Lauren Frayer

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Lauren is a freelance journalist and former Associated Press correspondent who has reported from Washington, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Iraq and Pakistan.

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Police: Van der Sloot Discussed Holloway's Body

posted: 23 hours 15 minutes ago

(June 11) -- Peruvian police say Joran van der Sloot has told them he knows where Natalee Holloway's body is, but that he'll describe the location in detail only to Aruban officials. Van der Sloot h ...

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Mandela Family Death Casts Pall Over World Cup

posted: 20 hours 30 minutes ago

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (June 11) -- The death of Nelson Mandela's great-granddaughter -- in car crash on her way home from a World Cup kick-off concert two days after her 13th birthday -- cast a pal ...

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World Cup Begins With Fanfare in South Africa

posted: 21 hours ago

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (June 11) -- With ceremonial blasts from thousands of traditional vuvuzela trumpets, the wildest dreams of generations of barefoot African kids, used to playing soccer on dust ...

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Rescuers Find Teen Sailor Adrift in Indian Ocean

posted: 1 day ago

(June 11) -- Rescuers made radio contact today with a California teen feared lost at sea while trying to become the youngest person ever to sail solo around the world. An Australian search and rescue ...

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Cops: Man Had 7 Kids With Imprisoned Daughter

posted: 1 day 20 hours ago

(June 10) -- Police in Brazil say they've arrested a man who allegedly kept his daughter imprisoned in a thatch hut for 12 years and fathered seven children with her in a remote jungle village access ...

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South Korean Satellite Rocket Explodes After Liftoff

posted: 1 day 23 hours ago

(June 10) -- South Korea launched a rocket up into space today carrying a satellite to study climate change, but mission control lost contact with the projectile and said it's believed to have explod ...

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Iran Calls New UN Sanctions 'Illegal'

posted: 1 day 23 hours ago

(June 10) -- Iran's foreign ministry today called new U.N. sanctions against the country "illegal," and its parliament vowed to revise relations with the world body's nuclear watchdog. Its president ...

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Suicide Bomber Kills Dozens at Afghan Wedding

posted: 1 day 23 hours ago

(June 10) -- A suicide blast shattered an Afghan wedding party just as guests -- including off-duty policemen and anti-Taliban militiamen -- were sitting down to dinner, killing at least 40 partygoer ...

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Gunmen Rob World Cup Journalists in South Africa

posted: 2 days 15 hours ago

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (June 9) -- A Portuguese photographer covering the World Cup was awoken and held at gunpoint for 30 minutes this morning as armed bandits ransacked his hotel room north of Joh ...

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NATO Copter Shot Down in Afghanistan, 4 Americans Dead

posted: 2 days 22 hours ago

(June 9) -- A NATO helicopter was shot down in southern Afghanistan today, killing four American troops near an area where U.S. military commanders and their allies are reportedly softening plans for ...

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