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APNewsBreak: Extra security at UK mosques
Sunday, July 24th, 2011
LONDON (AP) -- Some British mosques are boosting security after Norway's horrific massacre was traced to a man who fears Muslims are taking over Europe - an attack that exposed a failure to root out Islamophobia that has bled into the European mainstream....
Afghan transition tempered by continuing violence
Sunday, July 24th, 2011
SIRAQULA, Afghanistan (AP) -- Shortly after the call to prayer resounded over the harvested poppy fields near Salaam Bazaar, two Taliban commanders were heard on their radios asking how their forces are doing....
Toddler found alive in rubble of China train crash
Sunday, July 24th, 2011
BEIJING (AP) -- A toddler was rescued about 21 hours after a crash involving two high-speed trains in eastern China killed at least 43 people and injured more than 200 others, state media reported Sunday....
Glimpse into daily life in North Korea
Sunday, July 24th, 2011
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- A little boy skips along grasping a classmate's hand, his cheeks flushed and a badge of the Great Leader's smiling face pinned to his Winnie the Pooh sweatshirt. Men in military green share a joke over beers at a German-style pub next door to the Juche tower. Schoolgirls wearing the red scarves of the Young Pioneers sway in unison as they sing a classic Korean tune I, too, learned as a child....
APNewsBreak: Europol plans task force for Norway
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
LONDON (AP) -- In the wake of Norway's terrorist attack, the European police agency is setting up a task force of more than 50 experts to help northern European countries investigate terrorism, its spokesman told The Associated Press on Saturday....
Norway bomb suspect bought 6 tons of fertilizer
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
SUNDVOLLEN, Norway (AP) -- The Norwegian man suspected in a bombing and shooting spree that killed at least 92 people bought six tons of fertilizer before the massacre, the supplier said Saturday as police investigated witness accounts of a second shooter....
Gunman’s background puzzles police in Norway
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- The 32-year-old suspected of gunning down scores of young people at a summer camp and setting off a bomb in downtown Oslo that killed at least seven is a mystery to investigators: a right-winger with anti-Muslim views but no known links to hardcore extremists....
War over but massacres continue in Ivory Coast
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
ON THE BANKS OF THE CAVALLY RIVER, Ivory Coast (AP) -- The inauguration of Ivory Coast's new president played out before a crowd of tens of thousands. Women wore dresses printed with his portrait. World leaders flew in for the day in a show of international support....
Amid war, life goes on in Libyan capital
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- In Libya's east, rebels surround a key oil city, while in the western mountains they mass for a final push on the capital. In Tripoli, meanwhile, Ahmed Ayyat has more wedding invitations than he knows what to do with....
Somali militants vow to block aid workers
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- An al-Qaida-linked militant group has said it will not allow banned aid organizations to return, meaning only a handful of agencies will be able to respond to the worsening famine in southern Somalia....
Brazil child’s death spotlights police killings
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The last time Juan Moraes' mother saw him alive, she asked the 11-year-old and his brother to run an errand. On their way back, her two boys ran into police gunfire....
Hadzic is extradited to Hague tribunal
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) -- The last Balkan war-crimes suspect was extradited to the U.N. tribunal for prosecution on Friday after being allowed last-minute visits with relatives, including his sick mother....
From Cuba, Venezuela’s Chavez governs via Twitter
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is using Twitter as a tool to govern remotely while he undergoes cancer treatment in Cuba....
In Palestinian city, diggers uncover biblical ruin
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
NABLUS, West Bank (AP) -- Archaeologists unearthing a biblical ruin inside a Palestinian city in the West Bank are writing the latest chapter in a 100-year-old excavation that has been interrupted by two world wars and numerous rounds of Mideast upheaval....
Afghans face tough challenges after NATO transfer
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
MEHTERLAM, Afghanistan (AP) -- In this city of 100,000, people are scared to wander out at night, the chief judge was recently fired for allegedly collaborating with insurgents, officials accuse each other of corruption and the police force is barely large enough to patrol the streets....
