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Police charge 2nd suspect in UK soldier death
June 2, 2013 LONDON (AP) — British police charged a second suspect Saturday with the murder of a soldier who was hacked to death in a London street, as right-wing and antifascist groups both demonstrated in... more »»
Protesters swarm Istanbul square after clashes
June 2, 2013 ISTANBUL (AP) — In a scene reminiscent of the Arab Spring, thousands of people on Saturday flooded Istanbul's main square after a crackdown on an anti-government protest turned city streets into a... more »»
Balance of power in Syria shifting Assad's way
June 1, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — As hopes for a Syrian peace conference fade and the opposition falls into growing disarray, President Bashar Assad has every reason to project confidence. more »»
Turkish police raid sit-in against tree removal
June 1, 2013 ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish riot police used tear gas and water cannon Friday to end a peaceful sit-in by hundreds of people trying to prevent trees from being uprooted in an Istanbul par. more »»
Poetry and bickering at Iran's presidential debate
June 1, 2013 TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's ailing economy, hit hard by international sanctions over its disputed nuclear program, was supposed to be the center of the first debate Friday between eight hopefuls... more »»
Hagel issues stern warning to China
June 1, 2013 SINGAPORE (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is delivering a two-pronged message to Beijing — holding out hope for a slowly improving military relationship while issuing a stern warning on... more »»
Toronto mayor won post on conservative discontent
June 1, 2013 TORONTO (AP) — Mayor Rob Ford stomped to victory in Toronto's elections three years ago on a wave of discontent simmering in the outlying neighborhoods of Canada's quiet, efficient financial capital. more »»
Radical monks, prejudice fuel Myanmar violence
June 1, 2013 LASHIO, Myanmar (AP) — When a huge mob of Buddhist thugs crawled on the roof of Ma Sandar Soe's shop, doused it with gasoline and set it ablaze, the Buddhist businesswoman didn't blame them for... more »»
NKorean farmers planting rice with profits in mind
June 1, 2013 HAMHUNG, North Korea (AP) — North Korean farmers knee deep in muddy paddies across the country have a new incentive during this year's crucial rice planting season: possible bonuses that are part of... more »»
Syria's Assad 'confident in victory' in civil war
May 31, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview broadcast Thursday that he is "confident in victory" in his country's civil war, and he warned that Damascus would retaliate for any... more »»
Boston bombing suspect is walking, mother says
May 31, 2013 MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — The remaining suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has recovered enough to walk and assured his parents in a phone conversation that he and his slain brother were... more »»
C-section OKed for pregnant woman in El Salvador
May 31, 2013 SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A seriously ill Salvadoran woman whose struggle to get a medical abortion drew international attention received permission on Thursday to end the troubled pregnancy... more »»
Myanmar Muslims find shelter in Buddhist monastery
May 31, 2013 LASHIO, Myanmar (AP) — More than 1,000 Muslims who fled Myanmar's latest bout of sectarian violence huddled in a Buddhist monastery guarded by army soldiers as calm returned to this northeastern... more »»
Russians find mammoth carcass with liquid blood
May 31, 2013 MOSCOW (AP) — A perfectly preserved woolly mammoth carcass with liquid blood has been found on a remote Arctic island, fueling hopes of cloning the Ice Age animal, Russian scientists said Thursday. more »»
Pakistani Taliban withdraw peace talks offer
May 31, 2013 PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — The Pakistani Taliban withdrew their offer of peace talks Thursday, following the death of the group's deputy leader in an American drone attack, a spokesman for the group... more »»
Khmer Rouge leaders apologize to victims' families
May 31, 2013 PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Former leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge being tried by a U.N. more »»
Nigeria lawmakers pass anti-gay marriage bill
May 31, 2013 ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's House of Representatives voted Thursday to ban gay marriage and outlaw any groups actively supporting gay rights, endorsing a measure that also calls for 10-year... more »»
Measles surges in UK years after flawed research
May 22, 2013 LONDON (AP) — More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of now discredited research that linked the vaccine to autism. more »»
Car bomb, other attacks kill 20 in Iraq
May 22, 2013 BAGHDAD (AP) — A car bomb exploded as Sunni worshippers were leaving a mosque after evening prayers Tuesday in Baghdad, the deadliest in a string of attacks that killed at least 20 people nationwide... more »»
Saudi executes 5 Yemenis, displays bodies
May 22, 2013 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Tuesday executed five Yemenis convicted of crimes and displayed their bodies in public as a deterrent for future criminals, the government said. more »» |
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