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Pattern seen in alleged chemical arms use in Syria
April 29, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — The instances in which chemical weapons are alleged to have been used in Syria were purportedly small in scale: nothing along the lines of Saddam Hussein's 1988 attack in Kurdish Iraq... more »»
Greek bill opens way for civil service layoffs
April 29, 2013 ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's Parliament approved an emergency bill Sunday to pave the way for thousands of public sector layoffs and free up 8.8 billion euros ($11. more »»
Bangladesh building collapse death toll nears 350
April 28, 2013 SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — 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... more »»
NKorea charges US man in plot to overthrow regime
April 28, 2013 PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — 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... more »»
Report: Algeria's president has mini-stroke
April 28, 2013 ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria's president was hospitalized Saturday after having a mini-stroke without serious complications, the state news agency said. more »»
Italy forms new government after 2-month stalemate
April 28, 2013 ROME (AP) — Center-left leader Enrico Letta forged a new Italian government Saturday in a coalition with former Premier Silvio Berlusconi's conservatives, an unusual alliance of bitter rivals that... more »»
Leftist priests: Francis can fix church 'in ruins'
April 28, 2013 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A new pope from Latin America who wants to build "a church for the poor" is stirring hopes among advocates of liberation theology, a movement of social activism that... more »»
Czech communist whisky matures to excellence
April 28, 2013 PRADLO DISTILLERY, Czech Republic (AP) — The Scottish peat was put on trucks and trains. The destination was Communist-era Czechoslovakia. The recipient: apparatchiks desperate for a decent whisky. more »»
Jews ease back into Tunisia for famed pilgrimage
April 28, 2013 DJERBA, Tunisia (AP) — Under a bright Mediterranean sun Saturday, Jews whose forebears once thronged Tunisia are trekking to a celebrated synagogue under the protection of police — as organizers try... more »»
Iceland opposition poised to win general election
April 28, 2013 REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) - Five years after Iceland's economic collapse, early returns signaled that voters are favoring the return of a center-right, Eurosceptic government... more »»
Hitler's food taster tells of poisoning fears
April 27, 2013 BERLIN (AP) — They were feasts of sublime asparagus — laced with fear. And for more than half a century, Margot Woelk kept her secret hidden from the world, even from her husband. more »»
Cuba ends half-century ban on pro boxing
April 27, 2013 HAVANA (AP) — Cuba is breaking a five-decade ban on professional boxing and joining an international semipro league. more »»
Russia detains 140 suspected Islamic extremists
April 27, 2013 MOSCOW (AP) — Russian police and security agents detained 140 people at a mosque in Moscow on Friday on suspicion of involvement with Islamic extremism. more »»
Muslim-Christian relationship fuels row in Egypt
April 27, 2013 CAIRO (AP) — An alleged romance between an Egyptian Muslim college student and a Coptic Christian man heightened sectarian tension on Friday in a small rural Egyptian town where police fired tear ga... more »»
Iraqi soldiers retake control of Sunni town
April 27, 2013 BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi soldiers backed by tanks retook control of a Sunni town north of Baghdad on Friday after gunmen withdrew without a fight, although violence erupted at three Sunni mosques and... more »»
Bomb kills 9 near Pakistan political party office
April 27, 2013 KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A bomb exploded on Friday near the office of a main Pakistan political party that had received threats from the Taliban, killing nine people in the latest attack in the... more »»
Syrian rebels call on world to put words to action
April 27, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition groups called Friday for international action after the Obama administration said U.S. intelligence indicates President Bashar Assad's regime has used chemical weapons. more »»
Chile hunts sect members accused of burning baby
April 27, 2013 SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean police are searching for three people accused of burning a baby alive in a doomsday ritual. more »»
Serbian lawmakers vote to support Kosovo deal
April 27, 2013 BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian lawmakers on Friday overwhelmingly supported an agreement normalizing relations with breakaway Kosovo, a potentially landmark deal that could end years of tensions... more »»
Toll in Bangladesh building collapse climbs to 275
April 26, 2013 SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — "Save us, brother. I beg you, brother," Mohammad Altab moaned to the rescuers who could not help him. more »» |
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