.N. compound in Mogadishu on Wednesday, sparking gun battles with security forces that killed at least 12 people. U.N. personnel who reached the compound's secure bunker all survived, though officials hinted not all reached that bunker.... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:06:33 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_SOMALIA_UN_ATTACK?SITE=ALMON&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By ABDI GULED and JASON STRAZIUSO 2013-06-19T12:06:33Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRS_BONUSES?SITE=ALMON&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts enacted this year, according to a GOP senator.... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:20:09 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRS_BONUSES?SITE=ALMON&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER 2013-06-19T08:20:09Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_BRAZIL_PROTESTS?SITE=ALMON&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT SAO PAULO (AP) -- Tens of thousands of Brazilians again flooded the streets of the country's biggest city to raise a collective cry against a longstanding lament - people are weighed down by high taxes and high prices but get low-quality public services and a system of government infected with corruption.... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:11:35 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_BRAZIL_PROTESTS?SITE=ALMON&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By BRADLEY BROOKS 2013-06-19T11:11:35Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SLAVE_LABOR_CHARGES?SITE=ALMON&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ASHLAND, Ohio (AP) -- A woman told authorities she was held captive for more than a year by three people who forced her to do housework, raided her bank account and menaced her with snakes and pit bulls.... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:52:43 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SLAVE_LABOR_CHARGES?SITE=ALMON&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By THOMAS J. SHEERAN and KANTELE FRANKO 2013-06-19T06:52:43Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/ICONIC_PROTESTS?SITE=ALMON&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT The image was stark: a silent, solitary figure standing in passive defiance to the Turkish prime minister's demand for protesters to clear Taksim Square in central Istanbul.... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:39:22 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/ICONIC_PROTESTS?SITE=ALMON&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By ROBERT H. REID 2013-06-19T11:39:22Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AP_RUSSIA_ZOO_PHOTO_GALLERY?SITE=ALMON&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT The zoo in Novosibirsk, Russia's third-largest city, is home to a unique animal - the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger.... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:32:39 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AP_RUSSIA_ZOO_PHOTO_GALLERY?SITE=ALMON&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By The Associated Press 2013-06-19T12:32:39Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BKN_NBA_FINALS_FOLO?SITE=ALMON&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT MIAMI (AP) -- When LeBron James' greatness almost wasn't good enough, officials began preparing for a San Antonio celebration.... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:40:32 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BKN_NBA_FINALS_FOLO?SITE=ALMON&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By BRIAN MAHONEY 2013-06-19T07:40:32Z