House panel weighs bill restricting foreign aid
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A House panel on Wednesday pushed ahead on a bill to block U.S. assistance to Pakistan, Egypt, Lebanon, Yemen and the Palestinian Authority unless the Obama administration reassures Congress that they are cooperating in the war on terrorism....
Bangladesh court indicts 430 for murder in mutiny
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- A court in Bangladesh's capital on Wednesday indicted 430 people for serious crimes such as murder and arson related to the 2009 mutiny among border guards....
France delays new generation nuclear plant
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
PARIS (AP) -- France's electricity giant announced Wednesday it is delaying its new generation nuclear reactor for two years after a pair of deadly accidents and safety reviews prompted by the disaster at Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi plant....
Swiss trial opens for 3 accused eco-terrorists
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
BELLINZONA, Switzerland (AP) -- Three accused eco-terrorists went on trial under heavy security in Switzerland's highest criminal court Tuesday for an alleged plot to blow up an IBM nanotech research center near Zurich....
Guinean president survives shooting attack on home
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) -- Guinea's democratically elected president survived an assassination attempt early Tuesday when gunmen descended on his home, an attack that throws into doubt the political stability of this country with a history of coups and military rule....
Could Strauss-Kahn’s NY case include Paris claim?
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) -- If the New York sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn ever goes to trial, much will doubtless be made of his accuser's background. But what about his?...
In booming Brazil, crack strikes late but hard
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- In the dark before dawn, social workers advance slowly down a narrow road dividing two vast slums, entering a landscape of littered streets and broken-down shacks, where an open-air crack cocaine market does business among piles of rubble....
Spokeswoman: protest ship to reach Gaza soon
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
JERUSALEM (AP) -- A protest ship trying to break Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip has set sail and should reach the Hamas-run territory soon, a pro-Palestinian activist said Sunday....
Egyptians fear army rulers acting as new Mubaraks
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
CAIRO (AP) -- The soldiers shouted, "Raise your head high, you're Egyptian." It was one of the most inspiring chants by young protesters during Egypt's revolution, encapsulating the newfound pride of a people rising up after a lifetime of humiliation under authoritarian rule....
Fire forces evacuation of Israel’s Yad Vashem
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
JERUSALEM (AP) -- A wildfire tore through a forest on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Sunday, moving within several hundred yards (meters) of Israel's national Holocaust memorial and sending a huge plume of smoke billowing over parts of the holy city....
Private German award for Russia’s Putin called off
Saturday, July 16th, 2011
BERLIN (AP) -- A private German foundation has canceled an award ceremony amid heavy criticism over its choice to honor Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin....
Scandalized Britain ponders press reform
Saturday, July 16th, 2011
LONDON (AP) -- Britain has been transfixed by the phone hacking scandal that has shaken its media world. But will it really change the nation's press?...
Cameron to investigate if 9/11 victims targeted
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
LONDON (AP) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron says he will look into whether 9/11 victims were targetted in the phone hacking scandal....
Philippines: No word from 2 Americans’ abductors
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Philippine officials said Wednesday they have received no word from the abductors of a naturalized American woman, her teenage son and Filipino nephew a day after they were seized by suspected Muslim militants....
Scientists: Stinky sock smell helps fight malaria
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- The smell of old socks can help fight malaria by attracting mosquitoes to a trap outdoors, scientists have found, and on Wednesday donors announced new funding to help develop the device....
NATO vows to keep bombing Gadhafi forces in Libya
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
BRUSSELS (AP) -- NATO will continue its bombing campaign in Libya as long as Moammar Gadhafi's forces remain an active threat to civilians, the alliance told visiting Libyan rebels on Wednesday....
Ethiopia says 4.5 million people need food aid
Monday, July 11th, 2011
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- A government official says an estimated 4.5 million Ethiopians are in need of food assistance, an increase of 40 percent....
In Pakistan, many say aid `snub dims US sway
Monday, July 11th, 2011
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- The decision to suspend more than one-third of American military aid to Pakistan could end up hurting Washington more than Islamabad as the U.S. seeks to navigate an end to the Afghan war and defeat al-Qaida, former Pakistani officials and analysts warned Monday....
