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Turkish gov't open to referendum to end protests
June 13, 2013 ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's government on Wednesday offered a first concrete gesture aimed at ending nearly two weeks of street protests, proposing a referendum on a development project in Istanbul tha... more »»
Iran nuke policy 'unchangeable' no matter who wins
June 13, 2013 TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Just hours after Iran's presidential candidates bickered over nuclear policies during a televised debate, the country's foreign minister stepped in with a comment of his own:... more »»
Crackdown filling NKorean prisons with defectors
June 13, 2013 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's prison population has swelled with those caught fleeing the country under a crackdown on defections by young leader Kim Jong Un, according to defectors living... more »»
State broadcaster's end a blow to Greek identity
June 13, 2013 ATHENS, Greece (AP) — When Nazi troops marched into Greece's nearly deserted capital on April 27, 1941, radio announcer Costas Stavropoulos of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corp. announced the grim new. more »»
Cuba girds for climate change by reclaiming coasts
June 13, 2013 CAYO COCO, Cuba (AP) — After Cuban scientists studied the effects of climate change on this island's 3,500 miles (5,630 kilometers) of coastline, their discoveries were so alarming that officials... more »»
SAfrica: Mandela 'responding better to treatment'
June 13, 2013 JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former President Nelson Mandela began responding better to treatment Wednesday morning for a recurring lung infection following "a difficult last few days," South Africa's... more »»
Myanmar jails man for attack that sparked rioting
June 13, 2013 YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A Muslim man whose attack on a Buddhist woman set off sectarian rioting in Myanmar's northeast has been sentenced to 26 years in prison, a local politician said. more »»
Widow of poisoned agent threatens to quit inquest
June 12, 2013 LONDON (AP) — The widow of a former Kremlin agent killed by radioactive poisoning plans to boycott an inquest unless the British government holds a public inquiry examining alleged Russian... more »»
Libya army chief vows end to militias this year
June 12, 2013 TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya's interim army chief of staff insisted Tuesday that militias will have to lay down their arms or join the military by year's end after 31 people were killed in protests... more »»
Argentina soccer player sent off for harming dog
June 12, 2013 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine soccer player was expelled from a minor league game and fired from his team for mistreating a dog that wandered onto the field. more »»
UN envoy: 'Streets are heating up' in south Yemen
June 12, 2013 UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. more »»
Official: Shooting breaks out near Niger base
June 12, 2013 NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Shooting erupted late Tuesday near a college for Niger's paramilitary police in a suburb of the capital, the minister of defense said. more »»
Taliban bomber in Kabul kills 17 at Supreme Court
June 12, 2013 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A Taliban suicide bomber struck outside Afghanistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday, killing 17 people in the deadliest attack in Kabul in over a year and a half. more »»
Pope confirms 'gay lobby' at work at Vatican
June 12, 2013 VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis lamented that a "gay lobby" was at work at the Vatican in private remarks to the leadership of a key Latin American church group — a stunning acknowledgment that... more »»
Syrian rebels reeling from loss of Qusair
June 12, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian rebels' defeat in Qusair cost them more than a strategic stronghold. It has left them with a battered spirit and deep frustratio. more »»
Iraq hit by wave of bomb attacks, killing dozens
June 11, 2013 BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of car bombings rocked central and northern Iraq on Monday, killing at least 57 people and extending the deadliest eruption of violence to hit the country in years. more »»
Canadian, nicknamed 'Black Widow,' pleads guilty
June 11, 2013 SYDNEY, Nova Scotia (AP) — A Canadian woman nicknamed the "Black Widow" for her ability to persuade grieving widowers to marry her pleaded guilty on Monday to drugging a man she married days earlier. more »»
Brazil govt to perform crash tests after AP report
June 11, 2013 SAO PAULO (AP) — After a decade of spiking fatalities from passenger car wrecks, the Brazilian government said Monday it plans to build its first auto crash test facility in an effort to improve the... more »»
Charges sought for Iraqi held at Guantanamo
June 11, 2013 GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — U.S. more »»
Witch hunts in Papua New Guinea linked to jealousy
June 11, 2013 CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — On a tropical island where most people live in huts, assailants armed with guns, machetes and axes stormed the wooden house by nigh. more »» |
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