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Just a bluff? Fears grow of Israeli attack on Iran
February 6, 2012 JERUSALEM (AP) — For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating tensions over Iran's nuclear program, world leaders are genuinely concerned that an Israeli military attack on the Islamic... more »»
Former Panamanian dictator Noriega hospitalized
February 6, 2012 PANAMA CITY (AP) — Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, who was toppled by a 1989 American invasion and later convicted of drug running, was transferred from prison to a hospital on Sunday... more »»
Snow traps thousands in Bosnian villages
February 6, 2012 SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnia used helicopters on Sunday to evacuate the sick and deliver food to thousands of people left stranded by its heaviest snowfall ever, while Pope Benedict XV... more »»
Greek crisis talks for debt deal pushed to Monday
February 6, 2012 ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Crisis talks on a debt deal for Greece among the three leaders of parties supporting the coalition government were suspended and will continue Monday. more »»
17 dead, 13 rescued after migrant boat capsizes
February 6, 2012 SABANA DE LA MAR, Dominican Republic (AP) — Rescuers have recovered 17 bodies and pulled 13 survivors from white-capped waters off this coastal town after an overloaded boat carrying migrants from... more »»
Report: 78 killed in police strike in Brazil state
February 6, 2012 RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Murder rates in the northeastern city of Salvador have more than doubled since the start of a police strike, media reports said Sunday, although they added that the situation i... more »»
Egypt to try 19 Americans in case straining ties
February 6, 2012 CAIRO (AP) — Ignoring a U.S. more »»
After UN veto, US floats coalition on Syria
February 6, 2012 BEIRUT (AP) — The United States proposed an international coalition to support Syria's opposition Sunday after Russia and China blocked a U.N. more »»
Syrian activists: 200 dead in government assault
February 4, 2012 BEIRUT (AP) — In a barrage of mortar shells, Syrian forces killed 200 people and wounded hundreds in Homs in an offensive that appears to be the bloodiest episode in the nearly 11-month-old uprising... more »»
Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call
February 4, 2012 LONDON (AP) — Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous,... more »»
Extension denied in Guantanamo Sept. 11 trial
February 4, 2012 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A Pentagon legal official refused Friday to extend an important deadline for defense lawyers for the five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the Sept. more »»
Egyptian soccer deaths bring new cycle of violence
February 4, 2012 CAIRO (AP) — Protesters filled the streets and clashed for a second day Friday with police who fired tear gas and birdshot in Cairo, as a deadly soccer riot focused rising public anger over... more »»
Snow falls in Rome as Italy is hit by cold snap
February 4, 2012 ROME (AP) — A rare snowfall blanketed Rome on Friday, forcing the closure of the Colosseum over fears tourists would slip on the icy ruins, and leaving buses struggling to climb the city's slushy... more »»
Olympics, World Cup preparation bring evictions
February 4, 2012 RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Like most Brazilians, Evandro dos Santos' devotion to soccer borders on the religious. more »»
Greek debt talks to stretch into weekend
February 4, 2012 ATHENS, Greece (AP) — "Crucial" issues remain to be resolved in Greece's critical negotiations over a second multibillion euro international bailout, and talks would continue into the weekend, the... more »»
Canadian PM to visit China next week
February 4, 2012 TORONTO (AP) — Canada's prime minister heads to China next week where he'll discuss Canada's vast oil reserves in a visit that's being viewed as an "open warning" to the United States, which rejecte... more »»
Serbia: 11,000 trapped in remote villages by snow
February 3, 2012 BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — At least 11,000 villagers have been trapped by heavy snow and blizzards in Serbia's mountains, authorities said Thursday, as the death toll from Eastern Europe's weeklong dee... more »»
Nearly 250 of 362 saved from Papua New Guinea ship
February 3, 2012 PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) — Rescuers battling big waves and strong winds have pulled nearly 250 people from the sea off Papua New Guinea's east coast after a ferry sank. more »»
2 dead in Egypt street clashes over soccer riot
February 3, 2012 CAIRO (AP) — Police shot and killed two protesters in Suez, Egypt, early Friday, a health official said, the first to die in clashes that erupted around the country after a riot at a soccer stadium... more »»
Filipino troops still search for terrorist
February 3, 2012 MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The remains of a top leader of the regional Jemaah Islamiyah terror network have not been found, the Philippine military said Friday, a day after announcing that he had... more »»
Khmer Rouge chief jailer gets life in prison
February 3, 2012 PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The Khmer Rouge tribunal's Supreme Court on Friday ordered the regime's chief jailer to serve out the rest of his life in prison because of his "shocking and heinous" crimes... more »» |
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