Iranian weapons allegedly used against US troops
Monday, July 11th, 2011
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The U.S. will not "walk away" from the challenge of Iran's stepped-up arming of Iraqi insurgents who are targeting and killing American troops as they prepare to leave Iraq, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Monday....
Strauss-Kahn’s French accuser heard by police
Monday, July 11th, 2011
PARIS (AP) -- French police investigators have taken a statement from a French writer who contends former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her....
31 dead, 100 injured as train derails in India
Sunday, July 10th, 2011
LUCKNOW, India (AP) -- Rescuers searched through the wreckage of a packed express train for people trapped inside after it derailed in northern India on Sunday, killing at least 31 and injuring more than 100 others, officials said....
Boat sinks on Russia’s Volga, 61 missing
Sunday, July 10th, 2011
MOSCOW (AP) -- A passenger boat sank on the Volga River in Russia Sunday, killing at least one person and leaving 61 missing, officials said....
One mother’s catharsis on Srebrenica anniversary
Sunday, July 10th, 2011
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) -- Three bones make Kada Hotic feel like a winner. It may not sound like much after nearly two decades of anguish, but to her they mean everything....
Georgian journalist says he spied for Russia
Saturday, July 9th, 2011
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) -- The personal photographer to the Georgian president was shown on television Saturday confessing to supplying a colleague with secret information that was then sent to a Russian secret service....
US sends message to Syria, Congress with diplomacy
Friday, July 8th, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration sent two distinct messages by dispatching the U.S. ambassador to Syria to meet anti-regime protesters in a besieged city. To Syrian President Bashar Assad: Reform now. To critics in the U.S. of its engagement policy: Stop complaining....
South Sudan becomes world’s newest nation
Friday, July 8th, 2011
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) -- South Sudan became the world's newest nation early Saturday, officially breaking away from Sudan after two civil wars over five decades that cost the lives of millions....
Malaysia to lock down largest city to block rally
Friday, July 8th, 2011
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysian police said they will shut major roads and suspend public transportation into Kuala Lumpur's city center to thwart opposition-backed activists, who vowed Friday to press ahead with a banned rally for electoral reforms....
US, Mexico sign cross-border trucking agreement
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- U.S. and Mexican officials signed an agreement Wednesday allowing each country's trucks to traverse the other's highways, implementing a key provision of the North American Free Trade Agreement after nearly two decades of bickering....
Magnitude-7.6 quake shakes Kermadec Islands
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) -- A powerful magnitude-7.6 earthquake rattled New Zealand's remote Kermadec Islands in the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. It triggered a small tsunami that had New Zealand bracing for high waves....
Lawyers walk out of Tunisian ex-president’s trial
Monday, July 4th, 2011
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- The second trial of Tunisia's former president opened dramatically Monday with the court-appointed defense lawyers walking out after their request for a postponement was denied....
Otto von Habsburg dies at age 98
Monday, July 4th, 2011
BERLIN (AP) -- Otto von Habsburg, the oldest son of Austria-Hungary's last emperor and the longtime head of one of Europe's most influential families, died Monday, his spokeswoman said. He was 98....
Lightly guarded India temple holds $22B treasures
Monday, July 4th, 2011
NEW DELHI (AP) -- A vast treasure trove of gold coins, jewels and precious stones unearthed at a lightly guarded Hindu temple in India was expected to grow further in value Monday as the last two secret vaults sealed for nearly 150 years are opened....
Queen cost British taxpayers less in the past year
Monday, July 4th, 2011
LONDON (AP) -- British taxpayers spent 32.1 million pounds ($51.7 million) supporting the monarchy in the past year, 5.3 percent less than the year before, as Queen Elizabeth II joined a national cost-cutting drive....
Turkey freezes Libyan asset
Monday, July 4th, 2011
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey froze Libya's holdings in a Turkish bank on Monday, a day after it recognized Libya's rebel leaders as the country's legitimate representatives and quietly removed its ambassador from Tripoli....
Dalai Lama’s greatest challenge: trying to retire
Monday, July 4th, 2011
DHARMSALA, India (AP) -- In a lifetime spent advocating the plight of his Tibetan community, promoting inter-religious harmony and pleading for world peace, the Dalai Lama now faces perhaps his greatest challenge: trying to truly retire from politics....
