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Mice return from a month in space
May 20, 2013 MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian capsule carrying mice, lizards and other small animals returned to Earth on Sunday after spending a month in space for what scientists said was the longest experiment of its... more »»
Pope: church should open up but follow teaching
May 20, 2013 VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is calling for renewal in the Catholic church as he wrapped up two days of mass gatherings in St. Peter's Square aimed at energizing the faithful. more »»
Russian TV: American accused of spying flies out
May 20, 2013 MOSCOW (AP) — The U.S. Embassy employee accused of spying in Moscow flew out of Russia on Sunday, five days after he was ordered to leave the country, NTV television reported. more »»
Chinese premier visits India to boost ties
May 20, 2013 NEW DELHI (AP) — Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier visited India on Sunday on his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a... more »»
Honeybees trained in Croatia to find land mines
May 20, 2013 ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Mirjana Filipovic is still haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on a fishing trip nearly a decade ago. more »»
Israeli seeks interim deal with Palestinians
May 20, 2013 JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's senior coalition partner says that reaching a final peace agreement with the Palestinians is unrealistic at the current time and the sides should... more »»
Nigeria military: 17 killed during offensive
May 20, 2013 ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military says its offensive against insurgents in the country's restive northeast has killed at least 14 suspected Islamic extremists and three soldiers. more »»
Top Libyan official: Benghazi explosion accident
May 20, 2013 TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya's deputy prime minister says an investigation has indicated that a deadly explosion in Benghazi last week was an accident and not an attack. more »»
Syrian troops push into strategic rebel-held town
May 20, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Sunday, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar Assad tried to strengthen his grip... more »»
Assad: Syria transition talks are internal matter
May 19, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down before elections and that the United States has no right to interfere in his country's politics,... more »»
Afghan lawmakers block law on women's rights
May 19, 2013 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate... more »»
Attacks kill 16 in Iraq, 8 police kidnapped
May 19, 2013 BAGHDAD (AP) — A string of attacks killed at least 16 people in Iraq on Saturday, while gunmen abducted eight policemen guarding a post on the country's main highway to Jordan and Syria, the latest... more »»
Denmark's de Forest wins Eurovision song contest
May 19, 2013 MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough competition from spectacular... more »»
French president signs gay marriage into law
May 19, 2013 PARIS (AP) — France will see its first gay weddings within days, after French President Francois Hollande signed a law Saturday authorizing marriage and adoption by same-sex couples and ending month... more »»
SKorea says NKorea fires 3 short-range missiles
May 19, 2013 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. more »»
Reporter remembers fear in Videla's Argentina
May 19, 2013 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — It was just about a day after Argentine strongman Jorge Rafael Videla had seized power in March of 1976, and the bloodletting was already beginning. more »»
Nigeria military declares 24-hour curfew in city
May 19, 2013 MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military declared a 24-hour curfew Saturday on neighborhoods in a northeastern city that's the spiritual home of an Islamic extremist network as soldiers continue... more »»
Bombs targeting Sunnis kill at least 76 in Iraq
May 18, 2013 BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombs ripped through Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas Friday, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months. more »»
Venezuela's military enters high-crime slums
May 18, 2013 PETARE, Venezuela (AP) — Stern-looking soldiers clutching assault rifles wave down the beat-up Chevy Caprice entering this sprawling slum on the outskirts of Caracas. more »»
Woman describes Berlusconi's 'bunga bunga' parties
May 18, 2013 MILAN (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi's private disco featured not only aspiring showgirls performing striptease acts as sexy nuns and nurses, but one woman dressed up as President Barack Obama and a... more »»
Caribbean talks conservation on Branson's island
May 18, 2013 NECKER ISLAND, British Virgin Islands (AP) — Surrounded by a turquoise sea and a menagerie of exotic animals on a billionaire's private island, political and business leaders gathered Friday to back... more »» |
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