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UK police: Man charged in UK soldier's murder
May 30, 2013 LONDON (AP) — Police have charged a man with murder in the killing of a British soldier in a suspected Islamic extremist attack in broad daylight on a London stree. more »»
Report: NKorean defectors sent back by Laos, China
May 30, 2013 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Nine North Korean defectors have been forced to return to their country from China after being captured in Laos, a South Korean news report says. more »»
NKorea sanctions squeeze cash for aid groups
May 30, 2013 PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — New international sanctions aimed at thwarting North Korea's nuclear weapons program are having unintended consequences: halting money transfers by foreign humanitarian... more »»
Costa Rica probes Liberty Reserve founder marriage
May 30, 2013 SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — The man who allegedly founded currency transfer firm Liberty Reserve may have paid a Costa Rican woman to marry him so he could get citizenship in this country, which... more »»
Terror remains for Salvadorans despite gang truce
May 30, 2013 ILOPANGO, El Salvador (AP) — Young men come around once a week to collect $20 from store owner Carlos Tevez, the "tax" he pays to continue operating his business and to keep his family safe. more »»
Buddhist mobs spread fear among Myanmar's Muslims
May 30, 2013 LASHIO, Myanmar (AP) — It was a terrifying sight: hundreds of angry, armed men on motorcycles advancing up a dusty street with no one to stop them. more »»
1 suspect in UK soldier slaying out of hospital
May 29, 2013 LONDON (AP) — One of two suspects shot by police following the slaying of a British soldier in London last week has been released from the hospital and taken to a police station for questioning,... more »»
American, Russian, Italian blast off into space
May 29, 2013 MOSCOW (AP) — A Soyuz carrying an American, Russian and Italian blasted off Wednesday for a six-hour trip to the International Space Station, where the new crew will spend six months conducting a... more »»
Tweet warned Mexican officials before deadly slide
May 29, 2013 MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities acknowledged Tuesday that a motorist tweeted them a warning about an impending mudslide on one of the nation's busiest highways hours before a huge slide... more »»
EU leaders sound the alarm on youth unemployment
May 29, 2013 PARIS (AP) — European leaders sounded the alarm on youth unemployment Tuesday and called for businesses to help solve a problem that has left nearly one in four young people in Europe without a job. more »»
Syria diplomacy a priority, despite EU arms vote
May 29, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — Russia on Tuesday harshly criticized Europe's decision to allow the arming of Syrian rebels, saying it undercuts international efforts to negotiate an end to the civil war, and a rebel... more »»
Brazil police look into mayor's flap with singer
May 29, 2013 SAO PAULO (AP) — Police are investigating a Brazilian rock singer's allegations that Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes punched him outside a restaurant after the musician insulted the politician while he was... more »»
Honduras gangs declare truce, ask talks with gov't
May 29, 2013 SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras' two biggest and most dangerous street gangs declared an unprecedented truce Tuesday, offering peace in the world's most violent country in exchange for... more »»
Anguish from Japan's sex slave legacy unsettled
May 29, 2013 OSAKA, Japan (AP) — More than 70 years ago, at age 14, Kim Bok-dong was ordered to work by Korea's Japanese occupiers. more »»
Rise of al-Qaida Sahara terrorist
May 29, 2013 DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — After years of trying to discipline him, the leaders of al-Qaida's North African branch sent one final letter to their most difficult employe. more »»
Religious unrest in northeast Myanmar
May 29, 2013 YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Sectarian violence spread to a new region of Myanmar, with a mob burning shops in a northeastern town after unconfirmed rumors spread that a Muslim man had set fire to a... more »»
Spain: Police find bodies of missing Dutch couple
May 28, 2013 MADRID (AP) — Police have found two bodies they believe to be those of missing former Dutch national volleyball star and her partner, the Interior Ministry said Monday. more »»
Singapore police say protocols flouted in US death
May 28, 2013 SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore police who examined the scene of an American's death admitted on the last day of a coroner's inquest Monday that they deviated from official protocols by not dusting for... more »»
Russia says US missile defense offer insufficient
May 28, 2013 MOSCOW (AP) — A senior Russian diplomat says Washington's latest moves aimed at easing Moscow's concern about NATO's U.S.-led missile defense plans are insufficien. more »»
Toronto mayor's press advisers latest to leave
May 28, 2013 TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's press advisers are the latest to leave their jobs as questions swirl about a video that purportedly shows the mayor smoking crack cocaine. more »» |
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