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Video: Obama speaks from the Brandenburg Gate

President Barack Obama removes his jacket while speaking at the Brrandenburg Gate in Berlin on June 19, 2013.

A news clip about President Barack Obama's speech from the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany. The president spoke on the east side of the gate, the site of John F. Kennedy's famous speech from Western Germany.

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Obama's Berlin speech: History raises the stakes

Five years and 50 years. As President Barack Obama revisits Berlin, he can't escape those anniversaries and the inevitable comparisons to history and personal achievement.
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WORLD

Stampede over Beckham injures 5 in Shanghai

At least five people have been injured in a stampede after fans stormed a stadium gate upon the arrival of superstar David Beckham at a Chinese university Thursday afternoon.

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WORLD

China, Vietnam talk amid South China Sea tensions

Vietnam's president was being feted by China's leaders on a visit through Friday as Beijing continues to shun another rival for South China Sea territory that has challenged its claims on legal grounds, the Philippines.
WORLD

Russia to fulfill Syria missile system contract

Russia says it will honor its controversial contract to deliver S-300 air defense missile systems to Syria.

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NATIONAL NEWS

Attorneys meet to discuss Jodi Arias case

Jodi Arias returns to court Thursday for the first time since the penalty phase of her case ended in mistrial last month as lawyers discuss plans for a new trial to decide the punishment for the convicted murderer.

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WORLD

12 Indonesian soldiers on trial over prison attack

Soldiers from Indonesia's elite special forces have gone before a military court charged with storming a prison and killing four detainees on the main Java island.

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SEVERE WEATHER

Tropical Storm Barry headsforms off Mexican coast

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Barry is bearing down on Mexico's Gulf Coast, poised to make landfall within hours.
WEIRD NEWS

Fire blazes at Dutch firelighting block factory

Authorities in the Dutch city of Oisterwijk say a fire has broken out at a factory that makes firelighting blocks for barbecues and campfires.

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WORLD

Asian stocks down as Fed sees slower bond buys

World stock markets fell sharply Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it could start scaling back its huge economic stimulus program later this year and a survey showed a slowdown in manufacturing in China.

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NATIONAL NEWS

Birth control shots could alter life in poor areas

A decade ago, the Rosebud Sioux Indians in South Dakota were paying people to catch and shoot wild dogs. Dogs that weren't caught were covered in mange and parasites. Some froze. Some starved. In packs, they survived be eating each other. And dog bites were 20 times worse than the national average...

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