Belarus blocks social media sites on holiday
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
MINSK, Belarus (AP) -- The authoritarian government of Belarus blocked access to popular social networking sites on Sunday in an attempt to prevent opposition protests on a national holiday....
Lawyer: Mladic to boycott court appearance
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) -- Former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic plans to boycott Monday's hearing at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal, where he is scheduled to enter pleas to the genocide and other charges he faces, his Serbian lawyer said....
Floods damage homes, disrupt traffic in Denmark
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- Authorities say heavy rains have flooded hundreds of homes and several streets in Denmark's capital, disrupting traffic and delaying trains....
AP Exclusive: Miracle claimed for WWII-era pope
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
CASTELLAMMARE DI STABIA, Italy (AP) -- Maria Esposito was ready to give up. Wasted away at 42 kilos (92 pounds), she couldn't bear another dose of chemotherapy to fight the Stage IV Burkitt's lymphoma that had invaded her body while she was pregnant with her second child....
AP Exclusive: US ignores vet graves in Philippines
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
CLARK, Philippines (AP) -- Walking along the rows of tombstones here offers a glimpse of the wars America has fought and the men and women who waged them. But most of the grave markers have been half-buried for 20 years, and there is little hope that the volcanic ash obscuring names, dates and epitaphs will be cleared any time soon....
Australia military may scrap all gender barriers
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Women fight for militaries around the world but rarely if ever are allowed to take the jobs most closely associated with soldiering - those focused on ground combat in close quarters and even hand to hand. That may be about to change in Australia....
Chavez’s illness poses potential pitfalls for foes
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Opponents of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez face a new political playing field filled with potential pitfalls now that their nemesis has announced he is being treated for cancer....
Havana’s small community of Twitterati meets IRL
Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
HAVANA (AP) -- A few dozen members of Cuba's small but growing Twitter community have met in real space for the first time. They got to put unfamiliar faces with familiar user names, and they commiserated about the woeful Internet access on an island that has the second-worst Web connectivity rate in the world....
Mexico state vote kicks off 2012 presidential race
Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
ECATEPEC, Mexico (AP) -- Eruviel Avila hardly behaved like a candidate with a 30-point lead heading into Sunday's vote for the governor of Mexico state, a post his party has never lost in more than 80 years....
AP IMPACT: First 24 hours shaped Japan nuke crisis
Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) -- When Unit 2 began to shake, Hiroyuki Kohno's first hunch was that something was wrong with the turbines. He paused for a moment, then went back to logging the day's radioactivity readings....
Ex-Thai PM, in exile, looms large in tense vote
Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
BANGKOK (AP) -- He's not even in Thailand, let alone on the ballot. But five years after the military deposed Thaksin Shinawatra, the influential billionaire-in-exile is back by proxy: the dominant force in pivotal elections Sunday that many fear could trigger a new era of upheaval....
Tropical storm brings heavy rain to central Mexico
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) -- The Atlantic season's first tropical storm hit Mexico's central Gulf coast Thursday, hurling heavy rains over a wide swath of the country but causing little damage....
Venezuela launches probe of TV channel’s coverage
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela's telecommunications agency began a new investigation of the TV channel Globovision on Thursday, this time for its coverage of violence at two prisons where inmates have battled troops....
Twitter Oxford comma commotion punctuated by fact
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
LONDON (AP) -- A report that Oxford University had changed its comma rule left some punctuation obsessives alarmed, annoyed, and distraught. Passions subsided as the university said the news was imprecise, incomplete and misleading....
UK sends body armor, police uniforms to Libya
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
LONDON (AP) -- Libya's opposition leader said Thursday that rebels need more weapons and funding, as Britain offered new body armor and uniforms for civilian police officers in the country's eastern cities....
UN: China should have arrested al-Bashir
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
GENEVA (AP) -- The U.N.'s top human rights official criticized China on Thursday for failing to arrest Sudan's president so that he can be brought to trial on war crimes charges....
