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Egypt's long-scorned legislature deepens rift
June 2, 2013 CAIRO (AP) — When voters went to the polls more than a year ago to vote for Egypt's upper house of parliament, most presumed the legislature would be the powerless talk shop that it had always been... more »»
2 Mexico kidnap victims sons of drug traffickers
June 2, 2013 MEXICO CITY (AP) — It started to rain last Saturday night and the temperature dropped. So 19-year-old Said Sanchez Garcia stopped home to get a sweater. more »»
SKorea's gay film maker in news over wedding plans
June 2, 2013 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The first time a South Korean celebrity announced he was gay, in 2000, the reaction was quick and without empathy. more »»
Rockets from Syria hit Hezbollah stronghold
June 2, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — Eighteen rockets and mortars rounds from Syria slammed into Lebanon on Saturday, the largest cross-border salvo to hit a Hezbollah stronghold since Syrian rebels threatened to retaliat... more »»
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 »» |
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