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MECCA, Saudi Arabia – Leaders from more than 50 Muslim countries promised Thursday to fight extremist ideology, saying they would reform textbooks, restrict religious edicts and crack down on terror financing. Kings, heads of states and ministers closed a two-day summit in Islam’s holiest city, Mecca, that had been convened …

WASHINGTON – Cold remedies that can be used by drug dealers to make methamphetamine would be forced behind store counters under legislation Congress is poised to pass by year’s end. Lawmakers hope that federal restrictions — included in the agreement reached Thursday to reauthorize the USA Patriot Act — will …

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran said Thursday it needs Moscow to clarify what it called “ambiguities” in a proposal that Iran enrich uranium in Russian territory. Iran said it was considering the European- and U.S-backed proposal, a relatively conciliatory stance after weeks of outright rejection of moving enrichment abroad. The proposal …