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International Top Stories from Associated Press (AP)

Summary: The latest complete top ten International and World news stories from the Associated Press (AP) brought to you by NewsworthyAudio.com. Each story is a separate 'episode' and converted to audio using NewsworthyAudio.com's "Professional Text-to-Speech" technology. This Podcast is updated with the latest stories every hour. iTunes users should set 'Keep Last 10 episodes' in their Podcast Preferences. Visit www.NewsworthyAudio.com and register for a free trial of the NewsworthyAudio.com personal audio newspaper. NewsworthyAudio is a registered trademark of Newsworthy.

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 Boeing 787 'Dreamliner' makes 1st test flight in Japan since battery fire | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:12

TOKYO (AP) , Japan's All Nippon Airways has successfully conducted its first test flight of the Boeing 787 aircraft since battery problems grounded the planes earlier this year. Ray Conner, president of Boeing's consumer airline division, and ANA President Shinichiro Ito were aboard the flight Sunday. The aircraft safely completed a two-hour flight before returning to Tokyo's Haneda Airport.

 2 policemen shot in Rome as Italy gets new government | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:49

ROME (AP) , An unemployed bricklayer shot two Italian policemen in a crowded square outside the premier's office Sunday just as the nation's new government was being sworn in, investigators said. The gunman's intended target was politicians, a top Italian official said after interviewing him.

 Egypt arrests 12 Black Bloc members | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:18

Egyptian authorities arrested 12 members of the Black Bloc movement Saturday after violent clashes outside Cairo's presidential palace, the official MENA news agency confirmed. A security source told MENA that activists hurled rocks and firebombs at the walls of the presidential palace in Heliopolis and torched a police vehicle.

 Rep. Trey Gowdy: 'Explosive' Benghazi hearings 'coming quickly' | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:38

Rep. Trey Gowdy, appearing on Fox News on Saturday afternoon, promised that "explosive" congressional hearings over the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, are "coming quickly." "There are more Benghazi hearings coming; I think they're going to be explosive," Mr.

 Owner of collapsed Bangladesh building arrested on Indian border | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 7:13

SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) , The fugitive owner of an illegally constructed building that collapsed in Bangladesh in a deadly heap last week was captured Sunday at a border crossing with India by members of a commando force. Meanwhile, a fire broke out in the wreckage of the garment factory, with smoke pouring from the piles of shattered concrete and some rescue efforts forced to stop.

 Lebanon bans award-winning film because it was shot in Israel | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:33

Lebanese authorities have banned the award-winning movie "The Attack" from being shown in the country because its Lebanese director shot part of the movie in Israel and used Israeli actors. The film is about an Arab surgeon in a Tel Aviv hospital who finds out that his wife died in a suicide bombing, The Times of Israel reports.

 Bangladesh building collapse death toll nears 350 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:51

SAVAR, Bangladesh , Police in Bangladesh took six people into custody in connection with the collapse of a shoddily-constructed building that killed at least 348 people, as rescue workers admitted Saturday that voices of survivors are getting weaker after four days of being pinned under the increasingly unstable rubble.

 NATO: 4 service members killed in Afghanistan plane crash | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: :59

KABUL, Afghanistan , A plane crashed in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing four international service members, NATO said. Initial reporting indicated there was no enemy activity in the area at the time, but coalition personnel secured the site and the cause of the crash was being investigated, NATO said.

 N. Korea charges detained U.S. man with plot to overthrow regime | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:39

PYONGYANG, North Korea , North Korea announced Saturday that an American detained for nearly six months is being tried in the Supreme Court on charges of plotting to overthrow the government, a crime that could draw the death penalty if he is convicted.

 The Wrap: From the 'Clinton cable' on Benghazi to Bill's slick new Twitter feed, the week that was | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 6:07

Americans looked back on the George W. Bush era as his presidential library opened, and they liked what they saw. On the international stage, the Assad regime appears to have used sarin gas on its own people, and a female U.S. soldier beat down a would-be rapist in the United Arab Emirates. Here's a recap, or wrap, on the week that was from The Washington Times.

 NFL draft: Redskins opt for athleticism in drafting CB David Amerson, TE Jordan Reed | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:37

David Amerson enjoyed his visit to Redskins Park earlier this month. The N.C. State cornerback dined with coach Mike Shanahan, ate lunch with defensive coordinator Jim Haslett and defensive backs coach Raheem Morris and watched some film. He left believing he would fit well into a Washington Redskins defense that at times struggled to defend the pass last season.

 Chile hunts sect members accused of burning baby | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:06

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) , Chilean police are searching for three people accused of burning a baby alive in a doomsday ritual. Police began searching for the suspects on Friday in the southern region of Araucania. Officials say the 3-day-old baby was thrown onto a bonfire in November because the leader of the sect believed that the child was the antichrist.

 Colorado's marijuana legalization could be short-lived | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:01

DENVER , Recreational marijuana isn't officially legal yet in Colorado, but there's already talk of making it illegal again. A proposal under discussion in the state legislature would place a repeal measure on the November ballot. The repeal would take effect only if voters refused to approve a second measure to fund state costs associated with marijuana regulation.

 NYPD: Part of 9/11 plane's landing gear discovered next to Islamic center | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:20

A rusted 5-foot-tall piece of landing gear believed to be from one of the hijacked planes destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks has been discovered near the World Trade Center wedged between a luxury apartment building and a mosque site that once prompted virulent national debate about Islam and free speech.

 Report: 4 in 10 federal firearms licensees escape inspection; more than 170K guns lost or stolen | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:58

More than 170,000 firearms have been lost or stolen from the inventories of federal firearms licensees since 2004, but about four in 10 licensees had gone at least five years without a compliance inspection from 2007 to 2012.

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