German parliament approves nuclear shutdown
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
BERLIN (AP) -- German lawmakers overwhelmingly approved on Thursday plans to shut the country's nuclear plants by 2022, putting Europe's biggest economy on the road to an ambitious build-up of renewable energy....
AP IMPACT: Teaching jihad in Indonesian prisons
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
PORONG PRISON, Indonesia (AP) -- A sweeping crackdown on terrorism in the past decade has spawned a new problem in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation: Militants in jail are recruiting new followers to their cause....
William, Kate off to Canada, US in first tour
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) -- Prince William and Kate arrive in Canada on Thursday for their first official overseas trip since their wedding, in a visit that is expected to draw record-numbers of star-struck crowds and well-wishers hoping to catch a glimpse of the royal couple....
UK: Thousands walk off the job in pension protests
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
LONDON (AP) -- British teachers and public service workers swapped classrooms and offices for picket lines Thursday as hundreds of thousands walked off the job to protest pension cuts....
AP IMPACT: FBI terror profile merges identities
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
LONDON (AP) -- The FBI's most-wanted list features a dated black-and-white photograph for the man wanted in connection with the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya. Saif al-Adel, reads the glaring red banner, alias Muhammad Ibrahim Makkawi....
China welcomes Sudan leader wanted on war crimes
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
BEIJING (AP) -- China said Sudan's president will be warmly welcomed on his delayed state visit Tuesday and it would reserve opinion on the international warrant that accuses him of war crimes....
Gaza activists say ship sabotaged in Greece
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- One of the 10 ships in the Gaza-bound flotilla has been sabotaged but will be repaired in time for the planned voyage to challenge Israel's naval blockade of the Palestinian territory, activists said Tuesday....
Khmer Rouge defendant challenges genocide tribunal
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- One of the four former Khmer Rouge leaders charged with genocide and other crimes challenged the right of Cambodia's U.N.-backed tribunal to try him Tuesday....
Former Thai sex tycoon vies to become lawmaker
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
BANGKOK (AP) -- As the super-pimp who once ran Thailand's biggest brothel empire and then exposed the police kickbacks he had to pay for it to flourish, Chuvit Kamolvisit feels uniquely qualified to lead the country's fight against corruption....
Fukushima children to receive radiation meters
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
TOKYO (AP) -- Radiation meters will be distributed to about 34,000 children living in the largest city near the tsunami-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant to monitor their exposure levels, a city official said Tuesday....
Afghan official: Country’s top banker flees nation
Monday, June 27th, 2011
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghanistan's top banker, who is alleged to have played a role in the failure of the nation's largest private lender, has fled the country, a spokesman for President Hamid Karzai said Monday....
Iranian oil minister says OPEC strains solvable
Monday, June 27th, 2011
VIENNA (AP) -- Iran's oil minister has acknowledged strains within OPEC after its last meeting exposed deep rifts between his country and rival Saudi Arabia, but said the organization can solve them internally....
Iran unveils underground missile silos
Monday, June 27th, 2011
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran on Monday unveiled underground silos that can carry missiles capable of hitting Israel and U.S. bases in the Gulf as it kicked off 10 days of war games, the country's latest show of military force amid a standoff with the West over its disputed nuclear program....
Moroccans protest for and against new constitution
Sunday, June 26th, 2011
CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) -- Tens of thousands of people demonstrated around Morocco both for and against a proposed new constitution on Sunday, just a week before it is to be voted on in a referendum....
Israel: Journalists on flotilla face expulsion
Sunday, June 26th, 2011
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel said Sunday that any foreign journalist caught on board a Gaza-bound flotilla could face deportation and a 10-year ban from the country, in a move that threatened to worsen the nation's already strained relationship with the international media....
No ‘him’ or ‘her’; preschool fights gender bias
Sunday, June 26th, 2011
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- At the "Egalia" preschool, staff avoid using words like "him" or "her" and address the 33 kids as "friends" rather than girls and boys....
In battered Libya town, kids get a taste of normal
Sunday, June 26th, 2011
MISRATA, Libya (AP) -- A few weeks ago, Ras Mouftah Elementary School in central Misrata was just another public building abandoned in the fight for this Libyan city....
