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Palestinian prisoners agree to end hunger strike
May 15, 2012 JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners agreed to halt a weekslong hunger strike on Monday in exchange for promises of better conditions, ending a standoff that left several participants... more »»
Greek negotiations over govt to continue
May 15, 2012 ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Marathon efforts to break Greece's post-electoral paralysis are lurching into a ninth day amid the country's worst crisis in decades, with fractious party leaders summoned to... more »»
Americans train Ugandans for Somalia mission
May 15, 2012 KAKOLA, Uganda (AP) — American military advisers in Uganda are drawing on lessons learned from Iraq and Afghanistan to help train African Union soldiers to fight Somalia's most powerful insurgent... more »»
Mladic tries again to delay his war crimes trial
May 15, 2012 THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Ratko Mladic appealed Monday for a six-month delay in the start of his Yugoslav war crimes trial, saying delays by prosecutors in disclosing evidence could lead to a... more »»
Syrian unrest spills into Lebanon for 3rd day
May 15, 2012 TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — Firing assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, Lebanese gunmen clashed in street battles Monday as sectarian tensions linked to the 14-month-old uprising in Syria bled... more »»
Pakistani suggests NATO supplies should resume
May 15, 2012 ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's foreign minister suggested Monday that the country should reopen its Afghan border to NATO troop supplies, saying the government has made its point by closing the route... more »»
Gulf states delay decisions on closer ties
May 15, 2012 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Gulf Arab states said Monday they would delay any decisions on proposals for closer political and security ties, showing possible signs of internal discord over measures... more »»
Mexico cartel war latest toll: 49 headless bodies
May 15, 2012 CADEREYTA, Mexico (AP) — Authorities struggled Monday to identify 49 bodies without heads, hands or feet to gain clues into the latest in a series of massacres from an escalating war between Mexico'... more »»
Greek coalition in serious doubt
May 14, 2012 ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Critical talks to form a governing coalition in crisis-struck Greece foundered once more, leading the country one step closer to new elections — and bringing its continued... more »»
Syrians raid village, violence bleeds into Lebanon
May 14, 2012 BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian forces killed at least five people when they raided a Sunni farming village on Sunday, torching homes and looting shops in what activists said is a sign of worsening relations... more »»
30 al-Qaida militants killed in fighting in Yemen
May 14, 2012 SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Government troops backed by warplanes and heavy artillery pounded al-Qaida positions in southern Yemen on Sunday, killing at least 30 militants, officials sai. more »»
49 headless bodies dumped on north Mexico highway
May 14, 2012 MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Forty-nine bodies with their heads, hands and feet hacked off were found Sunday dumped on a northern Mexico highway leading to the Texas border in what appeared to be the... more »»
7 police officers killed in northeast Nigeria
May 14, 2012 MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Separate attacks in northeast Nigeria likely carried out by a radical Islamist sect killed at least seven police officers Sunday, witnesses said, the latest violence to... more »»
Suicide attacks in Syria add wild card element
May 12, 2012 DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The latest suicide bombings in the Syrian capital showed an increasing ruthlessness: The attackers struck during rush hour, setting off one blast to draw a crowd before... more »»
Attacker in Afghan uniform kills US soldier
May 12, 2012 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A man wearing an Afghan army uniform shot dead a U.S. soldier in the east of the country, one of two NATO troops killed on Friday, military officials said. more »»
Algerian Islamists fall to govt party in election
May 12, 2012 ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Islamists suffered a surprising defeat in Algeria's parliamentary elections, bucking a trend that saw them gain power across North Africa after Arab Spring uprisings. more »»
Shoe-thrower interrupts Breivik trial
May 12, 2012 OSLO, Norway (AP) — An Iraqi man whose brother was killed in Norway's worst peacetime massacre hurled a shoe at the confessed killer and urged him to "go to hell" in a rare outburst Friday that... more »»
UN: South Sudan pulls police out of disputed Abyei
May 12, 2012 UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations said Friday that South Sudan has pulled its police force out of the disputed Abyei region on the border with Sudan. more »»
Egypt's mindboggling first time choosing a leader
May 12, 2012 CAIRO (AP) — Egyptians are for the first time getting a taste of how it is to choose a president— with groundbreaking presidential debates, face-to-face encounters with candidates on the campaign... more »»
Gold! Haiti hopes ore find will spur mining boom
May 12, 2012 TROU DU NORD, Haiti (AP) — Its capital is blighted with earthquake rubble. Its countryside is shorn of trees, chopped down for fuel. more »»
AP Exclusive: Vatican eyes Legion priests on abuse
May 12, 2012 VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is investigating seven priests from the troubled Legion of Christ religious order for alleged sexual abuse of minors — evidence that the scandal over the order's... more »» |
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