China eyes Canada oil, US’s energy nest egg
Sunday, June 26th, 2011
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) -- In the northern reaches of Alberta lies a vast reserve of oil that the U.S. views as a pillar of its future energy needs....
Chaos feared as Syria crisis nears bloody impasse
Sunday, June 26th, 2011
WADI KHALED, Lebanon (AP) -- When the Arab Spring came to Talkalakh, the little Syrian hill town a few minutes walk from this border village, it seemed to last barely a moment. Squads of secret police descended on the town within hours of the first protests. Then the army came with its tanks, and the shadowy pro-government militia called the shabiha....
Chinese prime minister offers support for euro
Saturday, June 25th, 2011
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has offered his country's support for Europe and its common currency amid the eurozone's debt crisis....
Nets owner Prokhorov elected Russian party chief
Saturday, June 25th, 2011
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian tycoon and New Jersey Nets basketball team owner Mikhail Prokhorov was confirmed Saturday as the new head of a Kremlin-friendly political party....
Bulgaria: Border guards against cherry thieves
Saturday, June 25th, 2011
KONYAVO, Bulgaria (AP) -- Bulgarian forces with night-vision goggles appear to be winning an extraordinary fight over thieves seeking to make off with this year's lucrative cherry harvest....
26 charged in Shanghai fire, blamed on corruption
Saturday, June 25th, 2011
BEIJING (AP) -- Prosecutors in China's commercial hub of Shanghai have charged 26 people with bribery and other crimes related to an apartment-building fire that killed 58 people last year, a local government website reported Saturday....
Taiwan’s legislature may open to Chinese tourists
Saturday, June 25th, 2011
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- Taiwan's parliamentary speaker has said he will consider opening the legislative floor to Chinese tourists so they can learn from the island's freewheeling democracy....
Hezbollah says CIA recruited members to spy
Friday, June 24th, 2011
BEIRUT (AP) -- Hezbollah's leader said Friday that the Islamic militant group had captured three spies in its ranks, two of whom were allegedly recruited by the CIA to spy for Israel....
Vietnam releases pro-democracy dissident to US
Friday, June 24th, 2011
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Vietnam has released a dissident writer and pro-democracy activist and deported her to the United States on humanitarian grounds, officials said Friday....
Israeli PM’s teen son maligns Muslims on Facebook
Friday, June 24th, 2011
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The Israeli prime minister's 19-year-old son - a military spokesman - posted derisive comments about Arabs and Muslims on his Facebook page, drawing a slap on the wrist from his superiors and focusing new attention on the controversial first family....
Chavez’s odd silence raises questions in Venezuela
Friday, June 24th, 2011
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is one of the world's most talkative leaders and his prolonged silence and seclusion in Cuba following surgery there two weeks ago is fueling speculation about his health....
Oprah receives South African honorary doctorate
Friday, June 24th, 2011
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) -- A central South African university known for fraught race relations is welcoming a visit by Oprah Winfrey as an acknowledgment of the progress it has made toward tolerance....
Pakistan to let bin Laden widow return to Yemen
Friday, June 24th, 2011
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Officials in Pakistan say the country has agreed to let Osama bin Laden's youngest widow return to her native Yemen. But they would not reveal when she'll leave....
The Papandreous: Greece’s first family
Friday, June 24th, 2011
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- One family has dominated Greek politics for more than half a century: the Papandreous....
Merkel: EU leaders agree on Croatian membership
Friday, June 24th, 2011
BRUSSELS (AP) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday that European leaders had agreed they want Croatia to become a member of the EU....
Rwandan woman is first ever convicted of genocide
Friday, June 24th, 2011
ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP) -- The U.N. Court trying suspects of the 1994 Rwanda genocide found a female former government minister and her son guilty of war crimes on Friday and gave both life sentences, marking the first time a woman has been convicted of genocide....
Britain: Libya could cost UK $415 million
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
LONDON (AP) -- The NATO-led air campaign in Libya will have cost the U.K. at least 260 million pounds ($415 million) if it continues for another three months, Britain's Defense Secretary Liam Fox said Thursday....